GenevaLunch » radio http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:31:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no US public radio resignations follow Tea Party “racist” labels http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/10/us-public-radio-resignations-follow-tea-party-racist-labels/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/10/us-public-radio-resignations-follow-tea-party-racist-labels/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:46:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55097 GenevaLunch.com Two officials at US public radio station NPR, including the chief executive, have resigned after one of them was recorded calling the Tea Party political group “racist” in a sting operation. Ron Schiller, fundraiser for the organization, which has hundreds of member public radio stations across the country, had already announced his resignation but moved [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/10/us-public-radio-resignations-follow-tea-party-racist-labels/feed/ 0 DAB radio in area gets 3 new stations http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/18/dab-radio-in-area-gets-3-new-stations/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/18/dab-radio-in-area-gets-3-new-stations/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:14:59 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=48746 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The digital audio broadcasting (DAB) offer in Switzerland is slowly but surely growing. Three new licenses have been granted for the French-speaking area. They go to Radio Rhône SA, Radio Fribourg/Freiburg SA and Soprodi Sàrl. Rhone/Vertical will carry music with sports and in particular mountain sports programes, Fribourg plans to offer [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/18/dab-radio-in-area-gets-3-new-stations/feed/ 0 Swiss smoking ban goes into effect (update) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/30/swiss-smoking-ban-goes-into-effect/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/30/swiss-smoking-ban-goes-into-effect/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:26:38 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=41222 GenevaLunch.com Update 2 May A new Swiss federal smoking ban went into effect 1 May. The new law seeks to bar smoking from all public places but allows it in some confined, closed areas. Cantons may enforce looser or stricter rules. World Radio Switzerland carries a conversation featuring activists on both sides of the debate.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/30/swiss-smoking-ban-goes-into-effect/feed/ 0 Travel update: WRS running special air travel updates http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/16/travel-update-wrs-running-special-air-travel-updates/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/16/travel-update-wrs-running-special-air-travel-updates/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:18:19 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=40336 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) -  WRS public radio (101.7 FM and online) will have a special live programme with Mark Butcher to update listeners on the air travel situation, Saturday 17 April starting at 07:00. The programme will offer live reports from Geneva and Zurich airports, as well as weather and traffic information. Background: Yahoo, “Volcanoes [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/16/travel-update-wrs-running-special-air-travel-updates/feed/ 0 Swiss to get TV, radio ads increase in summer 2010 http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/17/swiss-to-get-tv-radio-ads-increase-in-summer-2010/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/17/swiss-to-get-tv-radio-ads-increase-in-summer-2010/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:01:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=38787 GenevaLunch.com Wine and beer now allowed on radio, TV Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Ofcom, the Swiss federal communications supervisor, will issue directives during the summer of 2010 for more advertising space and time on radio and television. The new regulations will bring Switzerland into line with European neighbours, who have more advertising time, in order not [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/17/swiss-to-get-tv-radio-ads-increase-in-summer-2010/feed/ 0 WRS radio in Lausanne suffers some interference http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/24/wrs-radio-in-lausanne-suffers-some-interference/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/24/wrs-radio-in-lausanne-suffers-some-interference/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:41:12 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=34391 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – World Radio Switzerland (WRS), the English-language public radio station, has offered listeners in Lausanne an explanation for poorer reception by some listeners on its new frequency, compared to the old: 101.7FM has some interference from neighbouring stations 101.5FM and 101.9FM. The move was mandated by the federal communications office in order [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/24/wrs-radio-in-lausanne-suffers-some-interference/feed/ 0 French-language Swiss radio and TV merger goes ahead http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/26/french-language-swiss-radio-and-tv-merger-goes-ahead/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/26/french-language-swiss-radio-and-tv-merger-goes-ahead/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:28:13 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32344 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - RSR radio and TSR television will be reborn as RTS, Radio Télévision Suisse in January, when the regional media will merge. The two are part of the SSR group, Switzerland’s public media company. The merger was announced Wednesday 25 November to staff at the two stations in Lausanne and Geneva. A [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/26/french-language-swiss-radio-and-tv-merger-goes-ahead/feed/ 0 Vaud and Geneva put conditions on RSR, TSR merger http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/24/vaud-and-geneva-put-conditions-on-rsr-tsr-merger/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/24/vaud-and-geneva-put-conditions-on-rsr-tsr-merger/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:18:10 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32185 GenevaLunch.com Geneva / Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The merger of TSR, public television in French-speaking Switzerland, and RSR, public radio, is meeting some resistance from cantonal governments, which insist the two editorial teams must remain separate and independent. Vaud and Geneva, in a joint statement released Monday 23 November, say they would also like to see [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/24/vaud-and-geneva-put-conditions-on-rsr-tsr-merger/feed/ 0 Computer and cell phone users targeted for radio, TV license fees http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/13/computer-and-cell-phone-users-targeted-for-radio-tv-license-fees/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/13/computer-and-cell-phone-users-targeted-for-radio-tv-license-fees/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:43:29 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=31525 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s federal communications office (Ofcom) director, Martin Dumermuth, told the Berner Zeitung newspaper Thursday that he plans to propose in January a change to the current license fee regulations. Owners of television sets and radios are subject to fees, but Dumermuth would like to include computer and cell phone owners. He [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/13/computer-and-cell-phone-users-targeted-for-radio-tv-license-fees/feed/ 1 Swiss radio and TV advertising likely to increase http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/24/swiss-radio-and-tv-advertising-likely-to-increase/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/24/swiss-radio-and-tv-advertising-likely-to-increase/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:27:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=25816 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - European TV and radio without borders will soon change listening and viewing habits in Switzerland as well, with the federal government proposing changes to advertising regulations to bring Switzerland in line with neighbouring countries. The new rules would allow advertising once every 90 minutes for news and political programmes and once [...]

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