Latvijas Radio

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Smilšu iela 2, Centra rajons, Rīga, LV-1050, Latvia

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N56° 57' 0" E24° 6' 21"   (56.95, 24.105833333333) Start navigation »

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Latvijas Radio (LR) is Latvia's national public-service radio broadcasting network. It began broadcasting on 1 November 1925, and has its headquarters in the Latvian capital, Riga. Latvijas Radio broadcasts six different channels in the FM band as well as via the internet: Latvijas Radio 1, Latvijas Radio 2, Latvijas Radio 3 Klasika, Latvijas Radio 4 Doma laukums, Latvijas Radio 5 Pieci.lv, and Latvijas Radio 6 – Radio NABA.
Latvijas Radio is a national cultural institution, fostering radio drama, and organizing a radio choir as well as children's vocal groups. The organization's phonographic archives contain approximately 200,000 sound recordings. Latvijas Radio became a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) on 1 January 1993.Since 2013 it has collaborated with Latvijas Televīzija (Latvian Television) as part of the Latvijas Sabiedriskie Mediji (Public Broadcasting of Latvia) news platform and online streaming service.
Latvijas Radio (as Radio Riga) also broadcast programming in Swedish from 1960 to 1995.

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