DR (Danmarks Radio)

Type	Public service broadcasting: radio network and television network
Country	Denmark
Availability	National
Owner	The State of Denmark
Key people	Kenneth Plummer, Director General Lars Grarup, Media Director Mette Bock, D.o. Programmes David Hellemann, D.o. Economy
Launch date	1925 (founded) 1927 (nationwide radio) 1951 (television)
Former names	Radioordningen (1925-1926) Statsradiofonien (1926-1959) Danmarks Radio (1959-1996)
Website www.dr.dk

DR-Byen, DR's new headquarters, under construction in Copenhagen

Radiohuset buildings on Rosenørns Allé

DR (formerly: Danmarks Radio) is Denmark's national broadcasting corporation. Founded as a public service organization on 1 April 1925 (under the name of Radioordningen, changed to Statsradiofonien in 1926, and Danmarks Radio in 1959), DR is Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enterprise. Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ... A radio network is a network system which distributes programming to multiple stations simultaneously, or slightly delayed, for the purpose of extending total coverage beyond the limits of a single broadcast signal. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Director-general is the professional head of a UK Executive Agency which contains other agencies headed by directors. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 195 KB) The Radio House in Copenhagen, Denmark. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 195 KB) The Radio House in Copenhagen, Denmark. ... Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

DR is funded by the levying of a broadcast receiving licence fee, payable by all of those who own a radio or TV set in Denmark whether or not they use DR's services. As of January 2007 those with internet connections at or above 256kb/s downstream, or owning a mobile phone capable of receiving video over the internet, must also pay the fee regardless of actual use of the services. This article is about a licence that is required to own or operate a television or radio. ...

DR was one of 23 founding broadcasting organisations of the European Broadcasting Union in 1950. EBU redirects here. ...

DR runs four nationwide FM radio stations, 14 Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) stations and 13 additional web radio stations, plus two television channels and an extensive website, a version of which is accessible via mobile phone. In telecommunications, frequency modulation (FM) conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its frequency. ... Digital Audio Broadcast or DAB is a standard for digital radio broadcast developed by EUREKA as a research project for the European Union. ... Web radio (or Internet radio) is a broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ...

Radio

Analogue radio

• P1 - "Thought-provoking radio": factual programming, reports, discussion and debate on public affairs, society and the community, plus in-depth news. It is broadcast on FM, DAB and web radio.
• P2 - "Music and cultural radio": classical music, opera, jazz, radio drama, and coverage of other artistic performances and events. It is broadcast on FM and the web. The channel itself is not available on DAB, but it is associated with DR P2 Klassisk and DR P2 Plus which simulcast many of the P2 programmes.
• P3 - Hit radio, with popular entertainment shows and hourly three-minute news bulletins. P3 also covers major sporting events. It is broadcast on FM, DAB and web radio.
• P4 - DR's most popular radio channel: a "modern public service station" broadcast in 11 regional versions, mixing popular music with national and local news. P4 also provides a Traffic Message Channel service of travel news. It is broadcast on FM and web radio.

The P4 regions on a map.

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• P4 Bornholm
• P4 Esbjerg
• P4 Fyn
• P4 København
• P4 Midt & Vest
• P4 Nordjylland
• P4 Nordvestsjælland
• P4 Østjylland
• P4 Sjælland
• P4 Syd
• P4 Trekanten

DR also has a medium wave station, P5 Mellembølge, with a three daily news bulletions, a gymnastics programme plus a few utility programmes (mainly for sailors). Earlier, DR also operated a shortwave programme in Danish (Radio Danmark), broadcast from a Norwegian transmitter site, and had a powerful longwave station, which - like P5 Mellembølge - was also placed in Kalundborg. Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ...

DAB stations

The first trials of Digital Audio Broadcasting were carried out in 1995.

In 2002 DR began broadcasting eight new DAB channels: pop station DR Boogie Skum, parliamentary channel DR Demokrati, jazz station DR Jazz, classical music station DR Klassisk, news station DR Nyheder, cultural station DR Plus, rock station DR Rock, and soft music station DR Soft. In 2003 DR Litteratur was added to the line-up and 2004 saw the launch of DR Sport and DR Event.

In December 2004 a second transmitter network was launched, broadcasting DR Gyldne Genhør (drama, comedy and popular music from the archives), DR Kanonkamelen (programmes for young children), DR Erhverv (economic and financial news), as well as digital versions of P1, P3 and P4 Danmark. DR Barracuda (programmes for older children) was added in 2005.

In August 2005 the commercial radio stations Sky Radio (now defunct) and Radio 100FM began broadcasting on the DAB network, reducing the space available for DR and obliging it to abandon three of its DAB channels: DR Erhverv, DR Event and DR P4 Danmark (a nationwide version of the regional channel). Radio 100FM is a Danish radio channel. ...

On New Year's Day 2006 the popular music station DR Soft was closed down, but following protests it was soon brought back. Initially, it was intended it would remain on air until the launch of a new channel called DR X, but as Sky Radio had ceased broadcasting in November 2005, DR Soft and DR X were able to continue alongside each other.

December 2006 saw major changes to the line-up when the granting of exclusive use of one of the two DAB transmitter networks to the commercial stations meant that DR Gyldne Genhør, DR Kultur, DR Litteratur, DR Soft and DR Sport all had to close. They were replaced by DR P2 Plus, a resurrected DR P4 Danmark, and DR P4 Hit.

As of 2 May 2007 the line-up of DR stations available on DAB is: is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

• DR Barracuda – radio for 7- to 13-year-olds
• DR Boogieradio – entertainment and popular music for teenagers
• DR Jazz – jazz music
• DR Nyheder – continuous news updates
• DR Oline – (formerly DR Kanonkamelen) stories and music for children aged 3–7
• DR P1 (see above)
• DR P2 Klassisk – (formerly DR Klassisk) classical music
• DR P2 Plus – arts and literature
• DR P3 (see above)
• DR P4 Danmark
• DR P4 Hit
• DR Politik – (formerly DR Demokrati) live coverage of parliamentary sessions
• DR Rock – classic rock
• DR X

As part of a cost saving plan, DR X was closed in October 2007. It was replaced by DR Dansktop, which had previously broadcast solely on the Internet. Towards the end of 2007, DR closed down two other DAB channels: the cultural channel DR P2 Plus and the children's channel DR Barracuda. These were replace by two pop music channels: DR Coco and DR MGP. Meanwhile, DR P2 Klassisk and DR P4 Hit changed their names by dropping the reference to their analogue parent channels and becoming DR Klassisk and DR Hit.

Web radio

All of the above FM and DAB stations (except DR Politik and DR Nyheder) are streamed on the internet. In addition, DR also provides another 13 music channels available only via web radio. As of November 2007 these were:

• DR Allegro – popular classical music, film music, musicals, operetta
• DR Barometer – (formerly DR Electric) alt-rock and indie
• DR Country – country music
• DR Dansktop – popular music and schlagers (up-tempo oom-pah-pah)
• DR Electronica – electronica
• DR Evergreen
• DR Folk – folk music both Nordic and Anglo-American
• DR Hip Hop – (formerly DR Ghetto) hiphop from underground to mainstream
• DR Modern Rock
• DR R&B – R&B, soul
• DR Soft – pop
• DR Spillemand – Danish, Nordic, and Irish/Scottish/English folk music
• DR World – world music

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Television

DR1

Main article: DR1

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DR2

Main article: DR2

DR2 is the third national subscription-free TV channel in Denmark (it followed the establishment of TV 2 and its sister channel). It was known in its earliest years as den hemmelige kanal ("the secret channel") because it could not be seen nationwide at its launch — a situation much ridiculed by its competitors. Its early programme content was also fairly narrow. In recent times, however, it has become one of the strongest brands in Danish television and on several occasions gained more viewers than TV 3. DR2's traditional specialisms are cultural programmes, satirical comedy, in-depth news programmes, documentaries, and a weekly temalørdag (Theme Saturday) strand examining diverse aspects of one chosen subject in a series of linked programmes. DR2 is a Danish television station. ... TV 2 is a Danish government-owned television station broadcasting from Odense on Funen. ... This article is about brands in marketing. ... TV3 is the largest commercial television channel of Viasat, which is part of the Swedish media company Modern Times Group. ...

DR Update

Main article: DR Update

Will soon be available on the digital broadcasting system, DVB-T. DR Update is a Danish television news channel broadcast by Danmarks Radio. ...

Future channels of DR

In 2009 DR will launch at least one new channel, which is a mixed history and children's channel. Speculations say that HD-channels may be available in 2009-2010. DR will try to launch one new channel every year from 2009.

Web television

In June 2007, DR launched an Internet-based news channel called DR Update. DR also provides live streaming of DR1 and DR2, as well as on-demand streaming of many individual programmes, to internet users in Denmark. DR Update is a Danish television news channel broadcast by Danmarks Radio. ...

Ensuring non-biased reporting

The Dansk Folkeparti has criticized DR for being biased against the party in its political news coverage, attributing this partly to the party-political nature of appointments to the DR Board of Directors. In response, DR set up a "watchdog committee" intended to detect and report upon any anti-party bias. The Danish Peoples Party (Danish: Dansk Folkeparti) is a social conservative, nationalist, far right political party in Denmark. ...

Relocation of DR and funding crisis

DR is in the process of moving all of its departments, including radio, TV and the various orchestras to a brand new complex, for the first time gathering all departments (except the regional radio stations) into one place. The new building, called DR Byen (the DR city), covers an area of 132,000 m². Among other things it will - when finished in 2008 - contain a new concert building with room for 2,200 people, including 1,600 in the largest concert hall. This will include a large new organ by J. L. van den Heuvel Orgelbouw, which has already been completed in their workshops in Dortrecht, Holland. This article is about a region in the Netherlands. ...

The project has become much more expensive than planned, forcing DR to make drastic budget cuts. In April 2007 it was announced that 300 employees would be laid off, meaning that most of the sports department would be closed down as well as most of the educational department, several programmes and the radio channel DR X. DR would also give up its rights to the Olympic Games and attempt to sell the rights to the rights to a number of other sports events including football. The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

As the major recipient of license funds, DR operates under a public service contract with the government which it was unable to fulfil in the wake of the budget crisis related to the move. The budget overspends caused a major scandal which saw senior management of DR replaced, and was followed by a heated political debate over whether the service should receive additional emergency funding. Various measures to mitigate the impact on the public service obligations of the institution were contemplated by Parliament, and a compromise was agreed to limit the impact of the deficit, the main component of which was the authorization of the sale of DR's concert hall into private ownership. A television licence is an official licence required in some countries for all owners of a television receiver. ...

See also

• List of Danish television channels.

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External links

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Danmarks Radio

• DR's internet site (Danish with limited English language text)
• DR Byen (English)
• DAB stations