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vered daily to all the outlets of the
STPD. The schedule of information
programmes for July 24, 1980 (Table
2) and the assignment list for the
STPD channels at the sites of the
Lenin Central Stadium (Table 3) are
shown below as an example. One of
the 25 channels at the stadium was
assigned to the NBC. The total edition
of the timetable and assignment list
leaflets distributed to users amounted
to 120,000 copies.
Apart from the STPD, each venue
was equipped with systems for reception
of regular network telecasts, including
all the programmes transmitted
by the Moscow Television Centre
on the air. The following regular television
outlets were installed at the
competition sites and other Olympic
venues (see Table 4).
Venue
Lenin Central Stadium:
Grand Arena
Minor Arena
Swimming pool
Palace of Sports
Druzhba Arena
Dynamo Central Stadium
Dynamo Minor Arena
Dynamo Palace of Sports
Dynamo Shooting Range in
Mytishchi
Olympiiski Indoor Stadium
Olympiiski Swimming Pool
CSCA Sports Complex
CSCA Palace of Sports
Canoeing and Rowing
Basin
Olympic Velodrome
Cycling circuit
Olympic archery field
Trade Unions Equestrian
Complex
Young Pioneers Stadium
Sokolniki Palace of Sports
Izmailovo Palace of Sports
Main Press Centre
Olympic Village (without living
quarters)
ACS "Olympiad" building
OCOG buildings
Outlets
18
10
10
11
13
8
11
10
17
19
18
19
8
14
12
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8
16
9
10
11
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In conjunction with the Gosteleradio
of the USSR and the USSR
Ministry of Communications, the
OCOG regularly discussed with broadcasters
matters related to technical
facilities for the Games of the XXII
Olympiad. Comments and requests
voiced at these meetings were duly
noted and met, which made it possible
to provide most favourable conditions
for radio and television coverage of
the Games by the electronic press.
During the finals of the VII USSR
Summer Spartakiade, one year before
the Games, there was a comprehensive
trial run of the Olympic Television
and Radio Complex, including the
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Table 4
Olympic Television and Radio Centre.
Ten Olympic venues in Moscow were
fully equipped with television and
radio technology. 20 mobile television
units were engaged. One third of the
equipment had been put into operation
in the Olympic Television and
Radio Centre. In addition to Soviet
broadcasters, the finals of the USSR
VII Summer Spartakiade were covered
by the EBU, OIRT, TV Asahi, and other
companies. This made it possible to
discover some drawbacks in the
broadcasting system and to eliminate
them in time. The OTRC was tested on
a full scale in early 1980. Trial operation
of the systems and training of
service personnel occupied the time
left till the Games. About 8,000 persons
were employed during the Olympics.
Some foreign broadcasters organised
trial telecasts of some competitions
staged in Moscow immediately
before the Games.
All this helped to get prepared for
coverage of the Games as best as
possible. R. Barrows, a representative
of British television, pointed to the
fact that he had not seen such technical
facilities and so high a degree of
technical organisation at any previous
Olympics where he had been.
Sixty-seven television organisations
in 58 countries and 56 radio
organisations in 47 countries received
coverage of the Olympic Games.
Total coverage by foreign broadcasters
included:
— television, about 6,000 hours;
— radio, more than 8,000 hours.
In the Soviet Union, the Games
were broadcasted daily on surface and
satellite links by the Central Television
Network in 5 programmes and by
All-Union Radio in 6 programmes. The
total television coverage was 710
hours and radio coverage was 940
hours.
Bill Ward from Great Britain, who
headed the EBU Operations Group,
thus commented on the operation
during the Games in Moscow:
"Eurovision fronts for more than 50
European television and radio companies.
The Olympic Games in Moscow
have been a major event for all
European countries and all members
of Eurovision, with the exception,
perhaps, of the FRG, provided extensive
radio and television coverage of
the Games."
"All the necessary conditions for
the functioning of the electronic
media were provided in Moscow.
Working was pleasant—we were surrounded
by wonderful people, full of
good will and always happy to help. I
have been to all the Olympics, starting
from the London Games, and Moscow