Omrop Fryslân is a broadcaster on the
NPO which serves the
Frisian community. Because
West Frisian is an official language of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the NPO is also responsible for broadcasts in the West Frisian language.
Omrop Fryslân is also the regional public broadcaster for the province
Friesland
Friesland (, ; official fry, Fryslân ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of ...
, and they have their own radio station and TV channel broadcasting primarily for the province itself.
Radio
In 1946, the RON (Radio Omroep Noord)—later RONO (Radio Omroep Noord en Oost)—started broadcasting
for the north and east of the Netherlands. In 1978, RONO was split in
Radio Noord
Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitt ...
,
Radio Oost and Radio Fryslân. Since 1988, Omrop Fryslân is a broadcaster in its own right.
Omrop Fryslân can be received on analogue terrestrial radio on 92.2 MHz FM. It is also available on cable (both analogue and digital),
Digitenne
Digitenne is the Dutch digital terrestrial television platform. It is owned by KPN. Digitenne uses the DVB-T2 standard. The national public television channels NPO 1, NPO 2, NPO 3 and the regional public television channels are free-to-air. For a ...
(DVB-T) and the internet.
Regional television
Since 1994, Omrop Fryslân has had its own regional TV channel.
[ The regional news bulletin called ''Fryslân Hjoed'' (meaning ''Friesland Today'') is broadcast daily at 18.00, and repeated every hour, with the last rebroadcast the next morning at 8.00.
Omrop Fryslân TV can be received free-to-air on DVB-T (Digitenne). It is also available on cable (both analogue and digital), satellite and the internet.
]
National television
Because West Frisian is an official language in the Netherlands, Omrop Fryslân also has airtime on national public television for 36 hours a year. Out of these 36 hours, 15 hours are assigned for school television in West Frisian. The rest of the airtime is mainly used for documentaries, which are broadcast on Saturday mornings and Sunday afternoons on NPO 2
NPO 2 (''NPO twee'', formerly Nederland 2 until 2014) is a Dutch television channel, sister channel of NPO 1 and NPO 3. It was established on 1 October 1964 at 20:00, initially with a 2.5 hours schedule until 22:30.
NPO 2 tends to broadcast art ...
.
References
External links
Official website
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Mass media in Leeuwarden
West Frisian language
Netherlands Public Broadcasting
Radio stations established in 1946
Television channels and stations established in 1994
Television channels in the Netherlands
1946 establishments in the Netherlands