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 Magyar Rádió's fourth logo from 2007 to 2012 | |
 Headquarters inBudapest (2016) | |
| Type | Radio network |
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| Country | |
| Headquarters | 5-7 Bródy Sándor Str., Budapest, H-1088 |
| Ownership | |
| Parent | Duna Media Service |
Key people | István Jónás (CEO) |
| History | |
| Launch date | 1 December 1925; 99 years ago (1925-12-01) |
| Closed | 1 July 2015; 10 years ago (2015-07-01) |
| Replaced by | Duna Media Service |
| Coverage | |
| Availability | Hungary and neighbouring countries |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Magyar Rádió (Hungarian pronunciation:[ˈmɒɟɒrˈraːdijoː],MR,The Hungarian Radio Corporation, also known asRadio Budapest) wasHungary's publicly fundedradio broadcasting organisation until 2015. It was also the country's officialinternational broadcasting station.
Since 2011, MR has been managed and primarily funded by theMedia Service Support and Asset Management Fund (Hungarian:Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap, abbreviated MTVA).[1] Thisgovernment organization also managed the public service broadcastersMagyar Televízió andDuna Televízió, as well as the Hungariannews agencyMagyar Távirati Iroda.[2]
On July 1, 2015, Magyar Rádió and the three other public media organisations managed by the MTVA were merged into a single organisation calledDuna Media Service (Hungarian:Duna Médiaszolgáltató).[3] This organization is the legal successor to Magyar Rádió and is an active member of theEuropean Broadcasting Union.[4][5]
With its headquarters inBudapest and regional offices around the country, MR was responsible forpublic service broadcasting throughout theHungarian Republic. As well as maintaining regional studios, the corporation produced multiple differentHungarian-language radio channels (Kossuth,Petőfi, andBartók) covering the full range of public-service radio provision, and a fourth channel (MR4) aimed at the country's linguistic minorities.
Created in 1925 and named afterLajos Kossuth, the channel is the official radio station ofHungary. It is the main channel of Hungarian Radio. It primarily broadcasts news, including interviews, discussions, reports, and other speech-based programmes.
Named after the poetSándor Petőfi, the station is aimed at younger generations and broadcastspop music.
Named after the composerBéla Bartók, the station is dedicated toclassical music. It hosts talk programmes in addition toorchestral andopera music. Supposedly, only a few thousand people listen to this station, and proposals to terminate Rádió Bartók have been made several times but never enacted.[citation needed]
This radio channel airs programmes in languages of the national minorities of Hungary.
Parliamentarian broadcasts.
Named afterPista Dankó, this radio station airs regional content throughout Hungary, playsfolk music, and broadcastsoperetta shows. It claims to be available 24/7 on the internet and FM. Also broadcasting on weekdays viamedium wave. Then the station's frequencies are handed over toKossuth Rádió for the rest of the night.
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Hungarian Radio uses the slogan often heard in radio commercials: "From clear source only".[clarification needed] The buildings and studios of the Radio are located inBudapest, in the block between Bródy Sándor Street and Pollack Mihály Square. The construction of Studio No. 6, an orchestral studio, is linked toGeorg von Békésy’s name, who was awarded theNobel Prize for his acoustic research in 1961.[clarification needed]
On July 1, 2007, Radio Budapest cancelled programming in foreign languages.[citation needed]
On December 22, 2012, all regional public service radio programs were cancelled[6][7] and regional studios closed permanently.[8]
On June 30, 2011, Magyar Radio closed its Radio Theatre Office and dismissed all dramaturgy staff.[9]
Digital Radio Broadcasting (DAB+) experiments, which carried all public service stations and were never licensed commercially, was terminated on September 5, 2020.[10]
In 1974,Locomotiv GT'sLocomotiv GT (Dunhill Records 811) was released with abumper sticker with the slogan "Radio Budapest Loves You!"
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