Radio Poland (until January 2007 as Radio Polonia, later "Polish Radio External Service" ( pl, Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy), in Polish legislation also named as Polskie Radio Program V) is the official

international broadcasting International broadcasting, in a limited extent, began during World War I, when German and British stations broadcast press communiqués using Morse code. With the severing of Germany's undersea cables, the wireless telegraph station in Nauen was t ...

station of

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 ...

. Radio Poland is a part of Poland’s public radio network -

Polish Radio Polskie Radio Spółka Akcyjna (PR S.A.; English: Polish Radio) is Poland's national public-service radio broadcasting organization owned by the State Treasury of Poland. History Polskie Radio was founded on 18 August 1925 and began making ...

. Its aim is to broadcast programs on developments in

, Polish foreign policy, the economy, business and foreign investments. Polish Radio External Service provides objective and impartial information about

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.

History

*1936 – Polish Radio launches

shortwave Shortwave radio is radio transmission using shortwave (SW) radio frequencies. There is no official definition of the band, but the range always includes all of the high frequency band (HF), which extends from 3 to 30 MHz (100 to 10 me ...

broadcasts of brief programmes in

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

and

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

*1945 – after the end of World War 2, the shortwave channel Warszawa III resumes external broadcasts *1959 - Polish Radio starts broadcasting in

Esperanto Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...

*1990 – Polish Radio starts broadcasting for

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

and

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

*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 broadcast in six languages:

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

and Belarusian (with various amount of programming, for example English is available 24 hours a day while German 90 minutes a day). There is a

Hebrew language Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

programming, Kol Polin, which includes a weekly Yiddish-language broadcast called Naye Khvalyes ("New Waves"). "Naye Khvalyes Yiddish Radio"
/ref> 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 brings: * news bulletins * news analysis * press reviews * correspondent’s dispatches * interviews and discussions * 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

on the World Radio Network (WRN) through terrestrial relays, on cable and via satellite. On cable: PR ES in

is also available to 4.5 million homes on cable in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

Strassburg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eur ...

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

Washington D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, Na ...

and many other cities. It can also be heard on hotel cable in the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

and

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

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

WRN Europe Eutelsat 28A 28.5°E SKY digital
In

WRN English

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13°E, 12.597 GHz *North America In

Telstar Telstar is the name of various communications satellites. The first two Telstar satellites were experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962. It successfully relayed through space the fi ...

5 97° W, 12.177 GHz, pol. V *Asia, Australia In

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100.5° E, 4.000 GHz, European Bouquet package *Africa In

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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 - FM & DAB+ network - Polish Radio for Ukraine (9:00-21:00 Polish time, timeshare with Ukrainian Radio (21:00-9:00 Polish time)) *Medium wave - Radio Baltic Waves 1386 AM (Viešintos, Utena County, Lithuania, 75 kW) (5:00-5:30 UTC) *Ukraine - Hromadske radio (Kyiv 99.4 FM, Lviv 93.3 FM, Hirnyk 91.4 FM, Kramators'k 90.9 FM) (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: Toronto - Międzynarodowe Radio Fairchild 1430 AM *Canada: Toronto - Radio Polonia 100,7 FM

References

External links

Polish Radio External Service Website

Listen to Polish Radio External Service online
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