Radio Wolga
Radio Wolga (
Broadcasting station
Based in Potsdam, Radio Wolga broadcast from the Königs Wusterhausen radio facility near Berlin, as well as the Burg AM transmitter near Magdeburg.[2]
From 1967 to 1976 Radio Wolga 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 Wolga originally broadcast on the
Programming
Beside programs for the Soviet soldiers stationed in the GDR, Radio Wolga 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 Wolga ceased broadcasting in June 1994.
See also
- AFN Berlin
- American Forces Network
- British Forces Broadcasting Service
- Radio forces françaises de Berlin
References
- ^ The Mass Media of the German-speaking Countries, John Sandford, Oswald Wolff, 1976
- ^ World Radio TV Handbook, Oluf Lund-Johansen Cardfont Publishers under license from Billboard Publications, 1974, page 70
- ^ a b Radio und Musik von und für Soldaten: Kriegs- und Nachkriegsjahre : 1939-1960, Günter Grull, Herbst, 2000, page 16
- ^ Radiogeschichten: Zeitreise und Exkursionen in die Berliner RadioWelten, Die Radionauten, BoD, 2005, page 41
- ^ World Radio TV Handbook, Volume 48, O. Lund Johansen, 1994, page 81
- ^ World Radio TV Handbook, Volume 39, Billboard Publications, 1984, page 398
- ^ World Radio TV Handbook, Volume 51, Cardfont Publishers under license from Billboard Publications., 1997, page 88
- ^ Station Profile - Burg 261 kHz
External links
- Burg, früher 261 kHz (in German) — brief history of transmissions on 261 kHz in Germany