Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Radio stations in Russia

It seems to me that there are a lot of differences between swedish and russian radio stations.

When you come to Russia you would probably like to check the most popular Russian radio stations. Here are some of them.

Russkoye Radio (Russian Radio)

Russkoye Radio is the first national radio station playing Russian music only, generally pop songs. Russkoye Radio is exceptionally popular with people aged 30 and up. You can listen to it on buses, route taxis and in some stores. If you want to learn about modern Russian pop singers, listen to the radio for an hour – that will be enough for you to get an idea.

Russkoye Radio is one of the biggest radio networks worldwide, comprehending 1100 cities and towns of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Moldavia, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, the Baltic States and the USA. The weekly audience of Russkoye Radio is over 20 million people.

Every hour the radio station broadcasts the latest news from the Russian News Service.

Besides, the name of Russkoye Radio is often associated with the annual Zolotoy Gramophon Music Awards in the Kremlin (the first ceremony held in 1996). In Moscow you can catch Russkoye Radio on 105.7 FM.

Europa Plus

Europa Plus is the Russian first commercial radio station set up on 30 April 1990. Within a very short period of time it became the most popular station in Russia. Europa Plus is aimed at 20-40 year old people, as broadcasts primarily hit music, such as Beyonce, Maroon 5 and Russian hits.

The official site of the company says Europa Plus is the world-largest network of FM radio stations broadcasting in over 900 cities and towns of Russia, Byelorussia, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Latvia. Besides, Europe Plus is available via the Internet at www.europaplus.ru.

Europa Plus is a part of French Group Lagardere, a leading media holding, operating the most popular radio stations in France, Germany, Belgium, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the SAR and other countries. In Moscow Europa Plus broadcasts on 106.2 FM.

Radio Mayak

Mayak (103.4 FM) is the oldest and the most reputable State radio station of Russia. it was founded over 40 years ago in 1964, when the Central Committee of the Soviet Union made a decision to create an absolutely new 24-hour broadcasting radio station, which could be heard in every corner of the country.

5-minute news every half an hour, music programmes, live concerts, breakfast funny shows, special reports and radio films quickly gained popularity with the Soviet citizens.

For a long time Mayak was the only means able to immediately inform the population of the most important events. However, now Mayak has to compete with numerous radio stations, though, it is still beloved with millions of people for its traditions, discussions and phone-ins.

Echo of Moscow

Echo of Moscow can’t be called a typical radio station, since it focuses on current affairs, analytics, news and discussions. It started broadcasting on 22 August 1990.

Founded in under the Soviet rule, Echo of Moscow was designed as a radio station for those, who eagerly tried to find an independent source of information providing news on politics, culture and other spheres of everyday life. In the early 1990s the Russian authorities made several attempts to shut down the radio station, but it survived and now is a respected media resource.

Weekly about 900 thousand of people choose Echo of Moscow on 91.2 FM as their personal news guide.


BUSINESS FM

BUSINESS FM is a media project launched in 2007 by Soviet-born billionaire Arkady Gaidamak on 87.5 FM. The news-talk radio is a part of media holding “Joint Media” (Obyedinennye Media).

Every 15 minutes Business FM reports about current events in Russia and in the world, stock market news (quotation of securities, currency rate, staple prices), resignation and assignment information, the world financial capitals weather.

Every 30 minutes the leading Russian and foreign companies’ news and events, business press monitoring are on air. Business FM also broadcasts Breaking News.

The recognized stock exchange analytics Grigory Beglaryan, Vladimir Levchenko, Aleksey Zavyalov are covering stock market news from the openings till closing the world stock exchanges.

The radio audience is everybody who is involved in the fast growing Russian finance market, including professional finance market participants: traders, financiers, bankers. They are listeners who use finance products: credit cards, share funds and participants of credit life of Russia.

The radio site is www.bfm.ru.

Elena Rynkova

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