Radio Télévision Suisse
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| Type | Broadcast, radio, television and online |
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| Country | |
| Availability | online in Switzerland |
| Founded | 1 January 2010 |
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| Radio stations | |
| Headquarters | Geneva |
Broadcast area | Switzerland (eastern) France |
| Parent | SRG SSR |
Key people | Gilles Marchand and Gilles Pache |
Official website | www |
| Replaced | Radio Suisse Romande (RSR) Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR) |
The Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) (French pronunciation: [ʁadjo televizjɔ̃ sɥis]) is a public service audiovisual company belonging to the Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision (SSR). Part of SRG SSR, RTS handles production and broadcasting of radio and television programming in French for Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2010 by a merger of Radio suisse romande and Télévision suisse romande.
History
[edit]The first evening programme to be broadcast in colour on Télévision suisse romande was aired in 1968.[1]
The station has been accused of multiple cases of sexual harassment in recent years, including accusations against news personality Darius Rochebin.[2][3]
Future
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While keeping its headquarters in Geneva, Radio Télévision Suisse moved its Lausanne-based radio headquarters to a new building on the Lausanne campus in 2020.[4][5]
Broadcasting
[edit]Radio
[edit]Radio Suisse Romande (RSR) is the area of RTS in charge of production and broadcasting of radio programming in French for Switzerland:
- RTS Première — general programming
- RTS Espace 2 — cultural and intellectual programming; classical and jazz music
- RTS Couleur 3 — youth programming
- RTS Option Musique — music and variety programming
Television
[edit]Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR) is the area of RTS in charge of production and distribution of television programming in French for Switzerland:
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in French) Sonia Arnal, "C'est l'autre (la vraie ?) révolution de 1968 : la TV couleur débarque en Suisse" Archived 12 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Allez savoir !, no. 42, September 2008.
- ^ Swiss public broadcaster examines cases of sexual harassment
- ^ "Public broadcaster shaken by sexual harassment probe".
- ^ (in French) Nicolas Dufour, "La RTS a des vues sur le campus lausannois", Le Temps, 15 June 2013, accessed 29 June 2013.
- ^ (in French) "Vers un transfert des activités de la RTS à Lausanne sur le site de l'EPFL", RTS, 17 December 2013, accessed 17 December 2013.
External links
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Media related to Radio Television Suisse at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in French)
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