[dxld] Re: Major Changes on Russian Radio Dial

victorcity.dxing.ru suggests for Moscow that Vesti FM took over 873 on
Aug 29, the previously carried mixture of Radio Rossii and Radio
Podmoskovye (the latter using 846 throughout the day) is now on 66.44
only.

St. Petersburg: Here both 873 (meanwhile reduced to 75 kW) and 89.3
now carry Vesti FM, Radio Rossii with GTRK Sankt-Peterburg is now on
66.30 only.

Ulyanovsk: 102.5 now Vesti FM, Radio Rossii with GRTK Volga still on
71.00.

Irkutsk: Radio Rossii with Irkutskaya GTRK still on both 234 and
70.31, 101.7 now Vesti FM instead of Kultura.

Vladivostok: 810 now Vesti FM, shared service of Radio Rossii and
TGTRK Vladivostok ("Radio 810") now on 71.84 only, on 106.4 still
Radio Kultura [really?].

Tyumen: 103.6 now Vesti FM instead of Kultura, Radio Rossii with GTRK
Region-Tyumen still on both 1485 and 71.66.

Murmansk: Radio Rossii with GTRK Murman still on 657, 5930 and 67.22
[really?], 107.8 planned for Vesti FM, Kultura never on air here.

Kaliningrad: 1116 closed down already in 1999?! But also no longer in
WRTH, ooops. So Radio Rossii with GTRK Yantar was already on 66.02
only. And indeed 873 now Vesti FM, but Radio Rossii still on 171
(which I understand to be in use primarily to reach audiences in
Belarus and Lithuania/Latvia, really reduced to 150 kW now? if so
could be the ex-1116 transmitter if this is like the big Tayfun's an
MW-LW model).

So the situation appears to be as follows:

FM OIRT band: No changes, mixtures of Radio Rossii and regional
broadcasters (there does not appear to be a single FM frequency
without such opt-outs) remained untouched.

FM CCIR band: Presumably all frequencies of Radio Kultura, with 91.6
in Moscow being the only exception, have been switched to Vesti FM.

Mediumwave: The exclusive Radio Rossii outlets (were there any others
besides 873 in the Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad areas?) now
carry Vesti FM, apparently since Aug 29, i.e. these switches have been
made two days later than on the FM side. The frequencies with mixtures
of Radio Rossii and regional broadcasters, as carried on OIRT-FM,
probably went to Vesti FM only in some cases but stayed with RR/GTRK
in others. If so it is probably the result of case-by-case decisions,
considering the coverage of the respective area (i.e. mediumwave still
in use where OIRT-FM coverage is considered insufficient).

Longwave: Both the exclusive Radio Rossii outlets on 261 (Taldom) and
171 (Bolshakovo) and the mixtures of Radio Rossii and regional
broadcasters on the transmitters serving Siberia (Norilsk-162,
Yakutsk-171, Surgut-225, Arman-234) remain untouched.

Shortwave: It should be a save assumption that the shortwave outlets
providing additional coverage of Siberia remain untouched as well. But
I'm not so sure about the Taldom transmitter beaming towards Central
Europe. Would not hurt to check out what's carried here now...

Some explanations: Vesti FM, launched in last February, complements
VGTRK's Vesti TV program (which is also on Hotbird) and vesti.ru
website. Radio Kultura has been launched in 2004, from studio 5 in the
Ostankino radio complex (if I got it right and if there is such a
thing than *the* Ostankino radio studios at all), and it appears to be
the offshoot of a TV station (Telekanal Kultura) as well. Their
program schedule pages already show the "programming for transmissions
of Radio Kultura, FM 91.6 in Moscow" only.

--- In dxld@yahoogroups.com, "radonezh" <radonezh@...> wrote:
>
> According to numerous reports from Russian DXers, all-news Radio Vesti
> FM took over _all_ MW frequencies of Radio Rossii throughout Russia
> starting from August 28.
>
> Vesti FM appears to have taken over all R.Kultura FM frequencies, as
> well, with a notable exception of Moscow.
>
> R.Rossii is currently heard on its usual LW frequencies only. No
> reports on what is being relayed on R.Rossii's SW and OIRT FM
> frequencies as of yet.
>
> All three stations, R.Vesti FM, R.Rossii and R.Kultura are state-run.
> This major change on the Russian radio dial hasn't been reported in the
> mainstream Russian media yet.
>
> Vesti FM first appeared on Moscow radio dial on February 5, 2008 when
> it took over R.Rossii's FM frequency. It works in the all-news format
> from 6 am to midnight local time, with classical music overnight.
> Personally, I prefer Vesti FM to R.Rossii as a more professional and
> dynamic broadcaster.
>
> The loss of R.Kultura is a different story. The station didn't have
> very high ratings but provided a unique cultural radio service. A few
> months ago there were some persistent rumors that R.Kultura would be
> shut down soon due to low ratings.
>
> No one seems to be bothered by the fact that Vesti FM (note "FM" in its
> name) is now carried on AM.
>

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