RTN (Switzerland)

{{Short description|Swiss radio station}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = RTN

| logo = RTN screen.jpg

| city = Marin-Epagnier

| country = Switzerland

| language = French

| website = {{Official URL}}

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RTN is a private, Frenchspeaking Swiss radio station. It is a public service broadcaster with a focus on local news and information. Founded in 1984, it broadcasts on FM in the canton of Neuchâtel, the north of the canton of Vaud and part of the Broye region. Since 2014, it has also been broadcasting on DAB+ throughout French-speaking Switzerland. Its studios are located in Marin, in the canton of Neuchâtel.{{fact|date=May 2025}}

Until 2024, it belonged to the group owned by Pierre Steulet, director of BNJ FM,{{Cite web |last=Office Fédérale de la communication OFCOM |author-link= |title=Radios privées locales et régionales : BNJ FM |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bakom.admin.ch%2Fthemen%2Fradio_tv%2Fmarktuebersicht%2Fradio_lokal%2Findex.html%3Flang%3Dfr%26OID%3D285#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |access-date=}} which also included RFJ, RJB and BNJ Suisse SA (GRRIF). In 2025, RTN was again granted with the concession for the Neuchâtel region for the next 10 years,{{Cite web |last=Office Fédérale de la communication OFCOM |title=Octroi des concessions de diffusion pour la période 2025 à 2034 |url=https://www.bakom.admin.ch/bakom/fr/page-daccueil/medias-electroniques/informations-concernant-les-diffuseurs-de-programmes/erteilung-der-veranstalterkonzessionen-2025-2034.html}} delivered by the Federal Office of Communications.{{fact|date=May 2025}}

RTN has around fifty employees (40 full-time positions).{{Cite web |title=FAQ carte d'abonné |url=https://www.rtn.ch/rtn/Radio/Carte-Sesame/FAQ/FAQ-carte-d-abonne.html |website=RTN.ch}}