RTS La Première

RSR La Première is the main information channel of the Swiss French-language public broadcaster, known today as RTS La Première. The schedule is built around news, current affairs, interviews, debates, magazine programmes, sport and cultural features, with strong coverage of Swiss politics and the life of French-speaking Switzerland, from Geneva and Lausanne to the Jura and Valais. The tone is serious but accessible, with a mixture of well-known presenters and specialists.

The broadcaster is part of the SRG SSR group, which is financed mainly by licence fees and carries limited advertising. La Première is the voice of the French-speaking region of the country in the national debate, and the programmes are a useful source for learners of French who want to hear the accents and vocabulary of Switzerland. The online stream allows Swiss people abroad to follow news from home. Some programmes, especially sport, may be restricted outside Switzerland because of rights. The stream is delivered as AAC at 96 kbps, an efficient codec that provides a clear sound for speech at a moderate bitrate and works in most current browsers and on phones. It plays in your browser on RadioKite without installation, and you can add it to your favourites.