Radio Niepokalanów is a radio station broadcasting in the Łódź Voivodeship at 98.6 MHz and the Masovian Voivodeship at 102.7 MHz. The station can also be listened to using DAB+ multiplexes in Gdańsk, Katowice, Warsaw and Wrocław. The Radio Niepokalanów premises are located in Niepokalanów, Gmina Teresin.
History
After returning from a mission in Japan, Saint Maximilian Kolbe[1] made the first efforts to start a radio station in Niepokalanów. For its needs, a brick building was erected in a considerable distance from the rooms where the printing machines were located. The first test radio transmission was broadcast on 8 December 1938, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.[2][1]
The station used to be named SP3-RN (Stacja Polska 3 - Radio Niepokalanów). Its call signal was a fragment of the melody of the song "Po górach, dolinach". The station managed to broadcast only a couple test broadcasts. The Franciscans' efforts to acquire a concession were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II.[1][2]
After World War II, Radio Niepokalanów was reactivated on the 1 March 1995.[2] Today, the station broadcasts in two Voivodeships: the Masovian Voivodeship and the Łódź Voivodeship. The station is also available online and on DAB+.[3]
Locations of broadcasting stations
- Skierniewice/Bartniki – 102.7 MHz – ERP 1 kW[4]
- Łódź/Komin EC-4 – 98.6 MHz – ERP 2 kW[4] (broadcasting since 15 January 2003[5])
References
- 1.[1.2][1.3]"Historia". Radio Niepokalanów. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- 2.[2.2][2.3]Krzysztof Sagan (30 December 2013). "Marzenie Maksymiliana. Najstarsze radio katolickie w Polsce". radiopolska.pl. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- 3."Błękitne granie – zasięg". Łódzkie i Mazowieckie – Multipleks DAB+ – Posłuchaj online (in Polish). Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- 4.[4.2]"RadioPolska • Program | Radio Niepokalanów", radiopolska.pl
- 5.Krzysztof Sagan (18 January 2003), "Radio Niepokalanów w Łodzi", RadioPolska