NRK1

### Broadcast area

National; also distributed in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and via satellite across Europe and in certain areas by cable and Scotland.

## Ownership

### Sister channels

NRK 2
NRK 3

## Availability

### Streaming live

NRK TV

**NRK1** ("NRK En") is a public Norwegian-language TV station in Norway, owned by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). Its sister channels are NRK2, NRK3, and NRK Super.

## Channel description

NRK1 is Norway’s biggest channel. It is varied and broad, and is intended to give Norwegians shared understanding and great experiences across news, sport, drama, entertainment and documentaries.

## Channel history

### NRK Fjernsynet

In June 1957, the Storting decided to introduce television in Norway. The first official test broadcasts went from a small TV studio in Radiohuset on Marienlyst in Oslo. In 1958, there were thirteen employees at NRK Television. 235 households had a TV license. There was one television station in Norway.

When the trial run was replaced by regular broadcasts in 1960, the number of licenses had increased to 16,876 and there were 100 employees in television. There are now three television stations and nine local converters in Norway.

In 1954, test broadcasts were started with television, and in 1960, it was ready for regular TV broadcasts. On August 20, 1960, King Olav could officially declare television open in Norway.

A plan for the development of the television was already drawn up in the early 1950s, and the development took place all over the country. At the opening, it was theoretically possible for one million Norwegians to watch television.

NRK followed up with an increasingly wide range of programs, and among the innovations is "Kvitt eller dobbelt" with Gunnar Haarberg as presenter. Aasta Eriksen will be the first to go to the top and win NOK 10,000.

The development of television in Norway progressed rapidly. In 1962, two million Norwegians could watch television. More and more people are buying television sets and TV licenses. As of July 1, 1963, there were 240,694 licensees.

1964 saw television's involvement in language teaching with the BBC language course "Walter and Connie". On February 16, 1965, NRK broadcast a separate program for deaf and hearing-impaired children, and it was the first time in Scandinavia that this group of children was given a separate program. On January 4, 1967, the first edition of the program series "Lekestue for de Minste" was broadcast. The program was led by kindergarten teacher Ellen Gundersen and set up according to kindergarten principles, in order to "reach the tens of thousands of children who never attend kindergarten".

At the end of June 1969, there were 770,589 television licenses in Norway. Over 20 percent of the population had access to television. On November 29, the same year, the first sports match was broadcast on television. The match between the English teams Wolverhampton and Sunderland was broadcast live.

NRK still had a broadcasting monopoly, and the only NRK channel was the Norwegian TV offer until well into the 1980s.

In 1971, the Storting debated whether color television should be introduced in Norway. King Olav's New Year's speech on New Year's Eve 1971 was the first broadcast in color on Norwegian television. Before that, the colors were even removed if they were in the program for broadcast technical reasons, but from 1972 on, there were trial broadcasts, and colors quickly became standard. From 1975 on, there were regular color TV broadcasts from NRK.

With one TV channel and NRK, which has a monopoly, the whole of Norway sees the same programs, and during major events, the whole country gathers around the television sets. NRK is expanding its television offering, and the district offices are also getting TV equipment. Popular program items that are broadcast around Norway.

As a Christmas present, the residents of Svalbard received live television from and including December 22, 1984. Before that time, they were sent recordings of the TV broadcasts. With satellite TV reaching Svalbard, the development of television is considered complete. Ever since the first broadcasts went on air in 1960, the broadcasting network has been expanded. First with large TV transmitters, then with local converters to reach those in the shadow of the main transmitters. In 1984, a large majority of Norwegian households received TV signals.

Only with the digitization of television, which was completed in 2009, did everyone in Norway get a complete TV offer. The Storting then gave a guarantee that everyone at their fixed address would receive a full TV offer.

### NRK1

In the 1980s, it became both technically and politically difficult to maintain the NRK monopoly, and there was a political desire for more diversity in both the radio and TV offerings.

On December 16, 1981, the broadcasting monopoly was broken. Then Culture Minister Lars Roar Langslet presents a list of those who will be allowed to operate experimental activities with local radio and local television in Norway.

In 1988, there was a separate law on local broadcasting. At the same time, it will be possible to receive and distribute TV channels via satellite. TV3 and TV Norge took advantage of this in 1988 by starting broadcasts for the Norwegian audience. In a short time, there will be diversity in the TV offer.

The Storting then gives the green light for a nationwide, Norwegian-based TV alternative, and in November 1991, TV 2 A/S receives a license to operate advertising-financed television in Norway. The main seat is added to Bergen, and on September 5, 1992, TV 2 starts its broadcasts. TV 2 is quickly becoming a popular alternative to NRK. The channel focuses on sports, Norwegian-produced entertainment, and current affairs programs.

It also meant a major restructuring for NRK. Before, the public had no alternative to NRK's ​​offer, now NRK is one of many choices. This meant that NRK also had to adjust its offer in line with the new media world.

NRK responded by establishing NRK2 in 1996, and then things went from bad to worse. The development of the TV industry happened incredibly quickly in the 1990s and 2000s.

In 2007, NRK changed its television offering and launched three-channel television. NRK1 remains the large and broad channel; NRK2 becomes the in-depth channel; and the new NRK3 is the children's and young people's channel. The third TV channel is a children's channel during the day, NRK Super, and a youth channel in the evening and night, NRK 3.

Despite the competition, NRK1 has since its inception been by far the largest television channel in Norway with a market share of over 30 percent. In 2020, NRK1 had a market share of 35.7 per cent. Many TV programs have almost become institutions in themselves. Dagsrevyen, Sportsrevyen, Kvelden før kvelden, Norge Rundt, and many more are such examples.

## Services

### Reception

NRK1 is broadcast on the hertzian network and by satellite (Viasat and Canal Digital packages). Some of its shows can be seen in catch-up television on the Internet.

### NRK 1 HD

Since February 12, 2010, NRK1 has been available in high definition 720i (HD).

### Regional services

For the purpose of **regional broadcasting on NRK**, Norway is divided into 11 districts. 10 of these districts follow county boundaries and provide services in the Norwegian language, while one overlaps the other districts and provides services in the Sami languages. Each district includes one district office along with several subordinate local offices.

Regional broadcasting output generally comes from the district offices, though some of the local offices contain newsrooms and production facilities able to supplement output from the district office or produce separate programming altogether.

The district broadcasts are divided into ten regional news broadcasts that run Monday–Thursday after *the Dagsrevyen* (7.45–8.00 pm) and before *Kveldsnytt* (10.55–11.00 pm). On Fridays, there are district broadcasts only after *the Dagsrevyen* (19.30–19.40).  The ten broadcasts are also shown in repeats, one after the other, on NRK2 at night and during the day the following day.

The district offices have daily newscasts on NRK1 . As of 2020, these are broadcast Monday–Thursday at the following times: 19.45–20.00 and 22.55–23.00, and Fridays: 19.30–19.40. The news is distributed among ten district broadcasts:

* *Innlandet*
* *Midtnytt* (Trøndelag)
* *Møre og Romsdal*
* *Nordland*
* *Nordnytt* (Troms og Finnmark)
* *Oslo og Viken*
* *Rogaland* (Rogaland)
* *Sørlandet* (Agder)
* *Vestfold og Telemark*
* *Vestlandsrevyen* (Vestland)

In addition, together with SVT and Yle, NRK produces the Sami broadcasts in the Nordic region like Ođđasat.

## Programs

### Current

* Norge Rundt (1976 - now) - Magazine
* Brennpunkt (1997 - now) - Documentary series
* Ål inn (2023-) - Series
* Lindmo - live interview

### NRK Nyheter

* Nyhetsmorgen - morning news from 6:00 to 9:00 daily, along with a reprise of Politisk kvarter and Kulturnytt.
* Smaller news bulletins of NRK Nyheter at 9:00, 12:00, and 15:00.
* Ođđasat - News in Sami at 17:30.
* Tegnspråknytt - Sign language news at 17:45.
* Supernytt - News for children at 17:50.
* Dagsnytt 18 - News at 18:00, with debates, interviews and comments.
* Dagsrevyen (The daily review) - Flagship news program at 19:00.
* Distriktsnyheter - District news at 19:45 and 22:45
* Dagsrevyen 21 - News at 21:00.
* Kveldsnytt - News at 23:00
* Debaten - Debate shows at 21:20 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
* Urix - Magazine at 21:20 on Wednesday

### International

* En kunglig affär (2021-) - Swedish series by SVT
* Vera (2011-) - English series by ITV
* Spelskandalen (2022-) - Swedish series by SVT