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Radio Poland

Type	international broadcasting
Country	Poland
Ownership
Owner	Polskie Radio
Key people	Danuta Isler (English Service Editor)
History
Launch date	1936; 89 years ago (1936)
Former names	Radio Polonia, PR5
Coverage
Availability	Global
Links
Webcast	Live Stream
Website	http://external.polskieradio.pl/ English language websitehttp://thenews.pl

Radio Poland (until January 2007 asRadio Polonia, later "Polish Radio External Service" (Polish:Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy, in Polish legislation also named as Polskie Radio Program V)) is the officialinternational broadcasting station of theRepublic of Poland and is a part of Poland’spublic 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 27 October 2013, from which point they will only be broadcasting over the internet and through partnerships such as theWorld Radio Network.^[1]

• 1936 – Polish Radio launchesshortwave broadcasts of brief programmes inEnglish andPolish
• 1945 – after the end of World War II, the shortwave channel Warszawa III resumes external broadcasts
• 1959 – Polish Radio starts broadcasting inEsperanto
• 1990 – Polish Radio starts broadcasting forUkraine,Belarus,Lithuania,Latvia andEstonia
• 2000 – Radio Polonia begins daily Real Audio broadcasts in several languages via the World Radio Network
• 2007 – Radio Polonia changes name to Polish Radio External Service
• 2011 – Cessation of itsEsperanto service, which had lost its editorial team the previous year.^[2]
• 2012 – English language shortwave transmissions end.
• 2013 – Remaining shortwave services close on 27 October.
• 2014 – Polish Radio External Service changes name to Radio Poland

Radio Poland broadcasts in six languages:Polish,English,German,Russian,Ukrainian andBelarusian (with various amount of programming, for example English is available 24 hours a day while German 90 minutes a day). Until 2014, there was aHebrew language programming, Kol Polin,^[3] which included a weeklyYiddish-language broadcast called Naye Khvalyes ("New Waves").^[4]

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.

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 inEnglish on the World Radio Network (WRN) through terrestrial relays, on cable and via satellite.

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

Schedule:https://www.polskieradio.pl/ramowka/antena/5

• "Radio Poland" (English, German)
  • 48 kbit/s aac+:

http://player.polskieradio.pl/-5
https://player.polskieradio.pl/anteny/poland
https://stream85.polskieradio.pl/pr5/pr5.sdp/playlist.m3u8
https://stream85.polskieradio.pl/pr5/pr5.sdp/manifest.mpd
rtmps://stream85.polskieradio.pl:443/pr5/pr5.sdp
rtsps://stream85.polskieradio.pl:443/pr5/pr5.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
http://mp3.polskieradio.pl:8804/pr5_mp3
http://stream3.polskieradio.pl:8804/pr5_mp3

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

http://player.polskieradio.pl/-13
https://player.polskieradio.pl/anteny/externaldab
https://open.fm/stacje-radiowe/polskie-radio-dla-zagranicy
https://stream85.polskieradio.pl/pr5/pr5_dab.sdp/playlist.m3u8
https://stream85.polskieradio.pl/pr5/pr5_dab.sdp/manifest.mpd
rtmps://stream85.polskieradio.pl:443/pr5/pr5_dab.sdp
rtsps://stream85.polskieradio.pl:443/pr5/pr5_dab.sdp

• • 96 kbit/s mp3:

http://mp3.polskieradio.pl:8912
http://stream3.polskieradio.pl:8912
http://mp3.polskieradio.pl:8804/pr5_dab_mp3
http://stream3.polskieradio.pl:8804/pr5_dab_mp3

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

http://player.polskieradio.pl/-16
https://player.polskieradio.pl/anteny/polsza
https://stream85.polskieradio.pl/pr5/pr5_wsch.sdp/playlist.m3u8
https://stream85.polskieradio.pl/pr5/pr5_wsch.sdp/manifest.mpd
rtmps://stream85.polskieradio.pl:443/pr5/pr5_wsch.sdp
rtsps://stream85.polskieradio.pl:443/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
http://mp3.polskieradio.pl:8804/pr5_wsch_mp3
http://stream3.polskieradio.pl:8804/pr5_wsch_mp3

• "Polskie Radio dla Ukrainy" / "Польське Радіо для України" / "Polish Radio for Ukraine" (Ukrainian)
  • 256 kbit/s aac:

https://player.polskieradio.pl/anteny/ukraina
https://open.fm/stacje-radiowe/polskie-radio-dla-ukrainy
https://stream85.polskieradio.pl/radio_ukraina/ukraina.stream/playlist.m3u8
https://stream85.polskieradio.pl/radio_ukraina/ukraina.stream/manifest.mpd
rtmps://stream85.polskieradio.pl:443/radio_ukraina/ukraina.stream
rtsps://stream85.polskieradio.pl:443/radio_ukraina/ukraina.stream

Hot Bird 13°E, 11.488 MHz, Horisontal

In Polish:

• Poland – DAB+ network – Radio Poland DAB+ (17:30-18:30 and 21:00-21:30 Polish time)
• Medium wave – Radio Baltic Waves 1386 AM (Viešintos, Utena County, Lithuania, 75 kW) (15:30-16:00 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
• 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) and local radio stations

In German:

• Poland – DAB+ network – Radio Poland DAB+ (13:30-14:00 and 19:30-20:00 Polish time)
• Medium wave – Radio Baltic Waves 1386 AM (Viešintos, Utena County, Lithuania, 75 kW) (16:30-17:00 UTC)

In English:

• Poland – DAB+ network – Radio Poland DAB+
• Medium wave – Radio Baltic Waves 1386 AM (Viešintos, Utena County, Lithuania, 75 kW) (14:00-15:00 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)

In English:

• USA: NY Radio Rampa 620 AM
• USA: Rhinelander (Wisconsin) WXPR 97,1 FM
• USA: Spokane (Washington) KSFC 91,9 FM
• USA: Monroe University 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

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

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

• Polskie Radio
• International broadcasters
• Radio stations established in 1936
• 1936 establishments in Poland
• Polish news websites

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