High German is spoken at Radio DRS

 From May 1, the "Rendez-vous" and "Info 3" programs on Swiss Radio DRS will be broadcast in High German. In this way, the station also wants to reach people who do not understand Swiss dialect. Until now, only the news block of "Rendez-vous" was read out in High German, while the correspondents' reports were broadcast in dialect. The subsequent "Tagesgespräch" will also be held in dialect in future. This means that almost all information programs on Swiss radio will now be broadcast in High German. Only in the regional journals will dialect continue to set the tone, as the SDA writes in a report on Monday. With these changes, the radio station wants to appeal more to French-speaking Swiss and Ticino residents who live in German-speaking Switzerland or who occasionally listen to Swiss-German radio. On the other hand, there are many foreigners who speak High German but have difficulty understanding the dialect.