NRK P2 is one of three main, nationwide radio channels produced 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). Its current format – focusing on news and current affairs, debate, analysis, culture, science, and society – is the result of the NRK radio channel reform initiated in 1993 by radio director

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. In style and content, the channel is similar to the Danish

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and the Swedish

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. The original P2, established as NRK's second radio channel in 1984, had carried lighter programming. In 1999 the channel's employees were collectively awarded the

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for their championship of

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. The last transmitters radiating P2 on FM were switched off on 13 December 2017,radio.no: digital radio after FM switch-off
/ref> and the channel is now receivable only via

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(DAB+),

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, and internet.

References

External links

NRK P2 - official home page
(in Norwegian)
NRK P2 online radio
1984 establishments in Norway NRK Radio stations established in 1984 Radio stations in Norway {{norway-media-stub