Radio Belarus

Radio Belarus (Belarusian: Радыё "Беларусь") is the official international broadcasting station of Belarus. The station has ceased broadcasting on shortwave and mediumwave as of 1 April 2016.

Radio Belarus

Country	Belarus
Ownership
Owner	Belarusian Television and Radio Company
Key people	Naum Galperovich (Director) Viacheslav Laktjushin (Head of Dept. of Foreign Languages Service)
History
Launch date	May 11, 1962; 63 years ago (May 11, 1962)
Former names	Radio Minsk
Coverage
Availability	International
Links
Webcast	https://www.tvr.by/live-broadcast/#radiolive
Website	https://www.tvr.by/radio/radio-belarus/

History

Radio Belarus has broadcast on the international shortwave bands since 11 May 1962.^[1] Originally the programs were broadcast in Belarusian. In 1985, broadcasting in German was launched, and in 1998 they began broadcasting Russian and English versions. Since 2006 the radio has started broadcasting in Polish, while 2010 saw the launch of French and Spanish language programming. Programming in Chinese started in 2013 and in Arabic in 2017.

The station used to offer 16 hours of radio content in 9 languages and 10 hours of real-time online English programming daily.

Radio "Belarus" features

• News and information-analytical shows
• Radio interviews with statesmen, politicians, public and religious figures; scientists, writers and musicians, masters of art and folklore; sportsmen
• Programs about history, culture, and spiritual values of Belarusians

The radio carries shows about different aspects of Belarusian life and human interest stories about ordinary Belarusian families. Priority in music policy is examples of folk, classical, and modern Belarusian music.

Former shortwave band

• 14:00–02:00 local time (11:00–23:00 UTC) at 7390, 7360 kHz
• 20:05–02:00 local time (17:05–23:00 UTC) at 6155 kHz

Former medium wave band

• 22:00–02:00 local time (19:00–23:00 UTC) at 1170 kHz

FM transmitters and frequencies

• Brest – 96.4 MHz
• Grodno – 96.9 MHz
• Svislach – 100.8 MHz
• Heraniony – 99.9 MHz
• Braslaw – 106.6 MHz
• Miadzel – 102.0 MHz

Internet broadcasting

Radio "Belarus" started on-line Internet broadcasts in the English language on January 3, 2005. On September 1, 2005, it increased the air time from 5 to 10 hours, including two 5-hour blocks.

Online broadcasting schedule

• On-line: 02:00–07:00, 15:00–20:00 local time
• Rerun: 07:00–12:00, 12:00–14:00, 20:00–01:00 local time