Radio Rossii


Radio Rossii is the primary public radio station in Russia.

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. Local state affiliates broadcast regional programs on Radio Rossii.

Distribution

With about 1500 FM transmitters, Radio Rossii has the largest FM coverage in Russia. It remains the only station with a widespread OIRT-FM coverage. This band is only used in CIS countries. In most of the populated Russian areas Radio Rossii can be received both on OIRT and the standard FM band. Streams are also available via satellite and the internet. LW broadcasts were terminated on 9 January 2014., medium wave and short wave broadcasts also stopped in the 2010s.