Media of the Faroe Islands

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The faroese media consists of several newspapers, radiostations, magazines as well as a local TV station.

Contents 1 List of major media in the Faroese language 1.1 Television 1.2 Radio 1.3 Newspapers 1.4 Magazines

[edit] List of major media in the Faroese language

Recently Sjónvarp Føroya (Television of the Faroes) and Útvarp Føroya (Radio of the Faroes) have merged into a new company called Kringvarp Føroya.

[edit] Television

• SVF (since 1984). The only local TV station, today a part of Kringvarp Føroya.
• A satellite TV company used to relay MTV, BBC Prime, BBC World, and Eurosport, as well as Danish commercial TV into Tórshavn between 1989-2001.

• Since 2002 Televarpið (a subsidiary of the Faroese telecom company Føroya Tele) has distributed domestic and international channels through its digital terrestrial network.

[edit] Radio

• Kringvarp Føroya started in 1957 as Útvarp Føroya. Merged with Sjónvarp Føroya 1 January 2006 to form Kringvarp Føroya.
• Atlantic Radio, short-lived 24 hour station.
• Útvarp Føroya
• Rás 2 (Channel 2) was, after Atlantic Radio stopped, established as an alternative to the state owned Útvarp Føroya (hence the "2" in its name)

• Lindin, a Christian radio station.

[edit] Newspapers

• Dimmalætting the oldest newspaper on the islands, dating back to 1878. Published five times a week.
• Sosialurin, established in 1927. Originally it was a political newspaper associated with Faroese social democrats, but in 2006 the Islands' Social Democratic Party sold the newspaper. It is also published five times a week.
• Vinnuvitan, a business newspaper.
• Oyggjatíðindi
• Norðlýsið, a local newspaper mainly for the northern part of the islands.
• Vikublaðið, a weekly newspaper. It is the only newspaper that is free, so is the most widely read newspaper on the Islands.

[edit] Magazines

• Kvinna, a women's magazine established in 2004.
• Frøði, a local science magazine.
• Land og Fólk
• OutsiderMagazine, Vencil, Varðin: cultural magazines.

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