Radio 100 (former "Radio 100FM") is a Danish

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. The name refers to the fact that the station used to broadcast on 100.0

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on the FM spectrum in the Greater Copenhagen Area. On 18 June 2003

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held an auction for two free spaces in the FM spectrum. One of them was bought by

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and on 15 November 2003 Radio 100FM aired and covered 38% of

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. In August 2005 Radio 100FM became the first commercial network to have a larger

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than the public station P3 owned by

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External links

The official homepage in Danish
Radio stations in Denmark Mass media in Copenhagen Bauer Media Group Talpa Network Radio stations established in 2003 {{Europe-radio-station-stub