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[b]Radiohuset[/b], located on Rosenørns Allé, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, was the headquarters of [l=Danmarks Radio] ([l=DR] since 1996), the Danish national broadcasting corporation from 1941 to 2007. Designed by architect Vilhelm Lauritzen, the construction works began in 1936. In 1940 the first radio program was broadcast from Radiohuset. Studio 1 hosted the concert hall, [l=Radiohusets Koncertsal], inaugurated in 1945. It contains a pipe organ with 84 voices and 114 ranks, built by Marcussen in 1946. Television production started in 1952 and continued to 1965 when this activity was transferred to [l=TV-Byen]. In 2007 DR moved out of Radiohuset to centralize at [l=DR Byen] and since August 2008 the building hosts [l=Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium].