Regional journal for Graubünden launched
Since Monday, Italian-speaking residents of Graubünden have been receiving better and more up-to-date news coverage. «Grigioni sera» is the name of the daily regional news program broadcast by the Italian-language radio and television station RSI.
The new news journal on Rete Uno will be broadcast from Monday to Friday at 7 pm. It offers five to ten minutes of current news from the entire canton of Graubünden, which has around 20,000 Italian-speaking inhabitants. RSI has increased its team of journalists for radio and television in Graubünden from four to six full-time positions. The broadcaster has responded to a long-standing request from the canton to provide Italian-speaking Graubünden with more information on current affairs throughout the canton.
"Grigioni sera" was created after the canton of Graubünden had criticized RSI's undersupply of the Italian-speaking population for some time. In September 2009, the canton submitted a supervisory complaint to the Federal Office of Communications (Bakom). It stated that RSI was not fulfilling its licensing mandate. In the end, the parties reached an agreement with the mediation of OFCOM. And Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard granted the license for the new news journal at the beginning of November last year. (SDA)
Graubünden receives Italian-language regional journal
