TVP3 Katowice

Logo used since from January 2016
Country	Poland
Broadcast area	Silesian Voivodeship
Headquarters	Telewizyjna 1, Katowice
Programming
Language(s)	Polish, Silesian, German
Picture format	16:9 (576i)[1] 16:9 (SDTV)[1]
Ownership
Owner	Telewizja Polska
Sister channels	TVP
History
Launched	1 March 1959
Links
Website	http://www.tvp.pl/katowice
Availability
Terrestrial
Polish Digital	MUX 3

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 Upper Silesian Metropolis and greater Silesian metropolitan area.

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^[2] and Opole Voivodeship, furthermore small part (about 1/4) of Lesser Poland Voivodeship,^[2] very small part of Łódź Voivodeship^[2] and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship^[2] in Poland, and also very small part of Moravian-Silesian Region^[2] in Czech Republic and very small part of Slovakia (north-western part of Žilina Region^[2]).

Terrestrial transmitters and editorial offices

The TV center is located in Katowice, Television street no 1 in main part of Upper-Silesian Metropolis. 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^[3] transmitters. Local redaction section (editorial offices) are found in Rybnik, Bielsko-Biała and Częstochowa.

Logo history

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