Hey all! A big congrats to last week's Y2C winner: Abby Anne Lee.
Please email us your mailing address to kpop@kbs.co.kr so we can send
out your prize. Be sure to include in the subject line that you are the
Y2C winner for August 26, 2016.
For this week, I wanna hear about
your favorite Korean drama of all time! I read a survey that was
conducted on international k-drama fans and the results were a little
different from what I expected. So I wanna know from our listeners...what is your ULTIMATE favorite Korean drama? Do you a have a special reason why?
Let us know and we'll share you answers on our Friday episode of K-Pop Connection.
Have a great week and stay safe everyone! :)
-Angie
Today in Mailbox: Listener feedback from Radio Miami International,
response to Radio Prague's broadcasts, monthly listeners' quiz.
Listeners/readers quoted: Henry Zapatka, Rutilio Flores, Vladimir
Gudzenko,
Constantin Liviu Viorel, Mohamed Elsayed Abd Elraheim, Hans Verner
Lollike,
Arne Timm, Jayanta Chakrabarty.
Hello and welcome to Mailbox, Radio Prague’s monthly programme for your
views, questions and comments. Thank you as always for all your feedback,
be it via e-mail or on Facebook where you can find us at
www.facebook.com/radioprague – where we post the
highlights of our daily
programme.
As our listeners in North America will know, Radio Prague’s broadcasts
are relayed on shortwave via Radio Miami International on the continent on
the frequency 9955 kHz and Radio Prague does confirm reception reports.
Here are a couple of excerpts from recent listener correspondence kindly
forwarded to us by Radio Miami International. Henry Zapatka from the US state of Connecticut writes: “Just a short note to send in a reception report of the program
Wavescan
that I listened to on your station. I enjoy this program and many others
that you broadcast (World of Radio, Radio Prague, Radio Slovakia, Ukraine,
etc.) during the week… I’m glad that you broadcast many of the shows
at
various times during the week so I’m able to hear them. I still enjoy
listening to shortwave.” Rutilio Flores from El Salvador wrote: “I listen to your shortwave transmissions on my portable radio. As
a
learner of English I enjoy listening to your general programming since I
get to hear the way people of different countries pronounce the English
language. Tuning into Radio Miami International has helped me to hear a
variety of radio productions, and indeed all of them have announcers
pronouncing the English words in their own way. In such a fashion I have
improved my English in a self-taught way, of course thanks to
WRMI.”
We also received this feedback from our regular follower Vladimir
Gudzenko
from Russia: Aviezer Tucker, photo: LinkedIn of Aviezer Tucker“Today, I’d like to refer to the interview by Aviezer Tucker,
prominent scientist and writer, on the importance of the Václav Havel’s
philosophical heritage. Sorry the name of the Czech philosopher and one of
the spokesmen of Charter 77, Jan Patočka, was unknown to me, and I knew
Václav Havel only as a politician and a playwright. In my home library,
there is one of Havel’s books. “So I am very grateful to you for introducing the Israeli-born
political
philosopher, who went in to your studio, and his books. I should like to
note his words about Jan Patočka: ‘He saw the history of humanity, or
at
least the history of humanity in a modern era, is a history of alienation
from truth. It was very important for him that people should live in
truth.
Not just know the truth, but live in truth’. “These ideas are very important for this country, Russia, too. The
country that is proud of its bloody and disgraceful past. The 1968
aggression towards Czechoslovakia was condemned by the first president of
post-soviet Russia, Boris Yeltsin, and has now been re-evaluated by the
present president from the KGB. This Russia, which has not condemned its
recent past, including the interventions to the republic of Moldova,
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and Georgia, now is in a state of undeclared
war with my dear homeland, the Ukraine."
Thank you for keeping in touch with us and letting us know what you think. Albín Polášek, foto: public domain
Thank you also for taking part in our monthly quiz dedicated to people of
Czech or Bohemian origin who made a difference outside their homeland.
We are always happy to see our old-time listeners coming back to us–
such as Constantin Liviu Viorel from Romania, who sent us this
answer: “The Czech sculptor born in Frenštát, Moravia on the 14-th of
February
1879 was Albín Polášek. He worked as a wood carver in Vienna and at the
age of 22, he immigrated to United States. He studied at the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine arts and he was head of the Sculpture department at the
Art
Institute of Chicago. He created more than 400 works, but the most
important ones are: the Wilson Memorial (1928), the Masaryk Memorial
(1941), Mother Crying Over the World (1942) - about the World War, and
Victory of Moral Law (1956), dedicated to the Revolution in
Hungary.” Mohamed Elsayed Abd Elraheim from Egypt wrote: Radegast of Albín Polášek, photo: Archive of Radio Prague“He was born on February 14, 1879 in Frenštát, Moravia, now part
of
the Czech Republic. After serving as an apprentice woodcarver, at age 22
he
immigrated to the U.S., following his two brothers, both priests, to
Minnesota. He served nearly 30 years as head of the sculpture department
for the Art Institute of Chicago before retiring to Winter Park, Florida
in
1949. In 1961, Polášek married Emily Muska Kubat. The couple set up the
Albín Polášek Foundation and transformed the Polášek's home into
the Albín Polášek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, which remains one of
Florida's most popular cultural attractions.”
One of our most faithful contributors, Hans Verner Lollike from
Denmark,
writes: “Albín Polášek was born on February 14, 1879 in the Moravian
town of
Frenštát pod Radhoštěm. He learned to be a wood carver in Vienna. At
the age of 22 he left for the United States where he studied to be a
sculptor. He won different prestigious prizes, and he worked and lived in
Europe and New York. Afterwards he headed the Art Institute of Chicago for
almost 30 years. “He created more than 400 sculptures, among the best known is the
Masaryk Statue in Chicago and the statue of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in
the
Czech Republic. He retired from the art institute and moved to Winter
Park,
Florida. A few months later he suffered a stroke, but with his right hand
alone he was able to complete 18 more works. He died in Winter Park on May
19, 1965.” Albín Polášek, photo: free domainArne Timm from Estonia adds: “In 2000 he was named a ‘Great Floridian’ and in 2004 he was
inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.”
And finally our faithful listener Jayanta Chakrabarty from
India: “The Czech mystery personality is none other than Albín Polášek,
a
Czech citizen who emigrated to the United States as a wood carver.
Perfecting his trade at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under the
able guidance of the famed American sculptor and educator, Charles Grafly,
he won a number of Cresson Travelling Scholarships which enabled him to
study art at the American Academy in Rome and Greece. His capability and
competence catapulted him to the post of Professor and Director of the
Department of Sculpture at the Chicago Art Institute, a prestigious
appointment which he held for 30 long years. This was the best period of
his career wherein he created his masterpieces in a wide spectrum of
subjects. His invaluable contribution to the world of art was recognized
by
the US National Academy of Design who elected him as Associated Member - a
honorary degree only reserved for America's top painters, sculptors
and architects. Saints Cyril and Methodius of Albín Polášek, photo: Barbora Kmentová"His lifelong creation exceeds a staggering
400 works, many of which
are displayed in the Spirit of Music in Grant Park next to the Chicago Art
Institute, the Thomas Garrigue Masaryk Memorial at the University of
Chicago and in the Bohemian National Cemetery. Some of his best known
works
like the President Woodrow Wilson Memorial, Radegast and the Saints Cyril
and Methodius are to be found in the Czech Republic. The Albín Polášek
Foundation which operates the Albín Polášek Museum and Sculptor Garden
in Florida houses the most fascinating collection of the great
sculptor's life and works in the form of scrapbooks, photographs,
newspaper clippings, speeches and correspondence. Polášek won numerous
laurels and awards like the honourable mention at the Paris Salon, Rome
Prize Competition and the Widener Gold Medal from Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts. His indomitable Czech spirit and determination enabled him to
create outstanding works of art till his sad demise at the age of 86
years.” Photo: Stuart Miles / FreeDigitalPhotos
Thank you very much once again for your answers and this time our prize
goes to Koichi Saito from Japan. Congratulations and here’s a
brand new
question for the coming weeks.
This time please tell us the name of the Austrian physician, born in 1818
in the Central Bohemian village of Mořina into a Czech Jewish family, who
studied medicine in Prague and Vienna and went on to play an important role
in introducing modern medicine to Persia.
Please send us his name by September 7th to the usual address
english@radio.cz. Mailbox will be back again in four
weeks’ time. Until
then please keep your e-mails and reception reports coming. Happy
listening
and take care!
This
week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about
the world’s first woman cosmonaut. There’s the listener mailbag,
great music, and of course, the quiz. Just click on the arrow in the
photo and enjoy!
Hello everyone!
Welcome to The Sound Kitchen. You can catch the programme on-the-air every Saturday at 6:15, 7:15, 14:45 and 16:45 universal time.
You’ll hear the winner’s names announced and the week’s quiz question,
along with all the other ingredients you have grown accustomed to: your
letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews,
and great music … so be sure and tune in every Saturday. For our DX enthusiast friends:
Our shortwave frequency is 13725 kHz on the 22m band, from 06.00 to
07.00 UT every day. We’ve had reception reports from Algeria, Australia,
Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Cuba, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia,
Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,
Poland, Russia, Sierra Leone, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the UK
and the US, and although the frequency is “aimed” (or however that
works) towards the African continent, give it a try. You never know …
and be sure and send us your reception reports. Maybe we can get more
time, which would be wonderful.
You can also hear our programs on WRMI (http://www.wrmi.net/) and WRN (http://www.wrn.org/listeners/). In Paris, you can hear us on World Radio Paris (http://www.worldradioparis.fr/)
on DAB+. These broadcasters diffuse our programs out of the goodness of
their hearts (and thank you thank you thank you WRMI, WRN, and World
Radio Paris!), but unless you tell us how you heard us, we have no way
of knowing … so do write and tell us how you listen to us. A hearty welcome to our new RFI clubs! There’s the RFI Listeners Club in
Muzaffargarh, Pakistan with Mubashir Hussain Asher as president; the RFI
Fan Club in Nadia, W Bengal, India with Sunilbaran Das as president;
the Kumi Central RFI Listeners Club in Kampala, Uganda with Charles
Ongole John as president, and the RFI Listeners Club in Sheikhupura,
Pakistan with Riaz Ahmed Khan as president.
Welcome, welcome, welcome! There are now 36 official RFI English listeners clubs! There are 19 RFI English clubs in the midst of football tournaments. RFI’s
Listener Relations department organized the tournaments because they
knew the European Championship Games would have everyone football mad …
and the matches played by the RFI English clubs continue!
The
participating clubs are from all around the globe. In Africa, there’s
the RFI Fan Club, Kisii, Kenya, Mogire Machuki, president; Kemogemba
Club, Tarime, Tanzania, Ras Franz Manko Ngogo, president; The RFI
Listeners Club Gambia, Brikama Town, The Gambia, Lamin Ceesay,
president; RFI Ducor Sea Breeze Club of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia,
Hyrum Karyea Mennoh, president, and the RFI Club Ain Kechera, Ain
Kechera, Algeria, Ferhat Bezazel, president.
In Pakistan, there’s
the Pak France International Listeners Club, Sahiwal, Shahzad Shabbir,
president and the RFI Fans Web Visitors Club in Khanpur, Amir Manzoor,
president.
In India, there’s the International DX Radio Listeners
Club, Murshidabad, Mr Najimuddin, president; RFI Natun Radio Listeners
Club, Murshidabad, Kanchan KR Chatterjee, president; Golden DX Club,
Murshidabad, Siddhartha Sarkar, president; RFI Listeners Club, Hyderabad
/ Miryalguda; Mrs P Sreelatha Reddy, president; Young Stars Radio
Club, Sainikpuri / Secunderabad, Hari Madugula, president, and Metali
Listeners Club, Murshidabad, Shivendu Paul, president.
In
Bangladesh, there’s the Kaptai RFI Fan Club, Kaptai, Jahangir Alam
Manto, president; RFI Club Dhaka, Dhaka, Wali Ahad, president; RFI
Surfer’s Society Bangladesh, Dhaka, Ms Royeka Khatun, president, and the
Friends Radio Club, Naogaon, Dewan Rafiqul Islam, president.
Both
of our Cuban clubs are participating, too – the RFI Club Cuba, Ivan
Carralero, president, and Cubans on the Radio, also in Holguin, Rommel
Tamayo Gutiérrez, president.
The clubs will be sending in match results and (hopefully!) lots of photos for our Facebook pages. Stay tuned for the latest! This week’s quiz: On 18 June I asked you to send me the name of the first woman in space and the year of her space flight. The answer is: Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova. She was on-board the Vostok 6 spacecraft, which blasted off on 16 June 1963.
Before Tereshkova became a cosmonaut, she was a textile-factory assembly worker … how about that for a career change? The winners are: RFI
Listeners Club members Maruf Dewan from Espoo, Finland and S Sanjai
Aravindhan from Chennai, India; John Taylor from Kumasi, Ghana; Ms Resha
Prakash from Kathmandu, Nepal and Ali Rabban from the Karatoa Listeners
Club in Sirajganj, Bangladesh.
Congratulations winners! This week’s question
... you'll have to listen to the show to participate. You have until 26
September to enter this week's quiz. The winners will be announced on
the 1 October program. When you enter, be sure you send your postal
address in with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners
Club membership number. Send your answers to: english.service@rfi.fr or
Susan Owensby
RFI – The Sound Kitchen
80, rue Camille Desmoulins
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux
France or
By text … You can also send your
quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country’s
international access code, or “ + ”, then 33 6 31 12 96 82. Don’t
forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have
one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.
제
3회 한국어 말하기 동영상 공모전 최종우승자로 선정된 인도네시아의 Nurvira 씨, 영국의 Fatima 씨, 그리고 캐나다의
Aiden 씨를 지켜보며 궁금했던 점 없으셨나요? 오는 8/26(금)까지 댓글로 남겨주세요. 추첨을 통해 푸짐한 상품(공모전
포스터, 스티커, 스타 싸인, CD, KBS 월드라디오 기념품 등)을 드립니다.
Do you have
questions to ask Nurvira, Fatima, Aiden - this year's TOP 3? We have
prizes (posters, celebrities' autographs, CDs and KBS WORLD Radio
souvenirs, etc.) for the best questions and comments, so leave a comment
here by Friday, August 26, to enter the draw!
Congrats to last week's Y2C winner, Nikki Cassie. Please email us
your mailing address to kpop@kbs.co.kr so we can send you your prize. :) Be sure to include in the subject line that you were the Y2C winner for August 19, 2016.
If you want a shot at being chosen as our next Y2C winner and receive a
prize from KBS World Radio, just answer the following question!
What is one thing you wish you did as a kid? Maybe it's a new skill (learn to swim, taekwondo, ride a bike...etc.), new
language..maybe you wish you had a certain experience (ask the most
popular boy/girl out, go on a trip to a foreign country..). Maybe it's
something you regret not doing like spending more time with your family.
If you could go back to being a kid, what is one thing you would do differently?
Let us know and tune into K-Pop Connection to hear everyone's answers! :)
Have a great week~
-Angie
RTI: Celebrating 15 years of Hosting Andrew & Elen Winners (Announce today at Feast Meets West Program)
10 Winners are Jayanta Chakrabarty,Brian9(?), Rocky (?),Ashik Eqbal
Tokon, Roser Tidey, Carlos Rubens,Sathi Pervin, Amir Manzoor, Mitul
Kansal and Mogire Machuki.
Hey all! Let's congratulate last week's Y2C winner, Farid Rami. Please email us your mailing address to kpop@kbs.co.kr.
For this week's question...let's talk about a star's credibility or trustworthiness that he or she has racked up.
For example, is there an actor that you trust enough (from his or her
past performances) to go see his or her drama/movie no questions asked?
You trust that actor enough to believe that the movie or drama will good
and worth watching.
The same goes
for a singer. Is there a singer that you trust enough to buy his/her
album without even listening to it first because you know it'll be good?
An MC so good that you watch his/her show trusting that it'll be entertaining?
Let us know your answers and we'll share them on Friday's K-Pop Connection.
Thanks for participating guys! Hope you become chosen as our next prize winner! :)
-Angie
ENTER
TO WIN! Andrew Ryan and Ellen Chu are celebrating 15 years hosting
together. Tell us about your favorite moment from Feast Meets West or
Groove Zone for your chance to win a limited edition RTI passport
holder!
DETAILS: Post your entry below or send it to androo (at)
rti.org.tw DEADLINE: We've extended the deadline to this Wednesday,
August 17, 2016. WINNERS: will be announced in next Saturday's Feast
Meets West!
RRI World Service Voice of Indonesia wherever you are! Based on the
Decree of Director of RRI World Service-Voice of Indonesia No. 171/
2016, we have determined the winners of "VOI International Quiz 2016". The lucky winners to win the grand prizes of having holidays in Indonesia are as follows:
1. Ali Benchohra (Algeria) 2. Abdel Hamid Kharifi (Morocco) 3. Heinz Haring (Austria) 4. David Antonio Iurenca (Argentina) 5. Vladimir Gudzenko (Russia)
The grand prize winners are invited to visit Indonesia from August 4th to September 11th, 2016. Congratulations to the winners! We are looking forward to seeing you in Indonesia.
In addition to the grand prizes, VOI also presents consolation prizes to twenty winners:
1. Peiqiang Zhang (China) 2. yangg Tietong (China) 3. Volker Willschrey (Germany) 4. Helmut Matt (Germany) 5. Takashi Kawai (Japan) 6. Akio Uemura (Japan) 7. Nasser Ali Farud Dhaifer (Yemen) 8. Hanan Osman (Egypt) 9. Noureddine Ahmad Hussein (Jordan) 10. Muhammad Salisu Dawanau (Nigeria) 11. Muhammad Amir Manzour (Pakistan) 12. MD. Mahbubur Rahman (Bangladesh) 13. Loubna El Bdaoui (Morocco) 14. Raul Edgardo Figuerca Bardales (Peru) 15. Ana Doina Butman (Romania) 16. Erdenechuluun (Mongolia) 17. Hans Verner Lollike (Denmark) 18. Jedzejczak Jaroslaw (Poland) 19. Ibrahim One of Salman (Iraq) 20. Afife Betil Will (Turkey)
We would like to express great gratitude for listeners who have
participated in VOI INTERNATIONAL QUIZ 2016. This program is organized
by RRI World Service-Voice of Indonesia and sponsored by Indonesian
Tourism Ministry and the World Wild Life -WWF Indonesia. This decision is final and no discussions or correspondence with entrants or any other person will be entered into.
You are once again invited to participate in a prize winning contest: "The 3rd RadiRo International Radio Orchestras Festival".
RadiRo Festival
Dear friends of RRI, you are once again invited to a prize winning
contest: “The 3rd RadiRo International Radio Orchestras Festival”. It
is dedicated to a unique musical event in Europe, bringing to the Radio
Concert Hall stage 6 major orchestras and world famous soloists and
conductors.
Radio Romania is the organizer of the 3rd International Radio
Orchestra Festival between 23 September and 1 October, the only musical
event cultivating the skill and excellence of radio symphony orchestras
around the world every 2 years, since 2012.
The 9-day festival will bring together on the Radio Concert Hall
stage 5 famous classical music ensembles from around Europe, and, as a
first for Bucharest, a Chinese ensemble, the Shenzhen Symphony
Orchestra. The latter opens the festival on September 23rd with a
concert headlined by Chinese pianist Zuo Zhang and Romanian violinist
Gabriel Croitoru, playing the famous Guarneri de Gesu violin that used
to belong to the great Romanian musician George Enescu.
The festival features the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, which performs
every year at the Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremony. One other notable
presence is the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, the oldest radio
orchestra in Germany, under the baton of Kristjan Järvi, who is also the
honorary director of RadiRo 2016.
The Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra brings to the festival famous
violinist Gidon Kremer. The BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Barry
Wordsworth, will close the festival on October 1st. The Romanian
National Radio Orchestra will hold two concerts at the RadiRo Festival,
on September 26th and 30th, featuring conductors Cristian Macelaru and
Leo Hussain, alongside violin soloist Alexandru Tomescu and cellist
Razvan Suma, with the participation of the Radio Academic Choir and the
Radio Children’s Choir.
You are invited to follow RRI broadcasts, our website, www.rri.ro,
and our Facebook ,Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn profiles, and to answer
correctly, in writing, a few questions, and you may be a winner. The
closing date is October 1st, 2016 mailing date.
The prizes and honorary mentions consist of Romanian and
international classical music CDs signed by famous Romanian artists, as
well as various cultural items. The contest is organized jointly with
the Nicolae Tonitza Fine Art High School of Bucharest, Casa Radio
Publishing House, and Electrecord label.
And here are the questions:
- Name the year of the first edition of the International Radio Orchestras Festival
- Who is the honorary director of the 3rd edition of the festival?
- How many orchestras will be performing at the 2016 edition of RadiRo?
- Who is the organizer of the festival?
Please tell us what prompted you to participate in the contest and
why you are listening to RRI’s broadcasts and following RRI’s content
online. Our address is: Radio Romania International, 60-64 G-ral
Berthelot Street, District 1, Bucharest, PO Box 111, zip code 010165,
fax 00.40.21.319.05.62, e-mail: engl@rri.ro.
Please send your answers by October 1st 2016, mailing date. The winners
of the Grand Prize will be announced soon after that date. Good luck!
The correct answer for July: Austrian and Prussian
Winners:
Maruf Dewan, Finland Hirobumi Sato, Japan Jamila Bekkai, Morocco Juan D. Díez Echevarría, Spain Karl-Heinz Grüttner, Germany Serhii Kostiychenko, Ukraine
Test your knowledge of things Czech! On the first day of the month Radio
Prague will announce the month’s quiz question on this site. At the end
of every month we will draw six winners from the correct answers received.
Join our contest and win a Radio Prague prize! Answers should be sent to cr@radio.cz by the end of the month.
Question for August:
Radio Prague launched its foreign language broadcasts 80 years ago, in
August of 1936. Which of the following three languages did the station
broadcast in - Persian, Swahili or Armenian?
