Tributes

The program “Listen & See, Look & Hear” with Nikolas Angelidis and Grigoris Nanis is here to remind you of curious situations. Today we learn about: The Greek nut that’s at the very top of the world. The miracle team MPAM FC that emerged from the internet and now has more followers than ...

"Our Town" welcomes the award-winning and multi-talented actor Manolis Mavromatakis for an engaging conversation with host Themis Rodamitis.

Today and tomorrow, we will be honouring the memory of a colossal poet from Chile who died on September 23, 1973. Pablo Neruda marked not only world poetry but also the Greek song, as his verse was set to music by leading composers. So, today’s destination? Canto General, by Neruda and Mikis Theodorakis, w...

The great interpreter of Greek folk music was a landmark figure, a beacon of artistic expression and life. With her unique personality, she managed to convey hardships, wounds, and "miracles" alike, as well as the human need to endure everyday life through song.

"Our Town" takes listeners on a journey into the golden age of "Theatre on EIR". Writer Elena Kamilari, author of a book inspired by the program, joins host Themis Rodamitis to share stories about the unique bond between theatre and radio. Together, they explore how this program educated and inspired, capturing the magic of live studio performances and the art of radio theatre.

A show filled with songs we love and melodies that bring back memories, featuring tributes to influential artists.

Today, we will be celebrating Invisible Cities, the masterpiece written by my favourite author, Italo Calvino, who died exactly 40 years ago, on September 19, 1985. And we will be also listening to instrumentals by three exceptional composers, Elias Mastoris, Giorgos Stavrianos, Marios Strofalis, inspired...

Today’s GME is dedicated to Pavlos Fyssas, the musician who was killed by members of a neo-Nazi criminal gang exactly 12 years ago, on September 18, 2013. Dimitris Mystakidis, Active Member, Giorgos Tsigos, Koinoi Thnitoi, Giannis Koutras and Yperastikoi are some of the artists who, today, will be r...

A unique tribute to the 101st anniversary of AEK, which is celebrated today... It was on September 18, 1924, when the Court of First Instance of Athens approved the statutes of the Athletic Union of Constantinople (AEK), with its emblem being the double-headed eagle, its colors yellow and black, and...

The program is dedicated to one of the most important Greek composers and songwriters: Manos Loizos.

This week, we have been honouring five distinct individuals who, for different reasons, have left a profound mark on my personal mythology and who were born or passed away on one of this week’s days. Today, we will be remembering a superbly sensitive and expressive composer who passed away exactly 4...

A look back into the history of neighboring Turkey and the events that led to the arrest and execution of the country’s ninth prime minister, Adnan Menderes. It was on this day, 17 September 1961, sixty-four years ago. The program examines his relations with Greece, the pogrom against the Greeks o...

Today, we will be introducing ourselves to the exciting ideas and songs of Greece’s most explicitly political lyricist, who was born exactly 72 years ago, on September 16, 1953. His vision? “Singing is not about expressing yourself individually. When you write, you cannot start with your own experience. It ...

Giannoulis Halepas, who died exactly 87 years ago on September 15, 1938, is widely regarded as Greece’s greatest sculptor. He came from the island of Tinos and a family of famous marble cutters and sculptors. Halepas studied at the School of Arts in Athens and, in 1873, he left for Munich, under a s...

The shocking story… buried in the depths of the darkest period. The Greek Mauthausen… Some have just heard something about it. Others don’t even know it exists. Few people know what really happened there… We travel to Karya, Fthiotida, to encounter this Nazi Hell, to learn its history and what became ...

Throughout the week that ends today, we explored the work of some very talented and perhaps less advertised singers-songwriters who recently released personal albums of theirs and who definitely deserve our attention. Born in the neighborhood of Kesariani in 1987, Vassilis Korakakis has collaborated...

It is the Friday edition of the program “Time in Greece”,  Back in the Day… takes us back to 1963. We pick up and leaf through "Apogevmatini" newspaper: the Friday, September 12th issue, 62 years ago today! We read about... A crime of passion in Galatsi that shocked the whole country. The politic...

A show filled with songs we’ve cherished and melodies that stir memories — featuring tributes to influential artists, primarily from the Greek music scene, while also celebrating the voices of jazz and global musical culture. Produced and presented by Stelios Ioannidis