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The story
Radio broadcasts in Ukraine, at the time part of the USSR, began in Kharkiv on 16 November 1924, and a nationwide radio network was initiated in 1928. (In the first years of the USSR Kharkiv was the capital of Ukraine, from December 1919 to January 1934, after which the capital relocated to Kiev, together with headquarters of Ukrainian Radio.)
Programs in the Ukrainian language were initially limited in time and content – more than 70% were political education and agitation: radio newspapers, reports, conversations, news, conferences and meetings. Later the programs of radio stations in Ukraine were extended with music, literature and drama programs for children and youth.
During the World War II, Ukrainian Radio never ceased its operations. At first it had to return to Kharkiv, then to Stalingrad, and later to Saratov, from where regular Ukrainian language broadcasts were conducted.
Today's residence of the Ukrainian Radio at 26 Khreschatyk str. in Kyiv was built in 1949–1951 at the first national TV and radio center, fully equipped with domestic equipment. On 6 November 1951, the first TV broadcast came out of its studio. Ukrainian TV was located there until the 1990s, then moved to new TV-center "Pencil", so residence on Khreschatyk remained the headquarters of radio.
During the USSR period, the State Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Ukrainian SSR had conducted the broadcasting on the channels of the Ukrainian Radio. In the early 1990s, the committee was transformed into the State Broadcasting Company of Ukraine. In 1995, the National Radio Company of Ukraine was isolated from the State Broadcasting Company of Ukraine. In 1995–2016 the National Radio Company of Ukraine was a state-owned company. In 2017 has been merged with National TV company into country's national broadcaster Suspilne.
Since June 2017, the Directorate of Ukrainian Radio is headed by Dmytro Khorkin.
16 November is celebrated as the Day of radio, television and communications workers in Ukraine in honor of the start of broadcasting of the Ukrainian radio in 1924.
Ukrainian Radio is the most popular news and talk radio station in Ukraine. Also it is the biggest FM radio network in the country: 192 settlements in 24 regions. It is a news and current affairs channel that also features literary and musical programmes, programmes for children and youth. Ukrainian Radio also broadcasts live sessions of the Ukrainian parliament (the Verkhovna Rada). In 2018, it entered the Top 5 nationwide radio stations in the news listening rating, according to Internews.
From Wikipedia’s article on Ukrainian Radio, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4