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Radio Rossii

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City
  
Moscow

Format
  
News, Talk and Music

Former frequencies
  
261 kHz LW

Broadcast area
  
Russia

Language(s)
  
Russian

Frequency
  
66.44 MHz FM; 873 kHz MW;

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

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History

Radio Rossii began broadcasting in December 10, 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

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.

Distribution

Radio Rossii is broadcast throughout Russia, as well as in parts of Europe, on the MW and SW bands. LW broadcasts were terminated on 9 January 2014.

References

Radio Rossii Wikipedia