Your editor listened to Radio Moscow on his Lafayette receiver
Moscow calling.
Radio Moscow started beaming its English Service to the U.S. by shortwave in the early 1950's.
Moscow Mailbag, hosted by Joe Adamov, was a popular feature that answered listeners' questions.
The program continued after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, when Radio Moscow was renamed Voice of Russia.
Adamov presented Moscow Mailbag from 1957 until 2005.
Radio Moscow's interval signal was "My Country's Vast."
Radio broadcasting in the Soviet Union commenced in the Moscow region in 1922.
Radio broadcasting in the Soviet Union commenced in the Moscow region in 1922.
A second station went on the air in Leningrad in 1924.
By 1939, Radio Moscow was broadcasting in English, French, German, Italian and Arabic via medium wave and short wave.
At its peak, Moscow broadcast in over 70 languages via transmitters in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Cuba.
By 1939, Radio Moscow was broadcasting in English, French, German, Italian and Arabic via medium wave and short wave.
At its peak, Moscow broadcast in over 70 languages via transmitters in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Cuba.
