Friday, September 13, 2013

Voice of Russia to stop shortwave broadcasts from 1st Jan 2014

Voice of Russia Radio Stops Shortwave Service
 
MOSCOW, August 21 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian government's international radio broadcasting service Golos Rossii (Voice of Russia) will stop its shortwave broadcasts from January 1 next year, the Digit.ru online journal reported Wednesday.
 
The shortwave service is closing "due to funding cuts," Voice of Russia deputy director Natalya Zhmai said in a letter dated August 15 to Andrei Romanchenko, head of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRBN), the journal said.
 
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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi