Couleur Terre ''(literally Colour Earth)'' is the French Swiss version of the

Serious Request Serious Request is a family of annual multi-day, multimedia fundraising events for International Red Cross initiatives, typically hosted by radio stations in the week before Christmas. The project was begun in 2004 by Dutch public pop music ...

that broadcasts on Dutch radio/television. It was broadcast on French language

Couleur 3 RTS Couleur 3 (''lit.'' "Colour 3") is the third radio station operated by RTS Radio Télévision Suisse. The station was launched on 24 February 1982. Until the end of all FM transmissions on 31 December 2024, RTS Couleur 3 could be receive ...

radio station. The Dutch campaign started in 2004, with Couleur 3 joining in for 2007 campaign. The show appeals for money which each year helps a certain cause. The 2007 campaign was access for clean water. A number of radio or television personalities were locked inside a glasshouse that was installed in Geneva, Switzerland on rue de la Rôtisserie. DJs Yann Zitouni, Émilie Gasc-Milesi and Michel Ndeze hosted six full days of the appeal. In its only year, the French Swiss radio station collected CHF 252,000 (about €151,000) by playing requests. In 2009, the

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen ("Swiss Radio and Television"), shortened to SRF, is a subsidiary of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), operating in German-speaking Switzerland. SRF was created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of r ...

(SRF)'

Radio SRF 3 Radio SRF 3 is the third radio station from Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). History The station was launched on 1 November 1983 at 00:01 hours (as DRS 3) in response to the licensing of private radio stations in Switzerland. During its ear ...

started a similar format of broadcasts in German language under the title '' Jeder Rappen zählt'' (Meaning every

rappen A Rappen (pl. Rappen) originally was a variant of the medieval Pfennig ("penny") coin common to the Alemannic German regions of Alsace, northern Switzerland and south-western Germany. As with other German pennies, its half-piece was a Haller, t ...

or nickel counts). Swiss

SRF zwei SRF zwei (''Swiss Radio and Television Two'') is a Swiss German-language free-to-air television channel run under the public SRG SSR broadcasting group. History The channel was launched in 1997 as 'SF 2' as the German-speaking replacement f ...

television station joined in with part of the broadcasts on TV. The German show has survived longer for the following years until presently (2014). Since 2016, there's another version on RTS, called " Coeur à coeur" on

Option Musique RTS Option Musique is the fourth radio station operated by RTS Radio Télévision Suisse. The station was launched in 1994 and offers music programming along with popular French variety and contributes actively to the promotion of songwriters ...

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Official Website since 2016
{{DEFAULTSORT:Couleur terre 2009 radio programme debuts Charities based in Switzerland Swiss radio programmes

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