Radio SRF 3 is the third
radio station
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from
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).
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
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. During its early years, it couldn't be received on
FM in Central Switzerland.
It originally primarily played music aimed at a younger audience, and was later repositioned as a "generalist young-adults" station in 1999 following the launch of
DRS Virus that same year. The station broadcasts in
Swiss German
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, except news programs, which are transmitted in
Swiss Standard German
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or
Standard German
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.
Former logos
File:No image available.svg, 1993-2003
File:DRS 3.svg, 2003–2007
File:DRS 3 (2007).svg, 2007–2012
File:Radio SRF 3.svg, 2012–2020
References
External links
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1983 establishments in Switzerland
Radio stations established in 1983
German-language radio stations in Switzerland