Until October 2013, it broadcast on 101.7 MHz FM in the Lake Geneva region, and now continues on DAB+ digital radio across Switzerland.
The radio station's broadcast operations are headquartered at 9, Rue de Veyrot, Meyrin, 1217 in Geneva, Switzerland.
The name "WRS" and some features of the former public service broadcaster were retained by Anglo Media Group, which had previously operated an internet station: Radio Frontier.
The broadcasting on FM 101.7 MHz covering the Western part of the lake Geneva area stopped on 1 October 2013 while the DAB+ signal covering the Swiss French Speaking region and the Swiss German Speaking region continues alongside internet, mobile and WRS app listening.
[4] In 2013, while still part of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, WRS won five regional Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association.
Award-winning stories included a series reported from revolutionary Egypt,[6] a newscast after a tragic bus crash in Valais,[7] and continuing coverage about Swiss banks,[8] among others.