Echo of Moscow

Echo of Moscow
Russian: Эхо Москвы
  • Moscow
Broadcast area
Frequency91.2 MHz
Programming
Language(s)Russian
Format
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
22 August 1990 (1990-08-22)
Last air date
1 March 2022 (2022-03-01)
Technical information
Licensing authority
Roskomnadzor
Links
Webcastecho.moscow
audio stream
Websiteechofm.online Edit this at Wikidata

Echo of Moscow (Russian: Эхо Москвы, romanized: Ekho Moskvy) was a 24/7 commercial Russian radio station based in Moscow. It broadcast in many Russian cities, some of the former Soviet republics (through partnerships with local radio stations), and via the Internet. From 1996 its editor-in-chief was Alexei Venediktov.

On 1 March 2022, it was taken off the air by Roskomnadzor as a result of its coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2] On 3 March, the board of directors voted to close the station down.[3] While the radio programming of Ekho of Moscow ceased to exist, Venediktov and most of the employees began a spin-off YouTube channel, Zhivoi Gvozd' (literally "Live Nail", in Russian a rhyming pun on the common term "Live Guest"), which follows the late station's format and schedule.[4] In October 2022, Echo resumed online programming from Berlin, Germany[5] via its Echo app.[6]

  1. ^ Miroshnichenko, Yelena (13 October 2021). "Путин о финансируемой Газпромом радиостанции: Каждый второй имеет там иностранный паспорт". Vzglyad (in Russian). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Interfax2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Anton Troianovski (3 March 2022). "Echo of Moscow, a liberal Russian radio station, is shut down". The New York Times.
  4. ^ ""Эхо Москвы" возродилось: теперь это "Живой гвоздь"". 11 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Russia's liberal 'Echo of Moscow' radio returns, from Berlin". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Эхо online - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 20 October 2022.