Radio Proto

Radio Proto (Greek: Ράδιο Πρώτο) is a privately owned radio station in Cyprus. It was launched on September 3, 1990 in the capital Nicosia, but now has island-wide coverage. It belongs to the DIAS Group.^[1]

History

The radio station, which is based in Nicosia, went on the air on 3 September 1990. Radio Proto transmits on three FM frequencies in Nicosia (99.3), the Famagusta district (89.4) and Limassol (87.9). The first successful morning programme was presented by Giorgos Gravaris every day from 06:00-09:00. Also noteworthy are the presenters/producers that were with the station from the start, including Stella Sourmeli, Roula Georgiadou, John Vickers,^[2] Zacharias Philippides, Stavros Sideras, Yianna Loizidou, Yiannis Adilinis and Lazaros Mavros & Maria Sfetsou, whose jointly-presented programme was extremely successful. It is worth noting that Demetris Kallergis continues to present his Sunday lunchtime satirical comedy show, the only one that has been on the air ever since the station’s launch in September 1990.^{[3] [4]}

Programming

Journalists of the Dias Group present short hourly live news bulletins on Radio Proto every weekday from 7:00-18:00, and at weekends from 08:00-14:00. The station also broadcasts the live daily television news bulletin from Sigma TV from 20:20-21:30.

The first morning programme with two presenters to be extremely popular, despite its brief duration, featured Roula Georgiadou and Stella Sourmeli and was on the air from 09:00-10:30. The most successful programme with two presenters in this history of Cypriot radio featured Roula Georgiadou and Zacharias Philippides, which was broadcast from January 1993 until January 2010.^[5]

Presenters & Producers

• Andreas Demetropoulos
• Andri Voniati
• Zacharias Philippides
• Demetris Kallergis
• Katerina Chrisofidou
• Lazaros Mavros
• Christos Danezis
• Maria Gunther
• Roula Georgiadou
• Stelios Chiotis
• Georgia Anastasiou
• Giorgos Karampatakis
• Silia Ioannidou
• Kristiana Georgiou

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