RSI Rete Uno ( en, Network One) is the principal radio channel of the

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public-service broadcasting organization Radio Svizzera Italiana, which launched in 1933 as Radio

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. Broadcasting in

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, it is receivable throughout Switzerland (as well as southern

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) via FM, DAB, cable, and

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. Until 31 June 2008 (when

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 ...

ceased broadcasting on the 558 kHz medium-wave frequency) it could also be received in large areas of northern and central

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. The station identifies itself on-air as "Radio Svizzera - Rete Uno". On FM Bands, it identifies itself as "RETE UNO" The director of RSI Rete Uno is Edy Salmina.

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