9 Mar 2022 11:11

Sputnik to use Ekho Mosvky's frequency - RT

MOSCOW. March 9 (Interfax) - Radio Sputnik will be using the frequency formerly occupied by the Ekho Moskvy radio starting on March 9, RT said.

"Radio Sputnik will go on the air on the Ekho Moskvy frequency on March 9," the RT Telegram channel in Russian said.

The Gazprom Media Holding press service offered no comment.

Ekho Moskvy used to be part of the Gazprom Media Holding. Ekho Moskvy started its broadcast on August 22, 1990. The broadcast was officially halted in August 1991 on the orders from the State Committee on the State of Emergency (GKChP). Then, the radio managed to go back on the air.