SRG SSR idée suisse is the business name of the "Swiss Broadcasting Corporation" -- in German: "Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft" (SRG), in Romansh "Societad svizra da radio e televisiun", in Italian: "Società svizzera di radiotelevisione" (SSR), in French: "Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision" (SSR). SRG SSR idée suisse is known in the English language as the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC).

SBC is the public broadcaster of Switzerland, and runs seven television stations and eighteen radio stations in Switzerland's four official languages(German, French, Italian, & Romansh), plus the international broadcaster Swiss Radio International. The company is paid by a mixture of a licence fee of CHF 450.35, advertising & sponsorship. It started in 1922.

German

The German-language broadcaster is for radio is Schweizer Radio DRS and for television is Schweizer Fernsehen. Together they produce two TV stations and five radio stations. It is based in the cites of Zürich, Canton Zürich for TV & Basel, Canton Basel-City for radio.

Radio

• DRS 1
• DRS 2
• DRS 3
• Musigwälle 531
• Virus

Television

• SF 1
• SF 2

People

• Hans Gmür (1927-2004)

External links

• Schweizer Fernsehen SF DRS

French

The French-language broadcaster is for radio is Radio Suisse Romande and Télévision Suisse Romande. Together they produce two TV stations and four radio stations. It is based in the city of Geneva, Canton Geneva for TV and Lausanne, Vaud for radio. TSR strated in 1954. It is also the main shareholder of the English-language radio station World Radio Geneva (WRG).

Radio

• La Première
• Espace 2
• Couleur 3
• Option Musique

Television

• TSR1
• TSR2

Some of the popular programmes on TSR are:

• A Bon Entendeur - a news magazine programme
• Temps Présent -a news magazine programme
• Passe-moi les jumelles
• le 12:45, le 19:30 and le 22:30 - news

External links

• Radio Suisse Romande RSR

Italian

Unlike its sister companies, Italian-language broadcasting is done by a single company Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana. It produces three radio stations and two TV stations. It is based in the city of Lugano, Ticino. Currently it is popular in northern Italy due to fact it is independent of Italian control.

Radio

• Rete Uno
• Rete Duo
• Rete Tre

TV

• TSI 1
• TSI 2

External links

• Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana RTSI

Romansch

Like its Italian sister-company, the Romansch company is a single company Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha. It provides only one radio station and one TV station due to small amount of Romansch speakers. It is based in Chur, Graubünden.

• Radio Rumantsch
• TVR

External links

• Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha RTR

Other

In the 1980's with the advent of satellites SRG SSR idée suisse made Swiss Satellite Radio. A series of three trilingual radio stations on the main types of music. All of the other services are based in the captail of Swizerland, Berne, Canton Berne.

Swiss Satellite Radio

• Radio Swiss Pop
• Radio Swiss Classic
• Radio Swiss Jazz

Swiss Radio International

Switzerland's international broadcaster together with the website Swissinfo is the company's international broadcasting arm and is aimed at ex-pats and people interested in Switzerland. From October 2004 SRI ceased broadcasting on shortwave and satellite, to concentrate on their 'multimedia internet platform'. The swissinfo website is produced in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese & Japanese.

SRI/Swissinfo also make TV pieces for CNN World Report .

External links

• Swiss Radio International / Swissinfo

External links

• SRG SSR idée suisse