[Swprograms] DRM on VOR

[Joe Buch <joseph.buch@xxxxxxx>]

>From the 6/28 issue of Radio Currents:

Voice of Russia Announces DRM Expansion Plans 

Moscow - Jul 1, 2004 - At the Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) consortium's first-ever board meetings in Russia, the Voice of Russia announced the successful implementation and planned expansion of its DRM broadcasts on short-wave and medium-wave. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov recently signed an order allowing for the Voice of Russia's DRM progress. The consortium held its quarterly meetings at the headquarters of the Russian Television and Radio Network (RTRN) and the Voice of Russia in Moscow from June 16 to 18. The Voice of Russia has been a DRM member since 1998. 

Voice of Russia currently transmits DRM broadcasts in Russian, English, German and French toward Europe, using a short-wave transmitter in Taldom, Russia, operated by RTRN's Moscow Regional Centre, and a medium-wave transmitter 603kHz in Zehlendorf, Germany, operated by DRM member T-Systems International Media and Broadcast. The medium-wave transmitter, made by DRM member Telefunken, has been modified to operate in single-channel simulcast mode, which means that the Voice of Russia's broadcasts can be sent in analog and DRM formats. The Taldom broadcasts can be heard within parts of Russia. 

The Voice of Russia will expand its reach within and beyond Europe in the near future, using additional transmitters that have been adapted for DRM. This network includes a second short-wave transmitter operated by the Moscow Regional Centre, a short-wave transmitter in Irkutsk, a short-wave transmitter in Khabarovsk, and a T-Systems International medium-wave transmitter, built by Telefunken, in Wachenbrunn, Germany. 

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