Radio Télévision Suisse

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.

Radio télévision suisse
TypeBroadcast, radio, television and online
Country
Switzerland
AvailabilitySwitzerland, online
Founded1 January 2010 (2010-01-01)
TV stationsRTS 1, RTS 2, RTS Info
Radio stationsLa 1ère, Espace 2, Couleur 3, Option Musique
HeadquartersGeneva
Broadcast area
Switzerland
(eastern) France
ParentSRG SSR
Key people
Gilles Marchand, Gilles Pache
Former names
Radio suisse romande (RSR), Télévision suisse romande (TSR)
Official website
www.rts.ch

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 harassement and pedocriminality in recent years.[2]

Future
The tower of the Radio Télévision Suisse in Geneva.

While keeping its headquarters in Geneva, Radio Télévision Suisse plans to move its Lausanne-based radio headquarters to a new building on the Lausanne campus in 2019–20.[3][4]

Broadcasting

Radio

Radio Suisse Romande (RSR) is the area of RTS in charge of production and broadcasting of radio programming in French for Switzerland:

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
  1. (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.
  2. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/swiss-public-broadcaster-examines-cases-of-sexual-harassment/46142948
  3. Nicolas Dufour, "La RTS a des vues sur le campus lausannois", Le Temps, Saturday 15 June 2013 (page visited on 29 June 2013).
  4. "Vers un transfert des activités de la RTS à Lausanne sur le site de l'EPFL", www.rts.ch, 17 December 2013 (page visited on 17 December 2013 ).
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