Raadio 4 is Estonian radio station, owned by Eesti Rahvusringhääling (Estonian Public Broadcasting; formerly Eesti Raadio) and started broadcasting on 1 May 1993. The station caters for the country's Russophone population.
History Russian-language broadcasts existed before the 1993 reforms, carried by Eesti Raadio IV programme. On 1 May 1993, Raadio 4 began broadcasting in earnest; by October, it had become the second most-listened-to radio station in Tallinn, according to a survey conducted by Baltic Media Facts, attracting 18%; Raadio 2 occupied the top spot at 20%.
At 5:30pm on 3 June 2014, an air conditioner caused a fire at its studios.Raadio 4 stuudios süttis otse eetris-konditsioneer, Õhtuleht, 3 June 2014, retrieved 24 September 2026
Two Raadio 4 reporters, Kirill Krabut and Julia Balit, who were covering at a refugee camp at the Turkish-Syrian border, were misidentified as ISIS agents and taken to the police; at the time, the reporters were at a café. The two spent two hours at the police station and could only communicate with the help of Google Translate and an English teacher.ERR-i ajakirjanikud võeti Türgis ISISe agentide pähe kinni, Õhtuleht, 14 October 2015, retrieved 24 September 2026
Since its inception, the station has aired Rozhdestvenskiy Blagovest ("Christmas Joy") over the Christmas and New Year period, ending 7 January. Initially, it only supported children with leukemia, but subsequently broadened its scope to raise funds for children's hospitals across Estonia.Raadio 4 “Jõulurõõmu kuulutus” toetab tänavu Kohtla-Järve lastekodu, Good News, 27 December 2014, retrieved 24 September 2026
Today Raadio 4 is broadcast via the Internet on the Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) website, and can be heard around the world. A varied program is broadcast around the clock, including children's programmes.
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