The "VR Radio" (their frequent on-air ID nowadays...) website shows 93.5 HD2 now for NYC.
That's WVIP / New Rochelle...transmitter is located in The Bronx... FWIW they are also on local radio in DC (AM, HD2), Miami (HD2), and Chicago (also HD2) RC On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 6:21 PM, The Professor <[email protected]> wrote: > Yup, just checked. Spanish now. > > Some forty years ago sent away for a Radio Moscow schedule. I wonder if I > still have it in a box somewhere. And what I recall most, beyond the > primitive graphics and cheap paper, is how the envelope the pamphlet came in > had obviously been opened and then resealed. The NSA ain't a new thing. > > Of course, I can still pick up the Voice of Russia on my wifi radio. And the > NSA won't have to steam open anything to keep up with news and entertainment > appetite. > > > > On 12/20/2013 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 The programming has been replaced by some 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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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 <http://wwlgonline.com/> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>> On Dec 20, 2013, at 11:33 AM, Mari <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Those damn Russkies.... >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> *From: *"Fred Zalupski" <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>>> *To: *"Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest" >>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[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 <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] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>>> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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