Slovenský rozhlas (; "Slovak Radio") or SRo was a state-owned nationwide public-service radio broadcaster in Slovakia. It was headquartered in Bratislava in a building shaped like an inverted pyramid. History SRo began broadcasting from Bratislava, then in Czechoslovakia, twice per week on 3 August 1926 and then daily from 2 October 1926. The broadcaster also managed the Slovak Radio Children's Choir, founded in 1953, and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOSR), founded in 1929 as the Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. As a means to improve the finances of the state-owned public television broadcaster Slovenská televízia (Slovak Television), on 1 January 2011 SRo merged with Slovenská televízia to create Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska (Radio and Television of Slovakia). SRo was a full member of the European Broadcasting Union between 1993 and 2011. Channels When merged with Slovenská televízia in 2011, SRo operated nine radio channels, all of which were continued as a part of Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska. SRo 1: SRo 2: SRo 3: SRo 4: Rádio FM SRo 5: SRo 6: Radio Slovakia International The following were digital-only channels: SRo 7: (classical music) SRo 8: (drama) SRo 9: (for children up to age 10) See also Radio and Television Slovakia, SRo's successor List of radio stations in Slovakia Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra References External links About the Slovak Radio Building European Broadcasting Union members Publicly funded broadcasters Radio stations in Slovakia Radio stations established in 1926 Mass media in Bratislava 1926 establishments in Slovakia Companies disestablished in 2011 State media 2011 disestablishments in Slovakia Defunct mass media in Slovakia