NRK P2
{{Short description|Norwegian radio station}}
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RiksTV: Channel 201
Telenor Norway cable/IPTV: Channel 361
Allente Norway: Channel 191
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| languages = Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
| format = Culture, news
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NRK P2 is one of three main, nationwide radio channels produced by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). Its current format – focusing on news and current affairs, debate, analysis, culture, science, and society[http://www.nrk.no/radio/ NRK radio programme guide (in Norwegian)] – is the result of the NRK radio channel reform initiated in 1993 by radio director Tor Fuglevik.
In style and content, the channel is similar to the Danish DR P1 and the Swedish SR P1. The original P2, established as NRK's second radio channel in 1984, had carried lighter programming.
The last transmitters radiating P2 on FM were switched off on 13 December 2017,[https://radio.no/2017/09/digital-radio-at-normal-levels-after-fm-switch-off/ radio.no: digital radio after FM switch-off] and the channel is now receivable only via digital audio broadcasting (DAB+), satellite TV, and internet.
Awards
In 1999 the channel's employees were collectively awarded the Fritt Ord Award for their championship of freedom of speech.{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Fritt Ords pris|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=Henriksen, Petter|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Fritt_Ords_pris|language=Norwegian|accessdate=22 May 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115234410/http://snl.no/Fritt_Ords_pris|archivedate=15 November 2011}}
Local programming
Though it was not considered an official named opt-out (in contrast to those of NRK P1), the FM signals for NRK P2 in most of northern Norway north of Bodø from 2004 to 2017 included programming from NRK Sápmi Radio,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/kultur/sami-radio-skaper-irritasjon-1.537623|title=Sami-Radio skaper irritasjon|date=22 June 2004|access-date=6 February 2024|language=nb|publisher=NRK}} and a short weekly or bi-weekly newscast in Finnish and Kven.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/hor-finsksendinga-i-opptak-1.11300949|title=Hør Finsksendinga i opptak|date=7 December 2017|access-date=6 February 2024|language=nb,fi,fkv|publisher=NRK}} The DAB+ signals in the same areas did not have these opt-outs, and had the same schedule as the rest of Norway.
The opt-out feed ceased to exist when the FM senders in Troms and Finnmark were shut down on 13 December 2017, which also spelled the end of Kven or Finnish timeslots on any NRK radio station, with the final Finnish newscast being on 6 December 2017.
Notable programming
- Dagsnytt
- Dagsnytt 18
- Urix (Radio-specific episodes)
- {{ill|Abels tårn|nb}}
Station managers
- 2009–present: Ole Jan Larsen
- 2005–2009: {{ill|Herborg Bryn|no}}
- 1999–2005: {{ill|Kari Storsletten|no}}
- 1995–1999: {{ill|Bjarne Grevsgard|no}}
- 1991–1995: {{ill|Carl Henrik Grøndahl|no}}
- 1984–1991: Arne Bonde
Logo history
File:NRK P2 alt.svg|2000 to 2007.
File:NRK P2 Logo.svg|2007 to 2011.
File:NRK P2 logo 2011.svg|October 2011 to December 2022
References
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External links
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- [https://www.nrk.no/p2/ NRK P2 - official home page] (in Norwegian)
- [https://radio.nrk.no/direkte/p2 NRK P2 online radio]
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