Radio Belarus

Radio "Belarus" (Belarusian: Радыё "Беларусь") is the official international broadcasting station of Belarus. The station has ceased broadcasting on shortwave, mediumwave and longwave as of 1 April 2016.

Radio "Belarus"
TypeRadio network
Country
 Belarus
AvailabilityInternational
OwnerBelarusian Television and Radio Company
Key people

Naum GALPEROVICH Director,

Viacheslav LAKTJUSHIN Head of Dept. of Foreign Languages Service
Launch date
May 11, 1962
Official website
http://www.radiobelarus.tvr.by/

History

Radio "Belarus" has broadcast on the international shortwave bands since 11 May 1962.[1] Originally the programs were broadcast in Belarusian. In 1985, broadcasting in German was launched, and in 1998 they began broadcasting Russian and English versions. Since 2006 the radio has started broadcasting in Polish, while 2010 saw the launch of French and Spanish language programming.

Today the station offers 16 hours of radio content in 7 languages and 10 hours of real-time online English programming daily.

Radio "Belarus" features
  • News and information-analytical shows
  • Radio interviews with statesmen, politicians, public and religious figures; scientists, writers and musicians, masters of art and folklore; sportsmen
  • Programs about history, culture, and spiritual values of Belarusians

The radio carries shows about different aspects of Belarusian life and human interest stories about ordinary Belarusian families. Priority in music policy is examples of folk, classical, and modern Belarusian music.

Former shortwave band
  • 14:00–02:00 local time (11:00–23:00 UTC) at 7390, 7360 kHz
  • 20:05–02:00 local time (17:05–23:00 UTC) at 6155 kHz

Former medium wave band
  • 22:00–02:00 local time (19:00–23:00 UTC) at 1170 kHz

FM transmitters and frequencies

Internet broadcasting

Radio "Belarus" started on-line Internet broadcasts in the English language on January 3, 2005.

On September 1, 2005, it increased the air time from 5 to 10 hours, including two 5-hour blocks.

Online broadcasting schedule
  • On-line: 02:00-07:00, 15:00-20:00 local time
  • Rerun: 07:00-12:00, 12:00-14:00, 20:00-01:00 local time
gollark: Batteries are big and increase the cost loads.
gollark: Nuclear fission is far superior to foolish "solar".
gollark: Also, the problem with solar panels as the only power source is the existence of night and also bad weather.
gollark: I don't think they're very viable mostly, given the high cost.
gollark: There's also that stupid DRM blob my browser needs for "encrypted media extensions", though I have that turned off.

See also
  • Belarusian Radio, the publicly funded radio broadcaster in Belarus.

References
  1. Biener, Hansjörg (2009). "Radio for Peace, Democracy and Human Rights". University of Erlangen–Nuremberg. Archived from the original on 2017-09-09. Retrieved 2020-04-03.

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