Radio Romania International
Radio Romania International (Romanian: Radio România Internaţional, or RRI) is a Romanian radio station owned by the Romanian public radio broadcaster Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune (SRR, the national public radio in Romania) that broadcasts abroad. Prior to 1989, the station was known as Radio Bucharest.
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Broadcast area | International |
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Programming | |
Affiliations | World Radio Network, EBU-UER, Euranet |
Ownership | |
Owner | Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company |
RRA, RRC, R3N, RRM, RAS | |
History | |
First air date | 1933[1] |
Links | |
Webcast | Radio Romania International |
Website | www |
According to the Romanian law nr. 41/1994, republished, the SRR produces and broadcasts programmes in the Romanian language and other languages, for worldwide auditorium, to promote the image of Romania, and her internal and external politics. As a result, inside the SRR there is Departamentul Radio România Internaţional (Department Radio Romania International), which owns two radio stations.
Stations
As of March 2001, RRI 1 has broadcast daily shows under the heading “Romania Live”, a summary of the shows produced by the main departments in the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation. This summary is broadcast around the clock via the satellite, on the Internet (in RealAudio), and also on short waves (to Central and Western Europe and Israel), 8 hours per day. RRI 1 has daily broadcasts around the clock in Romanian, and three 30 minute-broadcasts in the Aromanian dialect.
RRI 2 produces and broadcasts shows under the heading "Radio Bridges" in twelve foreign languages: Arabic, Aromanian, Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Serbian, Spanish, Russian and Ukrainian,[2] which total 25.5 hours per day.
People can listen to the programmes on mediumwave, shortwave, and FM, in addition to satellite. RRI has 51 hours of radio programme every day, which amounts to more than 18,600 hours of radio production in every year.
Broadcasts
RRI continues to use the analog and digital shortwave Digital Radio Mondiale. RRI broadcasts on shortwave with 300 kW from Galbeni (46.7514°N 26.8557°E), Tiganesti (44.7494°N 26.1028°E)[3] and with 100 kW from Săftica (44.6373°N 26.0746°E) in Romania. [4]
- English Language Broadcasts (UTC):
- 0000–0100 Freq [kHz]: 9550, 11620
- 0300–0400 Freq [kHz]: 9850, 11620, 15330(DRM), 17790
- 0530–0600 Freq [kHz]: 9700, 17760, 21550 11960(DRM)
- 1100–1200 Freq [kHz]: 15320, 17670, 17630, 15130
- 1700–1800 Freq [kHz]: 13750(DRM), 15180
- 2030–2100 Freq [kHz]: 11975(DRM), 11850, 13650, 9740
- 2200–2300 Freq [kHz]: 9740, 11800, 9790, 11650[5]
- Romanian Language Broadcasts (UTC):
- 0000–0200 Freq [kHz]: 9.730 ; 11.945
- 0400-0500 Freq [kHz]: 9.500 ; 11.740
- 0700–0800 Freq [kHz]: 11.790 ; 13.750 ; 15200 ; 17780
- 0800–0900 Freq [kHz]: 13.790 ; 15.170 ; 11650 ; 15200
- 0900–1000 Freq [kHz]: 15.130 ; 17.630 ; 11650 ; 15150
- 1200–1300 Freq [kHz]: 9.490
- 1300–1500 Freq [kHz]: 11.950 ; 15.340
- 1600–1700 Freq [kHz]: 11.620 ; 15.160
- 1700–2000 Freq [kHz]: 11.975 ; 15.200
Hours valid from March 26 to October 28, 2023.[6]
RRI broadcasts through the Eutelsat 16A satellite at 11512 MHz, vertical polarization, azimuth 16 degrees east, signal speed: 29,950 MSym / s, Standard: DVB-S2, Modulation: 8PSK, Audio PID 510. The satellite transmits unencrypted signals of RRI channels for Europe.
On the Internet, you can listen to the programs in mp3 format on the "RRI live channels 1-2-3".
Bibliography
- WRTH Publications Limited, ed. (2021). World Radio TV Handbook. Vol. 75. Oxford. ISBN 978-1-9998300-3-8.
References
- Eugen Cojocariu, Steliu Lambru: The History of RRI (14 January 2013)
- "Radio Romania International - Частотний розклад передач українською мовою ВСР".
- Tiganesti transmitter
- Saftica antenna
- "RRI 2023 Summer Broadcast Frequencies". rri.ro. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
- "RRI pe unde scurte". Radio Romania international (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-04-20.