NRK Sápmi


NRK Sápmi is a unit of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation that produces Sami-language news and other programs for broadcast to the Sami people of Norway via radio, television, and internet. Regular radio news programs in Sami began in 1946, presented from Tromsø by the teacher Kathrine Johnsen, remembered today as "Sami Radio's Mother".
In 1976, NRK Sámi Radio moved to Kárášjohka, and in 1984 to its current headquarters. NRK Sápmi has about 17 journalists based in Deatnu, Guovdageaidnu, Olmmaivaggi in Gáivuotna, Tromsø, Skånland, Tysfjord, Snåsa, and Oslo. Approximately 60 people are employed at the unit's headquarters.
NRK Sápmi broadcasts on FM radio in Finnmark County and in Oslo. The channel is also available nationwide on DAB.