90 years of Polish Radio

Last sunday marked ninety years since Poland's first radio broadcast on 1 February 1925, seven years after the country regained its independence in the wake of World War I.

The first programme was emitted by the Polish Radiotechnical Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Radiotechniczne) from their makeshift studio in a Warsaw suburb.

''It was actually a test, but a successful one, and that is why we consider this moment as the beginning of the activity of Polish Radio,'' commented Andrzej Siezieniewski, current chairman.

The official founding of Polish Radio was on 18 August 1925.

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Polish Radio Turns 85

On 1 February 1925 the first radio broadcast was aired from Poland, marking a new era of communications in a country which regained independence only 7 years earlier.

For the first months, one hour programs were all that could be heard daily at 18 hours CET, broadcast live from a makeshift studio located in a southern Warsaw suburb. The power output had been a modest half kilowatt, but the transmissions could be heard even outside Poland.

The first surveys showed an audience of 5,000 listeners.

Full audio report: http://thenews.pl/national/?id=124785

(Sergei via DXLD)