Energy Russia is a private
Russia
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n radio station, created in 2006 based in
Moscow
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, and is the Russian version of the
French NRJ
Nouvelle Radio Jeune, (Acronym: NRJ, , ) is a private France, French radio station created by Jean-Paul Baudecroux and Max Guazzini in June 1981 in France, 1981. Widely popularized by its "godmother", singer Dalida, who prevented it from closi ...
. The playlist of the radio station is made up of the most popular songs (hence the new slogan of the radio station is "Hit Music Only").
History
On March 8, 2003, Radio Energy was created by the
Prof Media group (formerly under
Interros
Interros is a Russian conglomerate controlled by Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin with large stakes in mining, metals, energy, finance, retail, real estate and other economic sector, sectors. The company's headquarters are located in Moscow.
O ...
and now under
Gazprom-Media
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), and then dedicated to
dance
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,
house
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and
trance music
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Trance music is typically characterized by a tempo between ...
. The radio station is popular among young people. The station also used to host numerous dance music festivals every year, the most famous being 'Energiya Megadance'.
In April 2006 the average daily number of listeners was 529,000, or a 5.6% of the total number of listeners in the Moscow Region, according to Prof Media/VKPM.
On 1 September 2006, the Prof Media group accepted to
rebrand
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its station Radio Energy, to become the
French ''NRJ'' brand, which also has other versions internationally.
Broadcasting area
''Energy Russia'' broadcasts throughout Russia. In the capital
Moscow
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and its region. it broadcasts on 104.2 MHz. The radio station is also available on the internet.
See also
*
NRJ
Nouvelle Radio Jeune, (Acronym: NRJ, , ) is a private France, French radio station created by Jean-Paul Baudecroux and Max Guazzini in June 1981 in France, 1981. Widely popularized by its "godmother", singer Dalida, who prevented it from closi ...
, about the French radio station.
External links
*
NRJ Official website*
VKPM Media Group.*
NRJ на OnlineRadioBox.ru
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