Slovenský rozhlas
Slovenský rozhlas 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.
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. The broadcaster also managed the Slovak Radio Children's Choir founded in 1953 and Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra founded in 1929, the latter then-known as Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.Wanting to improve finance of the state-owned public television broadcaster Slovenská televízia on 1 January 2011 SRo merged with Slovenská televízia to create Radio and Television of Slovakia.
SRo was a full member of the European Broadcasting Union between 1993 and 2011.
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.- SRo 1:
- SRo 2:
- SRo 3:
- SRo 4: Rádio FM
- SRo 5:
- SRo 6: Radio Slovakia International
- SRo 7:
- SRo 8:
- SRo 9: