oops, my bad On Dec 20, 2013, at 5:06 PM, Dave Marthouse wrote:
> As I understand it The Voice Of Russia is no longer on WNSW 1430 in New York. > The programming has been replaced by some sort of Spanish religious format. > > > Dave Marthouse > [email protected] > > > > From: Swlfest [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John A. > Figliozzi > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 4:45 PM > To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest > Subject: Re: [Swlfest] Voice of Russia Kaput > > Ha! Must've still been too far from the transmitter when I tried for it last > time through there about a month ago. Had a station in Spanish on that > frequency, IIRC. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Dec 20, 2013, at 1:05 PM, David Goren <[email protected]> wrote: > >> they're on 1420 in nyc... >> >> On Dec 20, 2013, at 1:03 PM, John A. Figliozzi 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 11:33 AM, Mari <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Those damn Russkies.... >>>> >>>> From: "Fred Zalupski" <[email protected]> >>>> To: "Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 10:58:24 AM >>>> Subject: [Swlfest] Voice of Russia Kaput >>>> >>>> From the ARRL Letter... >>>> >>>> Milestones: Voice of Russia -- Former "Radio Moscow" -- to End Shortwave >>>> Broadcasts >>>> Voice of Russia (VOR), 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). >>>> >>>> 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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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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