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Danmarks radio (DR) is the public broadcast in Denmark. Danmarks radio operates two television programs (DR1 and DR2). Besides there is the Danish television station TV 2, which is not radiated by Danmarks radio, nevertheless a great importance in Denmark has. DR1 and DR2 are to be received both both terrestrial and via cable. One sends on Danish. Once in the week a transmission on and on is radiated. For April 2006 are the programs DR1 to receive DR2 and TV 2 surface covering in Denmark over DVB-T (markets DTT under the name).

On the long wave frequency 243 kHz Danmarks radio with its program P1 is to be heard nearly all day. P3 and P4 are to be received on the medium wave 1062 kHz over the transmitter Kalundborg on sea-country. A foreign service on short wave for listeners abroad was stopped some years ago by DR. Besides the programs of the DR in the Internet can be pursued via NetRadio and NetTV.

Radio broadcasting programs

P1: current information as well as messages of all kinds
P2: classical music as well as baroque music
P3: Transmitter with current Charthits as well as alternative music, Danish Popsongs in addition, anglo American Songs. In the last years particularly also Hip Hop transmitters
P4: Transmitter with regional contents of (P4 has in all regions of Denmark a regional program)
P5 Special transmissions on the medium wave frequency 1062 kHz (transmitting times)
P6 Special transmissions on the long wave frequency 243 kHz (transmitting times)

Over the digital radio standard DAB some further special programs are almost Denmark far radiated. In addition occasionally a transmitter for motoring information was planned, which was however never taken in enterprise.

Television

DR1: The first Danish television program, a full program similarly that first, shows also political discussions, football international matches of the Danish national team and meetings of the Folketing apart from messages, features and documentations.
DR2: Second Danish public program with a rather cultural character.

Program spreading

In Denmark terrestrial and in the cable system as well as code over satellite
chargeable DVB T spreading of the programs DR1 and DR2 in the area North Atlantic: islands, Iceland (Reykjavik, Akureyri), Greenland (Nuuk, Sisimiut, other places planned -4 hours deferred)
Cable feed abroad:
- Norway in most cities
- Sweden everywhere in the south and the west (similar), in several large cities (digital)
- Schleswig-Holstein (DR1 and TV2): Cable system Flensburg (Flensburg, Schleswig, Bredstedt, Kappeln, Tarp, Satrup, luck castle), cable system Kiel (Kiel, Rendsburg, new cathedral, Preetz, old person wood, on-board cross-beam, Nortorf), cable system west coast (heath, Husum, Friedrichstadt, and only TV 2 in the cable system east Holstein (Eutin, holy port, Oldenburg, new city and DR 1 and TV 2 in the decentralized nets, Sylt, Wyk, leakage, Laboe, Kropp, high west EDT, Wacken, Schenefeld, Lunden, Meldorf, Wesselburen, TV 2 in the decentralized nets Fehmarn, pc. Peter Ording, Burg/Dith.

Locations

The Danish broadcast has its seat in Soborg, in close proximity to Kopenhagen.Es gives Regionalstudios in

for and the region around
Aalborg for Nordjylland
Odense for the island Fyn, long country and Taasinge
Aabenraa for Sydjylland and the neighbouring
Holstebro for the region Midt/Vest (the middle west, fjord region)
Vejle as channel 94 supplies that 4. Danish radio program the region around the Lillebelt
Fount cross-beam
for the capital region
for the region without Copenhagen, Falster, Lolland

The Danish broadcast has a market share of on the average 70% in Denmark. In Germany Danmarks radio is heard particularly by the Danish group of peoples in Schleswig-Holstein. From the transmitter Flensburg Engelsby may send the Danish broadcast in the context of an agreement its four radio programs and the first television program DR1. The Danish broadcast is from the ratingses (almost 70%) one of the largest European broadcasting corporations. Its television radio house stands in 2860 in the proximity of the capital Copenhagen.