Radio Romania International
Radio România Internaţional (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 (The Department Radio Romania International) (RRI), that owns two radio stations.
Stations
- RRI 1 – "Romania Live": 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, which add up to 9,300 hours per year.
- RRI 2 – "Radio Bridges": RRI 2 produces and broadcasts shows in twelve foreign languages: Arabic, Aromanian, Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Serbian, Spanish, Russian and Ukrainian, which total 25.5 hours per day. In other words, 9,300 more broadcasting hours per year.
People can listen to the programmes on mediumwave, shortwave, and FM, and also via satellite and other means of delivery; RRI has 51 hours of radio programme every day, which amount to more than 18,600 hours of radio production in 12 months.
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)[2] and with 50 kW from Săftica (44.6373°N 26.0746°E) in Romania. [3]
- English Language Broadcasts: (UTC)
- 0000–0100 Freq[kHz]: 7375, 9550
- 0300–0400 Freq[kHz]: 15330, 11825, 7375, 9850
- 0530–0600 Freq[kHz]: 7325, 17760, 21550
- 1100–1200 Freq[kHz]: 15320, 17670, 13750, 15130
- 1700–1800 Freq[kHz]: 9760, 11850, 9500, 11875
- 2030–2100 Freq[kHz]: 7315, 11850, 13650, 9740
- 2100–2200 Freq[kHz]: 13750, 11650
- 2200–2300 Freq[kHz]: 9790, 7325, 5945, 7310
- Romanian Language Broadcasts: (UTC)
- 0000–0200 Freq[kHz]: 7420, 9730
- 0400-0500 Freq[kHz]: 6015, 7325
- 0700–0800 Freq[kHz]: 11790, 13750, 15200, 17780
- 0800–0900 Freq[kHz]: 11650, 15200, 11990, 13790
- 0900–1000 Freq[kHz]: 13790, 15130, 15150, 11650
- 1200–1300 Freq[kHz]: 9490
- 1300–1500 Freq[kHz]: 11950, 15340
- 1600–1700 Freq[kHz]: 7265, 9590
- 1700–2000 Freq[kHz]: 9500, 11975
Hours valid for the summertime from March 28 to October 31, 2021.[4]
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.[5]
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)
- Tiganesti transmitter
- Saftica antenna
- "RRI pe unde scurte". Radio Romania international (in Romanian). Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- "RRI 2021 Summer Broadcast Frequencies". rri.ro. 2021-03-25.
