Danmarks Radio

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TV station ( public service )
Program type Full program
reception Antenna , cable , satellite , digital
Start of transmission April 1, 1925 (as Statsradiofonie ,
1959–1996 Danmarks Radio ,
since 1996 DR )
Intendant Maria Rørbye Rønn (General Manager)
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DR Byen has been the broadcaster's headquarters since 2006.

Danmarks Radio ( DR ) is the public broadcaster in Denmark . Although the name “Danmarks Radio” is still used in everyday life, the company describes itself exclusively as “DR” and is only entered in this way in the company register.

It is broadcast mainly in Danish . Once a week there is a program in Greenlandic and Faroese .

history

Broadcasting in Denmark began in 1922 with broadcasts by the Danish Radio Club on Lyngby ; In 1923 the station Ryvang followed (in Copenhagen , with relays in Odense and Hjørring ), in 1924 the station in Copenhagen. On April 1, 1925, Statsradiofonien received the monopoly on radio broadcasts in Denmark. In addition to the Copenhagen transmitter, the long-wave transmitter Kalundborg joined in 1927 . In 1933, Denmark had the highest density of receivers in the world, with 150 radio receivers per 1000 inhabitants, ahead of the USA, Great Britain and Sweden. In 1945 they moved into a new building (Radiohuset). In 1951 television and the second radio program P2 started , in 1960 regional radio programs and in 1963 P3 .

On March 13, 2018, the Danish Finance Minister Kristian Jensen announced that license fees would be abolished in Denmark. Instead, DR is to be financed through taxpayers' money, and the budget is to be reduced by 20%. In September 2018, drastic cuts in the program offer and restrictive program guidelines for the period 2019 to 2023 were announced, which will also affect the scope of the Internet offer. The broadcasting should therefore primarily convey the "Danish and Christian cultural heritage" and "contribute to promoting a community-based Denmark". On January 2, 2020, the radio station DR P7 Mix and the TV station DR K were finally switched off . The TV channels DR3 and DR Ultra can only be received online since then.

organization structure

DR works on the legal basis of the Broadcasting Act, which among other things defines the organizational structure of the broadcaster. The management of DR is subordinate to an eleven-member board, whose members are appointed for four years. The Danish Minister of Culture appoints the chairperson and two other board members , six members are appointed by parliament and two members are appointed by the DR staff. Michael Christiansen has been the CEO since 2008.

The station's management consists of the artistic director and seven other directors. Maria Rørbye Rønn has been the regular DR director since 2011 , after having held the office on a provisional basis since 2010.

DR is the largest Danish media company. In addition to radio and television, online services, mobile platforms and live events are part of the broadcaster's range of tasks. DR has three different orchestras and five choirs.

DR is a member of the European Broadcasting Union and Nordvision , an association of state broadcasters in the Nordic countries .

Radio

The former main building in Copenhagen ( Radiohuset )

With four advertising-free main channels, DR has a market share of around 70% and thus clearly dominates the radio market . All programs have a high proportion of words. The names P1, P2, P3 and P4 are also used in Norway and Sweden. The content of the programs there is similar. However, P4 Norge is a private broadcaster.

Programs

Four FM radio programs P1 / P2 , P3 , P4 and P5 are broadcast throughout Denmark , with the originally independent stations P1 and P2 sharing an FM network. In the fourth program, local programs from regional studios lasting several hours are broadcast daily. Other radio programs are broadcast exclusively in the DAB digital radio standard and on the Internet.

  • DR P1 : News channel that offers a critical and inspiring perspective on the world. P1 uses current events as relevant opportunities to perspective, challenge and enlighten listeners in the community, culture and science. The channel delivers differentiated knowledge and exciting stories for eager adults. Pure word program with up-to-date information, discussions, features and themed magazines of all kinds. Comparable to BBC Radio 4 , Deutschlandfunk or France Culture . Market share: around 6%.
  • DR P2 : The most important community for everyone who is interested in classical music in this country. The core of the channel is classical music, conveyed in a contemporary informal tone and adding perspective to the experience, i.e. classical music and cultural journalism. At a late hour there are also programs about folk and world music. Market share: around 2%.
  • DR P3 : Channel where younger listeners get news, news, entertainment, sports and the latest Danish music broadcast to the target audience by the country's best radio hosts. P3 guarantees substance, humor and new music Young pop wave with a very broad, progressive selection of music. The spectrum ranges from Danish and international hip-hop to alternative rock and Britpop to the latest chart pop . Even during the day, the titles are comparatively diverse. Among them are many songs that appear in the German "Hitradios" weeks later or not at all. The courageous selection sometimes creates a very restless hearing impression. P3 also offers a relatively high proportion of words with original, satirical, absurd contributions, disrespectful humor and a lot of irony throughout. Comedy-like spots are not only delivered for categories, but also for current topics of conversation. Market share: around 20%.
  • DR P4 : Channel that comes close to the life of adult Danes with its regional starting point and offers listeners the most important stories, news, perspectives, entertainment options and a large selection of music with extensive regional content. For this purpose, the program is split up several hours a day. Music from classic rock to Danish hitsis then broadcast from the regional studios. P4 has a dominant market share of around 40%.
  • DR P5 : Program with a diverse musical spectrum aimed at mature Danes. 60 years of pop music with plenty of time, good stories and lively conversations.
  • DR P6 BEAT : Conveys alternative rhythmic music from Denmark and abroad and inspires listeners to high-quality music. Passionate about music on the fringes of the mainstream, P6 BEAT is the DR community of Danes interested in alternative rhythmic music that is not played in many other places.
  • DR P8 JAZZ : presents music for everyone who likes jazz. P8 JAZZ conveys jazz music from all eras with inspiration and great experiences from all genres of jazz. P8 JAZZ expands the musical experience and opens up the jazz genre to listeners through the inspiring and passionate dissemination of knowledge about music.
Danmarks Radio Regional Studio Bornholm

Former radio programs:

  • DR Mama : broadcasted from September 2011 to September 2014, according to their own information, housewives pop and soft rock.
  • DR Ramasjang : was a children's radio for three to six year olds until September 2014.
  • DR Ultra : was a children's and youth radio for seven to twelve year olds. Shared radio frequencies with DR Ramasjang from March 4, 2013and was finally converted into a television station in September 2014.
  • DR Nyheder : was a news and information program until January 31, 2012 (similar to theARD info channels)
  • DR P7 MIX : conveyed pop, R'n'B and soul from Denmark and abroad over the past four decades. The aim was to expand the music experience for listeners through inspiring and passionate communication and knowledge of the most popular rhythmic music.
  • DAB programs: The DAB + digital radio standard is used to broadcast other special programs almost across Denmark. Regional channels are also included. These programs can also be heard as a live stream on the Internet. In addition, a transmitter for traffic information was planned for a time, but it was never put into operation.

Distribution channels

In addition to FM and DAB +, medium waves are also broadcast. Since February 15, 2007, the special program P5 Mellembølge has only been broadcast a few hours a day via the medium-wave transmitter Kalundborg on Zealand, which can also be received in large parts of Germany, with the frequency 1062  kHz . Transmission on the long wave frequency of 243 kHz was completely ended on the same day. Previously, the P1 program was available on long wave and a mix of P3 and P4 on medium wave. A shortwave international service for listeners abroad was discontinued by DR a few years ago.

All radio programs are broadcast on the Internet as a live stream and in some cases also as a podcast .

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Programs

DR currently operates three regular television programs (as of June 2020): the main programs DR 1 and DR 2 as well as the special interest channel DR Ramasjang . Added to this are the channels DR 3 and DR Ultra , which are now only broadcast online . In addition, the DR2 + streaming platform is emerging as a replacement for the DR K transmitter .

  • DR 1 : The first Danish television program DR1, a full program similar to the first , shows news, films and documentaries as well as political discussions and international football matches for the Danish national team. Since 2012, programs like DR HD have been broadcast in high definition.
  • DR 2 : The second Danish public television program DR2, on the other hand, shows programs with a more cultural character, debates and broadcasts of Folketing meetings.
  • DR Ramasjang : Children's channel for three to six year old viewers as a target group.
  • Since January 28, 2013, DR 3 has replaced DR HD , which from 2009 brought selected programs in high definition .
  • DR Ultra : Children's channel aimed at seven to twelve year olds. It is comparable to Nickelodeon / Nick.Jr from Viacom and started on March 4, 2013.

Former television programs:

  • DR K : The culture and history channel DR K concentrated on a range of art, culture, history, music, design, architecture, fashion, Danish drama series and fiction.

Distribution channels

The 3 regular programs are broadcast in Denmark with DVB-T in MPEG-4. DR 1 and DR 2 in the North Atlantic area: on the Faroe Islands, Iceland (Reykjavík, Akureyri), Greenland (all locations -4 hours delayed)

DVB-T

Since April 2006, the programs DR 1 , DR 2 and TV2 had been available nationwide in Denmark via DVB-T (marketed under the name DTT ). Since November 1, 2009, with the complete transition to DVB-T broadcasting in Denmark, DR has been broadcasting all of the above television programs. All DR programs are ad-free. In Germany, DVB-T reception is possible within Schleswig-Holstein to a limited extent (with indoor antenna only to be received north of the Kiel Canal; south of the Kiel Canal only with a roof antenna and increased effort).

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satellite

DR 1 , DR 2 and numerous Scandinavian programs are encrypted via satellite for licensing reasons. The positions 5 ° East and 1 ° West are used. Cards are only given to Danish fee payers. The radio programs P1, P2, P3, P4 (Copenhagen) and P5 were for a long time broadcast unencrypted via satellite for Europe. Currently (June 2019) programs P1, P2 and P3 can be received via position 5 ° east and only P3 via position 1 ° west.

Internet

Television puts selected contributions on the Internet, in particular the news programs TV Avisen (DR 1) and Deadline (DR 2). Owners of a Danish IP address (generally and thus also intended Internet users who are physically located in Denmark) can also watch TV programs as a live stream. From 2008, large parts of the television archive are to be made available on demand.

Locations

DR Byen in June 2006, view from the metro station of the same name

Central building

The Danish Broadcasting Corporation has had its headquarters in the DR Byen building complex since 2006/2007 , which is located in Ørestad , a district of Copenhagen on the island of Amager . The new building of the broadcasting center had been discussed controversially. Due to unexpectedly high construction costs, Danmarks Radio had to cut numerous programming budgets and lay off employees in 2007.

The old properties were sold to Developer Sjælsøgruppe for 750 million Danish kroner . In 2001 the radio building Radiohuset was sold to the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music .

The Copenhagen Concert Hall (DR Koncerthuset) designed by French architect Jean Nouvel was opened in January 2009.

Regional studios

DR Regions - Danish Broadcasting Regional Studios

Care for the Danish minority

The Danish minority in Germany receives the Danish programs mainly terrestrially and via cable. They can be received almost all over southern Schleswig via the Danish broadcasters Rangstrup and Rødekro. All four radio programs as well as DR1 and TV2 are also broadcast by the Flensburg station in Flensburg - Engelsby . However, this is done with a directional effect to the north and primarily serves to supply shaded areas on the Danish side of the Flensburg Fjord .

competitor

By far the greatest competition for DR is the television channel TV 2 , which broadcasts its television programs throughout Denmark. Although it was founded and funded by the Danish state, it generates its income on the basis of private law. Only the short regional broadcasts are financed from radio / television license funds. As of January 11, 2012, TV2's program was converted into a pay-TV channel and can only be received for an additional fee.

See also

literature

  • Tore Mortensen: Fortællinger om jazzen. Dens vej named Statsradiofonie, Danmarks Radio og DR . Aalborg Universitetsforlag, Aalborg 2010, ISBN 978-87-7307-983-6 .

Web links

Commons : Danmarks Radio  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dansk radio historie
  2. ↑ cf. also Lov om Radiospredning, 13th marts 1926
  3. ↑ Radio-Wien, May 11, 1934, p. 52
  4. ↑ DWDL.de GmbH: Denmark's policy creates broadcast fees from - DWDL.de . In: DWDL.de . ( dwdl.de [accessed on March 16, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Reinhard Wolff: Public law in Denmark: "Civil massacre" . In: The daily newspaper: taz . March 17, 2018, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed December 22, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Reinhard Wolff: Denmark abolishes license fee: Danish and Christian . In: The daily newspaper: taz . September 19, 2018, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed December 22, 2018]).
  7. ↑ a b Peter Boier: Derfor har du færre DR-kanaler fra i dag. In: DR. January 2, 2020, accessed on June 26, 2020 (Danish).
  8. ↑ Lov om radio- og fjernsynsvirksomhed
  9. ↑ Executive Board, on the DR website, accessed May 27, 2014 (English)
  10. ↑ Management Board, on the DR website, accessed May 27, 2014 (English)
  11. ↑ a b DR in brief, website of DR, accessed on June 26, 2020 (English)
  12. ↑ a b c d Evaluation of a Gallup study in April 2007 ( Memento from June 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Danish)
  13. ↑ Airtime of P5 Mellembølge ( Memento of May 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Danish)
  14. ↑ Marie Ravn Nielsen: DR kommer med to nye tv channels. Danmarks Radio, June 4, 2012, accessed March 3, 2013 (Danish).
  15. ^ A b Mathias Aleksander Olsen: Sådan bliver det nye Ramasjang og Ultra. Danmarks Radio, February 28, 2013, archived from the original on April 11, 2013 ; accessed on July 17, 2020 (Danish).
  16. ↑ DR3 ( Memento from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  17. ↑ Jan Dohrmann: DRs nye kanaler får navnene DR Ramasjang, DR K og DR HD ( memento from October 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on the DR website , posted on March 19, 2009, accessed on July 17, 2020 (Danish)
  18. ↑ Overview of current and future TV channels (Danish)
  19. ↑ Folke Schimanski: Can the copyright recover from the Danish being? June 22, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2009 .
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Members

DenmarkDenmark Danmarks Radio (DR)  • Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)  • Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV)  • Sveriges Television (SVT)  • Yleisradio Oy (YLE)NorwayNorway IcelandIceland SwedenSweden FinlandFinland

Associate members

GreenlandGreenland Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (KNR)  • Kringvarp Føroya (KVF)  • Sveriges Radio (SR)  • Sveriges Utbildningsradio (UR)FaroeseFaroe Islands SwedenSweden SwedenSweden