Radio Télévision Suisse

RTS Radio télévision suisse
Type Broadcast, radio, television and online
Country   Switzerland
Availability Switzerland, online
Founded 1 January 2010
TV stations RTS Un, RTS Deux, RTS Info
Radio stations La 1ère, Espace 2, Couleur 3, Option Musique
Broadcast area
 French Switzerland
Parent SRG SSR idée suisse
Key people
 Gilles Marchand, Gilles Pache
Former names
 RSR Radio Suisse Romande, TSR Télévision Suisse Romande
Official website
 http://www.rts.ch

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]

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 2019–2020.[2][3]

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

Television Suisse Romande (TSR) is the area of RTS in charge of production and distribution of television programming in French for Switzerland.

Notes et references

  1. ↑ (French) Sonia Arnal, "C'est l'autre (la vraie ?) révolution de 1968 : la TV couleur débarque en Suisse", Allez savoir !, no. 42, September 2008.
  2. ↑ Nicolas Dufour, "La RTS a des vues sur le campus lausannois", Le Temps, Saturday 15 June 2013 (page visited on 29 June 2013).
  3. ↑ "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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