RSI Rete Uno ( en, Network One) is the principal radio channel of the

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public-service broadcasting organization

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, which launched in 1933 as Radio

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. Broadcasting in

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, it is receivable throughout Switzerland (as well as southern

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) via FM,

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, and

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. Until 31 June 2008 (when

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ceased broadcasting on the 558 kHz

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frequency) it could also be received in large areas of northern and central

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. The station identifies itself on-air as "Radio Svizzera - Rete Uno". On FM Bands, it identifies itself as "RETE UNO" The director of RSI Rete Uno is Edy Salmina.

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* {{coord missing, Switzerland Radio stations established in 1936 Italian-language radio stations in Switzerland 1936 establishments in Switzerland