STS-St. Petersburg

STS-St. Petersburg (СТС-Петербург) was a regional television channel based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It began broadcasting in April 1992 under the brand Sixth Channel (Шестой канал) on the metre band in Saint Petersburg. Until 1995, the channel aired from Monday to Saturday, with a substantial break on weekdays from around 12:00–13:00 to 18:00. In its early years, the entire broadcast consisted of foreign-produced programmes and films, most often from NBC. News bulletins from NBC were transmitted at 8:00 and 19:00 without Russian translation, while ITV news aired at 21:00 with voice-over translation. Deutsche Welle programmes were also broadcast. The company handled translation of programmes itself. The channel is noted for launching the television careers of presenters such as Oksana Pushkina, Sergey Rost, and Dmitry Nagiyev. Until 1 December 1996, Sixth Channel carried satellite broadcasting across Russia. In 1996, Sixth Channel and several other major broadcasters from various Russian regions united to form the STS television channel. The company then participated in the network project, relaying STS while also producing and airing its own programmes on its frequency. In April 2003, the channel abandoned the Sixth Channel brand and changed its name to STS-St. Petersburg. It continued producing its own programmes and broadcasting on the frequency of the federal STS until 2009. After that, until 2021, only regional advertising blocks were present on the STS frequency in Saint Petersburg. The channel's logo evolved over time: from 12 April 1992 to March 2002, it was the digit "6" made of 12 black-and-white petals in the bottom right corner; from March 2002 to 31 March 2003, the digit "6" was on a ribbon wrapping the STS logo; from 1 April 2003 to 12 August 2009, the logo was analogous to standard regional STS logos, with the word "Петербург" instead of the Sixth Channel logo in the stripe. From 13 August 2009, its own logo no longer appeared on air. General directors included Alexander Filippov (1992–2000), Viktor Mashendzhinov (2000–2006), Maxim Polyakov (2006–2009), Vladimir Lopashov (2009–2011), and Alexey Kozlov (2011–2021). The channel produced numerous own programmes, including news, business, entertainment, and sports shows. The official website ctc-spb.ru currently redirects to an online casino page, indicating the brand is no longer active as a television channel.

STS-St. Petersburg traces its origins to April 1992, when broadcasting began in Saint Petersburg under the brand Sixth Channel (Шестой канал) on the metre band. Until 1995, the channel aired from Monday to Saturday, with a significant break on weekdays from approximately 12:00–13:00 to 18:00. In its early years, the entire broadcast consisted of foreign-produced programmes and films, most often from NBC. NBC news bulletins were transmitted at 8:00 and 19:00 without Russian translation, while ITV news aired at 21:00 with voice-over translation. Deutsche Welle programmes were also broadcast. The company handled translation of programmes itself. The channel is noted for launching the television careers of presenters such as Oksana Pushkina, Sergey Rost, and Dmitry Nagiyev. Until 1 December 1996, Sixth Channel carried satellite broadcasting across Russia. In 1996, Sixth Channel and several other major broadcasters from various Russian regions united to form the STS television channel. The company then participated in the network project, relaying STS while also producing and airing its own programmes on its frequency. In April 2003, the channel abandoned the Sixth Channel brand and changed its name to STS-St. Petersburg. It continued producing its own programmes and broadcasting on the frequency of the federal STS until 2009. After that, until 2021, only regional advertising blocks were present on the STS frequency in Saint Petersburg. The channel's logo evolved over time: from 12 April 1992 to March 2002, it was the digit "6" made of 12 black-and-white petals in the bottom right corner; from March 2002 to 31 March 2003, the digit "6" was on a ribbon wrapping the STS logo; from 1 April 2003 to 12 August 2009, the logo was analogous to standard regional STS logos, with the word "Петербург" instead of the Sixth Channel logo in the stripe. From 13 August 2009, its own logo no longer appeared on air. General directors included Alexander Filippov (1992–2000), Viktor Mashendzhinov (2000–2006), Maxim Polyakov (2006–2009), Vladimir Lopashov (2009–2011), and Alexey Kozlov (2011–2021). The channel produced numerous own programmes, including news, business, entertainment, and sports shows. The official website ctc-spb.ru currently redirects to an online casino page, indicating the brand is no longer active as a television channel.

• Broadcasting begins in Saint Petersburg under the brand Sixth Channel (Шестой канал) on the metre band.

• Until this year, the channel aired Monday to Saturday with a weekday break from about 12:00–13:00 to 18:00.

• Sixth Channel and several other major broadcasters from various Russian regions unite to form the STS television channel.

• Until this date, Sixth Channel carried satellite broadcasting across Russia.

• The channel abandons the Sixth Channel brand and changes its name to STS-St. Petersburg.

• The channel ceases producing its own programmes and broadcasting on the frequency of the federal STS.

• Its own logo no longer appears on air.

• Until this year, only regional advertising blocks were present on the STS frequency in Saint Petersburg.

Regional television channel and STS network partner in Saint Petersburg.

• News broadcasts

  Regional news programme with presenters Alexey Falileev and Natalya Kulikova (1996–2002).

• Delovoy Peterburg

  Business programme (1996–2002).

• Ostorozhno, Modern!

  Entertainment programme (1996–1998), also aired on the federal STS version.

• Demo

  Programme hosted by Vikenty Dav (1996–1997, 1999–2002), later on Kultura and STS-Moscow.

• Kamyshi

  Late 1990s programme.

• Igrodrom

  Late 1990s–2001 programme.

• Peterburgsky Gurme

  Culinary programme, later on Kultura.

• Tantsklass

  Late 1990s programme hosted by Vladimir Lenshin and Alexander Karpukhov.

• Farkop

  Late 1990s programme hosted by Vladimir Andrienko.

• Mir Kompyutera / PRO Kompyuter

  Technology programme (1998–2005) hosted by Vladimir Bogdanov and Alexander Stroev.

• Zenit-98, -99, -XXI

  Sports programme (1998–2001) hosted by Leonid Genussov.

• Dezhurnaya Chast. Piter

  Programme (1997–2000) hosted by Yulian Makarov.

• Arsenal

  Programme (1998–2001) hosted by Mikhail Porechenkov and Andrey Krasko, later on DTV-Viasat.

• Kollektsiya Priklyucheniy

  Programme (2001) hosted by Mikhail Porechenkov (episodes 1–16) and Dmitry Nagiyev (from episode 17).

• Nochnoy Strannik

  Programme (2001–2005) hosted by Sergey Elgazin.

• Medkomissiya

  Programme (2003) hosted by Nadezhda Lapteva.

• Nochnoy Strannik+

  Programme (2004–2006).

• Detali, Utro v detalyakh

  Programme (2004–2005) hosted by Yulian Makarov, Alexey Falileev, Sergey Elgazin, Anna Borisova, and Sasha Emelyanova.

• Pitersky Futbol

  Sports programme (2005).

• Istorii v detalyakh

  Programme (2005–March 2009) hosted by Sergey Elgazin, Dasha Alexandrova, and Anna Borisova.

• Kholodilnik i drugie

  Programme (2005).

• Zhizn so vkusom

  Programme (2006) hosted by Polina Fomina and Dmitry Korzakov.

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