Presenters
The voices of Chu FM. Want to be one of them? Send a demo to radio@vnurzhan.com.
Svetlana Rudneva
Gorod, every day, 17:00–19:00
With Chu FM since 2003 and the host of Gorod since its first show. Before radio she was a proofreader at Vecherniy Nurzhan. She says that in twenty-odd years on air the whole city has called her, "except the mayor, but he'll call yet".
Favourite song: whichever was requested last
Artyom Li
Morning on the Chu, weekdays, 07:00–10:00
Grew up in the northern settlement and studied petroleum engineering at the Polytechnic, but came to a presenters' audition in 2012 and stayed. In charge of traffic, weather and Guess the Tune.
Coffee in the morning, football at night
Olga Bondar
Morning on the Chu and Request Desk, 19:30–21:00
With the station since 2009. Reads every greeting you send and honestly tries to get through them all. At weekends she does the morning alone, "no alarm clock".
Never misses a derby at NurGaz Stadium
Marat Isakov
Chu FM Hits and the Chu-20 chart
The station's music editor. Compiles the chart from your text votes and calls, and makes sure no song plays more than three times a day (it nearly always works).
Collects old Melodiya vinyl
Alina Kim
Afternoon Show, weekdays, 13:20–17:00
The youngest voice on Chu FM: she came as a journalism intern in 2019. Afternoons are contests, prizes from our partners and calls to the studio.
Knows every Karakush song by heart
Viktor Zhuk ("Palych")
Evening Chanson, every night, 21:00–00:00
On Chu FM since the first day on air, 1 September 2001. Drove lorries along the Chu belt for thirty years and knows what people listen to in the cab after nine at night.
Says hello to every long-haul driver
Inna Fedorchuk
City News, 13:00
News editor. IradOne news in Russian on the hour from 07:00 to 22:00, and at 13:00 our own city news.