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Revision as of 15:48, 15 December 2005 by 149.156.124.2 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Radio Maryja is a conservative Catholic radio station in Poland founded December 8, 1991. Its director is Father Tadeusz Rydzyk. Radio Maryja supported the victorious Law and Justice party and Lech Kaczynski during the parliamentary and presidential elections in Poland (Sep/Oct 2005).
Finances and ownership
The radio station is owned by the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Warsaw Province), and is financed through donations from its audience. Radio Maryja is, according to Polish law giving special rights to the Catholic Church, not bounded by any accountancy rules, so Radio Maryja does not have to prove the sources of finincing for the radio (and the whole media complex of TV and daily newspaper).
Audience
The radio is listened by approx. 1,2 million people daily. Its audience peaked in 1998, when the radio had 2 million listeners.
External links
- Official website
- Radio Netherlands feature on controversial European radio stations including Radio Maryja
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