Blogging has been a bit delayed recently with a number of trips to K\obenhavn and back. On one of those trips, I had to travel back to Aarhus to phone DR’s Head of News Ulrik Haagerup, who is, of course, based in K\obenhavn.
As Haagerup’s wikipedia entry shows, he’s risen up the ranks quickly. In response […]
Yesterday I went to visit Tage Baumann at the new DR-Byen in \Orestaden. I knew I would arrive early, but thought I could wander around the area and grab a bite to eat and a coffee before the interview. Unfortunately, this plan turned out to be a wishful projection based on the experience of BBC […]
I took my first trip to DR Aarhus today to interview Dianna Bach. Dianna started working for DR straight out of journalism school ten years ago, first in Aalborg and now in Aarhus. After starting as a reporter, she now presents a morning show (6am - 10am) on the regional radio network, with an estimated […]
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: […]
Jeppe alerted me to a brewing storm in the Danish media. Former director of Danmarks Radio (DR) Christian Nissen has, in his new book about his time with the broadcaster, reproduced an email from Culture Minister Brian Mikkelsen complaining about DR’s coverage of the Iraq war, and threatening to private DR instead of already announced […]
