All Union First Programme
Soviet radio channel
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The All-Union First Programme (Russian: Первая общесоюзная программа, romanized: Pervaya obshesoyuznaya programma) was a radio station in the Soviet Union. It had a political focus and discussed events in the Soviet Union. The All Union First Programme transmitted its program set over mediumwave and VHF.
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| Programming | |
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| Language | Russian |
| Format | News, talk, and music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Gostelradio |
| Radio Mayak Radio Yunost | |
| History | |
First air date | November 23, 1924 |
Last air date | December 31, 1991 |
Former names | Comintern Radio Station (1924–1933) All-Union Radio (1933–1945) |
In connection with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the All Union First Programme ceased its transmission in December 1991. In Russia, Radio-1 began broadcasting on the former frequencies of the All Union First Programme.
History
The All-Union Radio was established in Moscow and began broadcasting on November 23, 1924, initially on long and medium waves, later also on ultra-short waves, distributed via the wire broadcasting system on Channel 1 (directly in the audio frequency band, as a result of which the simplest subscriber loudspeaker was required for reception). The channel was changed to the All Union First Programme in 1945 with a political focus. In 1960, a duplicate of the First Program of All-Union Radio for the Russian Far East was introduced (Khabarovsk 270 kHz), in 1964 a second duplicate of the First Program of All-Union Radio was introduced. By the end of the 1970s, there were four duplicates of the First Program of All-Union Radio.[1][2] On January 1, 1991, the name Radio-1 was assigned to the 1st Program of All-Union Radio.[3]
On September 2, 1991, the retransmission of Radio-1 was transferred from the 1st to the 3rd channel of wired broadcasting, the frequencies of Radio-1 on ultra-short waves were transferred to Radio Russia, and in those regions and areas where Radio-2 was retransmitted in this range, Radio-1 was transferred to its frequencies.[4][5][6][7] The other open frequencies of the All Union First Programme were taken over by the state radio channels of the newly independent republics.