Here in the nation's capital we have WZHF, which since 2011 has been tossing out five kilowatts of Voice of Russia on 1390 AM. They cover their target "inside the beltway" audience reasonably well.
Lw On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 12:53 PM, JOHN FIGLIOZZI <[email protected]> wrote: > Not to quibble, but technically they're only kaput on shortwave --- which > I know for many here is a distinction without a difference. However, those > that wish to continue to hear VOR programming can do so via the internet > platform (to which many shortwave broadcasters have transitioned already) > and a handful of HD2 or HD3 FM stations in the U.S. > > John Figliozzi > wwlgonline.com > > Sent from my iPad > > On Dec 20, 2013, at 10:58 AM, Fred Zalupski <[email protected]> wrote: > > From the ARRL Letter... > > *Milestones*: Voice of Russia -- Former "Radio Moscow" -- to End > Shortwave Broadcasts > > Voice of Russia (VOR <http://english.ruvr.ru/>), the former Radio Moscow > during the USSR era, will cease shortwave broadcasts as of January 1, 2014. > From the 1950s through the 1980s, the station, as Radio Moscow, was a > virtual beacon for short-wave listeners (SWLs), many of whom gravitated > into Amateur Radio. Voice of Russia currently broadcasts to 160 countries > in 38 languages for an aggregate 151 hours per day on short and medium > waves, on FM, via satellite, and via the Internet. Earlier this year > shortwave transmissions were cut to 26 hours a day in all languages, down > from more than 50 hours a day in 2012. > > VOR, which claims to be the first radio station to broadcast > internationally, will continue to broadcast online and via three > medium-wave transmitters. In 2003 VOR was among the first major > international radio broadcasters to launch daily broadcasts to Europe in > Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM <http://www.drm.org/>). > As a result of a decree signed earlier this month by Russian President > Vladimir Putin, the Voice of Russia radio company officially ceased to > exist on December 9 and merged with several other state-run news agencies > as part of *Rossia Segodnya*, a Russia-based international news service. > Putin's decree also abolished the State Fund of Television and Radio > Programs, placing it under control of All-Russia State Television and Radio > Broadcasting Company. > > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, > or visit the URL shown above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com > >
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