TVP3 Katowice

TVP3 Katowice a.k.a. TV Katowice also Television Katowice is one of the regional branches of the TVP, Poland's public television broadcaster. It serves the entire Silesian Voivodeship with particular dedication to the Metropolis GZM and Katowice metropolitan area.

TVP3 Katowice

Logo used since from January 2016
Silesian Voivodeship Poland
City	Katowice
Channels	Digital: 41 (UHF) Virtual: 3
Programming
Language(s)	Polish, Silesian, German
Affiliations	Telewizja Polska
Ownership
Owner	Telewizja Polska
History
First air date	3 December 1957; 67 years ago (1957-12-03)
Former names	Telewizji Katowice (1957 (1957)–1990 (1990)) GTR-3 (1990 (1990)–1991 (1991)) Tele 3 (1991 (1991)–2003 (2003)) TVP Katowice (2007 (2007)–2016 (2016))
Former channel number(s)	Analog: UHF 60 (1957 (1957)–2013 (2013))
Former affiliations	Independent (1957 (1957)–1994 (1994))
Links
Website	https://katowice.tvp.pl/

The building housing the headquarters of TVP3 Katowice.

History

Telewizja Katowice opened on 3 December 1957 at 4pm, covering much of southern Poland, as well as parts of Czechoslovakia via overspill.^[1]

The channel was one of the nine regional TVP3 stations that converted to high definition on 15 December 2023.^[2] As an effect of the 2023 Polish public media crisis, TVP3 Katowice was suspended on 20 December 2023, being replaced by TVP2 in the interim;^[3] the station restarted on 26 December.^[4]

Languages

Generally, broadcasts are conducted in Polish. Some broadcasts are conducted in the Silesian language (example U nos w Bytkowie, Patefon ujka Ericha, Holy War) and some in German (example Schlesien Journal).

Broadcast area

Broadcast area: generally Upper Silesia - mainly Silesian Voivodeship^[5] and Opole Voivodeship, furthermore small part (about 1/4) of Lesser Poland Voivodeship,^[5] very small part of Łódź Voivodeship^[5] and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship^[5] in Poland, and also very small part of Moravian-Silesian Region^[5] in Czech Republic and very small part of Slovakia (north-western part of Žilina Region^[5]).

Terrestrial transmitters and editorial offices

The TV center is located in Katowice, Television street no 1 in main part of Metropolis GZM. The main tower has a height of 90 meters. The secondary transmitter lies in Kosztowy - district of Mysłowice (suburb of Katowice), which has a height of 355 meters (the second tallest radio mast in Poland). Beyond this the signal is repeated by six more^[6] transmitters. Local redaction section (editorial offices) are found in Rybnik, Bielsko-Biała and Częstochowa.

Voivodeship	Location of transmitters	Canal	MHz	Power EiRP (kW)
Silesian	RTCN Kosztowy[7]	41	634 MHz	100 kW
Silesian	Częstochowa - RTCN Wręczyca[8]	41	634 Mhz	80 kW
Silesian	Racibórz (TSR Racibórz, Cmentarna street)[9]	41	634 MHz	0.026kW
Silesian	Szczyrk (TSR Szczyrk / Biła)[10]	41	634 MHz	0.010 kW
Silesian	Węgierska Górka (Mount Przybędza)	41	634 MHz	0.032 kW
Silesian	Żywiec - Mount Grojec[11]	41	634 MHz	0.010 kW
Silesian	Szczyrk - RTON Skrzyczne	41	634 MHz	60 kW

Logo history

1985 –1990	1990 –1991	1991 –1994	1994 –1998	1998 –2000	2000 –2001	2001 –2003	2003 –2007	2007 – 2013	2013 – 2016	2016