Polish Radio Lwów
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Polish Radio Lwów was a station of the Polish Radio, located in the city of Lwów (now Lviv
, Ukraine
), which in the interbellum period belonged to the Second Polish Republic
. It was regarded as the second most popular station of the Polish Radio, behind Radio Warsaw .
. Its frequency was 795 kHz and range - 100 kilometers. Its office was located in a building at Batory 6 Street, and a Marconi transmitter, purchased in England
, was placed in the complex of the Eastern Trade Fair. At first, broadcasts were daily between 17:45 and 20:00 .
Broadcasts of the station were very popular across Poland, and the Wesoła Lwowska Fala, whose actors used Lwów dialect
, was among top shows among Polish listeners. Polish Radio Lwow also played classical music, news, lectures and liturgical services. Among those employed at the station, there were several Polish Jews, with composer Henryk Wars
and songwriter Emanuel Szlechter as the most prominent. It must also be noted that Lwów was the city with most radio owners in Poland, in mid-1939 there were around 45,000 radios, owned by its inhabitants. In the summer of 1938, construction of new office began, it was planned to be completed in mid-1940.
Following the outbreak of the World War II
, the campus of the radio was bombed by the Luftwaffe
on September 16, 1939 and ceased service.
On October 29, 1992, 53 years after the Polish September Campaign, another Polish language radio station began its broadcasts in the now-Ukrainian city of Lviv. It uses equipment of a private Ukrainian station Radio Nezaleznost and its range is 1100 kilometres (62.1 mi).
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
), which in the interbellum period belonged to the Second Polish Republic
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was...
. It was regarded as the second most popular station of the Polish Radio, behind Radio Warsaw .
History
The station was opened on January 13, 1930 , during the Eastern Trade FairTargi Wschodnie
Targi Wschodnie was a major trade fair in interbellum Poland. It was established in 1921 and held in Lwów , and was designed to attract business people from Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union...
. Its frequency was 795 kHz and range - 100 kilometers. Its office was located in a building at Batory 6 Street, and a Marconi transmitter, purchased in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, was placed in the complex of the Eastern Trade Fair. At first, broadcasts were daily between 17:45 and 20:00 .
Broadcasts of the station were very popular across Poland, and the Wesoła Lwowska Fala, whose actors used Lwów dialect
Lwów dialect
The Lwów dialect is a local variety of the Polish language characteristic of the inhabitants of the city of Lviv , now in Ukraine. Based on the substratum of the Malopolonia dialect, it was heavily influenced by borrowings from other languages spoken in Central Europe, notably German and Yiddish,...
, was among top shows among Polish listeners. Polish Radio Lwow also played classical music, news, lectures and liturgical services. Among those employed at the station, there were several Polish Jews, with composer Henryk Wars
Henryk Wars
Henryk Wars was a Polish and later American pop music composer. He wrote the music for 50 films in the interwar period in Poland and sixty more in the United States...
and songwriter Emanuel Szlechter as the most prominent. It must also be noted that Lwów was the city with most radio owners in Poland, in mid-1939 there were around 45,000 radios, owned by its inhabitants. In the summer of 1938, construction of new office began, it was planned to be completed in mid-1940.
Following the outbreak of the World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, the campus of the radio was bombed by the Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....
on September 16, 1939 and ceased service.
On October 29, 1992, 53 years after the Polish September Campaign, another Polish language radio station began its broadcasts in the now-Ukrainian city of Lviv. It uses equipment of a private Ukrainian station Radio Nezaleznost and its range is 1100 kilometres (62.1 mi).
Employees
- Witold Scazighino - director,
- Juliusz PetryJuliusz PetryJuliusz Petry - was a Polish writer, and radio director; he was the first director of Polish Radio in Lwów and Wilno and, after World War II, in Wrocław. He co-organized the re-launch of Polish Television, and was the author of numerous radio programs....
- program director, - Witold Korecki - technical director,
- Adam Soltys - music director,
- Ada Artzt - children broadcasts director,
- rev. Michal Rekas - religious broadcasts director,
- prof. Rudolf Wacek - sports broadcasts director,
Announcers
- Bohdan Sadowski,
- Celina Nahlik,
- Jerzy Tepa,
- Wiktor Budzynski,
- Czeslaw Halski,
- Kazimierz Wajda.
Programs
- Nasze Oczko (Our Eye),
- Wesole Niedziele (Funny Sundays),
- Wesola Lwowska Fala (Merry Lwow Wave),
- Ta-joj,
- Gospoda pod Lwowem (A chop-house near Lwow),
- Rozmowa z lwami pod ratuszem (Conversation with lions at the town hall),
- Wesoly tygodnik dzwiekowy (Merry sound weekly),
- Radio Chorym (Radio for the sick), first Polish broadcast for the sick, created in 1931,
- Broadcasts of Sunday services from Roman Catholic, Armenian and Greek-Catholic cathedrals,
- Teatr Wyobrazni (Theatre of Imagination),
- Kronika naukowa (Scientific chronicle), created by Kazimierz AjdukiewiczKazimierz AjdukiewiczKazimierz Ajdukiewicz was a Polish philosopher and logician, a prominent figure in the Lwów–Warsaw school of logic. He originated many novel ideas in semiotics, including the "categorial grammar" used by many formal linguists...
, Stanislaw Lempicki, and Leon ChwistekLeon ChwistekLeon Chwistek was a Polish avant-garde painter, theoretician of modern art, literary critic, logician, philosopher and mathematician.-Logic and philosophy:...
, - Lwowska Warta - a program for the countryside,
- Dni Regionalne (Regional Days), broadcasts from towns and cities of the area, including Zaleszczyki, Tarnopol, StanislawowIvano-FrankivskIvano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....
and PrzemyslPrzemyslPrzemyśl is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of June 2009. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship; it was previously the capital of Przemyśl Voivodeship....
.