Roland Pièce and the Beginning of Radio Broadcasting in Switzerland

EasyChair Preprint 10417

Abstract

The beginnings of Radio Broadcasting in Switzerland are linked to the development of the first aeronautical liaison between Paris and Lausanne. To ensure the safety of flights on this route, which was officially inaugurated on October 28, 1921, radio communication was necessary between the pilot and the airfields. Two people are at the origin of the creation of the first radio station in Lausanne: Professor Paul-Louis Mercanton and Roland Pièce, who was his student. This article retraces the milestones of this adventure, from the first experimentation of wireless telegraphy in Lausanne in 1911 to the first live broadcasting of a vocal and instrumental concert at the official inauguration of the Champ-de-l'Air transmitter on October 14, 1922.

Keyphrases: Roland Pièce, Switzerland, history, radio broadcasting

@booklet{EasyChair:10417,
  author    = {Pierre-Yves Pièce},
  title     = {Roland Pièce and the Beginning of Radio Broadcasting in Switzerland},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 10417},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2023}}