Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company

Public radio broadcaster in Romania

Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune

Radio Romania headquarters in Bucharest

Type| Radio network
Country|

Romania

Availability| National & international (through Radio Romania International)
Owner| Romanian Government

Key people

| Răzvan-Ioan Dincă

Launch date

| 1 November 1928; 96 years ago (1928-11-01)

Former names

| Societatea de Difuziune Radiotelefonică (1928–1936)

Official website

| www.srr.ro

The Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company (Romanian: Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune), informally referred to as Radio Romania (Romanian: Radio România), is the public radio broadcaster in Romania. It operates FM and AM, and internet national and local radio channels. The local stations are branded under the Radio România Regional umbrella.

Radio Romania International is the company's international radio station, broadcasting on three channels in Romanian, English, French, Aromanian, Spanish, German, Italian, Serbian, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, and Arabic.[1]

## Structure

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The company operates radio stations as well as broadcasting related entities, listed below.

### National stations

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FM and AM, internet, and T-DAB radio stations:

* Radio România Actualități (main station with news and pop music)[2]
* Radio Antena Satelor (focused on rural affairs and folk music)[3]
* Radio România Cultural (classical music, theatre and main news programming)
* Radio România Muzical (limited reception, classical music)[4]
* Radio Romania International[5]
* RRI 1 – Romania Live
* RRI 2 – Radio Bridges
* eTeatru.ro[6]
* National Radio Theatre[7]
* Radio3Net Florian Pittiș[8]
* Radio România Junior[9]

### Regional stations

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* Radio România Regional (the regional network, focused on regional news, minority programmes and mostly oldies, or pop music):[10]
* București FM[11]
* Radio Cluj[12]
* Radio Constanța[13]
* Radio Vacanța (seasonal, summertime programme of Radio Constanța)[14]
* Radio Craiova[15]
* Radio Iași[16]
* Radio Reșița[17]
* Radio Târgu Mureș[18]
* Radio Timișoara[19]
* Radio Romania Brașov FM[20]
* Radio Chișinău (Moldova)[21]

### Other services

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Publishing

* Politică Românească
* Editura Casa Radio (Casa Radio Publishing House)[22]

News Agency

* RADOR[23]

Concerts and events

* Radio România Formații Muzicale (Radio Romania Orchestras and Choirs)[24]
* Târgul de Carte Gaudeamus (Gaudeamus Bookfair)[25]

## History

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Before 1928, there was a pro-radio movement, led by professor Dragomir Hurmuzescu, who, in March 1925, funded "The Friends of Radio Association".

The first experimental transmission was broadcast in summer 1925, during "Bucharest's month". Periodic broadcasts were made during 1926 and 1927 by "The Friends of Radio Association" and the University Electrotechnical Institute. In 1927 a short wave emitter was installed and were made the first transatlantic experimental broadcasts. "The gramophone recording broadcast through electromagnetic cartridge has been clearly heard in Boston, United States". In March 1928 the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company was legally founded.

In the 1930s, engineer Constantin Zablovschi achieved a remarkable feat in the field of telecommunications by establishing a transatlantic radio link between Bucharest and New York.[26]

The first radio transmission was broadcast on November 1, 1928, 5:00 PM. The first official radio show was inaugurated by the Romanian physicist and professor Dragomir Hurmuzescu, who became the president of the Administration Council of The Radiotelephonic Broadcasting Company.

On December 18, 1928, the first comic radio show was broadcast.

In 1929, the following shows were broadcast:

* The first show for children: Children's Hour (Ora copiilor, 12 January).
* The first theater broadcast: the poem "One Autumn" (O toamnă) by Alfred Moșoiu (23 January).
* The first live broadcast from the Opera: Aida by Giuseppe Verdi (14 April).
* The first live broadcast from the Romanian Atheneum (28 October).

### 1928–1937

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The number of broadcasting hours increases consistently, reaching 3,517 hours in 1934.

* In 1929, 70% of the radio shows are music shows.
* On 21 March 1930, an opera play from a studio belonging to the RBC is broadcast for the first time (The Barber of Seville).
* On 11 June 1933 – the first live football broadcast: an international match between Romania and Yugoslavia.
* On 4 April 1936, the "Radiotelephonic Broadcasting Company" becomes the "Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company".
* In 1937, Chişinău City Hall gave the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company a building to open the first radio station in Chişinău, Radio Basarabia, to counter Soviet propaganda.[27][28]

### 1938–1944

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Radio Basarabia in 1940

* In 1938, the spoken shows held a percentage of 22.37%, and the music shows 52.32%.
* The first regional studios:
* 8 October 1939, in Chişinău, Radio Basarabia (with own shows in Romanian and Russian), (nowadays Radio Moldova);
* 2 November 1941, in Iaşi, Radio Moldova, (nowadays Radio Iaşi).
* On 12 February 1939 – a Romanian Show for the America was broadcast.
* In 1941, the Radio Chorus was funded.
* During World War II, although the components of the RRBC were dispersed on 22 April 1944, the broadcasting of the shows continued even during the rough moments of August 1944.
* 23 August 1944 – King's message and the Government's proclamation after the coup d'état were broadcast.
* 24 August 1944 – the headquarters of RRBC were destroyed during the German bombing of Bucharest.

### 1945–1988

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The political events after the end of World War II affected the institution.

* 11 June 1948 – the RRBC was fully state controlled; composer Matei Socor is named director-general
* in 1952 the new headquarters of RRBC was inaugurated
* After 1954 the local stations appear:
* Cluj – 15 March 1954
* Craiova – 6 June 1954
* Timişoara – 1955
* Târgu Mureş – 1958
* Radio Vacanţa – 1967 (seaside radio station)
* 5 May 1963 – the 3rd channel (Programul III)[29]
* 1985 – the local stations stop broadcasting (by a Presidential Decree)

### 1989–2000

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* 1990 – Radio Constanța and Antena Bucureștilor started broadcasting
* Radio Romania International broadcasts in 17 languages on five continents
* The RRBC becomes member of the European Radio Union.
* 24 March 1997 – Radio România Muzical begins broadcasting; 16 hours per day
* 1 December 1998 – Radio București begins broadcasting
* 1999 – Radio Mureş, Antena Braşovului

### 2004–2011

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* The local stations are digitalized 80%.
* 2004 – In cooperation with CNN Radio, RRBC broadcasts the Democratic National Convention, the Republican Convention and the general elections in United States.
* 2 April 2004 – the Correspondent Office of RRBC at Berlin
* June 2004 – the Correspondent Office of RRBC at Brussels
* 21 July 2004 – the Correspondent Office of RRBC at Washington D. C., inside the National Press Building.
* 16 November 2004 – Radio România Tineret becomes Radio3Net and broadcasts only on the Internet[30]
* On July 2, 2008, the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company changed its logos, introducing a square divided in four shapes.[31]
* 1 December 2011 – Radio Chişinău relaunched.

## References

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1. ^ "Radio România Internațional". Radio România Internațional.
2. ^ "Radio România Actualități Online". www.romania-actualitati.ro.
3. ^ "Acasă - Antena Satelor". www.antenasatelor.ro.
4. ^ "Radio România Muzical". www.romania-muzical.ro.
5. ^ "Radio România Internațional". www.rri.ro. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
6. ^ "Teatru radiofonic". eteatru.
7. ^ "Teatrul Naţional Radiofonic". tnr.srr.ro.
8. ^ "Un Radio În Culori". Radio3Net.
9. ^ "radioromaniajunior.ro". www.radioromaniajunior.ro. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
10. ^ "Radio România Regional". Radio România Regional.
11. ^ "Radio Bucuresti FM - Radio Muzica Live Online - Stiri Bucuresti". Radio Bucuresti FM - Radio Muzica Live Online - Stiri Bucuresti.
12. ^ "ro". April 8, 2021.
13. ^ "Stiri Constanta - Radio Constanta - Stiri Tulcea". Stiri Constanta - Radio Constanta - Stiri Tulcea.
14. ^ "Radio Vacanta - Radio online - Stiri litoral". Radio Vacanta - Radio online - Stiri litoral.
15. ^ "Radio România Oltenia - Craiova". Radio România Oltenia-Craiova.
16. ^ "Radio România Iași". Radio Iaşi – Cel mai ascultat radio regional - știri, muzică și evenimente.
17. ^ "Radio România Reșița". Radio România Reșița.
18. ^ "Radio Romania Targu Mures". Radio Romania Targu Mures.
19. ^ "Radio Timișoara". Radio Timișoara.
20. ^ "Radio România Brașov FM". Radio România Brașov FM.
21. ^ "Radio Chișinău". radiochisinau.md.
22. ^ "Editura Casa Radio". www.edituracasaradio.ro.
23. ^ "Agenția de presă Rador | Agenția de presă Rador". February 28, 2025.
24. ^ "Sala Radio". Sala Radio.
25. ^ "Târgul de carte Gaudeamus Radio România". www.gaudeamus.ro.
26. ^ Acatrinei, Filaret (2005). Radiodifuziunea Română de la înființare la "etatizare" 1925-1948 (in Romanian).
27. ^ "Radio Moldova se revendica de la Radio Tiraspol". Archived from the original on May 21, 2013.
28. ^ "Radiofonie românească: Radio Basarabia - Cultură - Radio România Actualităţi Online". www.romania-actualitati.ro.
29. ^ "DOCUMENTAR: Programul 3 pentru tineret al Radiodifuziunii, "un radio în blue-jeans" – 46 de ani de la inaugurare – Radio România Cultural".
30. ^ "Official site". Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2006-11-01.
31. ^ "The official press release of the company".

## External links

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* Official website

* v
* t
* e

Romanian language radio stations

Public|

* RRA
* RRC
* R3N
* RRM
* RAS
* RRI
* RRI 1
* RRI 2
* RC
* RRR (Radio Cluj
* Radio Constanța
* Radio Iași
* Radio Reșița)

Private|

* Dance FM
* Europa FM
* Guerrilla
* Gold FM
* Impuls
* Kiss FM
* Pro FM
* RFI
* Virgin
* Radio ZU

Local|

* Radio Maria

Public (Moldova)|

* Radio Moldova
* Radio Moldova Internațional
* Radio Moldova Tineret

Private (Moldova)|

* Radio Chișinău
* Kiss FM
* Pro FM
* Radio Noroc
* Jurnal FM
* Vocea Basarabiei
* RFI
* Publika FM

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* t
* e

National radio broadcasters in the EU

* ORF (Austria)
* RTBF and VRT (Belgium)
* BNR (Bulgaria)
* HR (Croatia)
* CyBC (Cyprus)
* ČRo (Czech Republic)
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* ERA (Greece)
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* ROR (Romania)
* STVR (Slovakia)
* RTVSLO (Slovenia)
* RNE (Spain)
* SR (Sweden)

* v
* t
* e

Members of the European Broadcasting Union

Active
members|

| Current|

* ARD
* BR
* DLR
* DW
* HR
* MDR
* NDR
* RB
* RBB
* SR
* SWR
* WDR
* ARMR
* ARMTV
* Arte
* BBC
* BHRT
* BNR
* BNT
* ČRo
* ČT
* CyBC
* DR
* ENRS
* EPTV
* ERR
* ER
* ETV
* ERT
* ERA
* GPB
* GRF
* FMM
* FTV
* RF
* HRT
* HR
* İCTI
* İR
* İTV
* JRTV
* KAN
* LNC
* LRT
* LSM
* LR
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* MMD
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* MTVA
* Duna
* NPO
* AVROTROS
* BNNVARA
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* NRK
* NTU
* ORF
* PBS
* PR
* RAI
* ROR
* RTBF
* RTCG
* RTÉ
* RTL
* RTP
* RTS
* RTSH
* RTT
* RT
* TT
* RTVA
* RTVE
* RNE
* TVE
* RTVSLO
* RÚV
* SMRTV
* SNRT
* SRG SSR
* SRT
* SR
* SVT
* UR
* STVR
* SU
* TDA
* TG4
* TL
* TRM
* TRT
* TV 2 (DK)
* TV 2 (NO)
* TVM (MC)
* TVP
* TVR
* UKIB
* C4
* ITV
* S4C
* STV
* VR
* VRT
* Yle
* ZDF

|

Suspended|

* BTRC
* C1R
* RDO
* MK
* OP
* VGTRK

Former|

* A3R
* C+
* C1O
* COPE
* CRCA
* ČST
* E1
* ERTT
* GRMC
* RMC
* TMC
* IBA (GB)
* IBA (IL)
* INR-NIR
* ITA
* ITCA
* JRT
* LJBC
* MBA
* MR
* MTV (FI)
* MTV (HU)
* NERIT
* NRU
* OFRT
* ORTF
* RTF
* RTVS
* SER
* SRo
* STV
* TDF
* TF1
* TMC
* TV4
* UJRT

Associate
members|

| Current|

* ABC (AU)
* ABC (US)
* ACORAB
* APM
* C13 (CL)
* CBC/SRC (CA)
* CBS
* CMG
* CCTV
* CGTN
* CNR
* CRI
* FPA
* Free
* ICRT
* IRIB
* KA
* KBS
* MBC (MU)
* NBAB
* NBC (US)
* NHK
* NPR
* ORTAS
* PART
* RB
* RNZ
* RTHK
* RTM
* SBS
* SMG
* TBS
* TEME
* TVNZ
* WFMT

|

Former|

* 4TA
* ABERT
* AFMN
* AIR
* AMÉRICA
* ANB
* ATEC
* ATV
* BCB
* C7
* C12
* C13 (AR)
* CBC (BB)
* CBC (LK)
* CMRT
* CNN
* CPB
* CTV
* DA
* EBC
* EMI
* EURT
* FTN
* GBC
* GBS
* GLOBO
* GRTS
* IBB
* IRV
* JBC
* JCC
* IBTE
* KBTS
* KNR
* LBC
* MBC (MW)
* MBC (KR)
* MBS
* MPR
* NACB
* NAEB
* NBC (NG)
* NBC (PNG)
* NET
* NTV
* NTVC
* NYPR
* ORTN
* PANTEL
* PBC
* PTV
* QR
* QTBC
* RCR
* RCTV
* RD
* REI
* RN
* RNT
* RP
* RRI
* RTC
* RTG
* RTI
* RTM
* RTS
* RTV
* SABC
* SABTVS
* SLBC
* STS
* T2
* TBC
* TCM
* TFM/JOAU-FM
* TH
* TIM
* TIME
* TSM
* TSN
* TVA
* TVB
* TVM (MR)
* TVN
* TVRI
* UAERTVD
* USIA
* VK
* VV
* VZ
* WGBH
* ZBC

Approved
participants|

| Current|

* CAT
* Cellnex
* Euronews
* INA
* JPMRD
* RTV
* TV5Monde

|

Former|

* Abertis
* AH
* IETV
* MEBC
* RETE
* RTRN
* SNTC
* URTI

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Eastern Bloc information dissemination

Overview|

* Media of the Soviet Union
* Broadcasting
* State Committee (Gosteleradio)
* Radio
* Television
* Printed media
* Mass media in Communist Czechoslovakia

Newspapers|

* Soviet Union
* Central newspapers: Pravda
* Izvestia
* Komsomolskaya Pravda
* Pionerskaya Pravda
* Trud
* Sovetsky Sport
* Republican newspapers: Sovetskaya Rossiya (Russian SFSR)
* Zvyazda (Byelorussian SSR)
* Sovetskaya Latviya (Latvian SSR)
* Cīņa (Latvian SSR)
* Tiesa (Lithuanian SSR)
* Czerwony Sztandar (Lithuanian SSR)
* Sovetskaya Litva (Lithuanian SSR)
* Rahva Hääl (Estonian SSR)
* Neuvosto-Karjala (Karelo-Finnish SSR)
* Komunisti (Georgian SSR)
* Sotsialistik Qazaqstan (Kazakh SSR)
* Sovettik Kyrgyzstan (Kirghiz SSR)
* Moldova Socialistă (Moldavian SSR)
* Esti Budapest (Hungary)
* Esti Hírlap (Hungary)
* Freie Erde (East Germany)
* Haqiqat-e Inquilab-e Saur (Afghanistan)
* Laiko Vima (Albania)
* Mladá fronta Dnes (Czechoslovakia)
* Népszabadság (Hungary)
* Neues Deutschland (East Germany)
* Pravda (Czechoslovakia)
* Rabotnichesko Delo (Bulgaria)
* Rudé právo (Czechoslovakia)
* Scînteia (Romania)
* Trybuna Ludu (Poland)
* Zëri i Popullit (Albania)

Magazines|

* Atze (East Germany)
* Dolgozó nő (Romania)
* Eulenspiegel (East Germany)
* Femeia (Romania)
* Filmspiegel (East Germany)
* Form und Zweck (East Germany)
* FRÖSI (East Germany)
* Für Dich (East Germany)
* Guter Rat (East Germany)
* Jugend und Technik (East Germany)
* Kultur im Heim (East Germany)
* Lakáskultúra (Hungary)
* Neue Berliner Illustrierte (East Germany)
* Neue Werbung (East Germany)
* Neuer Weg (East Germany)
* Neues Leben (East Germany)
* Novy Vostok (Soviet Union)
* Oktyabr (Soviet Union)
* Sibylle (East Germany)
* Sputnik (Soviet Union)
* Vlasta (Czechoslovakia)

Television|

* Televizioni Shqiptar (Albania)
* Bulgarian National Television (Bulgaria)
* 1st Programme BT
* 2nd Programme BT
* ČST (Czechoslovakia)
* F1
* ČST2
* DFF (East Germany)
* DFF1
* DFF2
* MTV (Hungary)
* TV1
* TV2
* TVP (Poland)
* TP1
* TP2
* TVR (Romania)
* TVR 1
* TVR 2
* Central Television (USSR)
* Programme One
* Programme Two
* Moscow Programme
* Programme Four
* Leningrad Television (Russian SFSR)
* Republican stations:
* Armenia 1 (Armenian SSR)
* AzTV (Azerbaijan SSR)
* Belarus Television (Byelorussian SSR)
* ETV (Estonian SSR)
* First Channel (Georgian SSR)
* Rigas Televīzija (Latvian SSR)
* Lietuvos Televizija (Lithuanian SSR)
* Canalul 1 (Moldavian SSR)
* Ukrainian Television Ch.1 (Ukrainian SSR)

Radio|

* All-Union Radio (USSR)
* First Programme (USSR)
* Second Programme (USSR)
* Radio Yunost (USSR)
* Radio Orfey (USSR)
* Eesti Raadio (Estonian SSR)
* Latvijas Radio 1 (Latvian SSR)
* Lietuvos radijas (Lithuanian SSR)
* Radio Moscow (Russian SFSR)
* Radio Peace and Progress
* Public Radio of the Armenian SSR
* Radio Belarus (Byelorussian SSR)
* Radio Georgia (Georgian SSR)
* Rundfunk der DDR (East Germany)
* Berliner Rundfunk
* Deutschlandsender
* Radio DDR 1
* Radio DDR 2
* DT64
* Radio Berlin International
* Radio Tirana (Albania)
* Radio Bulgaria
* Horizont (Bulgaria)
* Magyar Rádió (Hungary)
* Kossuth Rádió (Hungary)
* Radio Polonia
* Program 1 Polskiego Radia (Poland)
* Radio Romania

Agencies|

* TASS (USSR)
* BelTA (Byelorussian SSR)
* ELTA (Lithuanian SSR)
* APN (USSR)
* Soviet Information Bureau
* ADN (East Germany)
* Czech News Agency (Czechoslovakia)
* ATSH (Albania)

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany
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Other|

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