Radio Rossii
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Broadcast area | Russia |
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Frequency | FM: 101.5 MHz (Moscow), 66.30 MHz (OIRT band) and 99.0 MHz (St. Petersburg) Cable radio: 1 Digital television: Radio 3 More than 1,500 other transmitters |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Russian |
Format | News, talk, and music |
Ownership | |
Owner | VGTRK |
Radio Mayak, Radio Yunost, Vesti FM | |
History | |
First air date | 10 December 1990 |
Technical information | |
Transmitter coordinates | 55°47′14.75″N 37°34′42.51″E / 55.7874306°N 37.5784750°E |
Links | |
Webcast | icecast.vgtrk.cdnvideo.ru |
Website | https://smotrim.ru/radiorus |
Radio Rossii (Russian: Радио России, Radio of Russia) is the primary public radio station in Russia.
History
[edit]Radio Rossii began broadcasting on 10 December 1990. The radio station is part of the state-owned unitary enterprise VGTRK, which also includes television channels Russia-1, Russia-2, Russia-24, Carousel, and Russia-K, as well as radio stations Yunost, Mayak, Kultura and Vesti FM.
Broadcast
[edit]Radio Rossii is classified as an information and light entertainment station. It is one of the state's information channels, meant to appeal to a wide audience with varying tastes. It's included in the first multiplex of digital TV broadcasting DVB-T2. Local state affiliates (GTRKs) broadcast regional programs on Radio Rossii.
Distribution
[edit]Broadcasts in shortwave were terminated in the 2010s, medium wave in 2013-14 and longwave broadcasts were terminated on 9 January 2014.[1]
With about 1,500 FM transmitters,[2] Radio Rossii has the largest FM coverage in Russia. It remains the only station with widespread OIRT-FM coverage on (65.84-74.00 MHz). The OIRT band is only used in the CIS countries. In populated areas across Russia, Radio Rossii can be received both on OIRT and the standard FM band on (87.5-108 MHz), and streams are also available via satellite and the internet.
Since 5 April 2022, Radio Rossii broadcasts on mediumwave at 999 kHz, 24 hours a day via a 1000 kW transmitter in Grigoriopol, Transnistria. This transmitter is easily received in all of Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Russia: End of an era for long-wave listeners". BBC News. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "FMSCAN - Radio Rossii FM transmitters". Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Radio Rossii statt Trans World Radio radioeins.de April, 06 2022 (in German)