Magyar Rádió
Hungarian public radio station
Magyar Rádió (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈraːdijoː], MR, The Hungarian Radio Corporation, also known as Radio Budapest) was Hungary's publicly funded radio broadcasting organisation until 2015. It was also the country's official international broadcasting station.
Since 2011, MR has been managed and primarily funded by the Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (Hungarian: Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap, abbreviated MTVA). This government organization also managed the public service broadcasters Magyar Televízió and Duna Televízió, as well as the Hungarian news agency Magyar Távirati Iroda.
On 1 July 2015, Magyar Rádió and the three other public media organisations managed by the MTVA were merged into a single organisation called Duna Media Service (Hungarian: Duna Médiaszolgáltató). This organization is the legal successor to Magyar Rádió and is an active member of the European Broadcasting Union.
Domestic networks
With its headquarters in Budapest and regional offices around the country, MR was responsible for public service broadcasting throughout the Hungarian Republic. As well as maintaining regional studios, the corporation produced multiple different Hungarian-language radio channels (Kossuth, Petőfi, and Bartók) covering the full range of public-service radio provision, and a fourth channel (MR4) aimed at the country's linguistic minorities.
Kossuth Rádió
Created in 1925 and named after Lajos Kossuth, the channel is the official radio station of Hungary. It is the main channel of Hungarian Radio.
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