Radio Rossii

Radio Rossii
Broadcast areaRussia
FrequencyFM: 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
FormatNews, talk, and music
Ownership
OwnerVGTRK
Radio Mayak, Radio Yunost, Vesti FM
History
First air date
10 December 1990; 33 years ago (1990-12-10)
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
55°47′14.75″N 37°34′42.51″E / 55.7874306°N 37.5784750°E / 55.7874306; 37.5784750
Links
Webcasticecast.vgtrk.cdnvideo.ru
Websitehttps://smotrim.ru/radiorus

Radio Rossii (Russian: Радио России, Radio of Russia) is the primary public radio station in Russia.

History

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Russia: End of an era for long-wave listeners". BBC News. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. ^ "FMSCAN - Radio Rossii FM transmitters". Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. ^ Radio Rossii statt Trans World Radio radioeins.de April, 06 2022 (in German)
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