Swiss Broadcasting Corporation

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (; ; ; ; SRG SSR) is the Swiss public broadcasting association, founded in 1931, the holding company of 24 radio and television channels. Headquartered in Bern, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is a non-profit organisation, funded mainly through radio and television licence fees (79%) and making the remaining income from advertising and sponsorship.

Switzerland's system of direct democracy and the fact that the country has four official languages (German, French, Italian and Romansh) mean that the structure of Swiss public service broadcasting is rather complicated. The actual holders of the broadcasting licences that enable SRG SSR to operate are four regional corporations:

German Switzerland: (SRF)
French Switzerland: (RTS)
Italian Switzerland: (RSI)
Romansh: (RTR)

These four corporations maintain SRG SSR as a joint central production and broadcasting association. The fifth business unit of SRG SSR is the ten-language news platform Swissinfo.

Name

thumb|250px|left|SRG SSR's logo, as SRG SSR idée suisse, used from 1999 to 2010

The association's official name is (SRG, formerly "") in German, (SSR, formerly "") in French, (SSR, formerly "") in Italian, and (SSR, formerly "") in Romansh. The corporate name, SRG SSR, is derived from its initials in German and its initials in French, Italian and Romansh. In English, the organisation is known as the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation.

SRG SSR shut down its FM transmission infrastructure on 31 December 2024. The corporation concluded that maintaining FM broadcasts along with DAB+ and Internet streaming was no longer cost-effective, as due to widespread adoption of DAB+ the share of the public relying exclusively on FM was under ten percent and decreasing. This was to be followed by a general switch-off of FM broadcasting by 31 December 2026. In December 2025, however, the Swiss parliament decided to indefinitely postpone the full switch-off. SRG SSR will thus restart its FM transmissions, though a concrete timeframe for doing so has not been named.

Organisation

SRG SSR is headquartered in Bern. It is governed by an Executive Board, appointed by a central council consisting of representatives of the four organisations.

Broadcasting is handled by five business units:

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen: handles German-speaking radio and television
Radio télévision suisse: handles French-speaking radio and television
Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana: handles Italian-speaking radio and television
Radio Television Rumantscha: handles Romansh-speaking radio and television
Swissinfo.ch: provides reporting on Swiss politics, business, science, culture and society for an international audience with an interest in Switzerland and handles the web portal swissinfo.ch

File:Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Logo.svg|Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen

File:Radio Télévision Suisse.svg|Radio télévision suisse

File:RSI logo.svg|Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana

File:RTR Logo.svg|Radio Television Rumantscha

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The corporation also has two subsidiary companies which produce, for example, the teletext pages.

It also operated HD suisse, its first high-definition television channel, with programming came from the four language networks of SRG SSR.

The television channels of SRG SSR are free to watch on the internet within Switzerland only due to broadcasting rights, except for its radio stations.

Swissinfo

The former abbreviation SRI originally stood only for "Swiss Radio International", which was SRG SSR's international broadcasting arm (1935–2004), aimed at expatriates and others interested in Switzerland. In October 2004, SRI ceased broadcasting on shortwave and satellite, and instead concentrated its efforts on its multimedia internet platform SWI swissinfo, which now takes most of the resources. The Swissinfo website is produced in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Japanese.

Swiss Satellite Radio

(SSatR) is a radio company owned by SRG SSR that includes three stations: (pop music); (jazz, soul and blues) and (classical music) all without interruptions. These stations have been on air since 1 September 1998.

Radio Swiss Pop Logo 2018.svg|Radio Swiss Pop logo (2018)

Radio Swiss Jazz Logo 2018.svg|Radio Swiss Jazz logo (2018)

Radio Swiss Classic Logo 2018.svg|Radio Swiss Classic logo (2018)