Omrop Fryslân is a special broadcaster on the NPO which serves the Frisian

Frisians

The Frisians are a Germanic ethnic group native to the coastal parts of the Netherlands and Germany. They are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, East Frisia and North Frisia, that was a part of Denmark until 1864. They inhabit an area known as Frisia...

 community. Because West Frisian

West Frisian language

West Frisian is a language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. West Frisian is the name by which this language is usually known outside the Netherlands, to distinguish it from the closely related Frisian languages of Saterland Frisian and North Frisian,...

 is an official language of the Kingdom of the Netherlands the NPO is also responsible for broadcasts in the West Frisian language.

Omrop Fryslân is also the regional public broadcaster for the province Friesland

Friesland

Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân...

 and they have their own radio station and TV channel broadcasting primarily for the province itself.

Radio

In 1946 the RON (Radio Omroep Noord), later RONO (Radio Omroep Noord en Oost) started broadcasting for the north and east of the Netherlands. In 1978 RONO was split in Radio Noord, Radio Oost and Radio Fryslân. Since 1988 Omrop Fryslân is a broadcaster in its own right.

Omrop Fryslân can be received on analogue terrestrial radio on 92,2 MHz FM. It's also available on cable (both analogue and digital), Digitenne (DVB-T) and the internet.

Regional television

Since 1994 Omrop Fryslân has its own regional TV channel. The regional news bulletin called Hjoed (meaning Today) is broadcasted daily at 18.00 and repeated every hour, with the last rebroadcast the next morning at 8.00.

Omrop Fryslân TV can be received free-to-air on DVB-T (Digitenne). It's also available on cable (both analogue and digital), satellite and the internet.

National television

Because West Frisian is an official language in the Netherlands, Omrop Fryslân also has airtime on national public television for 36 hours a year. Out of these 36 hours, 15 hours are assigned for school television in West Frisian. The rest of the airtime is mainly used for documentaries, which are broadcasted on Sunday afternoon on Nederland 2

Nederland 2

Nederland 2 is a Dutch television channel, one of three alongside Nederland 1 and Nederland 3. It was established in October 1964 and tends to broadcast sports, light entertainment, news and current affairs programming....

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External links

Official website