{"id":26833,"date":"2017-07-02T06:50:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T10:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=26833"},"modified":"2017-07-02T06:50:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T10:50:48","slug":"sputnik-radio-moves-to-the-dc-fm-radio-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/sputnik-radio-moves-to-the-dc-fm-radio-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Sputnik Radio moves to the DC FM radio market"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>(Source: Sputnik News<\/a> via Sheldon Harvey)<\/p>\n

“Sputnik Radio begins broadcasting in Washington DC on the FM bandwidth, bringing its programming to FM listeners across the metropolitan area for the very first time.<\/p>\n

Sputnik Radio broadcasts, ranging from news programs to talk shows and financial analysis, are now available on 105.5 FM, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for the tip, Sheldon!<\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time Russian state media has moved to the DC market.<\/p>\n

Does anyone remember back in 2011 when the Voice of Russia<\/a> started broadcasting to the DC audience?<\/p>\n

Click here to read about it in our archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Sputnik News via Sheldon Harvey) “Sputnik Radio begins broadcasting in Washington DC on the FM bandwidth, bringing its programming to FM listeners across the metropolitan area for the very first time. Sputnik Radio broadcasts, ranging from news programs to talk shows and financial analysis, are now available on 105.5 FM, 24 hours a day, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3,1850],"tags":[4119,4288,408],"class_list":["post-26833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-propaganda","tag-propaganda","tag-sputnik","tag-voice-of-russia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6YN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52088,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/nab-calls-on-us-am-fm-stations-to-cease-russian-programming\/","url_meta":{"origin":26833,"position":0},"title":"NAB calls on US AM\/FM stations to cease Russian programming","author":"Thomas","date":"March 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Zack Schindler, who shares the following stories all focused on US broadcasters receiving pressure from the NAB and their communities to halt broadcasts of Russian state-sponsored media like Russia Today and Sputnik: NAB Calls On Broadcasters To Cease Russian Programming (Radio and Television Business\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":36573,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/doj-wants-rm-broadcasting-to-register-as-a-foreign-agent-for-broadcasting-sputnik-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":26833,"position":1},"title":"DOJ wants RM Broadcasting to register as a foreign agent for broadcasting Sputnik Radio","author":"Thomas","date":"March 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Washington Post via Mike Hansgen) Sputnik radio, a media organization funded by the Russian government with offices around the world, broadcasts from a studio in downtown Washington blocks from the White House. 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