National Co-ordinator:

Tito Malaguerra
RTSI Lugano
6903 Lugano
Tel: +41 91 803 5394
Fax: +41 91 803 5673
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The task of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) is to contribute to the promotion of free opinion, to provide listeners and viewers with diversified and factual information, to promote cultural development and participate in public and cultural life.

SBC is divided by linguistic regions: RTSI - Italian Language Swiss Radio and Television (with 3 Radio and 1 TV channels), RTSR - French Language Swiss Radio and Television (with 3 Radio and 1 TV channels) and SF DRS - German and Romansch Language Swiss Radio and Television (with 3 Radio and 2 TV channels).

TSI started its activities in Lugano in 1961 and its broadcasting area covers the entire Swiss territory (7 million people) as well as some regions of neighbouring countries in Italy, France and Germany.

The 13.000 annual broadcasting hours are devided as follow: news and information 2.000 hours, cultural programmes and documentaries 655, religion 57, operas and theatre 216, entertainment 301, programmes for children and young people 387, fiction 2.700, sports 1.884, other reports and special programmes 4.730.

2.220 hours are home produced, 8.100 hours are aquired in Europe and US and about 2.700 houres are repeated.

TSI annual programme budget is 8.100 million SFR (5 million SFR comming from sponsorship).
Region - Canton Ticino and the Italian speaking part of Canton Grisons

Station TSI -Televisione Svizzera di lingua Italiana
Address 6949 Comano (CH)
Town/City Lugano
Tel +41 91 8035111
Fax +41 91 8035355
web site: www.rtsi.ch

Contacts Circom Regional:
Mr. Carlo Ranzi
Belvedere di Cossio
CH - 6965 CADRO
+ 41 91 943 42 94
+ 41 91 943 50 25
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Other Contacts:
Prof. Dr. Remigio Ratti
Chief Executive
Tel +41 91 8035111
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Dino Balestra
Programme Director
Tel +41 91 8035111
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Newsroom
Maurizio Canetta
Tel +41 91 8035185
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The station has a staff of 754 broadcasting to an area of 586,000 Italian speaking people.