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The Faroese mass media consists of several newspapers, radio stations, magazines, as well as a local TV station, Kringvarp Føroya .

The first Digital Terrestrial Television service was switched on during December 2002, broadcasting from seven transmitter sites. ^{[1] [2]} Subscription satellite television is also available in the Faroe Islands.

List of major media in the Faroese language [ edit ]

Recently Sjonvarp Føroya (Television of the Faroes) and Utvarp Føroya (Radio of the Faroes) merged into a new company called Kringvarp Føroya .

Television [ edit ]

• SVF (since 1984). The only local TV station, today a part of Kringvarp Føroya . ^[3]
• A satellite TV company used to relay MTV Europe , BBC Prime , BBC World , and Eurosport , as well as Danish commercial TV into Torshavn between 1989 and 2001.
• Since 2002 Televarpið (a subsidiary of the Faroese telecom company Føroya Tele ) has distributed Sjonvarp Føroya and international channels through its digital terrestrial network, which include DR1 , DR2 , TV2 , TV2 Sport , TV3 , TV3+ , Kanal 4 , Kanal 5 , 6'eren , NRK1 , Visjon Norge , RUV , MTV , VH1 , BBC Brit , BBC World News , Eurosport , Cartoon Network , Discovery Channel , Animal Planet , Disney Channel , National Geographic Channel , Canal+ Comedy , Canal+ First , Canal+ Sport 1 , Canal+ Sport 2 .

Radio [ edit ]

• Atlantic Radio , short-lived 24-hour station.
• KissFM , pop and rock from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, was replaced with the new Ras 2 .
• Kringvarp Føroya started in 1957 as Utvarp Føroya . Merged with Sjonvarp Føroya 1 January 2007 to form Kringvarp Føroya.
• Lindin , a Christian radio station which has been broadcasting from Torshavn since 21 January 2000 ^[4]
• Ras 2 (Channel 2) was, after Atlantic Radio stopped, established as an alternative to the state owned Utvarp Føroya (hence the "2" in its name).
• Stream.fo , on FM98.7 in Klaksvik and on internet radio, which has been broadcasting since 11 November 2011 ^[5]
• Utvarp Føroya
• Voxpop , modern pop music station

Newspapers [ edit ]

• Dimmalætting , the oldest newspaper on the islands, dating back to 1878. A weekly newspaper since 2014
• Norðlysið , a local newspaper mainly for the northern part of the islands.
• Oyggjatiðindi
• 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 published five times a week.
• Vikublaðið , a weekly newspaper. It is the only newspaper that is free, so is the most widely read newspaper on the Islands.
• Vinnuvitan , a business newspaper.

Magazines [ edit ]

• Atlantic Review, since 1990. Atlantic Airways
• Frøði , a local science magazine.
• Kvinna , a women's magazine established in 2004.
• Land og Folk
• OutsiderMagazine , Varðin , Vencil : cultural magazines.

References [ edit ]