TV Channel Overview
TV Vest is a Norwegian-language commercial local television channel based in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. It serves viewers in Rogaland, with its current local coverage area extending from Egersund to Rennesøy. The channel is operated by TV Vest AS and concentrates on people, events, and developments in the Stavanger region and surrounding communities.
Its schedule combines local current affairs with magazine-style programming. Coverage ranges from community events and business activity to sports, culture, local history, festivals, and profiles of people and places in the region. Reports from Stavanger, Sandnes, Jæren, and other parts of Rogaland give the channel a distinctly local perspective and keep the programming closely connected with everyday life in southwestern Norway.
The TV Vest name has been associated with local television in Stavanger since the 1990s. RiksTV records the channel as beginning under the TV Vest name in Stavanger in 1996. The operation later went through ownership and branding changes, including a period as TV Aftenbladet, before the TV Vest name returned. The current TV Vest AS dates from 2014.
Basic Information
- Genre
- General (Localm Current Affairs, Culture)
- Language
- Norwegian
- Country / Location
- Home > Europe > Norway
- Headquarters
- Stavanger, Rogaland County
