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The first radio broadcast in Poland happened on 1 February 1925 and the industry is still alive today.
Polskie Radio (PR) is Poland's national public radio broadcaster and operates four national FM stations:
Additionally, PR operates six DAB+ and Internet channels:
The first message transmitted through radio in Poland was broadcast on 1 February 1925 (though foreign stations could be listened to in the country [4] ) from the station of the Polish Radio Engineering Company in Mokotów, Warsaw. The programme announced the future creation of Polskie Radio. Polskie Radio was eventually established the next year and the first words, said by Janina Sztompkówna, were:
Halo, halo, tu Polskie Radio Warszawa, fala 480. [5]
Translation:
Hello, hello, this is Polskie Radio Warsaw, wave 480.
Local editions of Polskie Radio started being created all across the country, usually as initiatives of the places' citizens. After Warsaw, the radio was launched in Kraków on 15 February 1927, in Poznań on 29 April, in Katowice on 4 December, in Vilnius in 1928, and in L'viv and Łódź [6] in 1930. Polskie Radio Poznań was the first radio to report a football match (Warta Poznań v. Philips Eindhoven). [7]
During the German occupation of Poland, radios were confiscated from citizens in order to stop them from listening to anti-Nazi broadcasts. [6] They were also used to spread propaganda, with stations in Gdańsk, Toruń, Poznań, Katowice, Warsaw, Kraków, Szczecin and Wrocław. [4]
As people moved to Poland, the number of radios rose. [8] The radio became an important part of life for a person. The reorganisation of radio programs was a part of the process of rebuilding the economy. [9]
On 3 May 1953, Radio Free Europe started being transmitted to Poland from Munich. On 2 January 1976, Program IV of Polskie Radio was created. [6]
After the fall of communism in Poland, many private radio stations were opened. The first private station was Radio Małopolska Fun, established on 15 January 1990. The first station which broadcast music—as well as the first commercial station—was Radio ZET established on 28 September the same year. [6] [10] In the following years, many other popular stations were opened, such as Złote Przeboje, Eska and Radio Maryja. [11] [12] [13]
The mass media in Poland consist of several different types of communications media including television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet.
The Polish Radio is a national public-service radio broadcasting organization of Poland, founded in 1925. It is owned by the State Treasury of Poland. On 27 December 2023, the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, due to the President's veto on the financing of the company, placed it in liquidation.
Disco polo is a genre of popular dance music, created in Poland in the 1980s. It was initially known as sidewalk music or backyard music. This genre, a type of Polish urban folk music, had great popularity in the 1990s, peaking in 1995–1997, then gradually declining in popularity through the early 21st century. The genre then had a resurgence in the winter of 2007. The Polish PWN dictionary defines the genre as a Polish variant of disco music, with simple melodies and often ribald lyrics.
Radio Zet is a Polish commercial radio station launched in 1990, as the second privately owned radio in Poland. Since 2023, its majority shareholder has been Agora SA.
Perfect is a Polish rock band founded in 1977 by drummer Wojciech Morawski, bass guitar player Zdzisław Zawadzki and lead guitar player Zbigniew Hołdys. They are one of the all-time most popular rock bands from/in Poland.
RMF FM is the first commercial radio station in Poland, currently broadcasting in AC radio format. RMF FM started broadcasting on 15 January 1990 in Kraków. The current director is Tadeusz Sołtys. The radio is wholly owned by the German Bauer Verlagsgruppe. It is the first private radio station in Poland and is available throughout the country.
Białystok has a wide variety of media outlets serving the city and surrounding region. There are two locally published daily newspapers, Gazeta Współczesna and Kurier Poranny. In addition two national papers have local bureaus. There are a number of national and locally produced television and radio channels available both over-the-air from the nearby RTCN Białystok (Krynice) Mast, the seventh highest structure in Poland, in addition to transmitter sites within the city. There is also a cable television system available within the city. The city has two campus radio stations; Radiosupeł at the Medical University of Białystok and Radio Akadera at the Białystok Technical University.
"Małe rzeczy" is the first single from Sylwia Grzeszczak's debut album Sen o przyszłości, released on 17 June 2011. 31 May 2011 the song debuted at RMF FM on 19th place and remained on the list for 13 weeks. The single quickly became a hit, and for eight weeks in a row was the most frequently played song in Polish radio stations, while the video was number one on the Polish Video Chart. The song also gave Sylwia success in the competition "Koncert Lata Radia Zet i TVP2".
Kalwi & Remi are a Polish DJ duo formed in 2003, performing electronic dance music. They rose to fame in 2006 when their song "Explosion" became an international club hit. The duo have performed in venues across Europe and the US, and collaborated with Judge Jules, Amanda Wilson, John Christian, Afrika Islam, and the Ministry of Sound, among others. Their other hits include "Imagination", "Stop ", "Kiss", "Girls", "You and I", and "Unbreakable".
Eska Rock is a Polish radio channel broadcast by Grupa Radiowa Time. The station plays mainly modern rock, indie rock and alternative rock, from "classic" rock songs, to the newest "hits".
Polo TV is a Polish-language television channel, focusing mainly on music programming. Its owner is Telewizja Polsat. The station mainly plays disco polo and dance as well as folk, country, romani, muzyka biesiadna and foreign disco music. Aside from music broadcasting, the station also airs entertainment programmes and coverage of music events.
Natalia Weronika Szroeder is a Polish singer-songwriter and TV presenter. She is most known for her works with rapper Liber, of which she appeared with in his songs Wszystkiego na raz and Nie patrzę w dół in 2013. The singer also has a solo career: her debut single titled "Jane" was released in 2012.
Zuzanna Irena Grabowska, known professionally as sanah, is a Polish singer, songwriter, violinist, and composer. She received nationwide popularity in 2020, with the release of her single "Szampan", which became a number one hit in Poland. She later released her debut studio album Królowa dram (2020), which peaked at number one in Poland. She has gone on to release three further studio albums: Irenka (2021), Uczta (2022), and Sanah śpiewa poezyje (2022), all of which peaked at number one in Poland, and were certified diamond by the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. She released her fifth studio album Kaprysy on 14 June 2024.
Radio Złote Przeboje, also simply Złote Przeboje, is a Polish radio station targeted at 25- to 50-year-olds. The 'Golden Hits' of the name originally referred to music from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The radio operator since 26 November 2012 is Jarosław Barwiak, and the music director since August 2018 is Joanna Sołtysiak.
"Mój jest ten kawałek podłogi", also known as "Kawałek podłogi", is a Polish-language alternative rock song by the band Mr. Zoob, written by Waldemar Miszczor. It was released in 1986 as a single and later on the 1987 Czego się gapisz? album. It is recognized as one of the most famous Polish-language rock songs and one of the most famous songs of the band. The song is about jailed man, who demands to have his own "piece of the floor", which is an allegory to people fighting for their freedom under the communist regime of the Polish People's Republic in the 1980s.
Agata Dziarmagowska, known by her stage name Dziarma is a Polish singer, creating music that combines pop, hip-hop, witch house, and vaporwave.
The 11th Sopot TOPtrendy Festival took place from 7 to 9 June 2013 at the Forest Opera in Sopot, Poland. The festival was organized by Polsat television, which broadcast the event on its channel. A live broadcast was also available online via the Ipla platform.