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NRK was the last of the major European public broadcasters to introduce a second radio channel, officially opened as late as in 1984. By 1993, NRK got a third radio channel, Petre (P3). A 24 hour channel for classical music, Alltid Klassisk, we introduced in 1995, being the first of its kind to be broadcast digitally using DAB. The 24 hour news channel Alltid Nyheter was then introduced in 1997, followed by a radio channel for teenagers, MPeTre, in 2000.
In 1995, a second television channel was introduced, the channels being now called NRK1 and NRK2.
The international radio transmissions from NRK, Utenlandssendingen, began transmissions on the shortwave bands in 1948. Intially broadcasting in Norwegian, English language programs were later added. The service was discontinued January 1 2002. All NRK broadcasting activities on shortwave ceased on January 1 2004.
NRK still holds the strongest position in number of viewers, though the competition from TV 2 is getting tougher.
NRK claims to have the longest running radio show, Lørdagsbarnetimen (lit. The Childrens Hour on Saturday), running since December 20 1924.