Télévision Suisse Romande

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Télévision suisse romande (TSR)
TypeBroadcast radio and television
Country
Founded1 November 1954; 69 years ago (1954-11-01)
TV stations
HeadquartersGeneva
ParentSRG SSR
Dissolved29 February 2010; 14 years ago (2010-02-29)
Official website
www.rts.ch/tv
ReplacedRadio Télévision Suisse (RTS)
Headquarters of the TSR

Télévision Suisse Romande ("Swiss Television Romandy") was a TV network with two channels: TSR 1 and TSR 2 (the two channels became RTS Un and RTS Deux after 2012). They were the main French-language channels in Switzerland, part of SRG SSR (SRG SSR Idée Suisse before 2010). They provided content for TV5Monde. Radio Suisse Romande and Télévision Suisse Romande merged in 2010 to create Radio Télévision Suisse.

History[edit]

A TSR news van

The first evening programme in colour of Télévision Suisse Romande was broadcast in 1968,[1] which was also the first year in which more than one million Swiss households had a television.[1]

Programmes[edit]

The station can be received throughout Switzerland, and also in some neighboring countries.

Some of the popular programmes on TSR are:

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