Schweizer Radio DRS

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Schweizer Radio DRS (SR DRS) has three main studios in Basel, Bern and Zurich. It offers six radio stations:

  • DRS 1 with current affairs and indepth information, traffic and weather reports and entertainment. Six regional news magazines report regularly from around Switzerland. 
     
  • DRS 2 features everything from classical music to jazz, from the arts to science, and from economics to politics, as well as items on philosophy and prevailing social issues. 
     
  • DRS 3 is the dominant pop and information station in German-speaking Switzerland. It specialises in live concert broadcasts. 

     
  • DRS 4 News is the 24-hour speech station with the latest news and background from the worlds of politics and business, science and the arts, society and sport. 

     
  • DRS Musikwelle broadcasts traditional music of all genres, with news and DRS 1 programmes rounding out its schedule.
     
  • DRS Virus is radio for the multimedia generation, in tune and in step with the youth of today.
Director Iso Rechsteiner
Legal form Subsidiary
Established in 1931
Programming output 2009 80,400 hours
Workforce 2009 (full-time equivalents) 718
Operating expenses 2009 CHF 160.0 million

Market share 2009

Market share 2009 of Schweizer Radio DRS (24 hours, Monday to Sunday): Schweizer Radio DRS: 61.7% / DRS 1: 36.4% / DRS 2: 4.2% / DRS 3: 16.7% / DRS 4 News: 0.5% / DRS Musikwelle: 3.8% / DRS Virus: 0.1% / Other SRG SSR stations: 4.5% / Swiss commercial broadcasters: 28.8% / Foreign stations: 5.0%

Audience share 2009

Average number of listeners per day of Schweizer Radio DRS in the year 2009: Schweizer Radio DRS: 2 929 000 / DRS 1: 1 890 000 / DRS 2: 402 000 / DRS 3: 1 307 000 / DRS 4 News: 280 000 / DRS Musikwelle: 287 000 / DRS Virus: 77 000 / Other SRG SSR stations: 721 000 / Swiss commercial broadcasters: 2 351 000

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