Europa Plus

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For the pro-European electoral alliance in Poland, see Europa Plus (Poland).

Europa Plus is Russia's first and the most popular commercial radio station. They started broadcasting on April 30, 1990. It is mainly formatted with Hot AC/Top 40.

Europa Plus spans across Russia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. They are one of the world's largest radio networks, broadcasting on more than 230 transmitters, on 2 satellites: Intersputnik Express 6 and Intelsat 904. Europa Plus can be found in most towns in Russia, and usually rank within the top 3 radio stations in town. Usually, Europa Plus in most towns will have some local programs in addition to replaying programming from the mothership station at 106.2 FM in Moscow.

Europa Plus is home to the international dance sensation "Garage" and "EuroMix" hosted by DJ Suhov, DJ Viper and DJ Polina. After May 12, 2007, EuroMix and Garage swapped days and EuroMix now broadcasts for 6 hours instead of the original 2 hours.

On May 14, 2007, Europa Plus redesigned their website.

A group of high school students brought the network to USA from 2001 to 2004, today they're known as Surge Radio.

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