- Echo of Moscow
Infobox Radio Station
name = Echo of Moscow
area = RUS
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flagicon|KyrgyzstanBishkek
airdate =22 August ,1990
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owner =Gazprom Media
website = [http://www.echo.msk.ru www.echo.msk.ru]Echo of Moscow ( _ru. Эхо Москвы, "Ekho Moskvy") is a Russian radio station based in
Moscow , broadcasting in many Russian cities, in some of the former-Soviet republics (through partnerships with local radio stations), and via theInternet , presenting itself as "the last bastion of free media in Russia". [http://www.signandsight.com/features/1755.html Magazine Roundup 16/09/2008] "signandsight.com "] Most of the content consists of news and talk shows focusing on social and political issues and the station tries to represent different points of view. The current senior editor is Alexei Venediktov.hareholders structure
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Gazprom Media 66%
*Journalist staff 34%(Information correct as of 2005.)
Frequencies
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Abakan - 71.06, 104.2 FM
*Barnaul - 69.11 FM
*Chelyabinsk - 70.70, 99.5 FM
*Chicago - 1330 AM
*Ekaterinburg - 67.46, 91.4 FM
*Zelenogorsk - 71.06 FM
*Izhevsk - 105.3 FM
*Irkutsk - 69.5 FM
*Kazan - 105.8 FM
*Krasnoyarsk - 106.6 FM
*Makhachkala - 105.2 FM
*Mirny - 102,4
*Moscow - 91.2 FM
*Nizhny Novgorod - 107.4 FM
*Orenburg - 101.3 FM
*Omsk - 70.55, 105.0 FM
*Perm - 91.2 FM
*Rostov-na-Donu - 69.44 FM
*Samara - 99.1 FM
*Saint Petersburg - 91.5 FM
*Saratov , Engels - 105.8 FM
*Tolyatti - 107.9 FM
*Tomsk - 105.0 FM
*Tumen - 72.44 FM
*Tver - 107,2 FM
*Ufa - 91.1 FM
*Ukhta - 105.0 FM
*Yaroslavl - 106.5 FM
*Vladikavkaz ,Beslan - 102.8 FM
*Vologda - 105.7 FMCritics and controversy
Though being controlled by Gazprom Media, a subsidiary of Russian state-owned oil and gas giant
Gazprom , editorial policy of Ekho Moskvy often referred to as utterly oppositional.In September 2008 some Russian NGOs claimed that station's tendentious coverage of the conflict in
South Ossetia has violated the 275 section of theCriminal Code of the Russian Federation (treasonable conduct). Languageicon|ru|Russian [http://www.evrazia.org/news/4592 Состоялся митинг, посвящённый закрытию радио «Эхо Москвы»] "Evrazia.org"]Interesting facts
* In August 2008 Ekho Moskvy radio station has banned V. Novodvorskaya from its airwaves after the human right activist openly called a notorious Chechen terrorist
Shamil Basayev a "hero" and a "fighter for freedom". Languageicon|ru|Russian [http://www.izvestia.ru/media/article3120108/ Интервью с А. Венедиктовым] "Известия.ру"]References
ee also
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Victor Shenderovich
*Yulia Latynina
*Yevgenia Albats External links
* [http://echo.msk.ru Official site]
* [http://radio.echo.msk.ru:8000/listen.pls Shoutcast Live Stream]
* [http://echo.msk.ru/about/regions/index.html Frequencies List (Russian)]
* David Remnick. [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/09/22/080922fa_fact_remnick Echo in the Dark: A radio station strives to keep the airwaves free.] -The New Yorker . September 22, 2008
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