SK-RADIO

SK-RADIO is the kind of Russian regional station that operates with minimal mystery. The call letters don't spell out a mission statement or cultural positioning - they're just identifiers. What the station actually does is play music selected for a Russian regional audience, broadcast at 128 kbps, and maintain programming schedules that listeners can depend on. The music is contemporary Russian pop, some rock that's aged well enough to be considered classics in the region, and whatever chart-heavy international material fits the station's target demographic. Without specific language informat…