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| Type | Public-servicesound broadcasting |
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| Availability | National; international |
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| Headquarters | Tallinn,Estonia |
| Owner | Government of Estonia |
Key people | Margus Allikmaa (Chairman, 2004–2007)[1] |
Launch date | 18 December 1926; 99 years ago (1926-12-18) (as Raadio Ringhääling) |
| Dissolved | 1 June 2007; 18 years ago (2007-06-01) |
| Replaced | Riigi Ringhääling [et] |
| Replaced by | ERR |
Eesti Raadio (Estonian Radio, ER) was the public serviceradio broadcaster of Estonia that, at the time of closure, operated five national radio stations. It was closed in 2007 as a result of a merger withEesti Televisioon (Estonian Television, ETV) to form the Estonian Public Broadcasting service, orEesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR).
It was founded in 1926 as "Radio Broadcasting" (Raadio Ringhääling [et], RRH), in the same year it launched a radio station of the same name on medium waves and in 1934 it was reorganized into the State Radio Broadcasting (Riigi Ringhääling [et], RRH).[2]
In 1940, theRadio Committee of the Council of People's Commissars of the ESSR (Radio Committee of the ESSR) renamed the radio channel into ER, becoming the republican time slot within theAll Union First Programme, the retransmission of which began through theRiga radio transmitter. In 1941, the ER radio transmitter was confiscated by theGerman occupation radio station, launching theLandessender Reval [et] radio station through it. In 1944, the radio transmitter was returned to the Radio Committee of theEstonian SSR, and the retransmission of theComintern radio station in Estonia resumed. In 1953, the Radio Committee of the ESSR was reorganized into the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Culture of the ESSR (Radio Administration of the ESSR).[citation needed]
In 1957, the ESSR Radio Administration was reorganized into the ESSR State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting (Eesti NSV Ministrite Nõukogu Riiklik Televisiooni ja Raadio Komitee, or simply ESSR State Radio and Television). On 3 April 1967, the ESSRGosteleradio launched the later namedVikerraadio ("rainbow").
In 1990, the ESSR State Radio and Television was divided intoEesti Televisioon (Estonian Television, ETV) and Estonian Radio. On 1 January 1993, ER was admitted as a full active member of theEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU). From the restoration of independence in 1991 to 31 December 1992, it was a member of theInternational Radio and Television Organisation (OIRT). On 1 May 1993, the radio station "Estonian Radio" was renamed to ER2, whilstVikerraadio was renamed ER1 and the radio stations ER3 and ER4 were launched. At the start of April 1995, ER3 was renamedKlassikaraadio, ER4 toRaadio 4, ER2 toRaadio 2, and ER1 revived its old name Vikerraadio. Raadio 4, which broadcasts mostly in Russian, was opened inNarva in 1996.[3]
The activities of Eesti Raadio as an independent broadcaster were terminated on 31 May 2007. On 1 June 2007, following a law passed by theRiigikogu on 18 January 2007, Eesti Raadio merged withEesti Televisioon (ETV) to createEesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR).[4] The merger of ER and ETV had been discussed since the early 2000s.[5]
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