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 tor fuglevik radio and television executive
tor fuglevik

tor fuglevik -lrb- born april 7 , 1950 -rrb- is a norwegian radio and television executive .
while director general for radio at the norwegian broadcasting corporation , fuglevik founded the very first all-digital radio channel -lrb- dab -rrb- in the world .
the nrk klassisk channel , broadcasting classical music 24 hours a day , was launched on june 1 , 1995 .
tor fuglevik holds degrees from the norwegian school of journalism in oslo and the university of oslo .
he started his career as a radio news reporter for the norwegian broadcasting corporation -lrb- nrk -rrb- in 1971 .
he was appointed head of information at the norwegian ministry of justice and the police in 1976 .
fuglevik has since held various positions at nrk , acting as regional manager , radio director general and dep .
director general .
from 2002 to 2006 he was director general of norges televisjon -lrb- ntv -rrb- , a company set up to establish a national , terrestrial tv network , and since 2006 has served as director of the norwegian branch of the international media conglomerate modern times group .
from 2004 to 2010 , he was a board member of the language council of norway , which is the consultative body for the norwegian state and government on language issues .
during his career , fuglevik has also been a member of various governing bodies within the european broadcasting union -lrb- ebu -rrb- in geneva .
fuglevik has published several books about radio and broadcasting .
in 2008 , tor fuglevik received the honorary award of prix radio for his contribution to the development of norwegian radio .
