From Winti TV to Tele Top in 20 years
The station started with individual broadcasts on election and voting Sundays and developed over 20 years into the leading regional television station in Eastern Switzerland.
The station started with individual broadcasts on election and referendum Sundays and developed into the leading regional television station in Eastern Switzerland over 20 years. 20 years ago on February 25, 1986 at 20.00
Winti TV went on air at the same time. The starting signal was a
Voting program for the Winterthur city council elections. In the early years
further broadcasts were produced on voting Sundays.
All employees worked on a voluntary basis. In the years that followed, Winti TV
regularly expanded its offering. The broadcasting area was initially limited to the Zurich
Weinland, then to the Zurich Oberland and then to parts of the cantons of
Thurgau, St. Gallen and Schwyz. Today, Tele Top covers the regional public service for the cantons of Zurich, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Schaffhausen and both Appenzells from its studio in Frauenfeld. Tele Top's daily reach has risen from 27,500 viewers in February 2000 to 105,000 in January 2006.
Winti TV went on air at the same time. The starting signal was a
Voting program for the Winterthur city council elections. In the early years
further broadcasts were produced on voting Sundays.
All employees worked on a voluntary basis. In the years that followed, Winti TV
regularly expanded its offering. The broadcasting area was initially limited to the Zurich
Weinland, then to the Zurich Oberland and then to parts of the cantons of
Thurgau, St. Gallen and Schwyz. Today, Tele Top covers the regional public service for the cantons of Zurich, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Schaffhausen and both Appenzells from its studio in Frauenfeld. Tele Top's daily reach has risen from 27,500 viewers in February 2000 to 105,000 in January 2006.
