SRG SSR

Swiss Broadcasting Corporation

The SRG SSR headquarters in Bern.
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	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen: SFR 1, SFR zwei, SRF info Radio Télévision Suisse: RTS Un, RTS Deux Radiotelevisione svizzera: RSI LA 1, RSI LA 2 Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha: Television Rumantscha (SRF 1)
TV transmitters	Cable DVB-C, Internet
Radio stations	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF: SRF 1, SRF 2 Kultur, SRF 3, SRF 4 News, SRF Musikwelle, SRF Virus Radio Télévision Suisse RTS: La Première, Espace 2, Couleur 3, Option Musique Radiotelevisione svizzera RSI: Rete Uno, Rete Due, Rete Tre Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha RSR: Radio Rumantsch SRG SSR: Radio Swiss Classic, Radio Swiss Jazz, Radio Swiss Pop, Swiss Satellite Radio
Radio transmitters	Cable DVB-C, UKW, DAB+, Internet
Market share	30.3 and 37.95000000000000000000♠0% (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	Presse TV 3sat Arte
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.