The SRG SSR timeline since 1931
SRG gets a new name
The ‘Schweizerische Rundspruchgesellschaft’ changes its name to the ‘Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft’ (Swiss Radio and Television Corporation). In 1960, the ‘Schweizerische Rundspruchgesellschaft’ changed its name to ‘Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft’.
Annual report 1960
Hans Oprecht
Hans Lauterburg becomes SRG's seventh chairman. Term of office: 1960–1964.
A temporary TV studio in the Ticino
The Ticino gets a temporary television studio.
Annual report 1961
Annual report 1962
«Telesguard»
The first television programme is broadcast in Romansh.
Election debates
The elections to the national parliament and the Council of States in 1963 were the first to feature SRG television debates with politicians representing their parties. However, the debates generated little interest among the public.
Annual report 1963
A new broadcast licence
SRG gets a new broadcast licence from the Federal Council, the first to cover television as well as radio. SRG embarks on a restructure and makes a number of changes to its statutes.
