DRS music program undergoes gentle renovation
An analysis has shown that six percent of the programming on DRS 1 and DRS 3 overlaps. The two stations are now set to undergo a musical reorientation.
According to Robert Ruckstuhl, Head of Radio at SRF, DRS 3 will focus on newer, more current music in future, while DRS 1 will aim for "a broader spread": "Music from the 1960s to the modern era. However, we will play tracks from the 80s rather than the noughties," Ruckstuhl is quoted as saying in the newspaper Der Sonntag. He is convinced "that most people are musically socialized in their youth". A large proportion of DRS 1 listeners were born in the 1950s or earlier. This has to be taken into account. This will lead to an expansion of the repertoire. Chansons, canzoni and also German pop will be heard more often on DRS 1, while classic hits will continue to be part of the core business of DRS Musikwelle.
Not only the DRS music program will be gently renovated from November. According to Sonntag, information will also be slightly expanded. In future, a longer overview of the day's events will be offered from 4 p.m. onwards. Furthermore, important sports results will be announced immediately in the daily program.
Finally, the increasingly long traffic jam reports are to be packaged in a more original way. The aim is to "journalistically weight" the reports, "present them in a more comprehensible way" and generally "think more in terms of the user than the disseminator" when moderating. According to Ruckstuhl, several presenters are currently being piloted - tried and tested voices and those that are not yet known.
