Limited Television Broadcasts Resume

Russia’s two biggest television channels resumed limited broadcasting in Moscow after a three-day blackout caused by a fire at the country’s main Ostankino television tower. RTR state television and ORT public television went on the air from a temporary transmitter fixed to the trunk of the fire-ravaged 1,772-foot tower. RTR and ORT combined their programs as the transmitter allows broadcasting on only one frequency. Engineers have been working to restore transmission to viewers in Moscow and adjacent areas since Sunday, when a fire swept through the tower, killing three people.