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Revision as of 11:58, 22 December 2005 by Ksenon (talk | contribs) (looks like an all out war has been declared- added material and removed pov)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Radio Maryja is, according to anti-clerical and neo-communist elements, a controversial 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. However, Mayja is not the official radio channel of the church.
Audience
The radio is listened by approx. 1,2 million people daily, althoug the station claims that it is listened to by well over 10% of adults in Poland.
Accusations of it being a hate radio
Radio Maryja represents a viewpoint that isn't represented by any other media in Poland. It concentrates chiefly on social problems, as well as the strong influences of the post-communist elements in the country. It is also opposed to homosexuality in the form of a fundamentalism. These points do not fit into the lines of the mainly liberal and post-communist media, who have started attacking the radio, generally by means of falsitude and manipulations, as the recent TVN program, "Rydzyk,s Empire", shows, where it was proven that material was fabricated and used for propaganda purposes.
External links
- Official website
- Radio Netherlands feature on "controversial" European radio stations including Radio Maryja
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