SRF also discloses radio costs
The SRG's German-language radio stations, SRF 1 and SRF 2 Kultur, cost about the same—excluding news and information programs. On Monday, the SRG disclosed the costs of its German-language radio stations for the first time.
SRF 1 accounted for costs of CHF 10.8 million in 2015 and SRF 2 Kultur for CHF 11.4 million. The costs were lower for SRF 3 at CHF 9 million and for SRF 4 at CHF 3.9 million. SRF Musikwelle cost CHF 2.3 million and SRF Virus CHF 1.2 million, according to the annual report.
| Radio station | Costs per year (in millions of francs) |
| Radio SRF 1* | 10,8 |
| Radio SRF 2 Culture* | 11,4 |
| Radio SRF 3* | 9,0 |
| Radio SRF 4 News* | 3,9 |
| Radio SRF Musikwelle* | 2,3 |
| Radio SRF Virus* | 1,2 |
| Information formats** | 28,1 |
* without information formats
** Information formats include all news, primetime and weekly programs from the radio editorial department (station editorial offices, specialist editorial offices, regional editorial offices and correspondents)
Without info programs
However, this does not include information programs, which are mainly broadcast by SRF 1 and - almost around the clock - SRF 4 News. A further CHF 28.1 million is listed in the compilation of broadcasting costs under the heading "Information Radio".
SRF 1 and SRF 2 broadcast almost the same number of hours of music, namely 5450 (SRF 1) and 5722 hours (SRF 2 Kultur) respectively. Various genres are played in the first program. In the second program, classical music accounts for by far the largest share - alongside ethno, jazz and folklore. On SRF 1, the proportion of "topicality and information" is almost three times as high as on SRF 2 Kultur: SRF 1 broadcast 3346 hours - of which 1742 hours were devoted to regional programs. SRF 2 Kultur broadcast 1223 hours of information.
The music-free information channel SRF 4 News had the highest share with 5864 hours. That's over 16 hours per day. SRF Virus offers music almost around the clock - 7403 hours per year. However, the station only offered 426 hours of information.
Different range
The annual report lists not only national and regional news programs under "Current affairs and information", but also features on society, social issues and religion, interviews and portraits, and advice programs. There are differences in the reach of the stations: SRF 1 has an average daily audience of 1.624 million listeners, while SRF 2 Kultur has 321,000 listeners. SRF 4 News has an average of 237,000 listeners. In terms of market share, this is 31.3 percent for SRF 1, SRF 2 Kultur has 3.2 percent and SRF 4 News 0.7 percent. SRG already reported the costs of its German-language television broadcasts last fall. According to the list now published, TV information programs such as "Tagesschau", "10vor10", "SRF Börse", "SRF Meteo", "Glanz&Gloria" and voting programs cost around CHF 53 million per year. The "Tagesschau" programs account for around CHF 23 million of this. The program around the federal elections in autumn 2015 cost CHF 3.8 million. (SDA)
Detailed information on SRF's broadcasting costs can be found at Srf.ch/sendingcosts can be viewed online. The other business units - RSI (Italian-speaking Switzerland), RTR (Romansh-speaking Switzerland) and RTS (French-speaking Switzerland) - have also published their TV and radio costs on the internet. The figures published today are the actual costs in 2015 based on the annual financial statements.
