Rete Uno

Rete Uno doesn't box itself in. One minute you're hearing a Mozart symphony, the next a gritty Delta blues track from Robert Johnson. Then it's contemporary Italian hip hop. That's the beauty of this Italian-language station from Swiss-Italian Ticino. It's a rare bird: a public broadcaster that treats genre boundaries as suggestions, not rules. The playlist is curated with evident care. Classical segments feature crisp recordings of Vivaldi and modern composers like Ludovico Einaudi. Blues radio Switzerland doesn't get much better than their late-afternoon slots, where you might hear B.B. King…