Grigoriopol transmitter
47°16′54″N 29°25′22″E / 47.28167°N 29.42278°E The Grigoriopol transmitter, officially the Transnistrian Radio and Television Center, is a very large broadcasting facility situated near Maiac, an urban settlement 11 km (7 miles) northeast of Grigoriopol, Transnistria (Moldova).[1][2][3]
History
At the end of the 1960s, the Soviet Union began building a powerful radio broadcasting station for propaganda to Western countries in Grigoriupol.
The de facto Transnistrian authorities sold the facility to the Russian state media company RIA Novosti in 2007. The Russian Federation mandated the Moscow-based pro-government broadcasting network Vesti FM to also broadcast over Grigoriupol's powerful medium-wave transmitters. Moscow based Vesti FM started broadcasting on 1413 KHz with 500 KW power from 2014, just before the start of the Ukraine crisis. The programme thus reached not only the entire Ukraine, but also a large part of the rest of Europe.[4]
As of 2021, it was being used as a medium wave transmitter for Vesti FM on 1413 kHz with 500 kW and Trans World Radio on 999 kHz (500 kW) and 1548 kHz (1000 kW), as well for shortwave transmissions on 9940, 11805, 11530 and 11570 kHz for TWR mostly.[5]
Multiple antennas were destroyed in the course of
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Shortwave rotating antenna (1 MW)
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Medium wave antenna
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Stationary shortwave antennas
References
- ISBN 9780786451982. Retrieved June 24, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Daily Report: Central Eurasia". The Service. June 9, 1992. p. 103. Retrieved June 24, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780830643479. Retrieved June 24, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "LA RADIO NELLA CRISI UCRAINA – Radio Hernica" (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ AOKI A22 MW Shortwave Frequency List
- ^ "Radio station bombed in Transnistria, Kremlin says it is 'monitoring very closely' developments". LKRLT. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "The two most powerful antennas of Grigoriopol transmitter in Transnistria have been destroyed | Southgate Amateur Radio News". www.southgatearc.org. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ Tanas, Alexander (2022-04-26). "Kremlin voices concern after blasts hit breakaway Moldovan region". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ "Possible 'false flag' attacks in separatist Moldovan region of Transnistria raises concerns Russia plans to expand conflict". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 27 April 2022.
External links
Media related to Mayak radio center (Grigoriopol, Transnistria) at Wikimedia Commons
- Shortwave rotating antenna on YouTube
- Picture of antennas
- History of complex (in Russian)