GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The latest figures for radio audiences in French-speaking Switzerland show that WRS, the English-language station, had a slight dip in numbers during the second half of 2012, compared to the first half of the year, but that listeners are staying tuned nearly three times longer than in early 2011. WRS and Radio [...]
Geneva’s English radio future: private. Switzerland’s? open question
June 28, 2012 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The announcement on the World Radio Switzerland web site Thursday afternoon is brief and to the point: “The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) has decided to transfer WRS into private ownership. “A number of interested parties have reportedly already expressed an interest in picking up the service. “The SBC board of directors decided [...]
Fans rally behind WRS radio
April 20, 2012 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – WRS public radio faces a decision in June by its parent SSR (Swiss Public Broadcasting) to either close it or sell it, but the station’s fans don’t intend to let it die without a fight. A private group has launched a petition-signing campaign, Save WRS, to at least give voice to the [...]
WRS radio’s future up in the air (update)
April 4, 2012 by
Update 12:15 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – WRS, World Radio Switzerland, says Wednesday morning 4 April, that SSR (Swiss public broadcasting, also known as SRG), its parent company, is considering the possibility of selling the station and privatizing it or closing it down. The station cites SSR chief executive officer Roger de Weck as saying English-language radio [...]
Radio Frontier goes live
June 1, 2011 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Radio Frontier, the latest addition to English-language media and web sites in the Lake Geneva region, went live Wednesday morning 1 June, on the Internet. The five-person core team operates from a light and cheerful new studio in the industrial zone in Meyrin, not far from Hopital de la Tour. Streamed music [...]
Newcomer swells ranks of regionally-produced English services
May 16, 2011 by
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Radio Frontier is about to go live, at least on the web, offering English speakers in the Lake Geneva region a new music and information service with a voice that will be familiar to many: Mark Butcher, who for several years hosted The Breakfast Show on WRG and later WRS radio, [...]
