The SRG SSR timeline since 1931
S Plus is shut down
The television channels originally known as S Plus are shut down and replaced by a second television station for each of Switzerland’s linguistic communities, resulting in the creation of SRF 2, TSR 2 and TSI 2.
Annual report 1997
Locarno Film Festival
Every August, for eleven days, the Swiss-Italian town of Locarno becomes the world capital of auteur cinema. The Locarno Film Festival is one of the most important film festivals in Switzerland and one of the most renowned ones in Europe. As media partner SRG supports, inter alia, the competition "Pardi di domani" and gives the critics week award/the SRG SSR award during the "Semaine de la critique".
Solothurn Film Festival
Photo: Solothurn Film Festival
Since its early days, the Solothurn Film Festival has been presenting a selection of Swiss movies every January. Its centrepiece is "Panorama Schweiz", the showroom of Swiss cinema. Since 1998, SRG has been media partner of the Solothurn Film Festival.
Annual report 1998
SRG SSR idée suisse is born
SRG gives itself a new official name: SRG SSR idée suisse. ‘Idée suisse’ (which might be loosely translated as ‘the best of Switzerland’) becomes a hallmark for SRG SSR’s high-quality public-service broadcasting.
Radio goes digital
SRG SSR idée suisse begins the switch to digital radio (Digital Audio Broadcasting, or DAB). Digital broadcasts are first introduced in German and French-speaking areas of Switzerland. Virus, a radio station for young people by Schweizer Radio DRS, takes to the airwaves. It is Switzerland’s first digital-only radio station.
Presse TV
Working together in the Zurich area with Presse TV, SF DRS produces the first test broadcasts for a new channel showing repeats of SF’s news and factual programmes.
Swiss Radio International goes online
Swiss Radio International sets up www.swissinfo.org, an internet platform allowing listeners all over the world to access SRG programming and information about Switzerland.
Annual report 1999
