Broadcast area |
Sweden Åland Islands |
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Frequency | 92.0–101.7 MHz |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Swedish |
Format | Contemporary hit radio, CHR Alternative |
Ownership | |
Owner | Sveriges Radio |
SR P3 Star | |
History | |
First air date | 1 July 1964 |
Links | |
Website |
www |
Sveriges Radio P3 (P3) is a semi-mainstream CHR/CHR Alternative-formatted station operated by Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcasting organization Sveriges Radio. The P in P3 originally stood for Program (Programme) but today has no official meaning and is simply a name. P3 was officially similar and related to BBC Radio 1.
P3 is broadcast nationwide on FM (also digitally via DAB in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, and Luleå) as well as being streamed on the internet. It also operated the web- and DAB-only channel P3 Star until June 2019.
Test broadcastings were introduced in 1962. On 1 July 1964, Sveriges Radio P3 began regular operations. [1] [2]
Its output (pop, rock, hip-hop and dance) is oriented towards young people from junior high school age to 50. The station claims that it plays 1,200 different songs every week and at least 1/3 of them are Swedish. It also welcomes musical suggestions from listeners and records from unsigned/independent artists. [3]
As well as its music programming, P3 also provides a traffic message channel service.