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KAROLINA KACZOROWSKA BECOMES HONORARY PATRON OF RADIO ORLA.FM
Karolina Kaczorowska has agreed to become
Anglo-Polish Radio ORLA.fm's first honorary patron.
In this role the wife of the the last Polish President
in exile, Ryszard Kaczorowski Honorary GCMG, will be consulted on the
future path of the community radio station for Poles living in the
United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Mrs Karolina Kaczorowska said: "My husband
spoke about the positive contribution which Radio ORLA makes to the
Polish community in this country where we have lived since the 1940s. We
are very pleased that Radio ORLA also extends its programming to
English-speaking communities, so that others can learn more about our
cherished and proud country, Poland. It gives me great pleasure to
accept the role of honorary patron and I wish Radio ORLA great
successes."
George Matlock, director of Radio ORLA.fm said:
"Honorary patronage is something we have been thinking about for over a
year. We planned to offer this role to Mrs Kaczorowska and her
husband President Ryszard Kaczorowski at our May 18 birthday. As the
world knows, a terrible tragedy at Smolensk in Russia forced us to alter
our plans. But we are in awe of Mrs Kaczorowska for being able
and willing to accept this role now. Both her and her husband's work for
the Polish community, in the post-war government in exile as well as
other community work, has enriched us all and indeed made the
development of this radio station possible in the United Kingdom."
It is anticipated that Mrs Kaczorowska will
attend functions of the radio station. Her role will be ceremonial
rather than executive.
Notes to Editors:
Karolina Kaczorowska, as wife of the last
Polish President in exile Ryszard Kaczorowski, was the last First Lady
in exile 1989-1990.
During the Soviet occupation of Poland in 1939 she was
deported, along with her family, to Siberia, Russia. After being
released in 1941, the families of serving soldiers were transported to
India or Africa. Karolina and her mother spent the remaining years of
the war in a Polish settlement in Uganda travelling to England to be
re-united with her brother in 1948. Unable to return home to Poland, she
and her family settled in the UK. She was active in the exiled Polish
Scouting movement, where she met her future husband. Karolina married
Ryszard on July 19, 1952. Having started a family she graduated from the
University of London and then worked as a schoolteacher. Karolina and
Ryszard had 2 daughters, as well as 5 grandchildren.
Ryszard Kaczorowski was attending the Katyn memorial
service in Smolensk, Russia in April 2010 when the plane carrying him,
the Polish President Lech Kaczynski, and 94 other passengers and crew
crashed before landing at Smolensk. The tragedy resulted in early
presidential elections in Poland in June and July 2010.
Radio ORLA Ltd is based in London, with a studio at
the Hammersmith, Ealing and West London College in Ealing. It has
broadcast since May 18, 2006 and is Britain's only Anglo-Polish radio
station, serving an audience of more than 100,000 listeners in the UK,
Ireland and Poland.
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Media contacts:
George
Matlock
Director, Radio
ORLA
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Honorary Patron: Mrs Karolina Kaczorowska
Radio ORLA Ltd. Telephone: +44 (0)844 5454
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Registered Office: 20-22 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4JS
United Kingdom. Registered no. 05753200
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