- Hans-Tore Bjerkaas
Hans-Tore Bjerkaas (born
June 7 ,1951 inTromsø ) is the Director-General of theNorwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).He joined the regional programme of NRK in
Troms in 1977, where he was deputy editor. Later, he was deputy editor of the regional NRK Hordaland. In 1992, he became director of programmes in the private TV 2, but returned to the NRK as the editor of the regional programmes in Troms. Later, he became the NRK director of television, before returning as the chief editor of NRK Troms and Finnmark.He was appointed Director-General by the NRK board on
January 24 ,2007 , succeedingJohn G. Bernander .In his younger days Bjerkaas was a footballer for
Tromsø IL .References
* [http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radio/stjerneklart/1.2672733 Brief profile] no icon
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