French
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| Broadcast area | Syria Worldwide |
| Frequency | 567 kHz AM, 95.0 MHz FM (Damascus area) |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Russian, Spanish and Turkish |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | State owned (ORTAS) |
| History | |
First air date | February 3, 1947[1] |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.ortas.online/RadioDamascus/ |
Radio Damascus (Arabic: إذاعة دمشق), is the national radio station of Syrian state broadcaster ORTAS. It broadcast arabic programs nationwide on medium wave and FM frequencies. Programs in Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Russian, Spanish and Turkish were broadcast via webstream. Historically, Radio Damascus were transmitting for an international audience from 1957 to 2013, mainly on medium wave and shortwave frequencies.
The programmes of Radio Damascus were focused on praising the policy of the Syrian government of the al-Assad family until 2024.[2][3]
Radio Damascus was transmitted via the Russian satellite Ekspress-AM22. The station's operational status is unclear.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ ""إذاعة دمشق" وخمس ساعات بث مباشر" (in Arabic). May 5, 2009. Archived from the original on December 23, 2024. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
- ^ "Radio Damaskus sendet auf Deutsch – DW – 19.10.2012". dw.com (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-08.
- ^ Sertel, Savaş (2017-03-25), THE MILITARY COUP ON 28 MARCH 1962 IN SYRIA AND PROPAGANDA BROADCASTS ON DAMASCUS RADIO ABOUT THE COUP, doi:10.31219/osf.io/fbrbk, retrieved 2024-12-08