Former SRG Director General Antonio Riva dies at the age of 84
Former SRG Director General Antonio Riva passed away last week in Ticino at the age of 84, the SRG announced on Monday. Riva served as SRG Director General from 1988 to 1996.
Riva, who was born in Lugano in 1935, had studied law in Bern. In 1966, he joined Radio and Television of the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland.
Until 1975, he was Head of the Information Department, then Head of Programming Information and, from 1982, Director of Programming Services at SRG's General Management in Berne. At the beginning of 1988, Riva succeeded Leo Schürmann as SRG Director General.
Riva had always distinguished himself with his diplomatic skills and had strengthened SRG's role in the international network, the SRG statement said. He had provided access to Eurosport, Euronews and Arte and had worked to expand SRG's then foreign service, Schweizer Radio International (SRI), as well as to position the former Teletext AG strongly. (SDA)
