Janusz Weiss
Janusz Weiss | |
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 Weiss in 2012 | |
| Born | May 31, 1948 |
| Occupation | Television/Radio personality |
| Years active | 1970s - present |
Janusz Weiss (born on 31 May 1948 in Lubliniec) is a Polish journalist, television personality and co-founder of the one of the most popular radio stations in Poland, Radio ZET.
Biography
Janusz Weiss was born on 31 May 1948 in Lubliniec, into a Jewish family, as a son of the colonel of the Internal Security Corps Oskar Weiss and Janina Weiss (of Russian descent).
He was studying at the Warsaw University of Technology. In March 1968 he was expelled from the University for his Jewish heritage and activities during 1968 Polish political crisis. In 1970 Weiss started Polish studies at the University of Warsaw, but he had never finished them.[1]
In the early 1970s he founded a cabaret group with Magda Umer, Krzysztof Knittel and Andrzej Woyciechowski. In the 1980s Janusz Weiss was performing in the Polish television as presenter and conferencier.
In 1990 he was one of three founders of the radio station Radio ZET. In the years 1990-2011 Weiss was presenting an audition Dzwonię do Pani, Pana w bardzo nietypowej sprawie (Dear Sir or Madame, I'm calling to you in a very unusual case), which was one of the most popular radio programming in Poland. In 2000 he published a book in London, Jeden może, drugi nie (One can, the other doesn't).
In 2011 he received the Order of Polonia Restituta.[2]
References
- ^ J. Weiss, Jeden może, drugi nie, London 2000, pages 248-250
- ^ M.P. from 2011; no. 107-1077