Radio Volga

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Radio Volga ( Russian Радиостанция Волга ) was a radio transmitter for the Soviet armed forces in the territory of the Soviet zone of occupation and in 1949 the GDR .

General

After starting in Stolp, Radio Wolga broadcast from July 1, 1945 to 1968 from Königs Wusterhausen (next to it from Leipzig ), from 1968 the Burg transmitter was used. From November 7, 1968 to 1976, the broadcasts took place via the 350 meter high SL-3 transmission mast , which was located 2.2 kilometers from the actual transmission center; from 1976, after the collapse of the SL-3 transmission mast, one of the two 210 Meter-high tubular masts in Burg were used for broadcasting Radio Volga on the long-wave frequency of 261 kHz.

The head office was housed in several villas on Menzelstrasse in Potsdam . In addition to programs for the Soviet soldiers stationed in the GDR, Radio Volga also broadcast programs in German from October 6, 1991. In the last few years of its existence, part of the airtime of Radio Wolga was rented to the German-speaking private news radio Radioropa Info . With the withdrawal of the Russian troops, Radio Volga ceased operations on July 31, 1994. The German Telekom took over the facility.

The frequency of Radio Volga (261 kHz) was used by the private broadcaster Radioropa Info from 1994/95 to 2000 after a one-year break. From 1999 a new transmission antenna in the form of a trap antenna , which was attached to the 324 meter high main transmission mast in Burg, was used. The transmission system is operated by Deutsche Funkturm GmbH .

watch TV

In addition to radio, a network of small transmitters with a range of a few kilometers for the television coverage of the Soviet armed forces was operated in the GDR. The program consisted of Soviet domestic programs brought in by satellite. The service was shut down in 1994.

Others

Russian veterans also remember a station called Aldan at the Altes Lager airfield (near Jüterbog), which broadcast music as well as air radio .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. veikkos-archiv.com: Menzelstrasse 14 (Potsdam)
  2. The Radionauten: Radio Stories: Time travel and excursions in the Berlin world of radio (2004), p.41 ; Hansjörg Biener: Burg, previously 261 kHz ( Memento from August 7, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
  3. http://wap.207msd.forum24.ru/?1-29-0-00000030-000-0-0-1374244474