Rapid UR overview

UR is owned by a foundation which also owns the Swedish Radio and Swedish Television companies.

UR broadcasts about 340 hours of radio and 3,400 hours of television yearly.

UR is financed by radio & TV licence payments, 4.75% of which go to UR.

UR has a staff of 240. 

70% of our programmes are school/educational; 30% general knowledge.

UR television programmes are transmitted on the following channels: SVT1, SVT2, Barnkanalen (The Children’s Channel) and Kunskapskanalen (The Knowledge Channel); our radio programmes on P1, P2, P3 and P4.
UR locations in Sweden: Stockholm, Sundsvall, Göteborg and Malmö.