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Mass media in the Faroe Islands

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The Faroese mass media consists of several newspapers, radio stations, magazines, as well as a local TV station, Kringvarp Føroya.

The first Digital Terrestrial Television service was switched on during December 2002, broadcasting from seven transmitter sites.[1][2] Subscription satellite television is also available in the Faroe Islands.

List of major media in the Faroese language

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Recently Sjónvarp Føroya (Television of the Faroes) and Útvarp Føroya (Radio of the Faroes) merged into a new company called Kringvarp Føroya.

Television

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Radio

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  • Atlantic Radio, short-lived 24-hour station.
  • KissFM, pop and rock from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, was replaced with the new Rás 2.
  • Kringvarp Føroya started in 1957 as Útvarp Føroya. Merged with Sjónvarp Føroya 1 January 2007 to form Kringvarp Føroya.
  • Lindin, a Christian radio station which has been broadcasting from Tórshavn since 21 January 2000[4]
  • Rás 2 (Channel 2) was, after Atlantic Radio stopped, established as an alternative to the state owned Útvarp Føroya (hence the "2" in its name).
  • Stream.fo, on FM98.7 in Klaksvík and on internet radio, which has been broadcasting since 11 November 2011[5]
  • Útvarp Føroya
  • Voxpop, modern pop music station

Newspapers

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  • Dimmalætting, the oldest newspaper on the islands, dating back to 1878. A weekly newspaper since 2014
  • Norðlýsið, a local newspaper mainly for the northern part of the islands.
  • Oyggjatíðindi
  • Sosialurin, established in 1927. Originally it was a political newspaper associated with Faroese social democrats, but in 2006 the Islands' Social Democratic Party sold the newspaper. It is published five times a week.
  • Vikublaðið, a weekly newspaper. It is the only newspaper that is free, so is the most widely read newspaper on the Islands.
  • Vinnuvitan, a business newspaper.

Magazines

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References

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  1. ^ "about_dvb/dvb_worldwide/faroe_islands/index". dvb.org. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  2. ^ "Televarpið". Archived from the original on 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
  3. ^ "Kringvarp Føroya | - Tíðindi, mentan og ítróttur". kringvarp.fo. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  4. ^ "Lindin kristiligt kringvarp (English)". www.lindin.fo. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  5. ^ "Vælkomin á Stream.fo". stream.fo. Retrieved 2020-03-21.