Kanal 24
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Norway
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radio station
Radio station
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with headquarters in Fredrikstad
Fredrikstad
is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad....
. It is subsidiary of ProSiebenSat.1 Media
ProSiebenSat.1 Media
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG is a European media conglomerate, operating commercial television, premium pay channels, radio stations and related print businesses. It was formed on October 2, 2000 by merger of German TV broadcasters ProSieben Media AG and Sat.1 SatellitenFernsehen GmbH...
AG. Radio Norge replaced Kanal 24 at noon on April 21, 2008, with a new profile decided by their listeners. They had previously had a campaign called Norge bestemmer (Norway decides), where they wanted the visitors opinion about what they wanted in the new station. The station focuses in playing the best hits from the last four decades along with today's popular pop hits. CEO is Bente Klemetsdal.
Shows on Radio Norge
The first show ever on Radio Norge, was Lunsj with Annette Walter Numme, and producer Øystein Weibell which went on the air at noon, and was on the air for two hours.Other shows:
- Morgenklubben m/Loven & Co with Geir Schau, Henriette Lien and Øyvind Loven (6am-10am)
- Topp 10 klokka 10 with Rune Dahl (10am-12pm)
- Kultur with Kim Nygård (12pm-2pm)
- Krokens ettermiddag with Tomm-Espen Kroken (2pm-6pm)
- Norgesmagasinet with Glenn Due-Sørensen (6pm-7pm)
- Popcorn with Gro Sivertsen and Arne Martin Vistnes(7pm-8pm)
- God kveld with Ole Morten Føreland (8pm-11pm)
History
Kanal 24 got the license for the so-called FM4 network in 2003, which since 1994 had previously been occupied by P4P4 Radio Hele Norge
P4 Radio Hele Norge AS Norway's leading national, private radio station with 24% national market share, about one million daily listeners and two million weekly....
. The Minister of Culture, Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland is a former Minister of Culture and Church Affairs and former leader of the Christian Democratic Party in Norway between 1995 and 2004, to which also former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik belongs....
presented the new station, which at that time was called Kanal4 as the winner of the FM4-license. P4 later received the license for the so-called FM5 network. Because of this, Kanal 24 took over the frequencies used previously by P4, while the latter got new, previously unused frequencies.
Kanal 24 had a rough start. Partially because of P4 who claimed their original name was too similar, and P4 also shut down their old transmitters before Kanal 24 went on the air at January 1, 2004. Heavy investors in Kanal 24 where TV 2
TV 2 (Norway)
TV 2 is the largest commercial television station in Norway. Over 30% of the time Norwegians spend watching TV is spent watching TV 2. The station has 65% of the market for TV commercials in Norway....
, Fædrelandsvennen
Fædrelandsvennen
Fædrelandsvennen is a regional newspaper based in Kristiansand, Norway, covering the southernmost part of the country, , focusing especially on the area between Mandal and Lillesand .The newspaper has 235 employees and has 116 000 daily readers and a circulation of 37 934, making it Norway's...
and Adresseavisen
Adresseavisen
Adresseavisen is a regional newspaper published daily, except Sundays, in Trondheim, Norway. It is an independent, conservative newspaper with a daily circulation of approximately 85,000. It is also informally known as Adressa. The newspaper covers the areas of Trøndelag and Nordmøre.Adresseavisen...
, who have since sold out.
Hosts on Radio Norge
- Geir Schau
- Henriette Lien
- Øyvind Loven
- Hege Tepstad
- Kim Nygård
- Tomm-Espen Kroken
- Glenn Due-Sørensen
- Arne Martin Vistnes
- Gro Sivertsen
- Anders Høglund
- Marianne Moe
- Ole Morten Føreland
- Thomas Alsaker
- Hilde Christie Wright
- Rune Dahl
- Lars Østli
Previous shows on Kanal 24
- Bergestuen direkte
- S.A.A.B
- Canal Royal
- Nyhetspuls 17
- Sportspuls 18
- Plankehytta
- Minipuls
- JÅNG
- Hei, Rune!
- Pling - rock og fotball
- Superstreng
- Gråsonen
- DJ Alias
- Brunch
- Zulu
- Endelig voksen
- Ærlig talt
- 80-tallet
- Transistor
- Kommisjonen