Couleur Terre(literally Colour Earth) is the French Swiss version of the Serious Request that broadcasts on Dutch radio/television. It was broadcast on French language Couleur 3 radio station.
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state situated in the confluence of western, central, and southern Europe. It is a federal republic composed of 26 cantons, with federal authorities seated in Bern. Switzerland is a landlocked country bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. It is geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi), and land area of 39,997 km2 (15,443 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8.5 million is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are located, among them the two global cities and economic centres of Zürich and Geneva.
Serious Request is a family of annual multi-day, multimedia fundraising events for International Red Cross initiatives, typically hosted by radio stations in the week before Christmas. The project was begun in 2004 by Dutch public pop music radio station 3FM. Serious Request projects have since been adopted in Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Kenya, South Korea, Austria, Latvia and Portugal.
Couleur 3 is the third radio station operated by RTS Radio Télévision Suisse. The station was launched in 1982.
The Dutch campaign started in 2004, with Couleur 3 joining in for 2007 campaign. The show appeals for money which each year helps a certain cause. The 2007 campaign was access for clean water.
A number of radio or television personalities were locked inside a glasshouse that was installed in Geneva, Switzerland on rue de la Rôtisserie. DJs Yann Zitouni, Émilie Gasc-Milesi and Michel Ndeze hosted six full days of the appeal. In its only year, the French Swiss radio station collected CHF 252,000 (about €151,000) by playing requests. [1]
Geneva is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva.
The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) issues banknotes and the federal mint Swissmint issues coins.
In 2009, the Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)' Radio SRF 3 started a similar format of broadcasts in German language under the title Jeder Rappen zählt (Meaning every rappen or nickel counts). Swiss SRF zwei television station joined in with part of the broadcasts on TV. The German show has survived longer for the following years until presently (2014).
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen is a Swiss broadcasting company, created on 1 January 2011, through the merger of radio company, Schweizer Radio DRS and television company, Schweizer Fernsehen (SF). The new business unit of SRG SSR, became the largest electronic media house of German-speaking Switzerland. About 2,150 employees work for SRF in the four main studios in Basel, Bern and Zürich.
Radio SRF 3 is the third radio station from Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). The station was launched in 1983 in response to the licensing of private radio stations in Switzerland that was directed primarily for music to a younger audience.
German is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol in Italy, the German-speaking Community of Belgium and Liechtenstein. It is one of the three official languages of Luxembourg and a co-official language in the Opole Voivodeship in Poland. The languages that are most similar to the German are the other members of the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German/Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, and Yiddish. There are strong similarities in vocabulary with Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, although those belong to the North Germanic group. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language, after English.
Since 2016, there's another version on RTS, called "Coeur à coeur" on Option Musique. [2] [3]
The Radio télévision suisse (RTS) is a Swiss public broadcasting organisation. Part of SRG SSR, RTS handles production and broadcasting of radio and television programming in French for Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2010 by a merger of Radio suisse romande and Télévision suisse romande.
Option Musique is the fourth radio station operated by RTS Radio Télévision Suisse. Now known as RTS Option Musique, the station was launched in 1994 and offers music programming along with popular French variety and contributes actively to the promotion of songwriters and performers in Switzerland. Every hour begins with a short news flash.
