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 |
| TV stations | RTS 1, RTS 2, RTS Info |
| Radio stations | La 1ère, Espace 2, Couleur 3, Option Musique |
| Headquarters | Geneva |
Broadcast area | Switzerland (eastern) France |
| Parent | SRG SSR |
Key people | Gilles Marchand and Gilles Pache |
Former names | Radio Suisse Romande (RSR), Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR) |
Official website | www |
The Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) is a Swiss public broadcasting organisation. 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[]
The first evening programme to be broadcast in colour on Télévision suisse romande was broadcast in 1968.[1]
The station has been accused of multiple cases of sexual harassment in recent years, including news personality Darius Rochebin.[2][3]
Future[]
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[]
Radio[]
Radio Suisse Romande (RSR) is the area of RTS in charge of production and broadcasting of radio programming in French for Switzerland:
- La 1ère — general programming
- Espace 2 — cultural and intellectual programming; classical and jazz music
- Couleur 3 — youth programming
- Option Musique — music and variety programming
Television[]
Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR) is the area of RTS in charge of production and distribution of television programming in French for Switzerland:
See also[]
References[]
- ^ (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
- ^ https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/public-broadcaster-shaken-by-sexual-harassment-probe-/46539564
- ^ (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.
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