The Faroese mass media consists of several newspapers, radio stations, magazines, as well as a local TV station,

Kringvarp Føroya Kringvarp Føroya (KvF) (English: ''Broadcasting Service of the Faroe Islands'') is the national public broadcasting company of the Faroe Islands. It was founded on 1 January 2005 after a merger of the national radio and television networks, Útv ...

. The first Digital Terrestrial Television service was switched on during December 2002, broadcasting from seven transmitter sites. Subscription satellite television is also available in the Faroe Islands.

List of major media in the Faroese language

Recently Sjónvarp Føroya (Television of the Faroes) and Útvarp Føroya (Radio of the Faroes) merged into a new company called

Television

* SVF (since 1984). The only local TV station, today a part of

. * A satellite TV company used to relay

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, and

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, as well as

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commercial TV into

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), usually locally referred to as simply ''Havn'', is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the ...

between 1989 and 2001. * Since 2002 Televarpið (a subsidiary of the Faroese telecom company

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) has distributed Sjónvarp Føroya and international channels through its digital terrestrial network, which include

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, TV2, TV2 Sport, TV3, TV3+,

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, Kanal 5,

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, VH1, BBC Brit,

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, Canal+ First,

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Radio

* Atlantic Radio, short-lived 24-hour station. *

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, pop and rock from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, was replaced with the new

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. *

started in 1957 as Útvarp Føroya. Merged with Sjónvarp Føroya 1 January 2007 to form Kringvarp Føroya. * Lindin, a Christian radio station which has been broadcasting from Tórshavn since 21 January 2000 *

(Channel 2) was, after Atlantic Radio stopped, established as an alternative to the state owned Útvarp Føroya (hence the "2" in its name). * Stream.fo, on FM98.7 in

Klaksvík Klaksvík is the second largest town of the Faroe Islands behind Tórshavn. The town is located on Borðoy, which is one of the northernmost islands (the Norðoyar). It is the administrative centre of Klaksvík municipality. History The first ...

and on internet radio, which has been broadcasting since 11 November 2011 * Útvarp Føroya * Voxpop, modern pop music station

Newspapers

Dimmalætting ''Dimmalætting'' ( Faroese for 'Dawn') is the oldest and largest newspaper of the Faroe Islands and is based in Tórshavn. The first edition of the ''Dimma'', as it is commonly known, appeared (after a test issue on December 8, 1877) on January 5, ...

, the oldest newspaper on the islands, dating back to 1878. A weekly newspaper since 2014 *

Norðlýsið ''Norðlýsið'' is a Faroese newspaper, which has a mainly local northern focus on its news. ReferencesNorðlýsið Publications with year of establishment missing Newspapers published in the Faroe Islands {{europe-newspaper-stub ...

, a local newspaper mainly for the northern part of the islands. * Oyggjatíðindi *

Sosialurin ''Sosialurin'' is a Faroese newspaper located in Tórshavn. It is written in the Faroese language. The newspaper, in partnership with Føroya Tele, a Faroese telecom, operates the websitin.fo History The newspaper published its first copy on 2 ...

, established in 1927. Originally it was a political newspaper associated with Faroese

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, but in 2006 the Islands'

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sold the newspaper. It is published five times a week. * Vikublaðið, a weekly newspaper. It is the only newspaper that is free, so is the most widely read newspaper on the Islands. * Vinnuvitan, a business newspaper.

Magazines

* Atlantic Review, since 1990. Atlantic Airways * Frøði, a local science magazine. * Kvinna, a women's magazine established in 2004. * Land og Fólk * OutsiderMagazine, Varðin, Vencil: cultural magazines.

References

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