Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau ScanpixNational broadcaster DR is to merge or scrap a number of its television and radio stations as major budget cuts are implemented. Radio stations P6 Beat, P7 Mix and P8 Jazz will all close due to the budget cuts, Politiken writes. The broadcaster is reducing its output to comply with budget cuts implemented through a media bill and public service contract agreed in June by the government and the Danish People’s Party. In addition to the cuts at DR, June’s media bill passed a proposal to move radio station Radio24syv, which is also publicly funded by media licenses, from Copenhagen to western Denmark. READ ALSO: 'Danflix' could be Denmark's public service answer to Netflix

Source: The Local September 18, 2018 07:56 UTC