Radio Wolga
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Radio Wolga (Russian: Радио Волга) was a radio station for the Soviet armed forces in the former GDR (East Germany).
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[edit] Broadcasting station
Until 1967 Radio Wolga broadcast from the Königs Wusterhausen radio facility near Berlin. After 1967 the Burg AM transmitter near Magdeburg was used.
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 longwave frequency 283 kHz, later moving to 263 kHz and finally 261 kHz.
[edit] Programming
Beside programs for the Soviet soldiers stationed in the GDR, Radio Wolga also occasionally produced programming in the German language. After German reunification in 1990 part of the transmitting time was rented to the German-language news station Radioropa Info.
[edit] Shutdown
With the departure of the Russian troops in 1994, Radio Wolga was shut down. Radioropa Info took over its frequency, broadcasting from late 1994 until 2000. In 1999 a new cage aerial was mounted on the 324-meter radio mast in Burg.
[edit] External links
- Burg, früher 261 kHz (German) — brief history of transmissions on 261 kHz in Germany
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