Radio Romania International (

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: ''Radio România Internațional'', or ''RRI'') is a

radio station owned by the Romanian public radio broadcaster

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(SRR, the national public radio in Romania) that broadcasts abroad. It was created in 1927 and was known as Radio Bucharest before 1989. According to Romanian Law No. 41/1994, republished, the SRR produces and broadcasts programs in the

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and other languages for a worldwide audience to promote the image of

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and its internal and external politics. As a result, inside the SRR is ''Departamentul Radio România Internațional'' (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 lead departments in the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation. This summary is broadcast around the clock via satellite, on the internet (in RealAudio), and on short wave (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

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. RRI 2 produces and broadcasts shows under the heading "Radio Bridges" in twelve foreign languages:

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, Aromanian, Chinese, English, French,

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, and Ukrainian, which total 25.5 hours per day. The station is available on mediumwave, shortwave, and FM, in addition to satellite. RRI has 51 hours of radio programs every day, which amounts to more than 18,600 hours of radio production every year.

Broadcasts

RRI continues to use the analog and digital shortwave

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. RRI broadcasts on shortwave with 300 kW from Galbeni () and Țigănești (), and with 100 kW from Săftica () in Romania. The RRI programmes in English, Romanian may be received on only one frequency instead of two, as of August 1, 2023. * English Language Broadcasts (UTC): : 0100–0200 Freq Hz 7325 : 0400-0500 Freq Hz 9510, 15250(DRM) : 0630–0700 Freq Hz 11930, 21470(DRM) : 1200–1300 Freq Hz 15460, 21470 : 1800–1900 Freq Hz 11630(DRM) : 2130–2200 Freq Hz 7375, 7310, 9500 : 2300–2400 Freq Hz 7220, 9620 * Romanian Language Broadcasts (UTC): : 0100–0300 Freq Hz 9700 : 0500-0600 Freq Hz 7220 : 0800–0900 Freq Hz 17560, 17750 : 0900–1000 Freq Hz 17750, 21470 : 1000–1100 Freq Hz 17640, 17800 : 1300–1400 Freq Hz 9570 : 1400–1600 Freq Hz 17790 : 1700–1800 Freq Hz 11815 : 1800–2100 Freq Hz 9780 ''Hours valid as of October 27, 2024 to March 29, 2025: '' RRI broadcasts through the

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satellite at 11512 MHz, vertical polarization, azimuth 16 degrees east, signal speed: 29,950MSym/s, Standard: DVB-S2, Modulation: 8PSK, Audio PID 510. The satellite transmits unencrypted signals of RRI channels for Europe.

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