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 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.
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.
After World War II, Radio Niepokalanów was reactivated on the 1 March 1995. Today, the station broadcasts in two Voivodeships: the Masovian Voivodeship and the Łódź Voivodeship. The station is also available online and on DAB+.
Locations of broadcasting stations
Skierniewice/Bartniki – 102.7 MHz – ERP 1 kW Łódź/Komin EC-4 – 98.6 MHz – ERP 2 kW (broadcasting since 15 January 2003)
See also Saint Maximilian Kolbe Order of Friars Minor Conventual References
External links
Radio Niepokalanów website