Sveriges Radio P3 (P3) is a semi-mainstream CHR/CHR Alternative-formatted station operated by

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's national publicly funded radio broadcasting organization

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. The P in P3 originally stood for Program (''Programme'') but today has no official meaning and is simply a name. P3 was officially similar and related to

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. P3 is broadcast nationwide on FM (also digitally via DAB in

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, and

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) as well as being streamed on the

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. It also operated the web- and DAB-only channel P3 Star until June 2019.

History

Test broadcastings were introduced in 1962. On 1 July 1964, Sveriges Radio P3 began regular operations.

Format

Its output (pop, rock, hip-hop and dance) is oriented towards young people from

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age to 50. The station claims that it plays 1,200 different songs every week and at least 1/3 of them are Swedish. It also welcomes musical suggestions from listeners and records from unsigned/independent artists.

Current programmes

*''DigiListan'' is a Sunday afternoon two-hour programme presenting the most streamed, downloaded and bought songs in Sweden during the week. *''Morgonpasset i P3'' is a daily breakfast show consisting of a mix of music, interviews, and humour. *''Musikguiden i P3'' is a Friday morning three-hour radio show dedicated to all kinds of music. *''P3 Osignat'' is a Thursday night one-hour radio show featuring the 10 most voted new and unsigned songs. *''P3 Soul'' is a weekly radio show dedicated to

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and

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music. It has been hosted since 1978 by Mats Nileskär, who was the first ever presenter to play hip hop on Swedish radio. *''PP3'' is a Friday afternoon three-hour radio show dedicated to pop culture. It has been hosted since April 2016 by Linnéa Wikblad, Sara Kinberg and Adrian Boberg. *''Vaken med P3 & P4'' is the daily six-hour overnight show. It is a simulcast with SR P4. *''P3 Nyheter'' is a two-minute news summary, broadcasting Mondays to Fridays between 6.30 AM and 6.00 PM. At all other times, Ekot is in charge of the news coverage. * "Relationsradion i P3" is a relationship-related music-and-speech show that broadcasts Monday to Thursday at 10:02-13:00. As well as its music programming, P3 also provides a traffic message channel service.

References

External links

P3 Homepage

SR Radio frequencies
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