The founding myth of the regional television centre
in Katowice in the light of archival documents Cover Image

Mit założycielski regionalnego ośrodka telewizji w Katowicach w świetle materiałów archiwalnych
The founding myth of the regional television centre in Katowice in the light of archival documents

Author(s): Jakub Zajdel
Subject(s): Media studies, Social history
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: regional television in the Polish People’s Republic; the politics of the Polish People’s Republic; archival research of Polish People’s Republic television;

Summary/Abstract: The text concerns the construction of the regional television centre in Katowice.It was conducted between 1957 and 1968. The organisational activities were plannedand executed in state institutions. The first of these was the Ministry of Communica-tions and the second was the Committee for Radio Broadcasting “Polskie Radio”. Theactivities of these institutions about the construction of the regional television centrein Katowice are described based on legislation, archival documents and press, and bookpublications. An author confronts the historical description of the construction of theregional television centre in Katowice with the myth created by Stanisław Miszczak.

  • Issue Year: 1/2024
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 1-20
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish
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