area switzerland branding wrs frequency dab in switzerland internet radio mobile cable networks first air date 5 november 2007 format bbc news local news weather traffic chat lifestyle interviews what s on and popular music affiliations bbc world service owner anglo media sa webcast 1 website www.worldradio.ch world radio switzerland wrs is the only english language radio station in the lake geneva region switzerland . until october 2013 it broadcast on 101.7 mhz fm in the lake geneva region and now continues on dab digital radio in western switzerland . it can also be heard through live streaming on the wrs website and mobile apps . contents 1 administration 2 history 3 types of listeners 4 station awards 5 references 6 external links administration edit wrs is owned since 1 september 2013 by anglo media sa . the radio station s broadcast operations are headquartered at 9 rue de veyrot meyrin 1217 in geneva switzerland . history edit in the late 1980s the swiss broadcasting corporation sbc decided that an english language radio station in geneva would enhance its international reputation and provide a useful service to the international organizations established in the city . to that end the sbc applied to the federal office of communications for an fm frequency . the first application made in 1992 was rejected . the application was resubmitted in 1995 and then granted . however by that time the federal office of communications made it clear that all new radio stations had to be commercial . world radio geneva began broadcasting on 25 june 1996 and officially ended on 12 october 2007 after a change in the law integrated the radio station into the swiss public service . world radio switzerland launched on 5 november 2007 as a public service broadcaster available on digital radio across switzerland . in 2012 wrs parent corporation sbc announced its intention to privatise the station . 1 as of december 2012 there were two bidders for the broadcaster . 2 in 2013 the station was privatised and sold by the sbc to anglo media group . the name wrs and some features of the former public service broadcaster were retained by anglo media group which had previously operated a web only station radio frontier . the broadcasting on fm 101.7 mhz covering the western part of the lake geneva area stopped on 1 october 2013 while the dab signal covering the swiss french speaking region continues alongside internet mobile and wrs app listening . wrs currently produces three live presented programmes per day additional lifestyle contributed programmes together with hourly international news and thematic programmes from the bbc world service . the wrs website contains the station s programme offerings local news for the lake geneva region an events calendar a local directory and a classifieds section . types of listeners edit listeners of wrs live across switzerland and in over 100 additional countries with core listening audiences in the cantons of geneva and vaud and neighbouring border areas of france . countries of origin include switzerland france the united kingdom the united states canada and australia . according to a federal census 739 000 swiss speak english at work 16.9 % of the working population . 3 station awards edit in 2005 wrg world radio geneva was awarded radio station of the year as part of swiss radio day . in 2012 wrs was awarded radio station of the year as part of swiss radio day . the award is given to one station in the german speaking and one in the french and italian speaking regions of the country for biggest net listener increase . 4 in 2013 while still part of the swiss broadcasting corporation wrs won five regional edward r. murrow awards from the radio television digital news association . 5 the awards for broadcast journalism were presented for a small market international station . award winning stories included a series reported from revolutionary egypt 6 a newscast after a tragic bus crash in valais 7 and continuing coverage about swiss banks 8 among others . 5 in the summer of 2013 wrs was awarded radio station of the year for the third time and the second year in succession for its percentage increase in listener audience . 9 in 2014 wrs won three regional rtdna edward r. murrow awards for work completed before the station was privatised . 10 the winning entries include a report on the gender gap produced at the world economic forum s annual meeting in davos ; 11 a pair of reports about an alpine river that died after a dam incident ; 12 and a report about switzerland s first stand alone hindu temple . 13 references edit srg will world radio switzerland verkaufen june 2012 world radio switzerland sale down to two bids december 2012 federal census 2010 federal office of statistics radio 105 und wrs sind radios of the year 2012 august 2012 a b 2013 regional edward r. murrow award winners april 2013 a week in revolutionary cairo switzerland s worst bus crash continuing coverage swiss banks outgoing wrs wins radio of year award genevalunch.com august 2013 2014 regional edward r. murrow award winners april 2014 davos gender gap destroyed swiss river first stand alone hindu temple opens in switzerland external links edit world radio switzerland v t e swiss broadcasting corporation srg ssr radio television srf radio srf 1 radio srf 2 kultur radio srf 3 radio srf 4 news radio srf virus radio srf musikwelle rts la premi re espace 2 couleur 3 option musique rsi rsi rete uno rsi rete due rsi rete tre rtr radio rumantsch rr ssatr radio swiss pop radio swiss classic radio swiss jazz srf srf 1 srf zwei srf info rts rts un rts deux rts info rsi rsi la 1 rsi la 2 rtr televisiun rumantscha tvr other defunct hd suisse ; 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