Radio in Poland

The first radio broadcast in Poland happened on 1 February 1925 and the industry is still alive today.

National public radio broadcaster

Polskie Radio (PR) is Poland's national public radio broadcaster and operates four national FM stations:

• Jedynka - Generalist radio station featuring news, sport and adult contemporary music
• Dwójka - High culture, including jazz and classical music, literature and drama
• Trójka - Alternative music radio featuring free-form programs, culture magazines and news
• Radio 24 - 24-hour news, current affairs and talk

Additionally, PR operates six DAB+ and Internet channels:

• Czwórka - Youth-focused alternative music radio featuring programs on lifestyle, sport and technology
• Chopin - 24-hour classical music channel
• Radio Dzieciom - Children-oriented service featuring educational and entertaining content
• Radio Kierowców - Drivers-oriented service featuring adult contemporary music, traffic reports and motorization news
• Radio dla Ukrainy - Ukrainian language service
• Radio Poland - International, external broadcasting service

National commercial networks

RMF

• RMF FM - Adult contemporary hit radio station featuring news, sport and traffic reports
• RMF MAXX - Contemporary hit radio network
• RMF Classic - Classical music, film score, cultural news and literature
• RMF 24 - News and current affairs radio station featuring pop rock music
• Radio Gra/Jura/90/Alex - Local hot adult contemporary radio stations featuring regional news from Toruń, Wrocław, Częstochowa, Rybnik Coal Area, Cieszyn Silesia and Zakopane

Eurozet

• Radio Zet - Adult contemporary hit radio station featuring news, sport and traffic reports
• TOK FM - Progressive talk radio featuring news, current affairs, documentaries, interviews and discussions
• Złote Przeboje - Adult hits network with hits since the 80s
• Antyradio - Rock music radio featuring mainstream and alternative rock
• Radio Plus ^[1] - Classic hits network, with music from the 1980s serving as the core
• Radio Pogoda - Oldies music network featuring music from the 50s up to late 70s
• Meloradio - Contemporary hit radio network
• Rock Radio - Classic rock music network
• Chillizet - Easy listening music station featuring alternative, indie pop, lo-fi, soul, jazz, lifestyle and cultural programs

Time

• Radio Eska - Contemporary hit radio network
• Eska 2 - Polish music radio network
• Eska Rock - Rock music radio featuring mainstream, classic and alternative rock
• VOX FM ^[2] - Dance music station featuring 80s, 90s and XXI century euro disco, eurodance, italo disco and disco polo mixed with contemporary electronic dance music
• Radio Plus ^[3] - Classic hits network with music from the 1980s serving as the core

Independent

• Radio Maryja - Catholic and far-right conservative talk service known for its direct involvement in politics, mainly Law and Justice political party support and taking positions against feminism, gay rights, liberal values, Donald Tusk and Civic Coalition, the "Islamisation" of Europe, Middle Eastern refugees and the EU
• Radio Wnet - Generalist radio station featuring conservative talk, cultural magazines and alternative music
• Radio Rekord - Dance music radio network featuring local news and interviews, broadcasting disco polo, pop and EDM featuring regional news from Lesser Poland (mainly Radom, Kielce and Sandomierz) and North Mazovia
• Radio Fama - Contemporary hit radio network with greater emphasis on dance music featuring regional news from Kielce, Kraków (as Famka), Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Wołomin, Żyrardów and Słupsk

Listeners

RMF FM is the most popular radio station in Poland

See also

• Polish Radio
• Radio stations in interwar Poland
• List of Polish-language radio stations
• Polskie Radio

References

1. Joint network with Time
2. Shares format with three local radio networks - Norda FM, Warta FM and Radio WIelkopolska
3. Joint network with Eurozet