NRK P3 is a nationwide digital radio channel operated by the

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...

(NRK). It was established as NRK's third radio channel in 1993, and was the result of the NRK radio channel reform initiated in 1992 by radio director

Tor Fuglevik Tor Fuglevik (born 7 April 1950) is a Norwegian radio and television executive. While Director General for Radio at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Fuglevik founded the very first all-digital radio channel (DAB) in the world. The NRK Kla ...

. NRK P3 focuses on youth culture: principally music, together with humour, entertainment, and health education. Over the years NRK P3 has fostered entertainers including

Thomas Numme Thomas Numme (born 28 February 1970) is a Norwegian television personality. He was born in Sandefjord, a son of Yngvar Numme, and took media education at Volda University College. He worked in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation on P3 radio ...

Steinar Sagen Steinar Sagen (born 24 February 1975) is a Norwegian comedian, radio host and actor. He is one of the presenters of '' Radioresepsjonen.'' References External links * 1975 births Living people Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male ...

Kristopher Schau Kristopher Hugh Martin Schau (born 12 August 1970) is a Norwegian musician, TV host, comedian, author, and songwriter. He was born in Oslo. Radio and television shows Schau is known from several radio shows (most of them also with his brother A ...

Kari Slaatsveen Kari or KARI may refer to: Places *Kari, Jhunjhunu, a village in Rajasthan, India * , a village in Mouhoun Province, Burkina Faso *Kari, Tikamgarh, a town in Madhya Pradesh, India *Kari, Iran, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran *Kari-ye Bozorg ("G ...

, Jørgen Strickert,

Anne Lindmo Anne Sandvik Lindmo (born 3 April 1970 in Basel, Switzerland) is a Norwegian TV host who is most known for her talk show ''Store studio'' and ''Lindmo'', aired by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). Less notable, Lindmo also hosts her ...

and

Espen Thoresen Espen is a Norway, Norwegian masculine given name. In Norway it reached the peak of its popularity between 1970 and 1990, during which period approximately 1.1% of children were given that name. Origin and variants It originated as a variant of Asb ...

. All NRK's radio stations are gradually digitized during 2017 and transmitted via

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and internet only. Its notable programs include ''P3 Sessions'' that airs own-produced concerts live. Started in 2003, it has an average of 100,000 listeners.

Directors

Rita Westvik Rita may refer to: People * Rita (given name) * Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984) * Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962) * Rita (Japanese singer) * Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita Places * Djarrit, also known as Rita, a ...

(1992–1993) *

Tormod Kjensjord Tormod is a masculine Norwegian Coleman; Veka (2010) p. 48. and Scottish Gaelic given name. The Norwegian name is derived from the Old Norse personal name '. This name is composed of two elements: ', the name of the Norse god of thunder; and ', m ...

(1993–1997) *

Nils Heldal Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player *Nils Björk (1898–1989) ...

(1997–2001) *

Marius Lillelien Marius may refer to: People *Gaius Marius (157 BC-86 BC), Roman statesman, seven times consul. Arts and entertainment * ''Marius'' (play), a 1929 play by Marcel Pagnol * "Marius" (short story), a 1957 story by Poul Anderson * ''Marius'' (193 ...

(2001–2009) * Tone Donald (2009–2016) *

Bjørn Tore Grøtte Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

(acting, 2016–2017) *

Camilla Bjørn Camilla may refer to: People * Camilla (given name), including a list of people with the name ** Camilla, Queen Consort (born 1947), wife of King Charles III Places * Camilla, Georgia, a city in the United States * Camilla Castle, an alternativ ...

(2017–)

NRK mP3

NRK mP3 is the dance music sister station to P3. It is aimed towards younger listeners. On 29 October 2021, the station teamed up with a number of stations in Europe, such as

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in the UK and

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in Ireland, to take part in the radio programme ''

Europe's Biggest Dance Show ''Europe's Biggest Dance Show'' is an annual multinational dance music simulcast presented by Euroradio and hosted by BBC Radio 1, in collaboration with several European radio stations, all of which are affiliated with Euroradio and owned by pu ...

''.

References

External links

Official website
(in Norwegian)
NRK P3 online radio
NRK Radio stations in Norway Radio stations established in 1993 1993 establishments in Norway {{norway-media-stub