Radio Poland

Radio Poland (until January 2007 as Radio Polonia, later "Polish Radio External Service" (Polish: Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy), in Polish legislation also named as Polskie Radio Program V) is the official international broadcasting station of Poland and is a part of Poland’s public radio network, Polish Radio.

Radio Poland

Type	international broadcasting propaganda
Country	Poland
Ownership
Owner	Polskie Radio
Key people	Danuta Isler (English Service Editor)
History
Launch date	1936; 88 years ago (1936)
Former names	Radio Polonia, PR5
Coverage
Availability	Global
Links
Webcast	Live Stream
Website	http://external.polskieradio.pl/ English language website http://thenews.pl

Its aim is to broadcast programs on developments in Poland, Polish foreign policy, the economy, business and foreign investments. Polish Radio External Service provides objective and impartial information about Poland and its stance on international affairs. It shows Polish society, its daily life as well as scientific and cultural achievements.

Polish Radio External Service ended their English language shortwave broadcasts in 2012 and announced that they would be ceasing all shortwave transmissions on 27 October 2013, from which point they will only be broadcasting over the internet and through partnerships such as the World Radio Network.^[1]

History

• 1936 – Polish Radio launches shortwave broadcasts of brief programmes in English and Polish
• 1945 – after the end of World War II, the shortwave channel Warszawa III resumes external broadcasts
• 1959 – Polish Radio starts broadcasting in Esperanto
• 1990 – Polish Radio starts broadcasting for Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
• 2000 – Radio Polonia begins daily Real Audio broadcasts in several languages via the World Radio Network
• 2007 – Radio Polonia changed name into Polish Radio External Service
• 2012 – English language shortwave transmissions end.
• 2013 – Remaining shortwave services close on 27 October.
• 2014 – Polish Radio External Service changed name into Radio Poland

Programmes

Radio Poland broadcasts in six languages: Polish, English, German, Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian (with various amount of programming, for example English is available 24 hours a day while German 90 minutes a day). Until 2014, there was a Hebrew language programming, Kol Polin,^[2] which included a weekly Yiddish-language broadcast called Naye Khvalyes ("New Waves").^[3]

Shortwave transmissions were reduced between 2007 and 2012 and by 2013 PRES was broadcasting two times a day with programmes in Polish, Belarusian and Russian. On 27 October 2013, all shortwave transmissions ceased and PRES became an online only entity.

Radio Poland's programming include news bulletins and analysis, press reviews, correspondent’s dispatches, interviews, discussions and features. The English service broadcast programming with more variety; including quizzes, chart shows and historical programming.

Listen

Listeners in Europe can tune in via satellite on Eutelsat 13 E, 10892 MHz, FEC 3/4, SR 27500, Horizontal, PID audio 0119

Polish Radio External Service can be heard in English on the World Radio Network (WRN) through terrestrial relays, on cable and via satellite.

On cable: PR ES in English is also available to 4.5 million homes on cable in London, Dublin, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Vienna, Strassburg, Geneva, Tokyo, Washington, D.C., and many other cities. It can also be heard on hotel cable in the Netherlands and Hong Kong.

Internet

• "Radio Poland – English Service" (English)
  • 48 kbit/s aac+:

http://player.polskieradio.pl/-5
http://stream85.polskieradio.pl/pr5/pr5.sdp/playlist.m3u8
rtmp://stream85.polskieradio.pl/pr5/pr5.sdp
http://player.polskieradio.pl/-15
http://stream85.polskieradio.pl/pr5/pr5_ang.sdp/playlist.m3u8
rtmp://stream85.polskieradio.pl/pr5/pr5_ang.sdp
http://mp3.polskieradio.pl:8958
http://stream3.polskieradio.pl:8958

• • 96 kbit/s mp3:

http://mp3.polskieradio.pl:8908
http://stream3.polskieradio.pl:8908

• "Radio Poland DAB+" (Belarusian, English, Ukrainian, Russian)
  • 48 kbit/s aac+:

http://player.polskieradio.pl/-13
http://stream85.polskieradio.pl/pr5/pr5_dab.sdp/playlist.m3u8
rtmp://stream85.polskieradio.pl/pr5/pr5_dab.sdp

• • 96 kbit/s mp3:

http://mp3.polskieradio.pl:8912
http://stream3.polskieradio.pl:8912

• "Radio Poland East" / "Радио Польша" (Belarusian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian)
  • 48 kbit/s aac+:

http://player.polskieradio.pl/-16
http://stream85.polskieradio.pl/pr5/pr5_wsch.sdp/playlist.m3u8
rtmp://stream85.polskieradio.pl/pr5/pr5_wsch.sdp
http://mp3.polskieradio.pl:8964
http://stream3.polskieradio.pl:8964

• • 96 kbit/s mp3:

http://mp3.polskieradio.pl:8914
http://stream3.polskieradio.pl:8914

WRN satellite relays

• Europe:

In English WRN Europe Eutelsat 28A 28.5°E SKY digital
In English WRN English Hot Bird 13°E, 12.597 GHz

• North America:

In English Telstar 5 97° W, 12.177 GHz, pol. V

• Asia, Australia:

In English AsiaSat 100.5° E, 4.000 GHz, European Bouquet package

• Africa:

In English PanAmSat 4 68.5° E, Multichoice package

WRN terrestrial relays

Europe

In Polish:

• Medium wave – Radio Baltic Waves 1386 AM (Viešintos, Utena County, Lithuania, 75 kW) (16:30-17:00 UTC)
• Lithuania – Vilnius – Radio znad Wilii 103.8 FM (18:30-19:00 and 23:00-23:30 local time)
• Ukraine – Lviv – Radio Nezalezhnist 106.7 FM (18:30-19:00 local time)

In Belarusian:

• Poland – DAB+ network – Radio Poland DAB+ (15:30-16:00 Polish time)
• Medium wave – Radio Baltic Waves 1386 AM (Viešintos, Utena County, Lithuania, 75 kW) (4:00-5:00 UTC)
• Lithuania – Vilnius – Radio znad Wilii 103.8 FM (5:00-6:00, 23:30-0:00 local time)

In Ukrainian:

• Poland – DAB+ network – Radio Poland DAB+ (19:00-20:00, 0:30-1:00 and 4:30-5:00 Polish time)
• Poland – DAB+ network – Polish Radio for Ukraine (9:00-23:00 Polish time, timeshare with Ukrainian Radio (23:00-9:00 Polish time))
• Medium wave – Radio Baltic Waves 1386 AM (Viešintos, Utena County, Lithuania, 75 kW) (5:00-5:30 UTC)
• Ukraine – Hromadske radio (FM-network in Ukraine) (7:00-7:30 local time)

In German:

• Poland – DAB+ network – Radio Poland DAB+ (13:30-14:00 and 21:00-21:30 Polish time)
• Medium wave – Radio Baltic Waves 1386 AM (Viešintos, Utena County, Lithuania, 75 kW) (17:00-17:30 UTC)

In English:

• Poland – DAB+ network – Radio Poland DAB+
• Medium wave – Radio Baltic Waves 1386 AM (Viešintos, Utena County, Lithuania, 75 kW) (13:00-14:00 UTC)

In Russian:

• Poland – DAB+ network – Radio Poland DAB+
• Medium wave – Radio Baltic Waves 1386 AM (Viešintos, Utena County, Lithuania, 75 kW) (16:00-16:30 UTC)

North America

In English:

• USA: NY Radio Rampa 620 AM
• USA: Rihnelander (Wisconsin) WXPR 97,1 FM
• USA: Spokane (Washington) KSFC 91,9 FM
• USA: Monroe Uniwersity of Louisiana KEDM 90,3 FM

In Polish:

• USA: Chicago Polskie Radio 1300 AM
• Canada: Calgary – Międzynarodowe Radio Fairchild 94,7 FM
• Canada: Vancouver – Międzynarodowe Radio Fairchild 1470 AM
• Canada: Vancouver – Międzynarodowe Radio Fairchild 96,1 FM
• Canada: Toronto – Międzynarodowe Radio Fairchild 1430 AM
• Canada: Toronto – Radio Polonia 100,7 FM

See also

• Polskie Radio, the Polish publicly funded radio broadcaster
• Eastern Bloc information dissemination

References

1. Polish Radio External Service abandons shortwave | The SWLing Post
2. שידורי חוץ קול פולין
3. "Naye Khvalyes Yiddish Radio"

External links

• Polish Radio External Service Website (in Polish, English, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Hebrew)
• Listen to Polish Radio External Service online (in Polish, English, Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian)