Couleur 3
Couleur 3 is a public, commercial-free radio program of Radio Télévision Suisse ( RTS) and thus also part of the SRG SSR. It is aimed at a young target group. Couleur 3 has not only specialized in pop-rock music, but provides ( in part in special programs ), a spectrum of heavy metal to ambient trance, which can sometimes vary fast for the average taste. Pay particular attention to the choice of music will also Swiss and French-speaking bands. The word component which is largely French-speaking, increases in satirical and more literary -scale radio drama broadcasts (eg Les Griottes ) up about a third, but is otherwise francophone relations with about a quarter rather low.
Special mention ( because of their high representative for the transmitter ) is the mission of La Planète Bleue ( The Blue Planet), a kind of political- civilization-critical radio play - music show with varying environmental or ethnological themes. The earth is seen as a living being ( Gaia hypothesis ) and examined for various mood disorders related to human impacts on the soil organism. The music selection is focused on ethnological topics on the culture in question.
In Germany Couleur 3 is limited (Radio Dreyeckland on 104.6 MHz from Mulhouse may cause interference ) in Markgraeflerland to the southern Emperor chair and occasionally also on the Upper Rhine on 104.8 MHz ( TV channels Les Ordons ), at altitudes (Black Forest) in good conditions via the transmitter Chasseral ( 104.2 MHz) audible. Also is Couleur 3 in parts of German Switzerland receivable via DAB. Europe Couleur 3 (13 ° East location) in the SRG SSR packet broadcast by satellite from Eutelsat Hotbird. Worldwide heard via web streaming Couleur 3.
In France it was legally used as private broadcaster until 2009 and backed by advertising. Outside the actual transmission area ( Western Switzerland ) existed more FM stations in Lyon, Chambery, Grenoble and Chamonix, so the program was well received in many parts of the French region of Rhône -Alpes. The light emitted in France program differed mainly in advertising and in a few parts of the program of the Swiss version.
The studios of Couleur 3 is located in Lausanne.