Radio broadcasters in Poland as of April 2001

Type of station

Number of stations

Additional information

Public national stations ¶ domestic programme

4

P.R. 1 (AM/FM), P.R. 2, P.R. 3, Radio Bis

Public national stations ¶ programme for abroad

1

P.R. 5 (short waves and satellite transmission)

Public regional stations

17

 

Non-public Catholic stations

48

 

   including  national

1

Radio Maryja

   including  diocese

43

28 stations belong to Porozumienie Programowe PLUS; 

7 cooperate with Radio Maryja

   including  monastic   

2

 

   including  parish

2

 

Non-public, Christian but non-Roman-Catholic

2

Radio CCM (evangelical), Radio Ortodoxia (Orthodox Church)

Non-public, secular, non-commercial

22

 

   including  local authorities

12

 

   including  academic

9

 

   including ethnic/national minorities

1

Radio Racja (Warszawa, Bialystok) (Belorussian language)

Non-public, commercial

128

rough estimate

   including national

2

RMF FM, Radio Zet

   including supraregional networks

4

Radiostacja, ESKA, WaWa, TOK FM

   including local owned by powerful
   broadcasters

38

Shares or programme cooperation with ESKA or bradcasters groups: AGORA, RMF FM (Team FM), Chemiskor (RRR)

   including other local

84

 

 

TV broadcasters in Poland as of April 2001

Type of station

Number of stations

Additional information

Public national stations

2

TVP 1, TVP 2

Public regional stations

12

TVP 3 Regionalna -- network of 12 stations

Public addressed to Poles abroad

1

TV Polonia (satellite programme)

Commercial national stations

1

Polsat

Commercial supraregional networks

2

TVN, TV4 (former Nasza TV),

Supraregional, Catholic networks

1

Telewizja Niepokalanow ¶ currently TV PULS applies for changing the name of the station and increasing advertising time limit to 15%

Commercial local stations

9

8 stations (owned by ODRA Group after ownership changes) have been retransmitting only TV4  programme since the middle of 2000

Digital tv platforms

3

Wizja TV, Cyfra +, Polsat 2 Cyfrowy ¶ each platform transmits several programmes in Polish (usually purchased abroad) and a few dozens of foreign language channels

Cable tv networks

over 800

these networks are owned by over 600 operators, but there are only a few huge networks in Poland. Networks connecting over 30 thous. plugs are owned by UPC, Aster City Cable (Elektrim group), Vectra, Szel-Sat, Multimedia Polska, Toya, TVK Poznan, Dami, Malopolska TVK, Petrus, Slaska Telewizja-Holding