Sveriges Radio industry radio broadcasting
History
The company – which was founded as AB Radiotjänst ("Radio Service Ltd") by a consortium of newspaper companies, the TT news agency, and radio manufacturing interests on 21 March 1924 – made its first broadcast on 1 January 1925: a relay of High Mass from St James's Church in Stockholm. It was officially renamed Sveriges Radio in 1957.
Sveriges Radio was originally responsible for all broadcasting in Sweden, both radio and television, and hosted the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest. A reorganization in 1979 saw it become the parent company of four subsidiaries:Sveriges Riksradio (RR), Swedish National Radio;
Sveriges Lokalradio (LRAB), Swedish Local Radio;
Sveriges Utbildningsradio (UR), Swedish Educational Broadcasting; and
Sveriges Television (SVT), Swedish Television.This structure was dissolved in 1993, with the national and local radio companies merging under the name of the old parent company: Sveriges Radio AB.
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