LITHUANIA
Nasha Lenta - new broadcast on 1557 kHz. On Friday, 5 August at 1700 UTC, "Radio Pravda" [Radio Truth] began broadcasting on AM 1557 from Sitkunai in Lithuania. The station, also known as "Nasha Lenta" (Our Band), provides independent information in Russian, to Russia and Belarus and is funded entirely by private donors.
The programs are supervised by the Dutch Media Authority. Radio Pravda has been authorized by the Dutch Commissariat and the programs are produced in the Netherlands before being forwarded to Lithuania for rebroadcast on 1557 kHz. The Lithuanian authorities, in turn, issued a "rebroadcast license".
There are no political motives and there is no involvement of any government, including financial. "All that matters is the free flow of uncensored, verified information to Russia and Belarus."
The transmitter used in Lithuania is the Nautel RX50 [50 kW] which was still used by Big L on AM 1395 kHz from Trintelhaven in the Netherlands, in an attempt to reach a daytime audience in England. Later this station was used on 1008 kHz to broadcast the religious station Groot Nieuws Radio. Since the closure of the 1008 kHz, the transmitter has been stored in the Netherlands.
The results are phenomenal. The signal on AM 1557 is well received throughout Europe at night. There is a strong night signal in cities like Saint Petersburg, Moscow, and Minsk and it also covers the entire territory of Ukraine.
(Radiovisie.eu translated from Dutch via AP 10 Aug)
The s identification as. "Nasha Lenta", it is on the air from approx 1700-2100 UTC on 1557 kHz.
(NZ DX Times via wor. MW DX Report - By Dave Kenny-UK in
BrDXC-UK "Communication" magazine Sept 3, page #27)
(Top News 1516/09 Sept 2022)