Polish voices in the Italian ether. Polish language broadcasts on Radio RAI in the years 1948–2007

The article describes the history of the activity, the program and authors of programs in Polish broadcasted by Italian radio from the 1940s to the first decade of this century. These programs were directed to Poles living in the Apennine Peninsula, in their own homeland and in other countries, and at present a little knowledge about them is available from the preserved partial archival resources, the records in Italian Polonica and the interviews with some of their authors. Polish-language broadcasts on Radio RAI constitute an important part of Polonia and Polish-language media around the world.

Keywords: Polish language broadcasts, Polish section, RAI, Italy, Karol Kleszczynski.

Streszczenie
W artykule opisano historię działalności, program i twórców audycji w języku polskim emitowanych przez radiofonię włoską od lat czterdziestych XX wieku po pierwsze dziesięciolecie obecnego stulecia. Programy te kierowane były do Polaków mieszkających na Półwyspie Apenińskim, w ojczyźnie i innych krajach, a obecnie wiedza na ich temat jest niewielka, dostępna z zachowanych częściowych zasobów archiwalnych, zapisów w polonikach włoskich i wywiadów z niektórymi ich autorami. Audycje polskojęzyczne w Radiu RAI stanowią istotny fragment historii mediów polonijnych i polskojęzycznych na świecie.
 

The article describes the history of the activity, the program and authors of programs in Polish broadcasted by Italian radio from the 1940s to the first decade of this century. These programs were directed to Poles living in the Apennine Peninsula, in their own homeland and in other countries, and at present a little knowledge about them is available from the preserved partial archival resources, the records in Italian Polonica and the interviews with some of their authors. Polish-language broadcasts on Radio RAI constitute an important part of Polonia and Polish-language media around the world.