Radio SRF Musikwelle

Radio SRF Musikwelle
Radio station ( public service )
reception	Cable , DAB , Internet, satellite
Reception area	Switzerland
Start of transmission	October 1, 1996
owner	Swiss radio and television
Intendant	Nathalie Wappler
Program director	Bernhard Siegmann
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Radio SRF Musikwelle (formerly DRS Musikwelle ) is a radio program from Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) that broadcasts light entertainment music. Apart from various special-interest programs, the program is very heterogeneous and ranges from German and popular hits to chansons and canzoni , multilingual evergreens , instrumental titles, musicals and operettas to Alpine folk music . Since May 2012, a moderated daily program has been broadcast from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., previously only a few programs were moderated. Part of the program is broadcast by Radio SRF 1 . Since December 16, 2012, after extensive restructuring of the program offerings, the station has been called SRG SSR Radio SRF Musikwelle.

history

Logo of the DRS Musikwelle until the end of 2012

The counterpart from French-speaking Switzerland, the Option Musique , has a similar history: Both channels replaced the first program ( DRS 1 / La Première ) on their frequency , have been broadcasting light music since they were founded, and the names of both channels refer to medium wave (Medium wave → music wave, onde moyenne → option musique).

The DRS Musikwelle officially went on air on October 1st, 1996. Until 2007 the program was called DRS Musigwälle . It was transmitted via the medium-wave transmitter Beromünster on the frequency 531 kHz and was therefore also called Musigwwall 531 . The signal could be received in large parts of southern Germany. On December 29, 2008, Swisscom Broadcasting and the Canton of Lucerne switched off the transmitter for security reasons. The change in name is one of the reasons for this.

The program can be received in stereo in Switzerland via cable, in German-speaking Switzerland and the canton of Ticino via DAB (channels 12A, 12C or 12D) and throughout Europe via the Eutelsat satellite in DVB mode and via the Internet.

Web links

• Official website