Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa

Kalaallit Nunaata attitud ( KNR ) is a Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation, based in Nuuk.

It is an independent state-owned company with over 100 employees. The transmitter is coordinated by the seven-member board of directors, its chairman is now Peter Jensen. The posted messages come from different sources, including the Greenland government, various associations, cooperation with private local stations and broadcasts from abroad, especially from Danmarks Radio ( DR). KNR is an associate member of the Northern Vision, a merger of state broadcasters in the Nordic countries.

History

The history of the station KNR is essentially characterized it, with only about 56,000 residents to provide an island of six times the size of Germany, at least on the widely inhabited coasts with a comprehensive broadcasting system.

The first four radio stations were established in 1925 in Qeqertarsuaq Qaqortoq, Nuuk and Angmassalik. On September 6, the first broadcast message was sent from Greenland. Hugo Holten Møller, Greenlandic radio pioneer, the project financed largely self shipments in 1926 were disseminated by a telegraph poles in Qeqertarsuaq, 1934, in the winter two weekly broadcasts. 1942, the station was established with the Danish name Grønlands radio. In 1949 there were already five times daily 15 - minute programs in Danish, and the majority of the time in Greenlandic. 1955, the new station were banned in Qeqertarsuaq and several illegal relay stations. This led to a public protest.

Since 1956, efforts were made to establish a public radio station for Greenland, the new radio. On July 21, 1958, the station was officially established by previous test programs from the Radiohus in Nuuk. Educational Radio, live local music and church programs were the focus of the program. In addition, news, lectures, music from the record, reports and radio magazines, radio plays and satire, as well as musical entertainment were part of the program. 1964, the radio program with a new 25 kW transmitter in Kookøerne, a shoal or sandbar off the coast of Nuuk and two 5 kW transmitters in Frederikshåb and Godhavn was (south and south-west coast ) reorganized.

In 1971, the Ministry of Culture a television committee to develop a concept for a national television program. Since 1960 there were private initiatives to send Danish television records in Greenland and single since 1966 broadcasts from Nuuk. These projects were accompanied by a triggered in the 70s political policy discussion on Greenland, who should bear the social responsibility for broadcasting. KNR was the first institution that benefited from the political independence from Denmark, but could not yet take account of technical effort for television broadcasts. By 1977, could by the UHF radio traffic (because of the permafrost no cables are laid on the island, see Greenland Connect) numerous places on the west coast are connected to a VHF network. In the north and east, sent by mail tape recordings were broadcast on local FM and medium-wave transmitter. From 1979 to 1980 the entire island over the Greenland INUKSAT satellite system over several satellite stations with telecommunications and broadcasting has been supplied.

In 1981 the station was renamed to its present name and signed a cooperation agreement with Danmarks Radio. In the same year, the first regional radio station KNR Avannaa was started in Ilulissat. Since 1982, sends the widespread terrestrial television (since 1990 with teletext ). Until then, the samtidigheds Tv was distributed on video tapes by the Navy. This poses a legal problem, but was temporarily allowed because in this way cost programs could also be produced and distributed. By 1985, spread 17 of 31 television broadcasting stations, the television signal directly, the other stations are submitted video recordings of the program on S- VHS tapes (the last station to August 2002).

1991 "TV return channel ' has been set up on the radio to send video messages, from other places as may Nuuk. A KNR own satellite station with an antenna of 3.7 meters opens up the satellite Thor 2A 0.8 ° W and 707 ° W Intelsat 1 for Programmzulieferung foreign broadcasts, including the acquisition of Danish television broadcasts news in Greenlandic program. In 2005, almost all departments of the station in a new building, a converted airplane hangar, merged. Since 2007, the entire radio and television offer is produced digitally. All programs are archived to disk.

In July 2009, KNR celebrated its 50th anniversary with a rich documentation on the Internet and with historical play items on the radio.

Program

KNR operates a nationwide television and radio program. The radio transmits especially in Kalaallisut, so Greenlandic language, but also in Danish. Television is a collection of locally produced programs and news in Kalaallisut. It also sends messages and reports of Danmarks Radio ( DR). A second radio channel passes DR output directly but only in the capital Nuuk.

For broadcast transmissions that require more effort, the technical equipment is brought by sea to other places on the island in containers for daily reports helicopters are used.

Reception in Europe

The satellite Intelsat 903 is used for broadcasting coverage across the island especially off the coasts where terrestrial coverage is economically not feasible. The reception is possible but also in Europe.

Every Saturday will be aired on the Danish TV channel DR2 the Greenlandic -language newscast Nyheder fra Grønland of KNR. In Germany you can look at them through a web stream.

By February 2011, the radio program of KNR is occasionally received via the shortwave transmitter of a coast radio station on 3815 kHz.