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Slovenský rozhlas (Slovak Radio) is
SlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe with a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia borders the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is its capital, Bratislava...
's national
public-service radio broadcasterPublic broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets that receive some or all of their funding from the public. Public broadcasters may receive their funding from individuals through voluntary donations, a specific tax such as a television licence fee, or as direct...
. The publicly funded company has its headquarters in
BratislavaBratislava is the capital of the Slovak Republic and, with a population of about 429,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River...
, capital of the Slovak Republic, housed in a building shaped like an inverted
pyramidA pyramid is a building where the outer surfaces are triangular and converge at a point. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilateral, or any polygon shape, meaning that a pyramid has at least four faces...
. Regular daily broadcasting from Bratislava, then in
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
, began on 2 October 1926.
Slovenský rozhlas manages the Slovak Radio Children's Choir, founded in
1953-Events:* January 1 — Hank Williams, due to play a New Year's Day show in Canton, Ohio, dies sometime after midnight in the rear seat of his Cadillac, somewhere between Knoxville, Tennessee and Oak Hill, West Virginia...
and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOSR), founded in
1929-Events:*January 1 - Pianist and composer Abram Chasins makes his professional debut playing his own piano concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra.*January 11 - Karol Szymanowski's Stabat Mater is premiered....
as the Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Channels
Slovenský rozhlas currently broadcasts six radio channels:
- SRo 1 - Rádio Slovensko
- SRo 2 - Rádio Regina
- SRo 3 - Rádio Devín
- SRo 4 - Rádio FM
Radio_FM, the fourth channel of the Slovak Radio, is an alternative music radio. It offers a music format without commercial hits usually played by the private radio stations in Slovakia...
- SRo 5 - Rádio Patria
- SRo 6 - Radio Slovakia International
Radio Slovakia International is Slovakia's official international radio broadcasting service.The station was created almost simultaneously with the emergence of independent Slovakia and began broadcasting on 4 January 1993...
Two new digitally broadcast channels, SRo 7 (classical music) and SRo 8, are planned for 2009.
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