European Hit Radio (EHR, Latvian: ''Eiropas Hītu Radio'', Lithuanian: ''Europos Hitų Radijas'') is a commercial radio station in the

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. Music compiled on EHR singles charts, are mostly aired.

History

EHR's history can be traced back to 1992, when Uģis Polis and Jānis Krauklis founded Radio Dejas, which was the first non-governmental radio station in

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

. Radio Dejas was broadcast from a flat in Tērbatas Street,

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and reached only the city of Riga. In 1994 they renamed the radio station Super FM. In 2002, European Hit Radio started a new policy - to reflect the music situation in

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with fresh music and charts from all European countries. In 2004 European Hit Radio went off air in Estonia after losing its broadcasting license competition to a new

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station, Radio 3. European Hit Radio used to have stations in

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as well. However, Sopron Radio went off air in 2006 and only 1 year after the acquisition of Pilis Radio

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, the latter was sold. Moreover, the owners bought Roxy Radio in

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which was sold years following the purchase. Finally, the last Hungarian EHR station went off air in 2012, in

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Schedule

Current programmes include the Morning Show with up-tempo music, European Hit Non-stop, UK and

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charts, Airplay top 40, Urban/Black Top 40, European Dance Traxx Top 40, European album top 50,

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Top 40, most popular music television

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and

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airplay hits. Party Service, with fresh club tracks and information about club life in the

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, airs on Friday and Saturday evenings at 21:00, live from Club Essential, all Friday and Saturday night. EHR Listener's day top 5 at 17:00, top 9 at 21:20 and listener's European Hit Radio Top 40 each Friday evening at 17:00 and every Sunday morning at 11:00.

Broadcasting

European Hit Radio reaches

n and

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

n territory. Transmitters are in almost every big city.

External links

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Current European Hit Radio – Top 40 PositionsEuropean Hit Radio Lithuanian official websiteEuropean Hit Radio Lithuania Top 40 Positions
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