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Radio Télévision Suisse

Logo Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS)

With a market share of 60 per cent, Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) enjoys a dominant position in the French-speaking western Swiss radio market. RTS offers four stations:

  • La Première, a full-service station that takes its listeners through the day with the latest news and background reports, stories, entertainment and music. 

  • Espace 2, an arts station playing classical and contemporary music, jazz and folk, with features on the arts, history, society, etc., radio plays and many concert broadcasts. 

  • Couleur 3, a youth station playing rock and pop, with features on politics and society and an irreverent presentation style. 

  • Option Musique, a music station playing favourite tunes – most of which come from French-speaking countries – from the last fifty years. News bulletins, traffic reports and weather forecasts complete the station's schedule, which is presented in a lively and informal style.
Director Gilles Marchand
Legal form Subsidiary
Radio established in 1922
TV established in 1954
Programming output radio 2010 43,800 hours
Workforce total RTS 2010 (full-time equivalents) 1569
Operating expenses total RTS 2010 CHF 380.6 million

Audience share 2010

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Audience reach 2010

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