Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa
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Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (literally Radio Greenland, usually referred to as The Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation or KNR) is the national public broadcasting
corporation of Greenland
, based in the country's capital city, Nuuk
.
It is an independent state-owned corporation headed by a seven-person board. Its activities are funded from a mixture of sources, including direct government funding and on-air advertising.
KNR provides one national television
station and one national radio
station. The radio station operates mostly in the Greenlandic language (Kalaallisut) but also in Danish
. The television schedule consists of a mix of locally produced programmes, news in Kalaallisut, plus the main news bulletins and some other programmes from Danmarks Radio
(DR) in Copenhagen
. A second radio channel relays DR output directly but is available only in the capital, Nuuk
.
Local commercial television stations can be found in several Greenlandic towns. Some stations are Nuuk TV
and Sisimiut TV. Local television stations gathered in the organization STTK
Public broadcasting
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing.Public broadcasting may be...
corporation of Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
, based in the country's capital city, Nuuk
Nuuk
Nuuk, is the capital of Greenland, the northernmost capital in North America and the largest city in Greenland. Located in the Nuup Kangerlua fjord, the city lies on the eastern shore of the Labrador Sea and on the west coast of Sermersooq. Nuuk is the largest cultural and economic center in...
.
It is an independent state-owned corporation headed by a seven-person board. Its activities are funded from a mixture of sources, including direct government funding and on-air advertising.
KNR provides one national television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
station and one national radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
station. The radio station operates mostly in the Greenlandic language (Kalaallisut) but also in Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
. The television schedule consists of a mix of locally produced programmes, news in Kalaallisut, plus the main news bulletins and some other programmes from Danmarks Radio
Danmarks Radio
DR – officially rendered into English as the Danish Broadcasting Corporation – is Denmark's national broadcasting corporation. Founded in 1925 as a public-service organization, it is today Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enterprise...
(DR) in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. A second radio channel relays DR output directly but is available only in the capital, Nuuk
Nuuk
Nuuk, is the capital of Greenland, the northernmost capital in North America and the largest city in Greenland. Located in the Nuup Kangerlua fjord, the city lies on the eastern shore of the Labrador Sea and on the west coast of Sermersooq. Nuuk is the largest cultural and economic center in...
.
Local commercial television stations can be found in several Greenlandic towns. Some stations are Nuuk TV
Nuuk TV
Nuuk TV is a television station in Nuuk, Greenland.The television programming is in the Danish language. Nuuk TV has sought to offer a wide range of programs since it began broadcasting on 1 August 2002. The stations motto is "Freedom to choose"...
and Sisimiut TV. Local television stations gathered in the organization STTK