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Well, here in Romania, the first public F.M. broadcasting took place on May the 5th, 1963; on radio “Programul trei (Programme 3)”, which could be recived only in Bucharest and in the souranding area. The post was broadcasting in working days form 21 (9 P.M.) untill 23 (11 P.M.) and on the red-letters day form 19.30 (7.30 P.M.) untill 23.00 (11.00 P.M.). Of course, the televsions programmes could be recived by radios with F.M. too. Later, (about 1967) “Programme 3” became “Radio 3 - Romania Tineret (Radio 3 - Romania Youth).
The funny thing is that Romania started to manufacture radios with F.M. before the F.M. broadcastings started. The first radio of this kynd was called “Enescu” (after a famous Romaninan composer), it was produced in 1960 at “Electronica [former Radio Popular (People’s Radio)]” Plants form Bucharest , and it was equiped with electronic tubes. The first Romanian portable radio with F.M. “Mamaia S651T” (produced in1965) was also produced at “Electonica” Plants, but this time with imported components from Japan (made by “Hitachi”)(I have one in my collection); later versions where equiped with Romanian components. The first F.M. stereo radio, “Maestro” was produced in 1972 (Romanian radios where never A.M. stereo, because we didn’t have A.M. stereo broadcastings in Romnaia)
With the Soviet tv sets imported between 1956 and 1962 you could also recvive F.M. broadcastings.
Before 1989 Romania used the Eastern Europeanen F.M. standard, F.M. O.I.R.T.. This meant that theF.M. radios broadcasted between 65 & 73 Mhz. After 1989 (the downfalling of Commnuinsm in Romania) Romania past to the 88…108 Mhz standard.
Well, if you came to Romania you can haer the names “ultrascurte” or U.K.W. Well “ultrascurte” or “unde ultrascurte (ultrashort waves)” cames from the German name of the F.M. “ultrakurz welle”, which initials are U.KW.