Polish Radio External Service

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

Radio Poland (till January 2007 as Radio Polonia, later "Polish Radio External Service", in Polish legislation also named as Polskie Radio Program V) (Polish: Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy) is the official international broadcasting station of Poland.

Radio Poland 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.[1]

History

Programmes

Radio Poland broadcast in six languages: Polish, English, German, Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian (with various amount of programming, for example English is available 24 hours a day while German 90 minutes a day). There was also a weekly Yiddish-language broadcast called "new waves", as well as Hebrew programming. 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 October 27, 2013, all shortwave transmissions ceased and PRES became an online only entity.

Polish Radio External Service brings:

English service broadcast more various programming, 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 English 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

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

48 kbit/s wma10:
mms://stream.polskieradio.pl/zagranica_wma10
mms://stream1.polskieradio.pl/zagranica_wma10

96 kbit/s mp3:
http://mp3.polskieradio.pl:8908
http://stream3.polskieradio.pl:8908

96 kbit/s wma9:
mms://stream.polskieradio.pl/zagranica
mms://stream1.polskieradio.pl/zagranica

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

48 kbit/s wma10:
mms://stream.polskieradio.pl/zagranica_dab_wma10
mms://stream1.polskieradio.pl/zagranica_dab_wma10

96 kbit/s mp3:
http://mp3.polskieradio.pl:8912
http://stream3.polskieradio.pl:8912

96 kbit/s wma9:
mms://stream.polskieradio.pl/zagranica_dab_wma9
mms://stream1.polskieradio.pl/zagranica_dab_wma9

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 wma10:
mms://stream.polskieradio.pl/pr5_wsch_wma10
mms://stream1.polskieradio.pl/pr5_wsch_wma10

96 kbit/s mp3:
http://mp3.polskieradio.pl:8914
http://stream3.polskieradio.pl:8914

96 kbit/s wma9:
mms://stream.polskieradio.pl/pr5_wsch
mms://stream1.polskieradio.pl/pr5_wsch

WRN satellite relays

In English WRN Europe Eutelsat 28A 28.5°E SKY digital
In English WRN English Hot Bird 13°E, 12.597 GHz

In English Telstar 5 97° W, 12.177 GHz, pol. V

In English AsiaSat 100.5° E, 4.000 GHz, European Bouquet package

In English PanAmSat 4 68.5° E, Multichoice package

WRN terrestrial relays

Europe

In Belarusian:
In English:
In Polish:
In Russian:
In Ukrainian:

North America

In English:

KEDM 90.3FM, University of Louisiana, Monroe; KORD 730AM, Concordia College, MN; KRVM 91.9 FM, Eugene, OR; KSFC 91.9FM, Spokane, WA; KTRU 91.7FM, Rice University, Houston, TX; WDWN 89.1FM, Cayuga Community Coll., Auburn, NY; WGHR 100.7FM, Atlanta, GA; WLTL 88.0FM, Le Grange, IL; WMCO 90.7FM, New Concord, OH; WQUB 90.3 FM, Quincy, IL; WRLC 91.7 FM, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA; WUEV 91.5FM, University of Evansville, IN; WVUD 91.3FM, University of Delaware; WWHS 92.1FM, Hampden-Sydney College, VA; WXPR 97.1FM, Rhinelander, WI; WFNP 88.7 FM, New Paltz, NY; WRFU-LP 104.5 FM, Urbana, IL; KXOT 91.7 FM, Seattle, WA; WDIY 88.1 FM, Bethlehem, PA; KOHS 91.7 FM, Orem, UT. US HD radio: Tulsa Public Radio: KWGS 89.5 FM, Tulsa, OK; KRCL 90.9 FM, Salt Lake City, UT; WLNZ 89.7 FM, Lansing, MI; Service Electric Cable TV, Sussex C., NJ; SCOLA, 300 College systems throughout the USA, Channel 1.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://swling.com/blog/2013/10/polish-radio-external-service-abandons-shortwave/

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