Voice of Russia to continue on. http://swling.com/blog/2013/12/voice-of-russia-to-remain-on-the-air-in-2014/
Mark N8ICW Sent from my lousy iPhone > On Dec 20, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Richard Cuff <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 The programming has been replaced by some 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. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com
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