Dziennik Telewizyjny

Dziennik Telewizyjny
Dziennik logo (1980s)
Also known as	Dziennik, DT, DTV Television Journal
Genre	News program, propaganda
Country of origin	Polish People's Republic
Original language	Polish
Production
Running time	30 minutes (per episode) 60 minutes (under martial law; 1981–1983)
Original release
Network	TP1, TP2
Release	1 January 1958 (1958-01-01) – 17 November 1989 (1989-11-17)
Related
Wiadomości Dnia (1956–1958) Wiadomości (1989–2023) 19.30 (2023–)
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Dziennik Telewizyjny (DT; lit. 'Television Journal'), commonly simplified to Dziennik (lit. 'Journal'), is a Polish daily television news program that was produced and broadcast by Telewizja Polska (TP; now abbreviated as TVP) between 1958 and 1989, during the time Poland was under the communist dictatorship. It was Poland's second regularly televised newscast and the primary propaganda tool used by the Polish United Workers' Party during the Cold War. The final episode aired on 17 November 1989 and the program was replaced by Wiadomości on the following day, 18 November 1989.

Dziennik succeeded a previously run short-term news show on 1 January 1958. Every 30-minute episode was transmitted on the first channel, TP1 (now TVP1), at 08:00 p.m CET (1958–1965) and subsequently at 07:30 p.m CET from 1965 until the fall of communism in 1989. The program was infamous for its propaganda-like theme, manipulative approach, emotive or loaded terms, and extensive political agenda. The broadcast greatly resembled other communist news programs of the period, especially East German Aktuelle Kamera. The show had correspondents who were permanently based in several world cities such as New York, London, Moscow, Paris, and Rome.

The show's 31-year legacy can be seen in Poland today among the older generation, who often refers to every contemporary news program as "Dziennik", including newspapers and popular media. At the height of its popularity in the 1970s, Dziennik Telewizyjny was continuously watched by over 11 million people, approximately in every third household in Poland at the time.^[1]