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SRG SSR

Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
Type Broadcast radio, television and online
Branding SRG SSR
Country Switzerland
First air date
  • 1922; 95 years ago (1922) (radio)
  • 20 July 1953; 63 years ago (1953-07-20) (television)
Founded 1931; 86 years ago (1931)
TV stations
TV transmitters Cable DVB-C, Internet
Radio stations
Radio transmitters Cable DVB-C, UKW, DAB+, Internet
30.3 and 37.90% (2013)
Licence area
Switzerland
Headquarters Bern, Switzerland
Broadcast area
Switzerland
Nation Switzerland
Key people
Raymond Loretan, President
Viktor Baumeler, VP
Roger de Weck, Director-General
Established 1922; 95 years ago (1922)
Former names
Schweizerische Rundspruchgesellschaft
Affiliates
Group
  • Swiss national sound archives
  • Swiss Solidarity
  • Memoriav
  • Die Schweizer Journalistenschule
Official website
www.srgssr.ch

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR; German: Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft, French: Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision, Italian: Società svizzera di radiotelevisione, Romansh: Societad Svizra da Radio e Televisiun) is the Swiss public broadcasting association, founded in 1931. Headquartered in Bern, The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is a non-profit organisation, funded mainly through radio and television licence fees (70%) and making the remaining income from advertising and sponsorship.

Switzerland's system of direct democracy and the fact that the country has four official languages (German, French, Italian and Romansh) mean that the structure of Swiss public service broadcasting is rather complicated. The actual holders of the broadcasting licences that enable SRG SSR to operate are four regional corporations:

These four corporations maintain SRG SSR as a joint central production and broadcasting association. The fifth business unit of the SRG SSR is the ten-language news platform Swissinfo.

The association's official name is Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft (SRG, formerly "Schweizerische Rundspruchgesellschaft") in German, Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision (SSR, formerly "Société suisse de radiodiffusion") in French, Società svizzera di radiotelevisione (SSR, formerly "Società svizzera di radiodiffusione") in Italian, and Societad svizra da radio e televisiun (SSR, formerly "Societad svizra da radio") in Romansh. The corporate name, SRG SSR, is derived from its initials in German, French, Italian and Romansh. In English, the organisation is known as the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation; it often uses the abbreviation "SBC". The moniker "idée suisse" (French: Swiss idea), which refers to the public service mission of the organisation, was adopted in 1999 and was removed from the name in May 2011.


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