Sveriges Radio - National Radio

National Radio

Four radio channels are available nationwide on FM and via the internet.

  • P1: "the spoken channel" for current affairs, science, culture etcetera (similar to BBC Radio 4 and ABC Radio National). Almost no music is played, except as in Sommar where the hosts chooses the songs.
  • P2: classical music, folk, jazz and world music (similar to BBC Radio 3); the channel also carries some minority language programming.
  • P3: popular music and comedy targeted at a younger audience (similar to BBC Radio 1 and Triple J)
  • P4: popular music, entertainment and sport, chiefly targeted at an older audience; the network is made up of 25 local stations, each of which carries a mix of local and national programming (similar to BBC Local Radio).

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