AvtoRadio (russian: Авторадио) is a
Moscow
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-based
radio station
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. The station plays songs in Russian and English. A variety of music from different genres.
History
It broadcasts music and information. It started broadcasting on 5 April 1993 and is part of the VKPM Media Group (Veshchatelnaya Korporatsiya Prof-Media, a division of
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 sectors. The company's headquarters are located in Moscow.
Origins
The compan ...
).
It broadcasts to Moscow and Moscow region on 90.3 MHz FM, across
Russia
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(there are three regional variants),
Armenia
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,
Latvia, and worldwide via the
internet
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.
According to VKPM, in April 2006 the average daily number of listeners was 1,097,000, or 11.6% of the total number of listeners in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
and
Moscow Region
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...
.
Avtoradio announced to broadcast from within
Vancouver
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, Canada during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, the first time in history that a Russian radio station would be broadcasting from
Canada
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.
See also
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Euro disco
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Italo disco
Italo disco (variously capitalized, and sometimes hyphenated as Italo-disco) is a music genre which originated in Italy in the late 1970s and was mainly produced in the early 1980s. Italo disco evolved from the then-current underground dance, p ...
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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 sectors. The company's headquarters are located in Moscow.
Origins
The compan ...
(parent company)
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Serhiy Kurchenko
References
External links
AvtoRadio Official websiteVKPM Media Group
Radio stations established in 1993
Radio stations in Russia
Russian-language radio stations
Mass media in Moscow
1993 establishments in Russia
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