P4 Radio Hele Norge AS

Aksjeselskap

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Norway's leading national, private radio station

Radio station

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 with 24% national market share

Market share

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, about one million daily listeners and two million weekly.

P4 Radio Hele Norge operates a nationwide public service-licence, with official requirements for news and information. It broadcasts via FM

FM broadcasting

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, DAB

Digital audio broadcasting

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 and on the Internet. On November 1, 2006, the company launched an all-rock music

Rock music

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 station, Bandit, available via the net and previously also DAB.

The headquarters is located in Lillehammer

Lillehammer

is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...

, with regional representation and broadcast-studios in Tromsø

Tromsø

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, Bergen

Bergen

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, Kristiansand

Kristiansand

-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...

 and Oslo

Oslo

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Radio Station

• P4
• P4 Bandit
• P4 Hits
• P4 Jukebox
• P4 Ballade
• P4 Radio Retro
• P4 Julekanalen (Christmas channel 1 des-30 des)

See also

• Radio Norge: PFI's main radio competitor and current (as of 2007) holder of the Norwegian P4 frequencies