Radio Wolga

Radio Volga (Russian: Радио Волга) was a radio station for the Soviet armed forces stationed in the former East Germany and Czechoslovakia, broadcasting mainly in Russian.[1]

Broadcasting station

Based in Potsdam, Radio Volga broadcast from the Königs Wusterhausen radio facility near Berlin, as well as the Burg AM transmitter near Magdeburg.[2]

From 1967 to 1976 Radio Volga used the 350-meter SL-3 tower, 2.2 kilometers from the transmitter. After it collapsed in 1976, one of the site's two 210-meter high steel tube masts was used instead. Radio Volga originally broadcast on the longwave frequency 283 kHz.[3]

Programming

Beside programs for the Soviet soldiers stationed in the GDR, Radio Volga also broadcast German language programmes from Radio Moscow.[4] After German reunification in 1990, transmitting time was rented to the German-language news station Radioropa Info, broadcasting on 261 kHz.[5]

Television

Soviet Central Television's main channel, TSS-1, was also relayed in East Germany via satellite.[6]

Shutdown

With the departure of Russian troops from Germany, Radio Volga ceased broadcasting in June 1994.[3] Radioropa Info took over its frequency, broadcasting from late 1994 to 2000, first from Daun and then from Leipzig.[7] In 1999 a new cage aerial was mounted on the 324-meter radio mast in Burg.[8]

See also

References
  1. The Mass Media of the German-speaking Countries, John Sandford, Oswald Wolff, 1976
  2. World Radio TV Handbook, Oluf Lund-Johansen Cardfont Publishers under license from Billboard Publications, 1974, page 70
  3. Radio und Musik von und für Soldaten: Kriegs- und Nachkriegsjahre : 1939-1960, Günter Grull, Herbst, 2000, page 16
  4. Radiogeschichten: Zeitreise und Exkursionen in die Berliner RadioWelten, Die Radionauten, BoD, 2005, page 41
  5. World Radio TV Handbook, Volume 48, O. Lund Johansen, 1994, page 81
  6. World Radio TV Handbook, Volume 39, Billboard Publications, 1984, page 398
  7. World Radio TV Handbook, Volume 51,Cardfont Publishers under license from Billboard Publications., 1997, page 88
  8. Station Profile - Burg 261 kHz
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