Radio Television Rumantscha
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Radio Television Rumantscha (Romansh: il Radio e la Televisiun Rumantscha) is a Swiss broadcasting company (part of SRG SSR idée suisse) which offers programming to Romansh-speakers in Switzerland and around the world.
[edit] History
The first radio program in Romansh was broadcasted on January 17, 1925. The person responsible for this broadcast was Felix Huonder. Regular Romansh programming began in 1943. Las Cristallas, the Romansh "radioscola" (radio school, or lectures delivered by radio broadcast), premiered on January 27, 1955.
Il Balcun Tort, the first television program in Romansh, was broadcasted on February 17, 1963. This commemorated the 25th anniversary of Romansh's becoming Switzerland's fourth national language.