Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha (RTR, en, Radio-Television Romansh Switzerland or Swiss Romansh Radio-Television), formerly known as Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha ( en, Romansh Radio and Television), is a

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company (part of

SRG SSR The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (german: Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft; french: Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision; it, Società svizzera di radiotelevisione; rm, Societad Svizra da Radio e Televisiun; SRG ...

) which offers programming to Romansh-speakers in

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and around the world.

History

The first radio program in Romansh was broadcast on 17 January 1925. The person responsible for this broadcast was Felix Huonder. Regular Romansh programming began in 1943. ''Las Cristallas'', the Romansh "radioscola" (radio school, or

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s delivered by radio broadcast), premiered on 27 January 1955. ''Il Balcun Tort'', the first television program in Romansh, was broadcast on 17 February 1963. This commemorated the 25th anniversary of Romansh's becoming Switzerland's fourth national language.

Broadcasting

Radio

Radio RTR is a

radio station broadcasting in Romansh. Editor in Chief is Flavio Bundi (*1987).

Television

Televisiun Rumantscha (TvR) is RTR's television production unit. It does not have its own dedicated channel; instead

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SRF 1 SRF 1 (''SRF eins'') is a German-language Swiss television channel, one of three produced by the SRG SSR public-service broadcasting group (the others being SRF zwei and SRF info). The channel, formerly known as SF1, was renamed on 16 Decemb ...

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and

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air TvR programming for a few hours a day. It produces 90 minutes of television programmes a week. Its programmes comprise approximately of 50 hours of in house productions, 6 hours of programmes purchased from another broadcaster and 20 hours of special occasions. Editor in Chief is Flavio Bundi (*1987).

Notes and references

External links

Official website
Television networks in Switzerland Radio in Switzerland Publicly funded broadcasters Swiss Broadcasting Corporation Romansh language Radio stations established in 1925 Television channels and stations established in 1955 1925 establishments in Switzerland {{Switzerland-stub