Horizont Radio or Хоризонт (Horizont) in Bulgarian is a state-owned Bulgarian

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, specialising in news coverage from

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. It is the most popular

and it is part of The

Bulgarian National Radio Bulgarian National Radio ( bg, Българско национално радио, ''Bulgarsko natsionalno radio''; abbreviated to БНР, BNR) is Bulgaria's national radio broadcasting organisation. It operates two national and nine regional cha ...

Network. Horizon Radio is considered the most independent media in Bulgaria with news and comments from around the nation. It has an extensive network of correspondents in every big city in Bulgaria, ready to report when the news breaks. The programme plays much music from all genres but prominence is given to the latest in the pop charts. The

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of radio Horizon is "Quick and in-depth".

History

Horizon Radio is part of the

. The Bulgarian National Radio (Българско национално радио, ; abbreviated БНР, BNR) is the state-owned national radio network of Bulgaria. It was founded on 30 March 1930 as Rodno radio ("Native radio") by a group of intellectuals. Broadcasting began in June the same year. Off Air on 261 kHz

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as from 2 jan 2015 BNR has two radio stations in Bulgarian, Horizont and

Hristo Botev Hristo Botev ( bg, Христо Ботев, ), born Hristo Botyov Petkov (Христо Ботьов Петков; – ), was a Bulgarian revolutionary and poet. Botev is considered by Bulgarians to be a symbolic historical figure and nationa ...

, as well as a world service called Radio Bulgaria broadcasting in 11 languages (Bulgarian, Russian, English, German, French, Spanish, Serbian, Greek, Albanian, Turkish and Arabic). All stations are also available online.

News coverage

Horizon Radio broadcasts news bulletins on top of the hour with extensive news programmes at 12 pm, 7 pm and midnight. The bulk of the interviews and comments come in mornings and evenings, so that almost everyone in country tunes in first thing in the morning for the latest news. The programme also offers sports news and has a weather forecast every three hours live from the meteorological office.

Music

Horizon Radio is notable for the wide range of

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it plays. While most commercial stations concentrate on a particular theme, such as 1980s music or "

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", Horizon plays a diverse mix of current songs, including independent/alternative,

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, pop and

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. In recent years the radio has attracted many teenage listeners because of the quality music the radio plays.

Notable shows

''"12+3"'' kicks off at 12 o'clock and ends at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, hence the name. It's the most popular radio programme in Bulgaria. The show offers pop music, live interviews and comments. The presenters are often young and witty giving the programme a youthful sound. ''"A Jump Ahead"'' kicks off at 7 am and finishes at 10 am concentrating on live interviews and debates. ''"Horizon For You"'' airs listeners' announcements about weddings, birthday parties etc. ''"Sunday 150"'' is broadcast Sundays from 10 am to 12 and is dedicated exclusively to politics.

Broadcast frequencies

Coverage in Bulgaria on FM sorted by frequency. Horizon Radio is also available on as a web stream. ''See link below.''

External links

*
Horizont at LyngSat Address

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Horizont (Radio) Eastern Bloc mass media Radio stations in Bulgaria Longwave radio stations Radio stations established in 1930 News and talk radio stations