According to the DR site, some cherry-picked dates in the history of Danmarks Radio [DR]:

1st April 1925: “Statsradiofonien” starts broadcasting trials

1926: Statsradiofonien begins to broadcast news in co-operation with the daily press, who provide the news for “Pressens Radioavis”.

2nd October 1952: TV begins in Demark.

1954: Daily TV broadcasts begin

1959: “Statsradiofonien” changes name to Danmarks Radio.

1964: The press stops providing DR with its news; “Pressens Radioavis” becomes “Radioavisen”

1984: Competition at a local level from local tv and radio stations

1987:  Radioraadet becomes the DR-board [DR-bestyrelse] wit 11 members. Advisory Programme Council with 30 members also formed.

1988: Monopoly on national TV broadcasting  ended as TV2 starts broadcasts.

1996: DR gets a second tv channel, DR2.

2002: The two governing parties and the Dansk Folkparti approve a new media agreement until 2007

2004: DR-board decides that DR should have a listeners’ and viewers’ editor, who shall handle criticisms of news coverage.

2006: New media-agreement for the period 2007-10. Costs spiral for the new DR building in Orestad.