Radio Station Belarus

Radio "Belarus"

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Type	Radio network
Country	Belarus
Availability	International
Owner	Belarusian 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/

Radio "Belarus" (Belarusian: Радыё "Беларусь") is the official international broadcasting station of Belarus.

History

Radio "Belarus" has broadcast on the international shortwave bands since 11 May 1962. 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.

Broadcast schedule

Radio Belarus daily transmissions are on air on the following frequencies, as of 30 October 2011 through 25 March 2012:

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

Medium wave band

• 22.00 - 02.00 local time (19.00 - 23.00 UTC) at 1170 kHz

FM transmitters and frequencies

• Brest - 96.4 MHz
• Grodno - 96.9 MHz
• Svislach - 100.8 MHz
• Heraniony - 99.9 MHz
• Braslaw - 106.6 MHz
• Miadzel - 102.0 MHz

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

See also

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

External links

• Radio Belarus Website (Belarusian) (Russian) (English) (German) (Polish)
• Internet broadcast schedule (Belarusian) (Russian) (English) (German) (Polish)