Radio Romania International

Radio Romania International (Romanian: Radio România Internațional, or RRI) is a Romanian radio station owned by the Romanian public radio broadcaster Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune (SRR, the national public radio in Romania) that broadcasts abroad. It was created in 1927 and was known as Radio Bucharest before 1989.

Radio România Internațional
Broadcast areaInternational
Programming
AffiliationsWorld Radio Network, EBU-UER, Euranet
Ownership
OwnerRomanian Radio Broadcasting Company
RRA, RRC, R3N, RRM, RAS
History
First air date
1933 (1933)[1]
Links
WebcastRadio Romania International
Websitewww.rri.ro

According to Romanian Law No. 41/1994, republished, the SRR produces and broadcasts programmes in the Romanian language and other languages for a worldwide auditorium, to promote the image of Romania and its internal and external politics. As a result, inside the SRR, there is Departamentul Radio România Internațional (Department Radio Romania International), which owns two radio stations.

Stations

As of March 2001, RRI 1 has broadcast daily shows under the heading “Romania Live”: a summary of the shows produced by the main departments in the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation. This summary is broadcast around the clock via satellite, on the internet (in RealAudio), and also on short waves (to Central and Western Europe and Israel), 8 hours per day. RRI 1 has daily broadcasts around the clock in Romanian and three 30-minute broadcasts in the Aromanian language.

RRI 2 produces and broadcasts shows under the heading "Radio Bridges" in twelve foreign languages: Arabic, Aromanian, Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Serbian, Spanish, Russian, and Ukrainian,[2] which total 25.5 hours per day.

The station is available on mediumwave, shortwave, and FM, in addition to satellite. RRI has 51 hours of radio program every day, which amounts to more than 18,600 hours of radio production every year.

Broadcasts

RRI continues to use the analog and digital shortwave Digital Radio Mondiale. RRI broadcasts on shortwave with 300 kW from Galbeni (46.7514°N 26.8557°E / 46.7514; 26.8557), Tiganesti (44.7494°N 26.1028°E / 44.7494; 26.1028)[3] and with 100 kW from Săftica (44.6373°N 26.0746°E / 44.6373; 26.0746) in Romania. [4]

The RRI programmes in English, Romanian may be received on only one frequency instead of 2, as of August 1, 2023.

  • English Language Broadcasts (UTC):
0000–0100 Freq [kHz]: 11620
0300–0400 Freq [kHz]: 9850, 15330(DRM)
0530–0600 Freq [kHz]: 11960, 21550
1100–1200 Freq [kHz]: 17630, 17670
1700–1800 Freq [kHz]: 13750(DRM)
2030–2100 Freq [kHz]: 11975(DRM), 13650
2200–2300 Freq [kHz]: 9790, 11800[5]
  • Romanian Language Broadcasts (UTC):
0000–0200 Freq [kHz]: 9.730
0400-0500 Freq [kHz]: 11.740
0700–0800 Freq [kHz]: 11.790 ; 13.750
0800–0900 Freq [kHz]: 13.790 ; 11.650
0900–1000 Freq [kHz]: 17.630 ; 11.650
1200–1300 Freq [kHz]: 9.490
1300–1500 Freq [kHz]: 11.950
1600–1700 Freq [kHz]: 11.620
1700–2000 Freq [kHz]: 11.975

Hours valid from March 26 to October 28, 2023.[6]

RRI broadcasts through the Eutelsat 16A satellite at 11512 MHz, vertical polarization, azimuth 16 degrees east, signal speed: 29,950 MSym/s, Standard: DVB-S2, Modulation: 8PSK, Audio PID 510. The satellite transmits unencrypted signals of RRI channels for Europe.

Bibliography
  • WRTH Publications Limited, ed. (2021). World Radio TV Handbook. Vol. 75. Oxford. ISBN 978-1-9998300-3-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References
  1. Eugen Cojocariu, Steliu Lambru: The History of RRI (14 January 2013)
  2. "Radio Romania International - Частотний розклад передач українською мовою ВСР".
  3. Tiganesti transmitter
  4. Saftica antenna
  5. "Two transmitters discontinued". rri.ro. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  6. "RRI pe unde scurte". Radio Romania international (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-04-20.
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