The Radio Télévision Suisse (; "Swiss Radio Television"), shortened to RTS, is a subsidiary of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), operating in French-speaking Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2010 by a merger of Radio Suisse Romande (RSR) and Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR).

History

The first evening programme to be broadcast in

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on Télévision suisse romande was aired in 1968. The station has been accused of multiple cases of

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in recent years, including accusations against news personality Darius Rochebin.

Future

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."Vers un transfert des activités de la RTS à Lausanne sur le site de l'EPFL"
RTS, 17 December 2013, accessed 17 December 2013.

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

References

External links

* 2010 establishments in Switzerland French-language mass media in Switzerland Radio in Switzerland Television channels and stations established in 2010 Television in Switzerland Swiss Broadcasting Corporation {{Switzerland-tv-stub