Latvijas Radio

Latvijas Radio

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Type	Public service broadcasting and radio network
Country	Latvia
Availability	National
Owner	Government of Latvia
Key people	Jānis Siksnis, Director General Inese Matjušonoka, Armins Ronis, Gunda Vaivode, Ilona Madesova D.o. Programmes
Launch date	1 November 1925
Official website	latvijasradio.lsm.lv/

Latvijas Radio (Radio Latvia; shortened as LR) is a public service broadcasting network of Latvia. The organisation was founded 1 November 1925, and is situated in the Latvian capital of Riga. Since 2002, Latvijas Radio broadcasts six different stations on the FM band and the internet: Latvijas Radio 1 (news, talk, current affairs programmes), Latvijas Radio 2 (Latvian music), Latvijas Radio 3 - Klasika (classical, jazz), Latvijas Radio 4 - Doma Laukums (minority programmes, mostly in Russian), from March 31, 2014 - Latvijas Radio 5 - Pieci.lv (station aimed at youth, similar to BBC Radio 1). and Latvijas Radio 6 - Radio NABA.

Latvijas Radio is a cultural institution of Latvia — with radio drama, a radio choir and children's vocal groups. The phonographic archives contains approximately 200,000 recordings. Beginning 1 January 1993, Latvijas Radio is a member of the European Broadcasting Union.

Latvijas Radio (Radio Riga) broadcast programs in Swedish from 1960 to 1995.

It collaborates with Latvian Television as part of the Public broadcasting of Latvia brand.

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  Radio House on Cathedral Square (Doma laukums)

See also

• Eastern Bloc information dissemination