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RADIO MOSCOW USE OF SATELLITE TRANSMITTERS

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
General CIA Records [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP78-04864A000200020008-9
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RIFPUB
Original Classification: 
R
Document Page Count: 
2
Document Creation Date: 
November 11, 2016
Document Release Date: 
August 13, 1998
Sequence Number: 
8
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
April 19, 1951
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Approved or~~ e01999/09 COUNTRY '(13SR SUBJECT RADIO HOW PUBLISHED WHERE PUBLISHED DATE PUBLISHED LANGUAGE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS MOSCOW USE OF SATELLITE TRANSMITTERS THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF ESPIONAGE ACT 50 U. 5. C., SI AND 32, AS AMENDED, ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO? HIBITED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED, SOURCE Monitoring REPORT NO. OO-r==148 CD NO. DATE OF INFORMATION April 1951 DATE DIST. / j? April 1951 NO. OF PAGES 2 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 10 Radio Center Moscow, apparently in an endeavor to. extend? the coverage of its radio propaganda for listeners abroad, since 6 March 1951 has gradually taken over time on six medium-wave transmitters normally servin g,the Satellite countries' home service networks. aQ The table below shows the list of stations and their respective total relay times a day-. 1 Bucharest I 854 kcs (351o3i) 53 hours 2 Sofia 1 827 kcs 362.7M 5 hours 3 Hungary* 1250 kes (240M) 5 hours 4 Kosice 1232 kcs 243 . SM 21-hours 5 Melnik 1286 kcs 233.3M) 1 hours 6) Szczecin 1259 kc:a 238o3M,) It hours STATE ARMY e ass signal strength occurring at that time indicates the Substitution of a..relati,vely r2i.gho.powered transmitter by the Hungarians, possibly a standby transmitter of the main Budapest station, bR The following scheduled Moscow services are relayed by the above mentioned medium-wave channels.- Total 21 hours Although 1250 kes is used by the low powered Nyiregyhaza Iran emitter until the Moscow relay begins the great incr I Ill 18OO 1$30 2 1830 19oo 3 1901930 41830=2000 5 193002 ,2000 6 .200030 72000=2030 8 2030?2100 9 . 2030=2100 10 2030--2100 1:1 2100=2130 12 2100=2130 13 2130=2200 14 21302200 l ..2130=2200 16 22002230 17 2230=2300 tta e French Italian Serbocroat French English Greek Macedonian Serboeroat Italian English Slovene French Serbocroat Italian English Macedonian xerbocroat. CLASSIFICATION R9'RVMMD Feauenev 1250, 1286 kcs, 1250, 1232 kcs, 854, 1250, 1232 kcs. 1250, 1286 kc,s. 1259 kesa 854, 827 kcso 1250, 1232 kes o 854, 827 kcsv 1250, 1232 kes. 1259 kcsu 854, 82`7 km 1250, 1286 kesa 854, 827 kcs o 1250, 1232 kcso 1259 kcs o 854, 827, 1250 kcs 854, 827, 1250 kes REED TO RffCORD CENTER IUUED, AYELY AFpER USE 31 ?3 Approved For Release 1999/09/01 : CIA-RDP78-04864A000200020008-9 Approved For Release 1999/09/01 : C 00200020008-9 00-#nl4.8 ,qff 4anMLagt ELtjuency 0.8~ 2300-2330 Slovene 854, 827 kcse 1,11 2330'2400 1 Macedonian 854, 827 kce 20) 2400-0030 ~ Serbooroat 854,y 827 kcso (210030-0100 Slovene 854, 827 kc 2 Following the ex pie of medium wave relays over Cox :t.nform stations, Moscow began in. April to pane A1ban. a:n, Huxrgar1.an., Czechoslovak and Polish chor? wave tra .t~ ex _ for purriosee of relaying ertatn other broadcacteo as The short-wave stations utilized in this aeheme are o w1' Budapest (Motd) 6247 k:reo (48002M) 9833 kcso (30o5IM o " Prague (P?odebrady) 9550 krtic. (31o41M); 9504 :kcc (31a571)O 3) Tirana 7850 kcso (382). ~4:) Warsaw 9525 :kc-s , 31. 49M) a The specific program and frequencies involved are o X-1 1930=2000 2030=2100 3 2130-2200 (4 2130-2200 5 2320-0030 (6) 0130=0400 F`re ueno English for 6247, 9833, 9504 kce o H I? H rw er Italian for Italy 7850 kcc English for N.A. 6247, 9833, 9550, 9525 kc er re ea ea 11 Approved For Release 1999/09/01 : CIA-RDP78-04864A000200020008-9

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