Four Ukrainian radio companies will be able to broadcast to Crimea from Chonhar
The National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine identified four winners of a competition that will be able to broadcast to the Crimea from Chonhar. This information was released by the Council’s press service.
Ukrainian Radio, Atlant-SV, Krym.Reallii and Sofia radio stations will be able to broadcast to the Crimea. "This is the first such competition for broadcasting to the Crimea since its occupation. Broadcasting will be possible after the completion of a new tower in Chonhar town of the Kherson region, located 15 km from the passage monitoring checkpoint," National Council Member Sergiy Kostinsky said.
According to Kostinsky, due to the shutdown of analog TV next year, radio companies will have more chances to get a license. Executive Director of Ukrainian Radio Anatoly Tabachenko noted that the future public broadcaster will have three new radio frequencies, which will soon be mastered.
Ukrainian TV channels broadcasting in the Crimea were completely discontinued in the spring of 2014, immediately after the annexation of the peninsula by Russia. On December 2, construction of a 150-meter tower started in the south of Kherson region for the organization of FM-broadcasting to the Crimea.
The Russian-Crimean authorities of the peninsula have promised to jam the signal from the new Ukrainian radio tower.