Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF; "Swiss Radio and Television") is a

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broadcasting company created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of radio company

Schweizer Radio DRS Schweizer Radio: Radio der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz (SR DRS; "Swiss Radio: Radio of the German and Romansh Switzerland") was a company of SRG SSR which operated the public German-language radio stations of Switzerland from 1931 un ...

(SR DRS) and television company

Schweizer Fernsehen Schweizer Fernsehen (SF; "Swiss Television") is the German-language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in Switzerland for German-speaking Switzerland. It has its head office in Zürich. ...

(SF). The new business unit 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 ...

became the largest electronic media house of

German-speaking Switzerland The German-speaking part of Switzerland (german: Deutschschweiz, french: Suisse alémanique, it, Svizzera tedesca, rm, Svizra tudestga) comprises about 65 percent of Switzerland (North Western Switzerland, Eastern Switzerland, Central Switze ...

. About 2,150 employees work for SRF in the four main studios in

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, Bern, and

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich () i ...

Broadcasting

Radio

Among the radio programmes, ''Radio SRF Musikwelle'' has the longest history, as it was originally the flagship frequency on the

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frequency 529 kHz, broadcasting news from its central antenna near

Beromünster Beromünster is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2004 the former municipality of Schwarzenbach merged into the municipality of Beromünster.World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, together with the British

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, one of the few independent radio programmes that could be received in large parts of Western Europe.

Jean Rudolf von Salis Jean Rudolf von Salis was a Swiss historian who gained prominence with his weekly "Weltchronik" (English: ''world chronicle'') radio broadcasts from 1940 until 1947. Article also available in French and Italian. As von Salis never wrote English p ...

, a Swiss historian, commented in his weekly “Weltchronik” ("world chronicle") on the development of the war and other international events. With the introduction of VHF radio in the 1960ies, the service on 529 kHz was transformed into the “Musikwelle” music service. The

Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 (Aka "The Final Acts of the Regional Administrative LF/MF Broadcasting Conference (Regions 1 and 3) Geneva, 1975" or simply "GE75") is the internationally agreed frequency plan which was drawn up to implement th ...

mandated the frequency shift to 531 kHz. In 2008, the Beromünster antenna was deactivated. *

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and online: **

Radio SRF 1 Radio SRF 1 is a Swiss radio channel, one of six operated by Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), with its headquarters in Zürich. It was launched in 1931 as Radio Beromünster (named after the Beromünster municipality on which its original ...

– general programming **

Radio SRF 2 Kultur Radio SRF 2 Kultur is one of six radio channels operated by Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), the German-language division of the Swiss public-broadcasting organisation SRG SSR. First started in 1956 (at the same time as the introduction of F ...

– cultural, intellectual programming, classical and jazz music **

Radio SRF 3 Radio SRF 3 is the third radio station from Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF; "Swiss Radio and Television") is a Swiss broadcasting company created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of radio company Schwei ...

– youth programming *DAB and online: **

Radio SRF 4 News Radio SRF 4 News is the fourth radio station from Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). The station was launched on 5 November 2007 (as DRS 4 News). Programming The stations programming includes: national and international news, politics, econ ...

– news, documentaries **

Radio SRF Musikwelle Radio SRF Musikwelle is the sixth radio station from Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) and is broadcast in German-speaking Switzerland The German-speaking part of Switzerland (german: Deutschschweiz, french: Suisse alémanique, it, Svizz ...

– pop music, chansons, folk music, Schlager **

Radio SRF Virus Radio SRF Virus is a radio station from Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). The station was launched in 1999 (as DRS Virus) and is broadcast on cable and DAB+ in German-speaking Switzerland as well as throughout Europe on satellite and worldw ...

– alternative music to Radio SRF 3 *online: **Radio Swiss Jazz – non-stop Jazz programming **Radio Swiss Pop – non-stop

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Television

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 Decem ...

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 ...

SRF info SRF info is a German-language Swiss television channel owned by Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. The channel started trial broadcasts in May 1999 and regular broadcasts in January 2001. The channel was initially broadcast only via cable and satel ...

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* {{Authority control Swiss Broadcasting Corporation Mass media companies of Switzerland Publicly funded broadcasters Radio in Switzerland Television networks in Switzerland German-language television networks German-language television in Switzerland Television channels and stations established in 2011 2011 establishments in Switzerland

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