Swiss digital-only station Radio Swiss Classic now available in three languages
29.01.2009
- SRG SSR
WorldDAB Member
- Switzerland 
Swiss digital-only station Radio Swiss Classic now available in three languages
On Monday the 26th of January, Switzerland’s first classical music-only station with French animation was launched on digital radio DAB in the Western parts of the country. At the same time, a new German-only version of the same station was introduced in German-speaking Switzerland. The two new channels substitute the former bilingual version of Swiss Public Broadcaster SRG’s classical music-only station Radio Swiss Classic.
The newborn French-spoken “Radio Suisse Classique” aims to answer the needs of Switzerland’s second biggest language group, the French-speaking population. It thus completes Radio Swiss Classic’s offer of the already existing Radio Svizzera Classica for the Italian-speakers, and the newly launched German-only version adressing the largest Swiss language group, the German-speaking population.
All three channels are broadcast exclusively on digital radio: Radio Suisse Classique forms part of the DAB multiplex in Suisse romande, whereas Radio Swiss Classic in German is included on both the DAB multiplex in German-speaking Switzerland and the recently launched DAB+ multiplex in Grisons. Radio Svizzera Classica can be heard on DAB throughout the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland.
With these recent additions, the digital radio offer in Switzerland now consists of 20 different brands by Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR idée suisse. A digital radio listener will receive some 10 to 15 different services, depending on the region, and those living along the language borders are covered by two multiplexes.
For more information on the three language versions of Radio Swiss Classic, visit www.radioswissclassic.ch, www.radiosuisseclassique.ch, www.radiosvizzeraclassica.ch.
