The first radio broadcast in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

happened on 1 February 1925 and the industry is still alive today.

Major radio stations

The following radios are the largest on Poland's market.

Eurozet

* Radio ZET * Antyradio * Chilli zet * Meloradio

Agora

* Radio Złote Przeboje *

Radio Pogoda Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitt ...

TOK FM Agora Spółka Akcyjna (Agora SA) is a Polish media company. Agora and ''Gazeta Wyborcza'' (''The'' ''Electoral Gazette'') were created on the eve of the parliamentary elections in 1989. ''Gazeta Wyborcza'' became the first independent newspape ...

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Grupa RMF

RMF FM RMF FM (abriviation to ''Radio Muzyka Fakty FM'', translation: ''Radio Music Facts FM''; previously: ''Radio Małopolska Fun FM''; translation: ''Radio Lesser Poland Fun FM'') is the first commercial radio station in Poland, currently broadcas ...

** RMF MAXX ** RMF Classic ** RMF ON (website) ** RMF Ukraina **

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Grupa ZPR

Radio Eska Radio Eska is a commercial radio station in Poland. The radio has organized Polish awards ceremony Eska Music Awards since 2002. External linksRadio Eska webpage Radio stations in Poland Mass media in Warsaw Radio stations established i ...

* Radio Vox * Radio Plus *

Eska Rock Eska Rock (often stylized as Eska ROCK) is a Polish radio channel broadcast by Grupa Radiowa Time. The station plays mainly modern rock, indie rock and alternative rock, from "classic" rock songs, to the newest "hits". It was the largest rock radi ...

* Eska2

Polskie Radio

* Jedynka * Dwójka * Trójka * Czwórka

Other

*Local radios (e.g.

Radio Gdańsk Radio is the technology of signaling and telecommunication, communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device ...

) *

Radio Maryja Radio Maryja is a religious and political socially conservative Polish radio station. It was founded in Toruń, Poland, on 9 December 1991, by the Redemptorist Tadeusz Rydzyk. The name "Maryja" is a traditional Polish form of the name "Mary", ...

History

Interwar era

The first message transmitted through radio in Poland was broadcast on 1 February 1925 (though foreign stations could be listened to in the country Requires login.) from the station of the Polish Radio Engineering Company in Mokotów,

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

. The programme announced the future creation of Polskie Radio. Polskie Radio was eventually established the next year and the first words, said by Janina Sztompkówna, were:

Halo, halo, tu Polskie Radio Warszawa, fala 480.

Translation:

Hello, hello, this is Polskie Radio Warsaw, wave 480.

Local editions of Polskie Radio started being created all across the country, usually as initiatives of the places' citizens. After Warsaw, the radio was launched in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

on 15 February 1927, in

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John ...

on 29 April, in

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

on 4 December, in

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in 1928, and in

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and

Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...

in 1930. Polskie Radio Poznań was the first radio to report a football match (

Warta Poznań Warta Poznań () is a multi-sports club based in Poznań, Poland. The name means ''the Guard'' in Polish and also the name of the river Warta on which Poznań is located. Founded in 1912, the association football club are two-time winners of the ...

v. Philips Eindhoven).

World War II

During the

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, radios were confiscated from citizens in order to stop them from listening to anti-Nazi broadcasts. They were also used to spread propaganda, with stations in

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Toruń )'' , image_skyline = , image_caption = , image_flag = POL Toruń flag.svg , image_shield = POL Toruń COA.svg , nickname = City of Angels, Gingerbread city, Copernicus Town , pushpin_map = Kuyavian-Pom ...

Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...

and

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

Communist Poland

As people moved to Poland, the number of radios rose. The radio became an important part of life for a person. The reorganisation of radio programs was a part of the process of rebuilding the economy. On 3 May 1953, Radio Free Europe started being transmitted to Poland from

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

. On 2 January 1976, Program IV of Polskie Radio was created.

Late 20 and early 21st centuries

After the fall of communism in Poland, many private radio stations were opened. The first private station was Radio Małopolska Fun, established on 15 January 1990. The first station which broadcast music—as well as the first commercial station—was Radio ZET established on 28 September the same year. In the following years, many other popular stations were opened, such as Złote Przeboje,

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and

References

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