Polish mass media in Lithuania

Adomas Šimkus

Vilnius university

The aims of presentation

To introduce polish media outlets in Lithuania.

To present its content. Something else.

Numbers

1 Polish radio station 2 news websites 3 newspapers 2 magazines 1 radio show on national broadcaster 1 TV show on national broadcaster

Categories

Kurier Wileński:

Daily newspaper founded in 1953 About 36,000 readers (1.4% of

Lithuania's population) Format – a4 2,500 copies every day 1,8 LT

Main topics

Education Culture Politics Other

Readers’ opinions

www.facebook.com/kurier.wilenski

The most successful post

Radio show “Santara”

“Santara”: history

The oldest Polish minority’s Lithuanian radio show ever aired.

In 1944 informed Lithuanians about the Second World War.

Since then, the show Polish language became a part of this show.

“Santara”

Daily show on the 2nd program of National radio

In 5 different languages Lithuanian, Polish, Russian,

Belarusian and Ukrainian.

http://lrvab.lrt.lt/lt/archive/10020/

Vilniaus albumas (TV show)

The only TV show in Polish at national television.

Presents news about Poles, their problems and successes, unique culture and traditions.

Duration – 15 min.

“Vilniaus albumas”

http://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/38059/vilniaus_albumas?popup

Topics:

Culture Culture Culture

“Znad Wilii”: “We share information”

About

“Znad Willi” – Lithuania based radio station. More than 20 years has a leading position

among Polish media in Lithuania. Presents the latest news from Lithuania and

the world, as well as current information from Vilnius.

The first program was attributed to the July 1, 1992 [1].

The content:

80 % of daily schedule consists of contemporary music.

20 % dedicated to the latest news around the world.

The content:

The programs consists political, economic, educational, social, cultural, and entertainment information.

There are also relay radio programs of the European Radio for Belarus and Polish Radio External Service.

Topics:

Without current news around the world “Znad Wilii” also pays a lot of attention to Polish-Lithuanian relations, including problems that Polish minority nowadays might be facing in Lithuania.

Diversity of languages

News mostly is in Polish. Some news summaries are presented

in Russian and Lithuanian as well. The music basically is in Polish,

Russian and English.

Accessability:

24/7 Broadcast. Available in Vilnius, the capital of

Lithuania, and surrounding area. Worldwide availability – on-line. The website: http://zw.lt/

The logo:

It symbolizes the waves of Neris river in Vilnius.

The idea of the station:

According to its general manager, Mirosław Juchniewicz, the idea of this radio station “is to unite all who seek agreement over divisions”.

Social communication:

The website:

“Radar Wilenskie”

Conclusions

Same topics Variety of audiovisual production in

polish language is still poor. National broadcaster does not pay

attention.

In media

Project was co-financed from:

Orlen Lietuva Polsko-Litewski Fundusz Wymiany MłodzieżyFundacja Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

The sole responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the authors and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the Fundacja Rozwoju Systemu Edukacji neither Ministerstwo Edukacji Narodowej.