Rás 1 (2011)
Rás 1 (; ''Channel 1'') is an Icelandic radio station belonging to and operated by RÚV, Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), Iceland's national Public broadcasting, public service broadcaster. Broadcast throughout Iceland on FM broadcasting, FM (92.4 and 93.5 MHz in Reykjavík), via DTV radio (DVB-T2) and is also streamed on the Internet. It is currently among the country's most listened-to radio stations. History The station began broadcasts on 20 December 1930, using the call-sign Útvarp Reykjavík (Radio Reykjavík). A transmission site was chosen at Vatnsendi (also known as Vatnsendahæð) in Kópavogur, then uninhabited, due to its Topographic prominence, prominence over Reykjavik as well as its relatively flat land. Two 150 metre tall steel masts made by Telefunken were erected and a wire strung between them forming a T-antenna. As was the norm for the time, broadcasts were on AM broadcasting, AM longwave band, initially at a wavelength of 1200 metres (249.8 kHz) with a pow ...
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