TALLIN, November 18 (Sputnik) — The Estonian Technical Surveillance authority said Tuesday that Estonia currently does not have a vacant FM radio frequency to broadcast Russia's new international Sputnik channel.
"This year the competition for receiving the licenses on radio broadcasting was very high [in Estonia], as a result we have handed out 29 licenses," Peeter Sookruus, the representative of the authority said live on Estonian television.
Sookruus noted that in radio broadcasting the lack of frequencies serves as a limiting factor.
Sputnik, a major new media brand, went live on November 10. Sputnik's bureaus across the globe will maintain their own websites and broadcast from local radio stations.
In 2015, Sputnik plans to broadcast in 30 languages, with over 800 hours of radio programming daily, covering over 130 cities in 34 countries.
According to International Information Agency Rossiya Segodnya Director General Dmitry Kiselev, Sputnik's mission is to bring a different perspective to the global audience, tired of the aggressive promotion of a unipolar world.
