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Magyar Rádió (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈraːdijoː], MR, The Hungarian Radio Corporation, also known as Radio Budapest) was Hungary's publicly funded radio broadcasting organisation until 2015. It was also the country's official international broadcasting station.
 Magyar Rádió's fourth logo from 2007 to 2012 | |
 Headquarters in Budapest (2016) | |
| Type | Radio network |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Headquarters | 5-7 Bródy Sándor Str., Budapest, H-1088 |
| Ownership | |
| Parent | Duna Media Service |
Key people | István Jónás (CEO) |
| History | |
| Launch date | 1 December 1925 |
| Closed | 1 July 2015 |
| Replaced by | Duna Media Service |
| Coverage | |
| Availability | Hungary and neighbouring countries |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Since 2011, MR has been managed and primarily funded by the Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (Hungarian: Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap, abbreviated MTVA).[1] This government organization also managed the public service broadcasters Magyar Televízió and Duna Televízió, as well as the Hungarian news agency Magyar Távirati Iroda.[2]
On July 1, 2015, Magyar Rádió and the three other public media organisations managed by the MTVA were merged into a single organisation called Duna Media Service (Hungarian: Duna Médiaszolgáltató).[3] This organization is the legal successor to Magyar Rádió and is an active member of the European Broadcasting Union.[4][5]
Domestic networks
editWith its headquarters in Budapest and regional offices around the country, MR was responsible for public service broadcasting throughout the Hungarian Republic. As well as maintaining regional studios, the corporation produced multiple different Hungarian-language radio channels (Kossuth, Petőfi, and Bartók) covering the full range of public-service radio provision, and a fourth channel (MR4) aimed at the country's linguistic minorities.
Kossuth Rádió
editCreated in 1925 and named after Lajos Kossuth, the channel is the official radio station of Hungary. It is the main channel of Hungarian Radio. It primarily broadcasts news, including interviews, discussions, reports, and other speech-based programmes.
Petőfi Rádió
editNamed after the poet Sándor Petőfi, the station is aimed at younger generations and broadcasts pop music.
Bartók Rádió
editNamed after the composer Béla Bartók, the station is dedicated to classical music. It hosts talk programmes in addition to orchestral and opera music. Supposedly, only a few thousand people listen to this station, and proposals to terminate Rádió Bartók have been made several times but never enacted.[citation needed]
Nemzetiségi Rádió
editThis radio channel airs programmes in languages of the national minorities of Hungary.
Parlamenti Adások
editParliamentarian broadcasts.
Dankó Rádió
editNamed after Pista Dankó, this radio station airs regional content throughout Hungary, plays folk music, and broadcasts operetta shows. It claims to be available 24/7 on the internet and FM. Also broadcasting on weekdays via medium wave. Then the station's frequencies are handed over to Kossuth Rádió for the rest of the night.
History and profile
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Hungarian Radio uses the slogan often heard in radio commercials: "From clear source only".[clarification needed] The buildings and studios of the Radio are located in Budapest, in the block between Bródy Sándor Street and Pollack Mihály Square. The construction of Studio No. 6, an orchestral studio, is linked to Georg von Békésy’s name, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his acoustic research in 1961.[clarification needed]
On July 1, 2007, Radio Budapest cancelled programming in foreign languages.[citation needed]
On December 22, 2012, all regional public service radio programs were cancelled[6][7] and regional studios closed permanently.[8]
On June 30, 2011, Magyar Radio closed its Radio Theatre Office and dismissed all dramaturgy staff.[9]
Digital Radio Broadcasting (DAB+) experiments, which carried all public service stations and were never licensed commercially, was terminated on September 5, 2020.[10]
In popular culture
editIn 1974, Locomotiv GT's Locomotiv GT (Dunhill Records 811) was released with a bumper sticker with the slogan "Radio Budapest Loves You!"
See also
edit- György Szepesi, Hungarian radio personality and sports executive
References
edit- ^ "Media Law in Hungary". Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS). Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "ABOUT MTVA - MTVA". Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA). Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "Hungarian public service media companies merge - MTVA". Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA). Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ Polyák, Gábor (2015). "Hungary : New Amendment to the Media Act". IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory (2). Strasbourg, France: European Audiovisual Observatory. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "EBU - Active Members". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "Szabadbölcsészet". mmi.elte.hu. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- ^ The Palgrave handbook of global radio. Hendricks, John Allen. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. 2012. ISBN 978-0-230-29307-6. OCLC 757147196.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Kft, Equator Média. "A körzeti tévé után megszűnik a közszolgálati rádió pécsi stúdiója is - csak pár tudósító marad". Pécsi Újság (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- ^ "Játszani is engedd! – Rádiójátékok tegnap és ma". magyarnarancs.hu (in Hungarian). 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- ^ "Lekapcsoltatta a magyarországi digitális rádiózást a nemzeti médiahatóság". Media1 (in Hungarian). 2020-09-06.
External links
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- Official website
- Kossuth Rádió Online
- Petőfi Rádió Online
- Bartók Rádió Online
- Magyar Rádió Streaming