AKTINA FM Way (Queens)
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Location:Intersection of 27th Street and 23rd Avenue
Honoree: AKTINA FM started broadcasting in 1993 as the first and only true bilingual Greek American radio program in the United States. Airing over the weekend on WNYE 91.5 FM in the New York metro area, it developed a listening base of more than half a million people. In recent years, AKTINA FM has expanded to provide 24-hour internet streaming of its programming, which is accessed by thousands of listeners worldwide. AKTINA TV soon followed, beginning as a public service news and culture magazine show, which is the only English language Greek American television production in the country. AKTINA TV is broadcast on WNYE every Sunday, and has established an impressive viewership of 600,000 in the tri-state area. AKTINA also hosts a live music series called Greek Music Journey (GMJ). Launched in 1997, GMJ promotes and preserves the representative music of Greece, such as the traditional, folk, popular folk and “rembetika” genres which comprise the basis of Greek music. This program started with local Greek American performers at small venues in Queens, and has since grown to hosting prestigious musicians from Greece at venues such as Alice Tully Hall, Town Hall, and the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College. (Constantinides)
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