Slovenský rozhlas

Slovenský rozhlas
TypePublic radio broadcaster
Country
Slovakia
HeadquartersSlovak Radio Building, Bratislava
OwnerGovernment of Slovakia
Launch date
3 August 1926
Dissolved1 January 2011
(merged into RTVS)
Replaced byRozhlas a televízia Slovenska (RTVS)

Slovenský rozhlas (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈslɔʋenskiː ˈrɔzɦlas], lit. 'Slovak Radio') or SRo was a state-owned nationwide public-service radio broadcaster in Slovakia. It was headquartered in Bratislava in a building shaped like an inverted pyramid, which currently serves as STVR radio's headquarters.

History

SRo began broadcasting from Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Initially broadcast twice per week on 3 August 1926, it began to broadcast daily from 2 October 1926. The broadcaster also managed the Slovak Radio Children's Choir founded in 1953 and Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOSR) founded in 1929, the latter then-known as Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.[citation needed]

Wanting to improve finance of the state-owned public television broadcaster Slovenská televízia (lit. 'Slovak Television') on 1 January 2011 SRo merged with Slovenská televízia to create Radio and Television of Slovakia.

SRo was a full member of the European Broadcasting Union between 1993 and 2011.

Channels

When merged with Slovenská televízia in 2011, SRo operated nine radio channels, all of which were continued as a part of Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska.

The following were digital-only channels:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Pietsch, Dana. "Slovakia | Overview: Radio". Slovakia Cultural Profiles. Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic. Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Merger of SRo and STV 'on target'". The Slovak Spectator. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Školkay, Andrej (2011). Media law in Slovakia. Kluwer Law International. pp. 33–34. ISBN 978-90-411-3439-4. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

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