P3 (''Sveriges Radio P3'' or ''pe tre'') is a
mainstream CHR-formatted station operated by
Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcasting organization
Sveriges Radio. The P in P3 originally stood for Program (''Programme'') but today has no official meaning and is simply a name. P3 was officially similar and related to
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, ...
.
P3 is broadcast nationwide on
FM (also digitally via
DAB
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Dictionaries
* ''Dictionary of American Biography'', published under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies
* ''Dictionary of Australian Biography'', published since 1949
Places
* Dąb, ...
in
Stockholm,
Gothenburg,
Malmö
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, and
Luleå) as well as being streamed on the
internet
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. It also operated the web- and DAB-only channel P3 Star until June 2019.
Format
Its output (pop, rock, hip-hop and dance) is oriented towards young people from
junior high school age to 35. The station claims that it plays 1,200 different songs every week and at least 1/3 of them are Swedish. It also welcomes musical suggestions from listeners and records from unsigned/independent artists.
Current programmes
*''DigiListan'' is a Sunday afternoon two-hour programme presenting the most streamed, downloaded and bought songs in Sweden during the week.
*''Morgonpasset i P3'' is a daily breakfast show consisting of a mix of music, interviews, and humour.
*''Musikguiden i P3'' is a Friday morning three-hour radio show dedicated to all kinds of music.
*''P3 Osignat'' is a Thursday night one-hour radio show featuring the 10 most voted new and unsigned songs.
*''P3 Soul'' is a weekly radio show dedicated to
soul
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Etymology
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and
hip hop music. It has been hosted since 1978 by
Mats Nileskär, who was the first ever presenter to play hip hop on Swedish radio.
*''PP3'' is a Friday afternoon three-hour radio show dedicated to pop culture. It has been hosted since April 2016 by Linnéa Wikblad, Sara Kinberg and Adrian Boberg.
*''Vaken med P3 & P4'' is the daily six-hour overnight show. It is a simulcast with
SR P4
P4 (''pe fyra'') is a national radio channel produced by the Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Radio. P4 was started in 1987 as a network of regional stations, but national programming was added in 1993 when P3 was relaunched as a specialist yo ...
.
*''P3 Nyheter'' is a two-minute news summary, broadcasting Mondays to Fridays between 6.30 AM and 6.00 PM. At all other times,
Ekot is in charge of the news coverage.
* "Relationsradion i P3" is a relationship-related music-and-speech show that broadcasts Monday to Thursday at 10:02-13:00.
As well as its music programming, P3 also provides a
traffic message channel service.
References
External links
P3 HomepageSR Radio frequencies
{{Authority control
Sveriges Radio
Radio stations in Sweden
1964 establishments in Sweden
Radio stations established in 1964
News and talk radio stations