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Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa

Logo: vermutlich KNR, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Public broadcasting organization of Greenland

Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (KNR; lit. 'Greenland's Radio'; officially rendered into English as the Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation) is Greenland's national public broadcasting organization. Based in the territory's capital, Nuuk, KNR is an independent state-owned corporation headed by a five-person board. Its activities are funded from a mixture of sources, mainly direct government funding but also limited on-air advertising.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1958Founded1
  • HeadquartersNuuk1
  • Websitewww.knr.gl
  • Legal formFoundations and other independent institutions1

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Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (KNR; lit. 'Greenland's Radio'; officially rendered into English as the Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation) is Greenland's national public broadcasting organization.2

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Television

KNR offers two channels nationwide, KNR1 and KNR2. They are available via digital terrestrial television (DVB-T), and digital cable television (DVB-C). Both channels are also streamed online via YouTube.

KNR1 is the primary channel and most of its programming is in the Greenlandic language (Kalaallisut). KNR2 goes on air only to broadcast live from specific events.

In 2006, KNR TV installed a complete digital SD-SDI production and editing facility with the infrastructure needed to provide for the local production of talk shows, news, and remote broadcasts.

Prior to January 2013, KNR1 also featured programming from Danish television networks DR and TV 2 but when several of DR's channels were made free-to-air in Greenland, KNR decided to focus on original Greenlandic programming.

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On 21 June 2020, both KNR1 and KNR2 switched to 720p HD resolution.

Radio

The KNR radio station broadcasts nationwide. It is available on FM, AM, and online. It broadcasts mainly in the Greenlandic language but some programming is also in Danish.

In Nuuk, KNR also provides a direct relay of DR P1 via FM.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Naalakkersuisut

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1958Founded Founded1

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