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Contents.History Echo of Moscow became famous during the events of - it was one of the few news outlets that spoke against the. The Committee's decree number 3 on the suspension of Echo's broadcast is now regarded as a prestigious state award by the station's journalists.
According to editor-in-chief, the special Alfa group made several attempts to cut the radio's access to the transmitter, but its employees managed to connect the studio directly to the transmitter through the telephone line and continue broadcasting. From the first day of its existence Echo of Moscow adhered to one rule: «All significant points of view about events should be presented».
Echo Moskvy FM is a broadcast radio station from Moscow, Russia providing news, politics and culture, press reviews, conversations with guests, chat with the.
Journalists have been jokingly calling the station «Ear of Moscow».Most of Echo of Moscow's content consists of news and talk shows focusing on social and political issues, where the station tries to represent different points of view. Has been the station's chief editor since 1998.
Radio hosts of the station include, and.As of April 2014 is the most popular presenter at the radio station.In addition to broadcasting, Echo of Moscow runs a website that publishes analytical and factual materials in a variety of fields including international and domestic political affairs, social developments and cultural trends. The articles are written by well-known political analysts, academic researchers, columnists and public figures.
Among the website's authors are, Matvey Ganapolsky, and a number of others, who have sustained national and international acclaim in their areas of expertise. The Echo of Moscow site is an authoritative source of information, and its publications are regularly cited, relied on and reproduced by major Russian internet publications and other media sources.As of 2018 Echo of Moscow is majority owned by which holds 66% of its shares, the remaining 34% are held by journalist staff.Approximately 900,000 people in Moscow and 1,8 million in other Russian regions listen to Echo of Moscow daily. According to TNS Global (Moscow, summer 2011), the most common listeners are middle class and upper middle class Russians 40 years and older with a higher education, residing in the city of Moscow. They make up one third of the total listeners of the radio station. The radio's programs can also be streamed online and are available in text, audio and video formats at the station's website.
The website itself attracts an average of 700.000 visitors daily.In October 2017, the station was broken into by an assailant who pepper-sprayed a security guard and soon afterwards stabbed, one of Echo's top presenters, in the neck. Her injuries were life-threatening, but she was able to make a full recovery thanks to timely medical intervention. The station described the attacker as an, quoting 'informed sources'.
Forensic medical expertise determined him to be a, and he was sentenced to compulsory medical treatment by the court. Critics and controversy In September 2009, numerous chief editor replies point out that Gazprom and/or other stock-holders did not interfere with informational policy and were not allowed to.On 1 November 2014, the station received an official warning that a program the station had aired about contained 'information justifying '. A radio station can be closed down if it receives two Roskomnadzor warnings in one year. Frequencies.
— 71.06, 104.2 FM. — 69.11 FM. — 70.70, 99.5 FM. —.
— 67.46, 91.4 FM. — 105.3 FM. — 69.5 FM. — 105.8 FM. — 106.6 FM.
— 105.2 FM. — 102.4 FM. — 91.2 FM. — 107.0 FM.
— 107.4 FM. — 101.3 FM. — 70.55, 105.0 FM. — 107.5 FM. — 91.2 FM. — 69.44 FM.
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— 99.1 FM. — 91.5 FM., — 105.8 FM.
— 107.9 FM. — 105.0 FM. — 72.44 FM.
— 107.2 FM. — 91.1 FM. — 105.0 FM., — 102.8 FM. — 105.7 FM.
— 106.5 FM. — 71.06 FMGallery.
Image captionEkho Moskvy has editorial independence but is 66%-owned by Gazprom MediaThe head of one of Russia's few remaining independent broadcasters, Ekho Moskvy, has been dismissed and replaced by an editor from state media.Yuri Fedutinov has been in charge of the radio station since 1992. The new director, Yekaterina Pavlova, worked most recently at Voice of Russia.Ekho Moskvy is one of the few independent voices in Russian media.Its editor said it was an 'unjust' and 'totally political decision' aimed at changing editorial policy.In recent weeks, an independent TV channel, Dozhd, has been dropped by satellite and cable operators. Image copyright AP Image captionTV Channel Dozhd is on the brink of collapse after it was dropped by satellite and cable providersEkho Moskvy's long-serving editor, Alexei Venediktov, has described Mr Fedutinov's removal as 'unjust and dishonest' and a 'totally political decision' intended to put pressure on Ekho's editorial policy, which he insisted would remain unchanged.
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