Radio Télévision Suisse

Radio Télévision Suisse

Type	Broadcast, radio, television and online
Country	Switzerland
Availability	online in Switzerland
Founded	1 January 2010; 15 years ago (2010-01-01)
TV stations	RTS 1 RTS 2 RTS Info
Radio stations	RTS Première RTS Espace 2 RTS Couleur 3 RTS Option Musique
Headquarters	Geneva
Broadcast area	Switzerland (eastern) France
Parent	SRG SSR
Key people	Gilles Marchand and Gilles Pache
Official website	www.rts.ch
Replaced	Radio Suisse Romande (RSR) Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR)

The Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) (French pronunciation: [ʁadjo televizjɔ̃ sɥis]) is a public service audiovisual company belonging to the Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision (SSR). 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 aired in 1968.[1]

The station has been accused of multiple cases of sexual harassment in recent years, including accusations against 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:

• RTS Première — general programming
• RTS Espace 2 — cultural and intellectual programming; classical and jazz music
• RTS Couleur 3 — youth programming
• RTS 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:

• RTS 1
• RTS 2
• RTS Info

See also

• Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
• Public Francophone Radios

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

External links

Media related to Radio Television Suisse at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in French)