Eesti Raadio

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Eesti Raadio
HeadquartersTallinn, Estonia
OwnerGovernment of Estonia
Key people
Margus Allikmaa (Chairman, 2004–2007)[1]
Launch date
18 December 1926; 97 years ago (1926-12-18) (as Raadio Ringhääling)
Dissolved1 June 2007; 16 years ago (2007-06-01)
ReplacedRiigi Ringhääling [et]
Replaced byERR

Eesti Raadio (Estonian Radio, ER) was the public service

radio broadcaster of Estonia that, at the time of closure, operated five national radio stations. It was closed in 2007 as a result of a merger with Eesti Televisioon (Estonian Television, ETV) to form the Estonian Public Broadcasting service, or Eesti Rahvusringhääling
(ERR).

History

It was founded in 1926 as "Radio Broadcasting" (Raadio Ringhääling [et], RRH), in the same year it launched a radio station of the same name on medium waves and in 1934 it was reorganized into the State Radio Broadcasting (Riigi Ringhääling [et], RRH).[2]

In 1940, the

Comintern radio station in Estonia resumed. In 1953, the Radio Committee of the ESSR was reorganized into the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Culture of the ESSR (Radio Administration of the ESSR).[citation needed
]

In 1957, the ESSR Radio Administration was reorganized into the ESSR State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting (Eesti NSV Ministrite Nõukogu Riiklik Televisiooni ja Raadio Komitee, or simply ESSR State Radio and Television). On 3 April 1967, the ESSR

Gosteleradio launched the later named Vikerraadio
("rainbow").

In 1990, the ESSR State Radio and Television was divided into

Raadio 4, ER2 to Raadio 2, and ER1 revived its old name Vikerraadio. Raadio 4, which broadcasts mostly in Russian, was opened in Narva in 1996.[3]

The activities of Eesti Raadio as an independent broadcaster were terminated on 31 May 2007. On 1 June 2007, following a law passed by the Riigikogu on 18 January 2007, Eesti Raadio merged with Eesti Televisioon (ETV) to create Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR).[4] The merger of ER and ETV had been discussed since the early 2000s.[5]

Stations

See also

References

  1. ^ "Eesti Raadio uueks juhiks saab Margus Allikmaa". www.ohtuleht.ee (in Estonian). 12 April 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Raadio kroonika". Eesti Ringhäälingumuuseum (in Estonian). Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Narva raadiostuudio tähistas juubelit". Uudised (in Estonian). September 12, 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Estonian Public Broadcasting Act". www.riigiteataja.ee. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Kultuuriministeerium ei loobu rahvusringhäälingu loomisest". Ärileht (in Estonian). 16 October 2001. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Raadio Tallinn saab 10". Kultuur (in Estonian). 13 May 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

External links

Media related to Eesti Raadio at Wikimedia Commons

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