Maiac

Maiac Mayak
—  town  —
Maiac Location within Moldova
Coordinates: 47°14′15″N 29°23′9″E / 47.2375°N 29.38583°E / 47.2375; 29.38583Coordinates: 47°14′15″N 29°23′9″E / 47.2375°N 29.38583°E / 47.2375; 29.38583
Country	Moldova
County	Transnistria
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Maiac (Ukrainian and Russian: Маяк, Mayak) is an urban settlement (according to Transnistrian authorities^{[citation needed]}), or city (according to the Moldovan legislation) in the Grigoriopol sub-district, Transnistria, Moldova, 13 km east of Grigoriopol, on the Ukrainian border.

Transmitter

Main article: Grigoriopol transmitter

The Transnistrian Radio and Television Center (TRTC) is located in Maiac. It is a large broadcasting centre for short- and mediumwave, which was built up in the years between 1968 and 1975. It covers an area of 9.5 km²., and housed at the end of 1980s 20 transmitters. In 1997, a 350 meters, and a 250 meters mast of the facility used for medium wave broadcasting collapsed as a result of icing. ^[1]

In October 2007 the Russian unitary enterprize Russian Television and Radio Networks acquired 100% of shares of the TRTC for $3,314,388.^[2]

References

1. ^ www.panoramio.com
2. ^ "The New Owner of the Transnistrian Radio and TV Center Intends to Make it Work Successful", November 14, 2007 (Russian)