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Rogaland Radio

coast radio station in Norway

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ2161493 ↗
Source-derived summary

Rogaland Radio is a coast radio station in Sola Municipality, Norway. Operated by Telenor Maritim Radio, it has the responsibility for the coast between Søgne and the Sognefjord. Established in 1960, it was originally located in Sandnes. It has since 2003 been jointly located with the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Southern Norway. It is responsible for transmitting maritime safety information via Navtex in Southern Norway.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Rogaland Radio” as coast radio station in Norway. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1960, 2003—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Rogaland, Radio and coast can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as coast radio station in Norway. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2161493. Authority coordinates are 58.889, 5.631. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1960 and 2003.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Rogaland Radio”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Rogaland Radio primary sources, Rogaland Radio archive and Rogaland research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Rogaland Radio”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Rogaland Radio” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.