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{{short description|Hungarian public radio broadcaster}}
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{{primary sources|date=March 2015}}
{{promotional|date=April 2023}}
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{{Infobox radio network
| name                = Hungarian Radio
| logo                = Magyar Rádió Logo.png
| logo_caption        = Magyar Rádió's fourth logo from 2007 to 2012
| image               = Magyar Radio headquarters from the garden of the National Museum, 2016 Palotanegyed.jpg
| image_size          = 250px
| caption             = Headquarters in [[Budapest]] (2016)
| country             = [[Hungary]]
| network_type        = [[Radio network]]
| available           = [[Hungary]] and neighbouring countries
| launch_date         = {{start date and age|1925|12|1|df=yes}}
| headquarters        = 5-7 Bródy Sándor Str., Budapest, H-1088
| parent              = [[Duna Media Service]]
| key_people          = István Jónás ([[CEO]])
| past_names          =
| website             = {{URL|http://www.radio.hu/}}
| replaced_by         = [[Duna Media Service]]
| dissolved           = {{end date and age|2015|7|1|df=yes}}
}}

'''Magyar Rádió''' ({{IPA|hu|ˈmɒɟɒr ˈraːdijoː|-}}, '''MR''', ''The Hungarian Radio Corporation'', also known as ''Radio Budapest'') was [[Hungary]]'s publicly funded [[radio broadcasting]] organisation until 2015. It was also the country's official [[international broadcasting]] station.

Since 2011, MR has been managed and primarily funded by the [[MTVA (Hungary)|Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund]] ({{langx|hu|Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap}}, abbreviated MTVA).<ref name=ceu.hu>{{cite web|title=Media Law in Hungary|url=http://medialaws.ceu.hu/public_service_media_more.html|publisher=Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS)|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-date=10 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410153459/http://medialaws.ceu.hu/public_service_media_more.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> This [[government agency|government organization]] also managed the public service broadcasters [[Magyar Televízió]] and [[Duna TV|Duna Televízió]], as well as the Hungarian [[news agency]] [[Magyar Távirati Iroda]].<ref name=mtva.hu>{{cite web|title=ABOUT MTVA - MTVA|url=http://mtva.info/|publisher=Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA)|access-date=23 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825023339/http://mtva.info/|archive-date=25 August 2015}}</ref>

On July 1, 2015, Magyar Rádió and the three other public media organisations managed by the MTVA were merged into a single organisation called '''[[Duna Media Service]]''' ({{langx|hu|Duna Médiaszolgáltató}}).<ref name="MTVA/Duna Media Service Announcement">{{cite web|title=Hungarian public service media companies merge - MTVA|url=http://media-akademia.hu/mtva-press-news/212-hungarian-public-service-media-companies-merge|publisher=Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA)|access-date=23 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222144948/http://media-akademia.hu/mtva-press-news/212-hungarian-public-service-media-companies-merge|archive-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> This organization is the legal successor to Magyar Rádió and is an active member of the [[European Broadcasting Union]].<ref name="Duna Media Service">{{cite journal|last1=Polyák|first1=Gábor|title=Hungary : New Amendment to the Media Act|journal=IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory|date=2015|issue=2|url=http://merlin.obs.coe.int/iris/2015/2/article22.en.html|access-date=23 August 2015|publisher=European Audiovisual Observatory|location=Strasbourg, France|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206005914/http://merlin.obs.coe.int/iris/2015/2/article22.en.html|archive-date=6 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=ebu.ch>{{cite web|title=EBU - Active Members|url=http://www3.ebu.ch/members|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref>

== Domestic networks ==
With its headquarters in [[Budapest]] and regional offices around the country, MR was responsible for [[public broadcasting|public service broadcasting]] throughout the [[Hungarian Republic]]. As well as maintaining regional studios, the corporation produced multiple different [[Hungarian language|Hungarian-language]] radio channels (''Kossuth'', ''Petőfi'', and ''Bartók'') covering the full range of public-service radio provision, and a fourth channel (''MR4'') aimed at the country's linguistic minorities.

===Kossuth Rádió===
{{main|Kossuth Rádió}}
Created in 1925 and named after [[Lajos Kossuth]], the channel is the official radio station of [[Hungary]]. It is the main channel of Hungarian Radio. It primarily broadcasts news, including interviews, discussions, reports, and other speech-based programmes.

=== Petőfi Rádió ===
{{Main|Petőfi Rádió}}
Named after the poet [[Sándor Petőfi]], the station is aimed at younger generations and broadcasts [[pop music]].

=== Bartók Rádió ===
Named after the composer [[Béla Bartók]], the station is dedicated to [[classical music]]. It hosts talk programmes in addition to [[orchestral]] and [[opera]] music. Supposedly, only a few thousand people listen to this station, and proposals to terminate Rádió Bartók have been made several times but never enacted.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}}

=== Nemzetiségi Rádió  ===
This radio channel airs programmes in languages of the national minorities of Hungary.

=== Parlamenti Adások ===
Parliamentarian broadcasts.

=== Dankó Rádió ===
Named after [[Pista Dankó]], this radio station airs regional content throughout Hungary, plays [[folk music]], and broadcasts [[operetta]] shows. It claims to be available 24/7 on the internet and FM. Also broadcasting on weekdays via [[medium frequency|medium wave]]. Then the station's frequencies are handed over to [[Kossuth Rádió]] for the rest of the night.

== History and profile ==
{{promotional|section|date=July 2023}}
Hungarian Radio uses the slogan often heard in radio commercials: "From clear source only".{{clarify|date=July 2023}} The buildings and studios of the Radio are located in [[Budapest]], in the block between Bródy Sándor Street and Pollack Mihály Square. The construction of Studio No. 6, an orchestral studio, is linked to [[Georg von Békésy]]’s name, who was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] for his acoustic research in 1961.{{clarify|date=July 2023}}

On July 1, 2007, Radio Budapest cancelled programming in foreign languages.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

On December 22, 2012, all regional public service radio programs were cancelled<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mmi.elte.hu/szabadbolcseszet/mmi.elte.hu/szabadbolcseszet/indexfbd6-2.html?option=com_tanelem&id_tanelem=553&tip=0|title=Szabadbölcsészet|website=mmi.elte.hu|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=The Palgrave handbook of global radio|date=2012|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|others=Hendricks, John Allen.|isbn=978-0-230-29307-6|location=Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire|oclc=757147196}}</ref> and regional studios closed permanently.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pecsiujsag.hu/pecs/hir/helyi-hireink/a-korzeti-teve-utan-megszunik-a-kozszolgalati-radio-pecsi-studioja-is---csak-par-tudosito-marad|title=A körzeti tévé után megszűnik a közszolgálati rádió pécsi stúdiója is - csak pár tudósító marad|last=Kft|first=Equator Média|website=Pécsi Újság|language=hu|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref>

On June 30, 2011, Magyar Radio closed its Radio Theatre Office and dismissed all dramaturgy staff.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://magyarnarancs.hu/interaktiv/jatszani-is-engedd-84062|title=Játszani is engedd! – Rádiójátékok tegnap és ma|date=2013-04-21|website=magyarnarancs.hu|language=hu|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref>

Digital Radio Broadcasting (DAB+) experiments, which carried all public service stations and were never licensed commercially, was terminated on September 5, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://media1.hu/2020/09/06/dab-digitialis-radiozas-magyarorszagon-leallitas-nmhh-antenna-hungaria/|title=Lekapcsoltatta a magyarországi digitális rádiózást a nemzeti médiahatóság|date=2020-09-06|website=Media1|language=hu|access-date=2020-10-21|archive-date=2021-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205054215/https://media1.hu/2020/09/06/dab-digitialis-radiozas-magyarorszagon-leallitas-nmhh-antenna-hungaria/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
In 1974, [[Locomotiv GT]]'s [[Locomotiv GT#Dunhill Records 811|Locomotiv GT (Dunhill Records 811)]] was released with a [[bumper sticker]] with the slogan "Radio Budapest Loves You!"

==See also==
* [[György Szepesi]], Hungarian radio personality and sports executive

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://www.radio.hu}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080313172931/http://www.mr1.hu/ Kossuth Rádió Online]
* [http://www.mr2.hu/ Petőfi Rádió Online]
* [http://www.mr3.hu/ Bartók Rádió Online]
* [http://stream001.radio.hu/ Magyar Rádió Streaming]

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