Radio Poland

Polish Radio External Service

Type	international broadcasting
Country	Poland
Availability	global
Owner	Polskie Radio
Key people	John Beauchamp (English Service Editor)
Launch date	1936
Former names	Radio Polonia, PR5
Official website	http://external.polskieradio.pl/, http://thenews.pl

Polish Radio External Service (till January 2007 as Radio Polonia) (Polish: Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy) is the official international broadcasting station of Poland.

Polish Radio External Service (PR ES) is a part of Poland’s public radio network - Polish Radio. 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 October 27, 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 broadcasts of brief programmes in English and Polish
• 1945 – after the end of World War 2, 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 October 27.

Programmes

Polish Radio External Service broadcast 11 hours a day in seven languages: Polish, English, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Hebrew and Belarusian. There was also a weekly Yiddish-language broadcast called "new waves". Shortwave transmissions were reduced between 2007 and 2012 and by 2013 PRES was broadcasting two times a day with programmes in Polish, Belarussian and Russian. On October 27, 2013, all shortwave transmissions ceased and PRES became an online only entity.

Polish Radio External Service brings:

• news bulletins
• news analysis
• press reviews
• correspondent’s dispatches
• interviews and discussions
• features

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, Polish and German 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. You can also hear it on hotel cable in the Netherlands and Hong Kong.

Internet

• "Radio Poland DAB+"

48 kbps aac+: http://player.polskieradio.pl/-13 rtmp://stream85.polskieradio.pl/pr5/pr5_dab.sdp

48 kbps wma10: mms://stream.polskieradio.pl/zagranica_dab_wma10 mms://stream1.polskieradio.pl/zagranica_dab_wma10

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

96 kbps wma9: mms://stream.polskieradio.pl/zagranica_dab_wma9 mms://stream1.polskieradio.pl/zagranica_dab_wma9

WRN satellite relays

• Europe

In English Hot Bird 13°E WRN Euro Max English Eurobird 28.5°E SKY digital

In German Astra 1L 19.2°E 11.612 GHz, pol. H, audio subcarrier 7.38 MHz Hot Bird 5, 13°E, 12.597 GHz

• North America

In English In German 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

Africa

In English:

• Malawi – 101 FM, Blantyre
• Namibia – UNAM, Windhoek
• South Africa – Bush Radio, Cape Town; SAFM; The Voice, Johannesburg
• Zambia – Radio Choice, Lusaka

Australasia

In English:

• Australia – 5UV Adelaide; KLFM Bendigo & Castlemaine

Europe

In Belarusian:

• Lithuania - Radio Baltic Waves 1386 kHz, Kaunas
• Lithuania - Radio znad Willi 103.8 FM, Vilnius

In English:

• Denmark – Nyhetsradioen 24/7
• Ireland – RTÉ Choice
• Netherlands – Radio Horizon
• United Kingdom – BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

In Polish:

• Lithuania - Radio Baltic Waves 1386 kHz, Kaunas
• Lithuania - Radio znad Willi 103.8 FM, Vilnius
• Ukraine - Radio Niezależność 106.7 FM, Lviv
• Ukraine - Radio TAKT 103.7 FM, Vinnitsa
• Ukraine - Radio Podolje Center 104.6 FM, Khmelnitsky
• Ukraine - Radio Luck 107.3 FM, Luck

In Russian:

• Russia – WRN Russian 738 kHz, Moscow

In Ukrainian:

• Ukraine – Radio Era, FM-network in Ukraine
• Ukraine - Radio Zakhidniy Polus 104.3 FM, Ivano-Frankivsk
• Ukraine - Radio Niezależność 106.7 FM, Lviv

North America

In English:

• Canada – CBC Overnight
• United States – KUAZ, Phoenix; National Public Radio; SIRIUS digital radio for drivers; WBFO, Buffalo; WCPN, Cleveland; WDET, Detroit; West Virginia Public Radio Network; WLRN, Miami

See also

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

External links

• Polish Radio External Service Website Template:Pl icon Template:En icon Template:De icon Template:Ru icon Template:Uk icon Template:Be icon Template:He icon
• Listen to Polish Radio External Service online Template:Pl icon Template:En icon Template:De icon Template:Ru icon Template:Uk icon Template:Be icon Template:He icon
• SES guide to receiving Astra satellites
• SES guide to channels broadcasting on Astra satellites