 Logo used since 2010, incorporating the "SR" mark in the middle which has been used since 1957. | |
| Type | Public broadcasting |
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| Availability | National |
| Radio stations | P1,P2,P3,P4 |
| Headquarters | Radiohuset,Östermalm, Stockholm 59°20′5″N18°6′5″E / 59.33472°N 18.10139°E /59.33472; 18.10139 |
| Owner | Foundation Management for SR, SVT, and UR |
Launch date | 1 January 1925; 100 years ago (1925-01-01) (radio) 4 September 1956; 69 years ago (1956-09-04) (television) |
Former names | AB Radiotjänst (1925–1957) |
Official website | sverigesradio |
Sveriges RadioAB (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈsvæ̌rjɛsˈrɑ̌ːdɪʊ]; "Sweden's Radio") isSweden's national publicly fundedradio broadcaster. Sveriges Radio is apublic limited company, owned by an independent foundation, previously funded through alicensing fee, the level of which is decided by theSwedish Riksdag. As of 1 January 2019, the funds stem from standard taxation. No advertising is permitted. Its legal status could be described as that of aquasi-autonomous non-governmental organization.
The company – which was founded asAB Radiotjänst ("Radio Service Ltd") by a consortium of newspaper companies, theTT news agency, and radio manufacturing interests on 21 March 1924 – made its first broadcast on 1 January 1925: a relay of High Mass fromSt James's Church inStockholm. It was officially renamed Sveriges Radio in 1957.
Sveriges Radio was originally responsible for all broadcasting in Sweden, both radio and television, and hosted the1975 Eurovision Song Contest. A reorganization in 1979 saw it become the parent company of four subsidiaries:
This structure was dissolved in 1993, with the national and local radio companies merging under the name of the old parent company: Sveriges Radio AB.
Four radio channels are available nationwide onFM,DAB and via the internet.[1][2]
A large part of P4's programming is regional with 26 regions each broadcasting their own local programmes during most of the day.
Additional radio stations available locally on FM include:
Sveriges Radio also provides a number of digital channels through DAB and via the internet.
SR International is the international channel of Sveriges Radio and offers programming in the following languages:
SR International is not responsible for programming in the domestic minority languages,Finnish andSámi, which have their own dedicated digital channels.
On 16 March 2010, Radio Sweden announced the end of broadcasts on shortwave and medium wave as from 31 October 2010.[3] External service programmes would continue on the internet only.[4] Language services for immigrants to Sweden inAlbanian,Neo-Aramaic,Serbian,Bosnian, andCroat would also be discontinued, while programmes in English (also on the domestic service),German, Persian,Dari, and Kurdish would remain.[5] New language programs for Arabic, Somali, and Romani were established later that year.[6]
On 21 January, 2016, Radio Sweden announced that the station's German and Russian language stations would cease operations on 31 March of the same year.[7] Editor in-chief Ingemar Löfgren (who retired that same year) stated that the decision was made in order to prioritizeminority languages in broadcasting.
The public's trust in the company, along with its Public Service counterparts in Sweden, may have decreased slightly during the 2000s. The decrease is most significant among right wing citizens.[8][9]
On 2022, it was revealed that SR had registered the word "Sommar", meaningSummer in Swedish, as a trademark, along with other names related to their show,Sommar i P1, much to the dismay of some podcast operators.[10]
On 18 April 2023, Sveriges Radio stopped using Twitter as part of its social media plan due to concerns over "recent turbulence" at the company over its (in)ability to combat fake news and hate speech.[11]
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