Maiac

Maiac (Ukrainian: Маяк; Russian: Мая́к, Mayak) is an urban settlement (according to Transnistrian legislation[1]), or city (according to the Moldovan legislation) in the Grigoriopol District, Transnistria, Moldova, eleven kilometres (seven miles) northeast of Grigoriopol, on the Ukrainian border.

Maiac
Mayak
City
Maiac is located in Moldova
Maiac
Maiac
Location within Moldova
Coordinates: 47°14′15″N 29°23′9″E
Country (de jure) Moldova
Country (de facto) Transnistria
DistrictGrigoriopol District
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
ClimateDfb

History

In the 16th century the village was named Janyk Hisar and Majak Geczit.[2]

Transmitter
Main article: Grigoriopol transmitter

The Transnistrian Radio and Television Center (TRTC) is located in Maiac. It is a large broadcasting centre for short- and mediumwave, which was built up in the years between 1968 and 1975. It covers an area of 8.2 square kilometres (3+3⁄16 sq mi), and housed at the end of 1980s 20 transmitters. In 1997 two masts – one 350 metres (1,150 ft) and the other 250 m (820 ft) – of the facility used for medium wave broadcasting collapsed as a result of icing.[3]

In October 2007, the Russian unitary enterprise Russian Television and Radio Networks acquired 100% of shares of the TRTC for $3,314,388.[4]

The Grigoriopol transmission station in Pridnestrovje/Transnistru only transmits programs from Trans World Radio at 1548 kHz. Instead, Radio Rossii from Moscow is now broadcasting on the 999 kHz frequency, since April 5, 2022, around the clock and with a transmission power of 1000 kW.[5]

References
  1. Administration Mayak village
  2. Andrzej Dziubiński, Polsko-litewskie napady na tureckie pogranicze czarnomorskie w epoce dwu ostatnich Jagiellonów, "Kwartalnik Historyczny" Vol. 103, 1996, No. 3, p. 59.
  3. "www.panoramio.com". Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  4. "The New Owner of the Transnistrian Radio and TV Center Intends to Make it Work Successful", November 14, 2007 (in Russian)
  5. Radio Rossii statt Trans World Radio radioeins.de April, 06 2022 (in German)


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