TVP3 Katowice

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| city = Katowice

| country = Poland

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| language = Polish, Silesian, German

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| affiliations = Telewizja Polska

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GTR-3 ({{start date|1990}}–{{end date|1991}})
Tele 3 ({{start date|1991}}–{{end date|2003}})
TVP Katowice ({{start date|2007}}–{{end date|2016}})

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| former_affiliations = Independent ({{start date|1957}}–{{end date|1994}})

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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.

History

Telewizja Katowice opened on 3 December 1957 at 4pm, covering much of southern Poland, as well as parts of Czechoslovakia via overspill.{{Cite web |author = Katarzyna Brzoza |editor = Telewizja Polska Katowice |title = Publiczna telewizja regionalna w Polsce. Stan na koniec grudnia 2015 roku. |date = 2018 |location = Rzeszów |publisher = Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego |pages = 77–88 |url = https://repozytorium.ur.edu.pl/bitstream/handle/item/5965/Publiczna%20telewizja%20regionalna%20w%20Polsce.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y}}

The channel was one of the nine regional TVP3 stations that converted to high definition on 15 December 2023.{{Cite web |title = 9 kolejnych wersji TVP3 już nadaje w HD |access-date = 15 December 2023 |publisher = SATKurier.pl |url = https://satkurier.pl/news/233560/9-kolejnych-wersji-tvp3-juz-nadaje-w-hd.html}} 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;{{Cite web|url=https://dziennikzachodni.pl/dziennikarze-tvp3-katowice-pracuja-mimo-ze-odcieto-im-sygnal-radio-katowice-dalej-nadaje/ar/c1-18185845|title=Dziennikarze TVP3 Katowice pracują, mimo że odcięto im sygnał. Radio Katowice dalej nadaje | Dziennik Zachodni}} the station restarted on 26 December.{{Cite web |title = TVP3 wznawia nadawanie. Emisja Koronki powraca |date = 26 December 2023 |access-date = 28 December 2023 |publisher = kultura.onet.pl |url = https://kultura.onet.pl/telewizja/aktualnosci/tvp3-wznawia-nadawanie-emisja-koronki-powraca/z85sdxe |language = pl}}

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{{cite web |url=http://ww2.tvp.pl/tvppl/images/2007/03/02/617817/img500.jpg |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110411161121/http://ww2.tvp.pl/tvppl/images/2007/03/02/617817/img500.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-11 |title=Strona główna - Telewizja Polska SA |publisher=Ww2.tvp.pl |access-date=2012-01-08 }} and Opole Voivodeship, furthermore small part (about 1/4) of Lesser Poland Voivodeship, very small part of Łódź Voivodeship and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship in Poland, and also very small part of Moravian-Silesian Region in Czech Republic and very small part of Slovakia (north-western part of Žilina Region).

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{{cite web|url=http://ww2.tvp.pl/16350,20070302466558.strona |title=Strona główna - Telewizja Polska SA |publisher=Ww2.tvp.pl |access-date=2012-01-08}} transmitters. Local redaction section (editorial offices) are found in Rybnik, Bielsko-Biała and Częstochowa.

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! style="text-align:center;"|Voivodeship

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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|RTCN Kosztowy{{cite web |url=http://ww2.tvp.pl/include/docs/2007/03/02/Katowice-Kosztowy2.jpg |title=Strona główna - Telewizja Polska SA |publisher=Ww2.tvp.pl |access-date=2012-01-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927124337/http://ww2.tvp.pl/include/docs/2007/03/02/Katowice-Kosztowy2.jpg |archive-date=2011-09-27 }}