Radio_télévision_suisse

Radio Télévision Suisse

Radio Télévision Suisse

French-language branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation

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.

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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

The tower of the Radio Télévision Suisse in Geneva

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:

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. [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. [2]
    Swiss public broadcaster examines cases of sexual harassment
  3. [3]
    "Public broadcaster shaken by sexual harassment probe".
  4. [4]
    (in French) Nicolas Dufour, "La RTS a des vues sur le campus lausannois", Le Temps, 15 June 2013, accessed 29 June 2013.
  5. [5]
    (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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