NRK (
Norsk Rikskringkasting) is the
Norwegian state-owned
radio and
television public broadcasting company.
Founded in
1933 based on a model similar to the
BBC, and located in
Oslo, it was a replacement for privately operated radio stations in the larger cities. NRK initially set out to get coverage over the entire country, and had a monopoly on broadcasting in Norway until the monoply was gradually dissolved from
1975 onwards.
NRK was the last of the major European public broadcasters to introduce a second radio channel, as late as in
1982.