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Faulty Radio Communication Poses a Threat to Public Security, Police Officials Claim

Greek Police officials, speaking with Kathimerini newspaper on Friday claimed that sensitive Police Units face severe communication problems as the radio devices they use are faulty. Special units of the Greek Police that guard sensitive spots in the Greek capital,...

Turkish Radio Dwarfs Greek Stations on Lesvos (video)

A radio station manager on the Aegean island of Lesvos has posted video online showing how broadcasts spilling over from neighboring Turkey more than double those of local Greek outlets. Christos Valasellis, general manager of local station Kiss FM, used...

Greek PM Accepts Minister's Resignation Over Radio Outburst

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday accepted the resignation of the country’s deputy education minister following a radio outburst by Kostas Zouraris. Zouraris tendered his resignation on Sunday, after the colorful lawmaker spoke disparagingly in an expletive-ridden interview about...

Digital Radio Debuts in Greece

Digital radio arrived in Greece this week, with a first pilot broadcast coming from public broadcaster ERT’s facilities on Ymittos mountain overlooking Athens. Unlike many European countries, Greece has no definitive road map towards a switch-off from analog FM radio...

Third Meeting on State Radio and TV Watchdog (NCRTV) Without Results

The third Greek Parliament leaders meeting on the Greek National Council for State Radio and Television (NCRTV) began at 2 p.m. on Wednesday but did not bear results as the conservative New Democracy, socialist PASOK and centrist Potami parties...

Shabab Web Radio in Athens Caters to Migrants and Refugees

Shabab in Arabic means friends. Along these lines, Shabab web radio, based in Athens, caters to refugees and migrants who live or are stranded in Greece. The multicultural internet radio station broadcasts news, music, entertainment programs and information that is...

Greece Suffered Million-Euro Losses from State TV and Radio Mismanagement

The Greek state has suffered losses in the millions of euros from mismanagement and fraud in public broadcaster ERT during the Christos Panagopoulos administration and the 9.84 radio station in the 2001-2010 period, according to auditors. The Sunday edition of Greek newspaper "To Vima"...

Greek Eurovision Song Tops BBC Radio 2 Fan-Favorite List

Helena Paparizou’s song “My Number One” was first on BBC Radio 2’s list of the best Eurovision winning songs in the last 60 years. The British radio station invited its audience to vote for their all-time-favorite Eurovision winning song. “This was...

Hellenic Public Radio Television Moving into ERT

Almost a month after the police evacuation of ERT  on November 7, the new Hellenic Public Radio Television is moving into the premises of ERT. The process has begun and it appears that everything is progressing without a big fuss. Pantelis...

700 Radio Employees to Be Dismissed

According to Greek media reports, the Ministry of the Interior has been holding discussions on how to secure 2,000 Troika-mandated dismissals by the end of 2013. According to the Greek government’s plan, about 700 municipal radio employees are to be...

Concert at Radiomegaron Three Months After Closure

With the slogan “ERT was and will remain open," one of the biggest concerts of the year is being organized at the Radiomegaron headquarters of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. The concert will take place on September 11, three months after...

Greek Communists Sell TV, Radio Stations

Greece's Communist Party (KKE) has sold its 902 radio and television stations to a private investor,  a Capitalist maneuver, with the transfer expected to be completed by the end of August. The deal for sale of the two broadcasters foresees...

Elementary Students Create Radio Station

Some pretty amazing little guys from the 2nd Elementary School of Eleousa in Ioannina, created a radio station called, School Radio. You’re probably wondering what kind of program this particular radio station broadcasts. Well, it sure includes everything: Songs,...

Istanbul Greeks Radio Station Goes Worldwide

The Greek community in Istanbul has taken its voice around the world through an online radio station called The Sound of Istanbul, which debuted on Oct. 30 during a ceremony in the auditorium of the Secretariat General of Information...

ERA5's World Solidarity Radio Marathon for the Creation of Two Drugstores for Greek Poor

During a tough period for the crisis-hit Greek people, the ERA5, known to the Greeks of the diaspora as “Voice of Greece”, is organizing a radio marathon in collaboration with the Holy Archdiocese of Athens. Voice of Greece aims at...