Slovenský rozhlas

Slovenský rozhlas (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈslɔʋenskiː ˈrɔzɦlas], lit. 'Slovak Radio') or SRo was a state-owned nationwide public-service radio broadcaster in Slovakia. It was headquartered in Bratislava in a building shaped like an inverted pyramid, which currently serves as STVR radio's headquarters.

Slovenský rozhlas

Type	Public radio broadcaster
Country	Slovakia
Headquarters	Slovak Radio Building, Bratislava
Owner	Government of Slovakia
Launch date	3 August 1926[1]
Dissolved	1 January 2011[2] (merged into RTVS)
Replaced by	Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska (RTVS)

History

SRo began broadcasting from Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Initially broadcast twice per week on 3 August 1926, it began to broadcast daily from 2 October 1926.^[1] The broadcaster also managed the Slovak Radio Children's Choir founded in 1953 and Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOSR) founded in 1929, the latter then-known as Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.^{[citation needed]}

Wanting to improve finance of the state-owned public television broadcaster Slovenská televízia (lit. 'Slovak Television') on 1 January 2011 SRo merged with Slovenská televízia to create Radio and Television of Slovakia.^[2]

SRo was a full member of the European Broadcasting Union between 1993 and 2011.

Channels

See also: Radio and Television of Slovakia § Radio channels

When merged with Slovenská televízia in 2011, SRo operated nine radio channels, all of which were continued as a part of Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska.^[3]

• SRo 1: Rádio Slovensko [sk]
• SRo 2: Rádio Regina [sk]
• SRo 3: Rádio Devín [sk]
• SRo 4: Rádio FM
• SRo 5: Rádio Patria [sk]
• SRo 6: Radio Slovakia International

The following were digital-only channels:

• SRo 7: Rádio Klasika [sk] (classical music)
• SRo 8: Rádio Litera [sk] (drama)
• SRo 9: Rádio Junior [sk] (for children up to age 10)

See also

• Radio and Television Slovakia, SRo's successor
• List of radio stations in Slovakia
• Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra