Hit FM
Hit FM is a private "music and entertainment" radio station, covering over 80% of Moldova's territory. According to data provided by Xplane Research, the only radio audience measurement company in Moldova, Hit FM was the most popular radio station in Chișinău in spring 2024. Hit FM broadcasts a three-hour morning show from 7 to 10, with presenters speaking in both Romanian and Russian. Throughout the day, it broadcasts music programs and short news bulletins. The Radio Hit website states that the radio broadcasts "Western hits from the 2000s and current, modern hits in Romanian and Russian."
Key Facts
| Audience Share | 10,4% |
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| Ownership Type | Private |
| Geographic Coverage | National |
| Content Type | Free |
| Active Transparency | company/channel informs proactively and comprehensively about its ownership, data is constantly updated and easily verifiable |
| Media Companies / Groups | Radio Hit |
Ownership
| Ownership Structure | Hit FM radio station is owned by Radio Hit LLC, which in turn is owned by Pavel Lozovan. |
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| Individual Owner |
Media Companies / Groups
Facts
| Founding Year | 1999 |
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| Founder | Dan Lozovan Dan Lozovan has held and managed multiple businesses over the years in the mass media and audiovisual advertising sectors. In 2012, there were accusations that Dan Lozovan controlled six radio and TV stations, while the law stipulated that an investor could be a majority shareholder, directly or indirectly, in a maximum of two broadcasters of different types. At that time, the Apollo Association reported to the Audiovisual Council that Dan Lozovan controlled the radio and television stations Super TV, Mega TV, TV Dixi, Hit FM, Radio Stil, and Radio Alla. In 2016, the press reported that two of the TV stations controlled by Dan Lozovan were sold to the media holding owned at the time by the Moldovan oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc. |
| CEO | Dan Lozovan See above |
| Editor-In-Chief | Victoria Sakharova Victoria Sakharova, program director at Hit FM, was previously a journalist at several media outlets. She worked at Jurnal TV, diez.md, Prime TV, and TVR Moldova. |
| Contact | str. Bucovinei, nr. 9 et. 2 MD-2075 mun. Chişinău Moldova, Republic of tatiana.gumeni@dixi.md, victoria.sakharova@hitfm.md 022-81-12-12, 0792-29-274, 0699-26-890 www.hitfm.md |
| Revenue | MDL 3.6 million / USD 198,240 thousand |
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| Operating Profit | MDL 811.1 thousand / USD 44,660 thousand |
| Advertising (in % of total funding) | MDL 3 million / USD 165,200 thousand, 83% of the total income |
| Market Share | Missing Data |