The SRG SSR timeline since 1931
Annual report 1979
DRS television continues to expand its range of programming in Romansh
DRS television continues to expand its range of programming in Romansh. In 1980, ‘Telesguard’, hosted by Chasper Stupan, becomes the first current affairs programme to be broadcast in Romansh.
Annual report 1980
Leo Schürmann
Leo Schürmann becomes the fifth Director General of SRG. Schürmann was a member of the National Council for the Christian Democratic People’s Party, Switzerland’s first Price Supervisor and a member of the Executive Board of the Swiss National Bank.
Annual report 1981
Jean Brolliet
Jean Brolliet becomes SRG's tenth chairman. Term of office: 1981–1982.
‘Telejournal’ produced in Geneva
From 1982 onwards, ‘Telejournal’ (TV News) is broadcast from our studio in Geneva. Previously a central editorial team in Zurich had produced news programmes for all of Switzerland’s linguistic regions.
Annual report 1982
Media laws liberalised
The Federal Council relaxes Switzerland’s media laws, legalising private and commercial local radio stations for the first time.
Countering private stations with radio for younger audiences
SRG introduces its ‘third stations’, specifically tailored to a young audience. DRS 3 for aimed at German-speakers, while Couleur 3 (which first broadcast in 1982) caters for the Romande, and Rete 3 broadcasts to Italian-speaking Switzerland.
