Radio Orfey () ("Radio Orpheus") is a Russian

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broadcasting

classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be #Relationship to other music traditions, distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical mu ...

from studios in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

. Its programmes – which are broadcast on FM from transmitters in Moscow (99.2 MHz),

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

(71.66 MHz),

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg (, ; ), alternatively Romanization of Russian, romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( ; 1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The ci ...

(69.92 MHz),

Volgograd Volgograd,. formerly Tsaritsyn. (1589–1925) and Stalingrad. (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of , with a population ...

(71.33 MHz),

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(66.8 MHz),

Lipetsk Lipetsk (, ), also Romanization of Russian, romanized as Lipeck, is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh (river), Voronezh River in the Do ...

(70.07 MHz), Tula (71.93 MHz),

Kurgan A kurgan is a type of tumulus (burial mound) constructed over a grave, often characterized by containing a single human body along with grave vessels, weapons, and horses. Originally in use on the Pontic–Caspian steppe, kurgans spread into mu ...

(106 MHz), and

Smolensk Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest cities in Russia. It has been a regional capital for most of ...

(104.3 MHz) – are also streamed on the

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History

it was launched by the

State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Soviet Union The State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Soviet Union (Russian: Государственный комитет СССР по телевидению и радиовещанию) commonly known as Gosteleradio of the USSR (Г� ...

on ultra-short waves (VHF) on August 1, 1960 as the "Fourth Program" of the All-Union Radio. On January 1, 1991, it was renamed "Radio Orpheus". From December 27, 1991, it was part of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company " Ostankino". The founder and first general director of the radio station was Olga Gromova, who headed the radio station until December 2002. On June 8, 1996, the State Institution RS "Orpheus" was created, which took over the frequency of the former radio station of the same name. On June 27, 1998, it was included in the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. On September 9, 2002, it was removed from VGTRK and merged with the Russian State Music Television and Radio Broadcasting Center.

References

External links

Radio Orpheus website
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