Radio Liberty to return to mediumwave August 1

 

Lithuania

Thanks to Rihards Millers in Latvia who brings our attention to the news published earlier this morning (30 July 2025) that Radio Liberty is to return on mediumwave via Lithuania. According to the station itself (in Russian - https://www.svoboda.org/a/radio-svoboda-vozobnovlyaet-efirnoe-veschanie-na-srednih-volnah/33489174.html), the new broadcast times will be 8:30-11:30 Moscow time (05:30-08:30 UTC). 

Translated to English the report on the Svoboda.org website reads:

"On August 1, Radio Liberty will resume broadcasting, which was suspended in June 2025 due to unfavorable budgetary circumstances.

Listen to us daily in the medium wave range at a frequency of 1386 kHz from 8.30 to 11.30 Moscow time. The program includes live news, analytical talk shows on current topics, interviews with experts and opinion leaders on politics, culture, public life, podcasts, the best from the Radio Liberty archive.

RS programs and news releases are still available around the clock in the audio stream on the Svoboda.org website, on the Radio Liberty Live YouTube channel, and in the main RS Telegram channel. Individual radio programs and podcasts from Radio Liberty are posted online, in particular, on popular podcast platforms and in the Radio Liberty Podcast Studio Telegram channel. You can also get acquainted with Radio Liberty programs through mobile applications for Android and iOS.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which includes the Russian Service, is an independent media corporation. Its work is financed by funds allocated by the U.S. Congress through the Agency for Global Media (USAGM).

Rihards says that, apparently for now BBC will remain in the late evening hours on 1386 kHz. 

Many thanks to Rihards for this report

(BDXC)

Radio Liberty may soon end close Lithuanian broadcasts

 

LITHUANIA   

Radio Liberty may stop broadcasting on MW from mid-April

Andrey Shary, ex-director of Radio Liberty's Russian service (though he still works with that service), has commented on the current state of affairs.

"Even short-term prospects remain vague; planning horizons have been greatly reduced; we are forced to contract, primarily in terms of money, to look for much more economical ways of working. So far, nothing has been closed and no one has been fired, but many things have had to be put on hold. Some popular projects of the Russian Service have been suspended or are being suspended [...]. Evening radio relays on medium waves may cease from mid-April. Other reductions are also quite possible."

https://www.svoboda.org/a/svoboda-svobody-andrey-sharyy-o-trudnyh-vremenah/33362936.html

(WWDXC Top Nx 1613/08 Apr 2025)