DR P4 is the regional radio channel of

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corporation, DR. The 10 regional stations which make up P4 originate their own local programming and also carry jointly produced nationwide content. P4's programming is a mixture of popular music, traffic announcements, national and regional news.

History

The name "P4" originates from 1973 when it was the name of a radio programme directed towards younger audience and broadcast on Sunday evenings on DR P1. This programme had been broadcast for 24 years when it was closed in 1997. On 4 April 1960 DR started regional programming on DR P2. At this time six stations were available: Bornholms Radio in

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, Midtjyllands Radio in

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, Nordjyllands Radio in

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, Radio Fyn in

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, Sjællands Radio in

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, and Sønderjyllands Radio in

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. At the beginning each station broadcast only half an hour of its own programming, each Monday from 19.15. Two years later this was expanded to 45 minutes. From 1967 a 40-minute round-up from all the regions was also broadcast on Tuesdays. It was the expansion of FM radio, which necessitated the building of a denser network of transmitters to ensure good reception in all parts of the country, which also made regional radio technically possible. DR had in 2001 won the rights to use Denmark's new fourth nationwide FM channel to which DR P2 was moved on 1 September 2001. The regional programming stayed on the former P2 regional channels and was re-launched as DR P4. In March 2013 DR P4 became the first of DR's radio channels to be available on

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digital radio. The other stations were available on standard DAB.

DR P4 Regional stations

DR P4 Bornholm

Began in 1960 as ''Bornholms Radio''.

DR P4 Esbjerg

Began broadcasting on 1 January 2007.

DR P4 Fyn

Began in 1960 as ''Radio Fyn''.

DR P4 København

Began in 1962 as ''Københavns Radio''.

DR P4 Midt & Vest

Began in April 1974 as ''Regionalradioen i Holstebro''; was later renamed ''Radio Midt & Vest''.

DR P4 Nordjylland

DR P4 Sjælland

Formerly ''DR Regionalen''; was expanded following the closure in 2013 of ''P4 Nordvestsjælland'' to cover the area formerly covered by the latter station.

DR P4 Syd

DR P4 Trekanten

Began in 1980 as Kanal 94; was later renamed P4 Trekanten and now covering a smaller area. The ''Trekanten'' (triangle) region is the area which includes the three major centres of

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Kolding Kolding () is a Denmark, Danish seaport city located at the head of Kolding Fjord in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the seat of Kolding Municipality. It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre and has numerous industria ...

, and

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality (''Municipalities of De ...

as well as the towns of Billund,

Haderslev Haderslev (; ) is a Denmark, Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark with a population of 22,405 (1 January 2025).Middelfart Middelfart is a town in central Denmark, with a population of 16,749 . The town is the municipal seat of Middelfart Municipality on the island of Funen (). Etymology The name Middelfart, first recorded as "Mæthælfar" in Valdemar's Census Book ...

, and

Vejen Vejen with a population of 10,416 (1 January 2025) is the main town in Vejen Municipality, Denmark. Geography The town is situated in the Danish region of Region of Southern Denmark, Syddanmark between the cities of Kolding and Esbjerg. It is a ...

DR P4 Østjylland

Began in 1960 as ''Østjyllands Radio''.

References

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