NRK Sápmi (previously, and with the radio station often still referred to as NRK Sámi Radio) is a unit of the

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(NRK) that streams news and other programs in the

Sámi languages The Sámi languages ( ), also rendered in English language, English as Sami and Saami, are a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Indigenous Sámi peoples in Northern Europe (in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden, and extreme northwest ...

for broadcast to the

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via radio, television, and internet. NRK Sápmi has about 17 journalists based in Deatnu (Tana), Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino), Olmmaivaggi in Gáivuotna,

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, Tjeldsund, Hamarøy,

Snåsa Snåsa may refer to: Places

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, and

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. Approximately 60 people are employed at the unit's headquarters. The radio station is available nationwide on DAB and was broadcast on FM radio in

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County and in the cities of

and

before Norway's shutdown of national and major regional FM stations. The station is also available on DAB in the general

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area of

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and in the radio sections on some digital TV providers. Due to distance limitations with DAB+ technology, signal spillovers into neighbouring countries are very small; according to official Norwegian signal charts, spillover villages supposedly include Utsjoki, Karigasniemi, Nikel, Gäddede, Storlien, Charlottenberg, and Strömstad.

History

Regular radio news programs in Sami began in 1946, presented from

by the teacher Kathrine Johnsen (1917–2002), remembered today as "Sami Radio's Mother". In 1976, NRK Sámi Radio moved to Kárášjohka (Karasjok) and in 1984 to its current headquarters (also in Kárášjohka).

Podcasts

In 2018, NRK first began production on online podcasts in three of Norway's Sámi languages, including ''Sámi Horror'' and ''Hævvi''.

TV productions

NRK Sápmi does not have a standalone TV channel. Instead, it produces content for NRK's three main TV channels (excluding ''NRK Tegnspråk''). The exact amount of content varies but averages around 40 minutes daily across all channels combined. *'' Ođđasat'': All-

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15-minute Northern Sami newscast on

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and NRK Sámi Radio on weekdays, also aired in Sweden and Finland. *''Mánáid-TV'': Kids slot on NRK Super (originally on NRK1) with original productions in Northern Sami and Southern Sami and a select few imported cartoons dubbed in Northern Sami (e.g. ''Moominvalley'', ''Cornel & Bernie'', and previously ''

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''). *Binnábannaš: Originally designed for NRK Super as a Sami counterpart to the Norwegian-speaking preschool character Fantorangen, the show became a showpiece for Sami languages, with narrated versions in 5 Sami languages. *''Pulk'': Mature surrealist live-action comedy show about mental clinic patients, originally aired on NRK3. *''Studio Sápmi'': Cultural talk show on NRK1. * Sámi Grand Prix: Loosely modelled on

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but with multiple contest categories. Does not grant spots in the

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. *''Melkeveien'': Produced a Northern Sami-narrated version of the originally Norwegian-language show. Originally, the Sami version would air its episodes on NRK2 on a 3-day delay after the Norwegian-language version, as alternate digital audio tracks were not (and still aren't as of November 2023) used on NRK channels.

References

External links

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History

Podcasts

TV productions

See also

References

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