Sveriges Radio P3

SR P3

Broadcast area	Sweden  Åland Islands
Format	Contemporary hit radio
Language	Swedish
Audience share	10.1% (January 2009, SIFO)
Owner	Sveriges Radio
Sister stations	SR P3 Street SR P3 Star SR P3 Rockster SR P3 Svea
Website	SR P3

Sveriges Radio P3, P3 or SR P3 is a Swedish radio station owned by Sveriges Radio and is oriented towards young people (from (junior) high school to the age of 35). The P in P3 originally stood for Program (Programme) but today has no official meaning and is simply a name.

P3 also features webcast and also has web-only channels like P3 Street (hip-hop), P3 Star (also provided through DAB), P3 Rockster (rock) and P3 Svea (Swedish music only).

Programmes

• P3 Star is a weekly two-hour radio show aimed at a young audience and dedicated to new music.
• Morgonpasset i P3 is a daily breakfast show consisting of a mix of music, interwievs and humor.
• Musikguiden i P3 is a daily radio show entirely dedicated to all kinds of music.
• P3 Rock is a weekly two-hour radio show on that station, dedicated to new rock and hard rock.
• P3 Soul is a weekly radio show, dedicated to soul and hip hop music. It is hosted since 1978 by Mats Nileskär, who was the first ever to play hip hop music in Swedish radio.
• DigiListan presents the songs that were the most downloaded in Sweden in the previous week.
• Vaken med P3 & P4 is the overnight and early breakfast show. It's a simulcast with Sveriges Radio P4.

Next to the radio programmes, it also offers a TMC service.

External links

• P3 Homepage
• SR Radio frequencies