Fréttir, íþróttir og veður

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Fréttir, íþróttir og veður
Still from the Fréttir, íþróttir og veður open used since 2005
Still from the Fréttir, íþróttir og veður open used since late 2005
Genre News
Starring Bogi Ágústsson, manager of RÚV's news division
Elín Hirst, executive news editor
Jóhanna Vigdís Hjaltadóttir special parliament reporter
Margrét Marteinsdóttir
Páll Magnússon, president of RÚV
Country of origin Iceland
No. of episodes N/A (airs daily)
Production
Running time 30 minutes (not including weather forecast)
Broadcast
Original channel Sjónvarpið
Original run 1966 – present

Fréttir, íþróttir og veður (English: News, sports and weather), is the principal nightly television news program of the Icelandic public television network Sjónvarpið. The program has been broadcast since the network was launched in 1966 and is the second highest rated television program in Iceland. Each of the five news anchors hosts the program for several nights each month.

The show airs at 7 p.m. with news coverage for about 25 minutes followed by sports for about 5 minutes. The weather forecast is then broadcast after a commercial break.

Páll Magnússon anchoring Fréttir, íþróttir og veður on the program's old set in 2005
Páll Magnússon anchoring Fréttir, íþróttir og veður on the program's old set in 2005
Elín Hirst, executive news editor and one of the program's five news anchors
Elín Hirst, executive news editor and one of the program's five news anchors