Radio Wolga () was a

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for the

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stationed in the former

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and

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, broadcasting mainly in

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Broadcasting station

Based in Potsdam, Radio Wolga broadcast from the Königs Wusterhausen radio facility near

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, as well as the Burg AM transmitter near

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.''World Radio TV Handbook''
Oluf Lund-Johansen Cardfont Publishers under license from Billboard Publications, 1974, page 70 From 1967 to 1976 Radio Wolga used the 350-meter SL-3 tower, 2.2 kilometers from the transmitter. After it collapsed in 1976, one of the site's two 210-meter high steel tube masts was used instead. Radio Wolga originally broadcast on the

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frequency 283

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.''Radio und Musik von und für Soldaten: Kriegs- und Nachkriegsjahre : 1939-1960''
Günter Grull, Herbst, 2000, page 16

Programming

Beside programs for the

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soldiers stationed in the GDR, Radio Wolga also broadcast

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programmes from

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. After

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in 1990, transmitting time was rented to the German-language news station Radioropa Info, broadcasting on 261 kHz.

Television

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's main channel, TSS-1, was also relayed in

via satellite.

Shutdown

With the departure of Russian troops from Germany, Radio Wolga ceased broadcasting in June 1994. Radioropa Info took over its frequency, broadcasting from late 1994 to 2000, first from

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and then from

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. In 1999 a new cage aerial was mounted on the 324-meter radio mast in Burg.Station Profile - Burg 261 kHz
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