In the Donetsk region, from the city of Chasiv Yar, broadcasting of the First Channel of the Ukrainian Radio National Television Company (National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine) to the separatist-held territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions has begun on the frequency 873 kHz, as reported by the Press Service of the Donetsk Military Civil Administration.

Pavlo Zhebrivskyi, the head of the Donetsk Regional State Aviation Administration, assured that the signal for the Ukrainian radio would cover the Donetsk and Luhansk regions along with the separatist-held territories, as well as the Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions, in addition to the border territories of Russia bordering the Donbas.

Yuriy Artemenko, Chairman of the National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine, stressed that in cooperation with the Ministry of Information Policy, the regulator granted the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine permission for temporary broadcasting at a frequency of 873 kHz as early as 12 January.

According to him, this project is the beginning of a larger plan for direct broadcasting to the uncontrolled territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. It is indicated that the broadcasting is carried out from the NAUTEL XL-60 transmitter, which was provided to the Ministry of Information Policy by the company BBG as technical assistance.

According to the estimates of the National Council, the signal of the Ukrainian radio from Chasiv Yar will cover up to 12.7 million people, including both citizens of Ukraine and residents of the Russia and separatist-held territories.

Earlier, the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting announced contests for frequencies for broadcasting in the area of the contact-line in eastern Ukraine and the Crimea.

  Donbas, broadcasting

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