Rádio Expres is a Slovak

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station that broadcasts from

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. It was launched in 2000. It broadcasts across more than 80 per cent of

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and has a leading position in the Slovak market. The station's content is news, traffic information and

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. It broadcasts via its own network of transmittersa built-up network that allows individual transmitters or groups to be disconnected from the main current and thus for local news to be broadcast in regional areas. The station was owned by

Emmis Communications Emmis Communications is an American media conglomerate based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Emmis, based on the Hebrew word for Truth (Emet) was founded by Jeff Smulyan in 1980. Emmis has owned many radio stations, including KPWR and WQHT, which hav ...

between 2007 and 2013. In 2013, the station was sold to its current owner,

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. It employs over 100 people including through its two subsidiary companies, Expres Media (marketing and advertising) and Expres Net (technical support and transmitter operation). Its nationwide listening rate exceeds 21%, or nearly 900,000 listeners daily (MML-TGI SR 2007/II, Median SK).

External links

Rádio Expres - Official website
(Slovak)

References

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