Voice of Russia stops radio broadcast service in Hindi and Urdu

With effect from 4th February 2015 Voice of Russia is going to stop it's radio broadcast service (read online streaming) in Hindi and Urdu. Moscow had been broadcasting in Hindi and Urdu for 73 years...

 

Websites of the Voice of Russia in Hindi, Urdu and English are changing their names and moving over to a new website. We will now be known as Sputnik news agency and radio.

Source :  http://indian.ruvr.ru/news/2015_02_02/Moscow-stops-radio-broadcast-service-in-hindi-and-urdu/

Voice of Russia becomes Sputnik

Sputnik, a major new media brand with modern multimedia centers in dozens of countries, will go live November 10. All of Sputnik's multimedia centers located in major world capitals will maintain their own websites and broadcast from local radio stations.

 

In 2015, Sputnik will broadcast in 30 languages, with over 800 hours of radio programming a day, covering over 130 cities and 34 countries. Sputnik's exclusive content is designed for a global audience of billions who are tired of aggressive propaganda promoting a unipolar world and want an alternative opinion.

 

The flagship site is www.sputniknews.com

 

http://voiceofrussia.com/uk/news/2014_11_10/Voice-of-Russia-becomes-Sputnik-8149/

 

Russia launches major new media brand 'Sputnik'

http://indian.ruvr.ru/2014_11_10/Russia-launches-major-new-media-brand-Sputnik/

  

Russia launches foreign news service Sputnik to fight West's 'propaganda'

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzvdQhL4uB8

 

Notice at the VOR website :

Dear readers, due to the merger of The Voice of Russia with RIA Novosti into the Rossiya Segodnya media holding, this website will no longer be updated. Our team is moving over to the RIA Novosti site, where you will still be able to read our news and opinion pieces and listen to Radio VR broadcasts. Please update your bookmarks and stay with us!

November 10, 2014

Voice of Russia to close down shortwave broadcasts by 1st April, 2014

After several online stories & predictions about closure of shortwave services by Voice of Russia received this official response today....

Quote....

Dear Mr Gupta,

This is just a short message to thank you for your letter and let you know that the Voice of Russia is closing shortwave broadcasts as of April 1^st. Our programs will be available online at http://voiceofrussia.com/play/

We hope you will stay with the Voice of Russia and hope to hear from you soon again.

Sincerely yours,

Elena Osipova

Letters Department

World Service

Voice of Russia

Voice of Russia B-13 effective Jan 1, 2014

RUSSIA Full schedule of broadcasting WGD "Voice of Russia" in the winter season B-13, since January 1, 2014.

language UTC transmitter kHz kW direction notes

ARABIC 1600-2100 Yerevan 1314 1000 Near and Middle East

ARABIC 1600-2100 Krasnodar 1170 1200 Near and Middle East

CHINESE 1000-1400 Irkutsk 1080 500 Asia

CHINESE 1000-1400 Ussurijsk 648 500 Asia

CHINESE 1000-1400 Irkutsk 5900 250 Asia

DARI,PASHTO 1200-1400 Dushanbe 801 500 Near and Middle East

DARI,PASHTO 1200-1400 Dushanbe 648 1000 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 0100-0200 Dushanbe 648 1000 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 0100-0200 Dushanbe 801 500 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 0100-0200 Dushanbe 801 500 Asia

ENGLISH 0100-0200 Dushanbe 927 300 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 0200-0300 Dushanbe 648 1000 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 0200-0300 Dushanbe 972 1000 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 0300-0400 Dushanbe 972 1000 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 0300-0400 Dushanbe 648 1000 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 0600-0700 Irkutsk 21800 250 Australia, New Zealand

ENGLISH 0700-0800 Moscow 11635 40 Europe DRM

ENGLISH 0700-0800 Irkutsk 21800 250 Australia, New Zealand

ENGLISH 0700-0900 Irkutsk 21800 250 Asia

ENGLISH 0800-0900 Irkutsk 21800 250 Australia, New Zealand

ENGLISH 0800-0900 Moscow 11635 40 Europe DRM

ENGLISH 0800-0900 Kaliningrad 9625 15 Europe DRM (channel number 1)

ENGLISH 0900-1000 Moscow 11635 40 Europe DRM

ENGLISH 0900-1000 Kaliningrad 9625 15 Europe DRM (channel number 2)

ENGLISH 0900-1000 Ussurijsk 648 500 Asia

ENGLISH 1000-1200 Kaliningrad 9625 15 Europe DRM (channel number 2)

ENGLISH 1000-1200 Irkutsk 12035 15 Asia DRM

ENGLISH 1000-1200 Irkutsk 9560 250 Central and SE Asia

ENGLISH 1200-1300 Dushanbe 972 1000 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 1200-1500 Kaliningrad 9625 15 Europe DRM (channel #1)

ENGLISH 1300-1400 Irkutsk 9560 250 Central and SE Asia

ENGLISH 1300-1400 Dushanbe 927 300 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 1400-1445 Ussurijsk 648 500 Asia

ENGLISH 1400-1500 Dushanbe 648 1000 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 1500-1600 Dushanbe 927 300 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 1500-1600 Irkutsk 5900 250 Asia

ENGLISH 1600-1700 Dushanbe 801 500 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 1600-1700 Irkutsk 5900 250 Central and SE Asia

ENGLISH 1600-1700 Dushanbe 801 500 Asia

ENGLISH 1700-1800 Dushanbe 801 500 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 1700-1800 Dushanbe 801 500 Asia

ENGLISH 1700-1800 Dushanbe 648 1000 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 1800-1900 Dushanbe 927 300 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 1800-1900 Dushanbe 801 500 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 1800-1900 Dushanbe 648 1000 Near and Middle East

ENGLISH 2100-2200 Moscow 6000 40 Europe DRM

FRENCH 1700-2000 Kaliningrad 6125 15 Europe DRM

GERMAN 0900-1200 Kaliningrad 9625 15 Europe DRM (channel #1)

GERMAN 1500-1700 Moscow 9680 40 Europe DRM

GERMAN 1700-1900 Moscow 6110 40 Europe DRM

HINDI 1300-1400 Irkutsk 7400 15 Asia DRM

HINDI 1300-1400 Dushanbe 972 1000 Asia

HINDI 1500-1600 Dushanbe 801 500 Asia

IRAN/PERSIAN 1500-1700 Yerevan 1377 1000 Near and Middle East

IRAN/PERSIAN 1500-1700 Dushanbe 648 1000 Near and Middle East

JAPANESE 1200-1300 Irkutsk 5980 250 Asia

JAPANESE 1300-1400 Irkutsk 5980 250 Asia

KURDISH 0500-0600 Yerevan 1314 1000 Near and Middle East

KURDISH 1500-1600 Yerevan 1314 1000 Near and Middle East

POLISH 1700-1800 Kaliningrad 1143 150 Europe

RUSSIAN 0000-0100 Groznyy 657 50 Caucasus

RUSSIAN 0000-2300 Dushanbe 1503 500 Central Asia (CIS)

RUSSIAN 0100-0300 Groznyy 657 50 Caucasus

RUSSIAN 0100-0300 Yerevan 1395 500 Caucasian region

RUSSIAN 0300-0600 Yerevan 1395 500 Caucasian region

RUSSIAN 0400-0500 Grigoriopol 1548 500 Ukraine, Moldova

RUSSIAN 0400-0600 Grigoriopol 1548 500 Europe

RUSSIAN 0500-0800 Grigoriopol 1548 500 Ukraine, Moldova

RUSSIAN 0500-0800 Grigoriopol 999 500 Ukraine, Moldova

RUSSIAN 0600-1200 Yerevan 1395 500 Caucasian region

RUSSIAN 0600-1200 Groznyy 657 50 Caucasus

RUSSIAN 0800-0900 Kaliningrad 9625 15 Europe DRM (channel #2)

RUSSIAN 0800-1700 Grigoriopol 999 500 Ukraine, Moldova

RUSSIAN 1200-1500 Kaliningrad 9625 15 Europe DRM (channel #2)

RUSSIAN 1200-1600 Yerevan 1395 500 Caucasian region

RUSSIAN 1600-1700 Grigoriopol 999 500 Europe

RUSSIAN 1600-1900 Grigoriopol 999 500 Belarus

RUSSIAN 1600-2000 Yerevan 1395 500 Caucasian region

RUSSIAN 1600-2000 Groznyy 657 50 Caucasus

RUSSIAN 1700-1800 Grigoriopol 1548 500 Europe

RUSSIAN 1700-1800 Grigoriopol 999 500 Ukraine, Moldova

RUSSIAN 1700-1800 Grigoriopol 1548 500 Ukraine, Moldova

RUSSIAN 1700-1800 Grigoriopol 999 500 Europe

RUSSIAN 1800-1900 Kaliningrad 1143 150 Europe

RUSSIAN 1800-1900 Grigoriopol 1413 500 Ukraine, Moldova

RUSSIAN 1800-1900 Grigoriopol 999 500 Europe

RUSSIAN 1800-1900 Grigoriopol 1413 500 Europe

RUSSIAN 1800-1900 Grigoriopol 999 500 Ukraine, Moldova

RUSSIAN 1800-2100 Kaliningrad 1215 1200 Baltic Countries

RUSSIAN 1800-2100 Kaliningrad 1143 150 Baltic Countries

RUSSIAN 1900-2000 Grigoriopol 1413 500 Europe

RUSSIAN 1900-2000 Kaliningrad 1143 150 Europe

RUSSIAN 1900-2000 Grigoriopol 1413 500 Ukraine, Moldova

RUSSIAN 2000-2100 Kaliningrad 1143 150 Europe

RUSSIAN 2000-2400 Groznyy 657 50 Caucasus

RUSSIAN 2000-2400 Yerevan 1395 500 Caucasian region

RUSSIAN 2100-2200 Kaliningrad 1215 1200 Baltic Countries

RUSSIAN 2100-2300 Grigoriopol 999 500 Belarus

RUSSIAN 2100-2300 Grigoriopol 999 500 Ukraine, Moldova

RUSSIAN 2100-2300 Grigoriopol 999 500 Europe

SERBIAN 1500-1700 Grigoriopol 1548 500 Europe

SERBIAN 2000-2130 Grigoriopol 1548 500 Europe

SPANISH 2000-2100 Moscow 6000 40 Europe DRM

TCHETCHEN/RUSS 0300-0600 Krasnodar 171 1200 Caucasus

TCHETCHEN/RUSS 0300-0600 Groznyy 657 50 Caucasus

TCHETCHEN/RUSS 1200-1600 Groznyy 657 50 Caucasus

TCHETCHEN/RUSS 1200-1600 Krasnodar 171 1200 Caucasus

TURKISH 0200-0300 Yerevan 1377 1000 Near and Middle East

TURKISH 0300-0400 Yerevan 1350 1000 Near and Middle East

TURKISH 0300-0400 Yerevan 1377 1000 Near and Middle East

TURKISH 0400-0500 Yerevan 1350 1000 Near and Middle East

TURKISH 1300-1400 Yerevan 1314 1000 Near and Middle East

TURKISH 1300-1400 Yerevan 1350 1000 Near and Middle East

TURKISH 1400-1500 Yerevan 1314 1000 Near and Middle East

TURKISH 1400-1500 Yerevan 1350 1000 Near and Middle East

TURKISH 1500-1600 Yerevan 1350 1000 Near and Middle East

TURKISH 2100-2230 Yerevan 1314 1000 Near and Middle East

URDU 1400-1500 Irkutsk 7400 15 Asia DRM

URDU 1400-1500 Dushanbe 801 500 Asia

URDU 1400-1500 Dushanbe 927 300 Asia

VIETNAMESE 1200-1300 Irkutsk 9560 250 Asia

(Department of frequency planning WGD "Voice of Russia", editor, via Mike Bethge-D pres of WWDXC, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 27 via HCDX List)

Meanwhile Voice of Russia has posted the new schedule effective 1st Jan 2014 , here ....

http://voiceofrussia.com/radio_broadcast/frequencies/
 

RIP - Voice of Russia, Bengali Service

Voice of Russia will shut down its Bengali service website from January 1, 2014 due to lack of funding......RIP Voice of Russia Bengali Service, earlier on SW and now online.

 

Voice of Russia dropped their bengali transmission on shortwave on 29th March, 2009.

Voice of Russia MW/SW effective 1st Jan 2014

Schedule "Voice of Russia" in Russian from 1 January to 29 March 2014. Time UTC.

for Belarus:

16-19, 21-23 - 999 kHz, 500 kW from Grigoriopol

for the Caucasus

6-12, 16-3 - 657 kHz, 50 kW from Grozny

1-24 - 1395 kHz, 500 kW from Yerevan

Russian and Chechen in the same direction (apparently Radio channel Caucasus)

3-6, 12-16 - 171 kHz, 1200 kW of Krasnodar and 657 kHz, 50 kW from Grozny

for Central Asia

0-23 - 1503 kHz, 500 kW from Dushanbe

for the Baltic countries

18-21 - 1143 kHz, 150 kW from Kaliningrad

18-22 - 1215 kHz, 1200 kW of Kaliningrad

Europe

4-6, 17-18 - 1548 kHz, 500 kW from Grigoriopol

8-9, 12-15 - 9625 kHz, 15 kW from Kaliningrad (DRM, Channel 2)

16-19, 21-23 - 999 kHz, 500 kW from Grigoriopol

18-20 - 1413 kHz, 500 kW from Grigoriopol

18-21 - 1143 kHz, 150 kW from Kaliningrad

Ukraine and Moldova

4-8, 17-18 - 1548 kHz, 500 kW from Grigoriopol

5-19, 21-23 - 999 kHz, 500 kW from Grigoriopol

18-20 - 1413 kHz, 500 kW from Grigoriopol

Broadcast "Voice of Russia" on the HF in all languages from January 1:

Australia and New Zealand

English 21800 kHz from Irkutsk, 250 kW, 6-9

in Asia

DRM 10-12 - 12035 kHz in English, 13-15 - 7400 kHz for an hour in Hindi and Urdu, 15 kW from Irkutsk

in the analogue 7-9 - 21800 kHz 10-12, 13-14 - 9560 kHz 15-17 - 5900 kHz in English

12-13 - 9560 kHz in Vietnamese from Irkutsk 250 kW

10-14 - 5900 kHz in Chinese from Irkutsk 250 kW

12-14 - 5980 kHz in Japanese from Irkutsk 250 kW

to Europe (only DRM)

Moscow 40 kW

7-10 - 11635 kHz in English

15-17 - 9680 kHz in German

17-19 - 6110 kHz in German

20-22 - 6000 kHz for an hour in Spanish and English

Kaliningrad 9625 kHz 15 kW

First channel - 8-9 in German, English 9-10, 12-15 in German

Second channel - 8-9 in Russian, English 9-10, 12-15 in Russian

PS Since January 1, due to changes in net broadcasting "World Radio Network", schedule changes and airing programs "Radiopanorama." With the new year listen to an overview of developments in the world of radio and other means of communication on Saturdays at 10:16 UTC, repeated at 19:46 and 22:46, and then on Sunday at 6:46 and 14:46, and Monday 3: 16)

Source: "Radiopanorama" ("World Radio Network") for 21.12.13.

(Aleksandr Diadischev  via open_dx)

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"Roshianokoe" shortwave broadcast continues

 

In accordance with the December 21 to "Roshianokoe" Japanese broadcast, and had said more about broadcasting since January 1, 2014. Decision to continue the shortwave broadcasting officially on December 15, but the discontinued medium wave broadcasting. Voice of Russia 1200-1400 5980 Japanese till March 29 2014 2013 31 1200-1400 720 Japanese till December decision of December 15 not only by Japanese broadcasting, which is a pattern similar measures in some other languages.

 

Source  :  http://hiroshi.mediacat-blog.jp/e96233.html

(google translated)

 

President Vladimir Putin issues decree to reorganize Voice of Russia

President Vladimir Putin issues decree to reorganize Voice of Russia, RIA Novosti to Rossia Segodnya news wire

President Vladimir Putin has ordered the merger of the RIA Novosti news agency and the Voice of Russia broadcasting company to set up Rossia Segodnya (Russia Today) international news agency. The reorganization aims to ensure cost-effectiveness of the agencies, the head of the presidential administration Sergei Ivanov said.

 

More at :   http://tinyurl.com/kg5xgk7

 

Related :

 

Voice of Russia absorbed by nascent Rossia Segodnya newswire

  

As of today, The Voice of Russia radio company has officially ceased to exist in its previous capacity and will merge with several other state-run news agencies to emerge as Rossia Segodnya, a Russia-based international news service.

 

More at :  http://tinyurl.com/n9tannv

Voice of Russia Hindi service organises two day conference in New Delhi

 

 

"Voice of Russia" jointly with Embassy of the Russian Federation in India & RCSC has organized two day 8th All India Conference of the Listeners' Clubs of the Radio Station "Voice of Russia", devoted to Russian-Indian Relations.

Voice of Russia Hindi listeners conference will be held for two days - December 7th (Saturday) & 8th (Sunday), 2013.

7th Dec, 2013 (Saturday) - 5.00 pm Inauguration

- H.E. Mr Alexander M. KADAKIN Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of India will address the guests.

- Declaration of results of the Voice of Russia competition.

- Names of the winners will be announced & prizes distributed.

- Delegates from Voice of Russia will address the conference.

- Performance by the Russian folk dance ensemble "Raduga (Rainbow)" from Voronezh.

8th Dec 2013 (Sunday), 11.00 am

The second day of the conference is dedicated to Voice of Russia listeners. Voice of Russia delegates will listen to their audience, like to know their reaction on programs, websites & will also hear to criticisms and desires.

During the conference gifts & prizes will be given to active listeners & club members.

All radio listeners and friends of Russia's club members from South Asian countries are invited for the conference.

Venue :

Russian Cultural centre

Embassy of Russia Cultural Department

24 Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi 110001

tel. (+95) 011 23329102 (03)

e-mail: culture@del2.vsnl.net; delhi@rcsc.org.in; india-06@mail.ru

 

(Walking distance from Mandi House Metro Station)

 

Voice of Russia will stop shortwave broadcasts from 1st Jan 2014

MOSCOW, August 21 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian government's international radio broadcasting service Golos Rossii (Voice of Russia) will stop its shortwave broadcasts from January 1 next year, the Digit.ru online journal reported Wednesday.

 

The shortwave service is closing "due to funding cuts," Voice of Russia deputy director Natalya Zhmai said in a letter dated August 15 to Andrei Romanchenko, head of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRBN), the journal said.

More at ......

 

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130821/182889844/Voice-of-Russia-Radio-Stops-Shortwave-Service.html

Russia celebrates Radio Day

The 7th of May is Radio Day in Russia. On that day in 1895 Russian physicist Alexander Popov held a radio communication session which initiated the rapid development of wireless technologies. Mass radio broadcasting developed in the 1920s and TV evolved about 30 years later. As a result, Radio Day is not only celebrated by people employed in all communication branches or creators of on-air programmes but also by millions of radio listeners and TV viewers.

Read more at : http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_05_06/Russia-celebrates-Radio-Day/

VOICE OF RUSSIA ENG A13

                                     VOICE OF RUSSIA WORLD SERVICE
                           A13 Frequency Schedule for English transmissions
                                         March 31 - October 26, 2013
 

AFRICA
Time (UTC)	Meter bands	Frequencies (kHz)
18.00-19.00	31	9900
ASIA
Time (UTC)	Meter bands	Frequencies (kHz)
22.00-23.00	463	648
07.00-09.00	13, 16, 22	21820, 21800, 17500, 13785
09.00-10.00	13	21820, 21800
10.00-11.00	25	12030, 11530
11.00-12.00	19, 25	15670, 12030, 11530
12.00-13.00	19, 25	15670, 11530
13.00-14.00	19, 25	15670, 12030
14.00-15.00	19, 25, 61, 463	15670, 12030, 11530, 4960, 648
15.00-16.00	49, 61	6185, 4960
16.00-17.00	31, 49, 61, 375	9490, 6185, 6070, 4960, 801
17.00-18.00	31, 49, 61, 375	9820*, 9490, 6185, 6070, 4960, 801
18.00-19.00	61, 324, 375	4960, 927, 801
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Time (UTC)	Meter bands	Frequencies (kHz)
06.00-10.00	13	21820, 21800
MIDDLE EAST
Time (UTC)	Meter bands	Frequencies (kHz)
01.00-02.00	228, 463	1314, 648
02.00-03.00	228, 309, 463	1314, 972, 648
03.00-04.00	228	1314
04.00-05.00	19, 228	15760, 1314
13.00-14.00	309	972
14.00-15.00	31, 61, 324, 463	9900, 4960, 927, 648
15.00-16.00	31, 61, 324	9900, 4960, 927
16.00-17.00	61, 375	4960, 801
17.00-18.00	61, 375, 463	4960, 801, 648
18.00-19.00	31, 61, 324, 375, 463	9900, 4960, 927, 801, 648
EUROPE
Time (UTC)	Meter bands	Frequencies (kHz)
06.00-08.00	25	11830*
08.00-10.00	25, 31	11830*, 9850*
10.00-14.00	31	9850*
LATIN AMERICA
Time (UTC)	Meter bands	Frequencies (kHz)
22.00-00.00	31	9465
00.00-04.00	31	9665

* - DRM broadcast

This schedule is subject to change without prior notice  

(Voice of Russia)