Opening Horizons on Euro 2012

While music is the main topic of this blog there are time when we have to take a step back and look at things in a slightly different light.

In Cardiff, Wales on April 18, 2004, Michel Platini announced that Poland and Ukraine would be hosting the Euro-2012 Championships.



Today, on Skhidna Liha Rostyslav Shtyn and William Patrickovych take a look at what the whole Euro-2012 thing means to Ukraine, as they kick off a new cycle of shows dedicated the the European Football Championships, a little less than five years from now.

No News today!

Well, it turns out that today... William Patrickovych hosted Skidna Liha as Rostyslav Shtyn was off traveling taking care of other business.

While William Patrickovych did not have news segment as usual, he did have Canadian Istan Rozumniy, originally from Winnipeg, in studio to discuss some of the differences of support of culture in Canada and in Ukraine.

Word gets around

As a fellow blogger Pawlina once wrote me there is nothing wrong with shameless self promotion. This being the case and anyone who hasn't listened to our first three Skhidna liha programs, you can check them out on Muzon.

Skhidna liha

Skhidna liha's first show was broadcast last Friday July 6 on Radio Continent. A number of people contacted me to note that the streaming of their site was not working, particular readers of this blog in North America. I was told by technical staff at Radio Continent that they have two different streaming servers; however, unfortunately I still have not received the URL for North America, so in the mean time I will provide a link from which you can listen the first broadcast of Skidna liha.

Remember, this program was developed for the Ukrainian market, hence it is in Ukrainian. This week's special guest is Yevhen Stupka, the General Director of MTV Ukraine, which should be starting up its broadcasting within the next six to eight weeks.

Just point your browser or your audio player to the Danapro Ltd. website to listen or download the first program broadcast on July 6, 2007. Enjoy!

Music, life, discussion and FUN

That is what listeners of Kyiv's Radio Continent 94.2 FM are in for every Friday during their drive home, wrapping up things at work or simply just listening to a station that was once a bastion of free news prior to being shut down on March 3, 2004 when it was broadcast on the 100.9 frequency.

Prior to Ukraine's Independence Day celebration in 2006 I received an e-mail from an old friend Serhiy Sholokh who said his radio station was to start broadcasting again on Independence Day. He was right... They came out but under a completely different format.

Early this spring I finally saw Serhiy once again at a press conference at UNIAN, after a journalist friend had told me that Serhiy was looking for me. A lot of time had passed since he fled Ukraine back in February of 2004. We discussed what he was doing with his station, and I started to tell him some of my plans for my business. As a result, this Friday July 6, after many months of planning and discussions our very own show called Skhidna liha will be airing at 17:15 [Kyiv time] on Radio Continent as well as via their multimedia server. The show will be rebroadcast on Saturday mornings at 11:15 for those who missed the original broadcast. If the musical intro doesn't wake listener's up, I am not sure what will.

I think anyone in Kyiv who manages to listen to the show will clearly understand that our approach is nothing like the approach to radio that many of the FM stations in Kyiv have. Hosted by my business partner Rostyslav Shtyn, and his side kick William Patrickovych, I am sure that anyone who listens, and likes good music will enjoy this program. If you do listen, and enjoy it, let your friends know.

Just like the title of this entry suggests, the program is all about Music, Life, Discussion and FUN. Tune in!