„The Community of Joy”, i.e. about the Radio-run concert of compliments – one of the phenomena in the local culture of Opole Silesia Cover Image
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„Wspólnota radości”, czyli o Radiowym koncercie życzeń – jednym z fenomenów w lokalnej kulturze Śląska Opolskiego
„The Community of Joy”, i.e. about the Radio-run concert of compliments – one of the phenomena in the local culture of Opole Silesia

Author(s): Donat Przybylski
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Instytut Śląski
Keywords: intertwining of the traditional culture with the mass culture; Radio program; concert of compliments;

Summary/Abstract: Radio Opole is one of the few radio stations (apart from those based in Katowice and Białystok) that have maintained the radio concert of compliments) on the air. The programme, which still enjoys high popularity with listeners (up to 200 thousand listeners per one million of the inhabitants of the province), testifies to the changes going on in the sphere of customs in Opole Silesia and to intertwining of the traditional culture with the mass culture. The programme under analysis appeared on the air in 1952 and since then has not undergone any greater alterations. Initially, it was a twenty-minute live programme, which on the turn of the 20th and the 21st century came to last four hours. During the programme the readers in the studio read out a series of wishes and compliments connected with birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and the like, which are followed by a song selected by senders of the wishes. Initially, that concerned mainly „round” anniversaries, whereas in recent decades there have dominated wishes on the occasion of the 18th birthday. A relatively big change has been observed as regards the repertoire of songs, which used to be dominated by the style of pop music. Recent years have seen more and more songs performed in the German language.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 69
  • Page Range: 353-367
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish