November 6, 1996, Kyiv. The plot traces the history of the formation of television in the capital: from the construction of the TV tower and the arrangement of the first studios to the work of the TV center at Khreshchatyk, 26. Archival black-and-white chronicles, photographs and documentary footage reproduce various stages of the development of Kyiv television and reveal how its technical and production base was formed.

In the video: viewers watch TV, the presenter works in front of the camera, cameramen shoot, and employees of the TV center monitor the broadcast in the hardware room. Footage from the studio, television equipment and premises of the TV center complements the story about the people and work that made the television broadcast.

"Kyiv goes on the air": the history of the formation of television in the capital

2010. Vinnytsia Regional State Television and Radio Company "Wintera". Recording of the live broadcast of the telethon "I will remember", dedicated to the 65th anniversary of Victory in the Second World War. Host Ivan Pedoruk talks with journalists and editors of local media about the work of reporters and press workers during the war. 

The issue tells about VDT-6 television projects dedicated to the events of the Second World War: "One Day of War" with personal stories of former soldiers, "I will remember" with memories of TV channel employees about relatives who fought, "Requiem of the Berehynia" about Lidia Postolovska, who saved 65 Jewish children, and "Werewolves" about the destruction of patients of a psychiatric hospital during the war. 

Commenting: Lyubov Dobrynska, editor-in-chief of the Vinnytsia regional newspaper, Iryna Kamoyen, deputy editor-in-chief of the VITA television and radio company, Serhiy Malamura, journalist of the Vinnytsia regional radio.

Host: Ivan Pedoruk.

 "I will remember": The Work of Reporters and Press Workers During the War

Khmelnytskyi Television, 1992. The program's release — the "Maidan" TV exchange — combines submitted advertisements for the sale, purchase, and exchange of real estate, transportation, clothing, and other goods.

"Maidan" TV Exchange: advertising on Khmelnytskyi Television

"First National", 2011. The story highlights the development of technologies in the profession of a journalist using the examples of exhibits from the Television Museum of the National Television Company of Ukraine and modern technological achievements.

On the video: exhibition of the Television Museum of the National Television Company of Ukraine; journalistic equipment; reels; film; editing table; camera operators' cameras; cassettes; a fragment of the video of the riots in Egypt; a fragment of the filming of the explosions at Domodedovo Airport.

Commentators: Honored Journalist of Ukraine Tamara Khrushch; Head of the National Television Museum of Ukraine Yulia Maksymchuk; journalist Ihor Slisarenko; radio journalist Vyacheslav Lashchuk; journalist Yuriy Hryhorenko (speaks russian).

Iryna Drabok and Roman Rebriy worked on the plot.

From cassette to the Internet: changes in media

National Television Company of Ukraine, 2011. Festive concert dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Ukrainian Television.

On the video: fragments of Ukrainian television programs; performances by: People's Artist of Ukraine Nina Matvienko with the song "Flower-Soul"; Mykhailo Poplavsky with the song "Father"; Natalia Buzhynska with the song "Oh, the Storks Are Flying"; People's Artist of Ukraine Ivan Popovych with the song "Verkhovyna"; Mykola Hnatyuk with the song "Oh, Smerek!"; comedian duo "Kroliki" (one of the numbers is performed in russian; one of the participants speaks russian); composer and singer Yuriy Rybchinsky with the song "Don't Give Us God..." (performed in russian); People's Artist of Ukraine Oksana Pekun and the Dzherela Song Theater and Honored Artist of Ukraine Igor Rudy with the song "Tuman Yarom"; Natalia Mogilevska with the song "Zradnytsia" (performed in russian); Pavel Zibrov with the song "The Bride"; Ruslana with the song "ShaLaLa"; Dmitry and Nazariy Yaremchukov, who perform the song "Chervona Ruta"; Viktor Pavlik with the song "Vse minulo"; Toni Matvienko, who performs the song "Ne kazhi meni"; performer Matios with the song "Angels Do Not Die" (sings in russian); People's Artist of Georgia Nani Bregvadze with the song "I Know About Another", "Oh, This Red Rowan" (sings in russian); Belarusian ensemble "Pisnyary" with the song "Alexandrina" (sings in russian); among those present was actress Olga Sumskaya.

Hosts — Svitlana Leontieva, Timur Miroshnychenko.

"The Era of the First. 60 Years": a festive concert

November 7, 2006. Zhytomyr Regional State Television and Radio Company.

Material about the work of Zhytomyr regional television and radio. The main achievements of the television and radio company, the work of employees and the technical support of television and radio broadcasting are shown. The material is presented within the framework of the exhibition "Ukraine in the Information Space".

On the video: antennas, map of Zhytomyr region, transmitter, operators, television studio, director's office, regional radio work on the air, address plan, awards, television journalism kit, mobile TV station "Rose", newsroom and technical equipment. Employees of Zhytomyr regional television and radio are shown while working.


"Zhytomyr channel is on the air": behind the scenes of Zhytomyr television

2001, National Television Company of Ukraine. Issue of the program 'Worlds are close, Worlds are distant', devoted to the German chronicles.

On the video: 

— a gathering of young people interested in history in the Polish village of Krzyżowa; the event was held under the slogan “From the Past into the Future”; a tour of the Groß-Rosen concentration camp;
— the production of the 1,000th Airbus at a Hamburg facility that manufactures parts for the aircraft; a commentary by Hamburg’s Senator for Economic Affairs, Thomas Mirow;
a walking tour of Munich, featuring city landmarks: Frauenkirche, Ludwigstraße, Siegestor Triumphal Arch, the City Library, and the National Theater;
— Rudolstadt — a center of chemical production known for the manufacture of synthetic fibers; collaboration with the American company A Light Signal and the Thuringian Institute for Research on Textiles and Synthetic Materials;
— The castle in Reinsberg — an 18th-century Baroque landmark; events held at the site, which is now open to tourists following its restoration.

'Worlds are close, Worlds are distant': German chroniclesб 2001

Zaporizhzhia TV, 2003. The program "10 Years of the Best Broadcast" is dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Zaporizhzhia TV Channel.

On the video: choreographic performance; fragments from filming working moments of the TV team, cameramen, directors, presenters; footage from the "Kalin Islands" festival, award ceremony; fragments of their own programs: "Ost", "Mother's Lullaby", "That Eternal Charm", "At a Bird's Distance", "The Garden of the Soul Does Not Let Go", "Chelita", "In the Valley of Fog", "Let's Go. I'll Show You My Field...", "My Shore, My Gentle Shore..."; photos and biographies of the TV channel's employees: TV journalists Lyubov Moskaleva, Olga Ivakhova; conversation with the Zaporizhzhia TV Channel team.

The program contains russian-language content (songs and comments).

Zaporizhzhia TV Channel: 10th Anniversary

1997, Chernivtsi Regional State Television and Radio Company. The program "On Sunday Morning" is dedicated to the newly created editorial board of the youth association "Chance".

On the video: intros, introduction to the creative team at the tourist base "Bukovyna", greetings from colleagues, excerpts from the programs of the youth association "Chance", excerpts from the programs "Musical Ladder" and "Transit", a fragment of the performance of the soloists of the regional philharmonic society Vasyl Danylyuk and Leonid Korinets.

Chernivtsi television at the recreation center

Audio selection of works by Myroslav Skoryk: 

1. Melody from the film “The High Pass.” Performers: “Kyiv Soloists” chamber ensemble, soloist and conductor Bohodar Kotorovych. Recorded in 1985

2. “Hutsul Triptych.” Performers: Lviv Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Myron Yusypovych. Recorded in 1990

3. “Carpathian Concerto.” Performers: Lviv Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Virko Balei. Recorded in 1991

4. Spanish Dance from the suite for the play *The Stone Host*. Performers: violin—Bogodar Kotorovich, guitar—Petro Polukhin. Recorded in 1975

5. “Paint Me the Night.” Lyrics by Mykola Petrenko. Performers: vocals—Lyubov Tchaikovska, Women’s Vocal Quartet, instrumental ensemble “Veseli Skrypky,” led by Myroslav Skoryk. Recorded in 1965

6. “Don’t Trample the Lilies of the Valley.” Lyrics by Rostislav Bratun. Performers: The “Veseli Skrypky” Women’s Vocal Quartet and Instrumental Ensemble, directed by Myroslav Skoryk. Recorded in 1965

7. Fantasy on Folk Themes. Performers: Academic Orchestra of Folk and Popular Music of the National Radio Company of Ukraine, conducted by Sviatoslav Litvinenko. Recorded in 2007

8. Moses’s Aria from the opera “Moses.” Performers: bass—Serhiy Mahera, Academic Orchestra of Folk and Popular Music of the National Radio Company of Ukraine, conductor Sviatoslav Lytvynenko. Recorded in 2010

9. A-RI-A for cello and strings. Performers: Lviv Chamber Orchestra of the M. Lysenko Higher Music Institute, conductor Myroslav Skoryk. Recording: VI “Kyiv Music Fest” Festival, 1995

This selection was prepared by Radio Culture host Nataliia Popudrybko.

A Collection of Works in Honor of Myroslav Skoryk's Birthday

April 4, 2022, Kyiv.

Video of farewell to photojournalist Max Levin. St. Michael's Cathedral, Metropolitan Epiphany conducting a funeral service, people singing a hymn near the cathedral. Comments: friend Yulia; director Larisa Artyugina.

Reference: Max Levin was a Ukrainian photojournalist and documentary filmmaker who was shot dead by Russian soldiers in the Kyiv region on March 13, 2022, while working to document the aftermath of the invasion. He collaborated with Ukrainian and international media, documenting the events of the war and the Maidan.

Farewell to Max Levin

1997, Ukrainian Television. Report from the anniversary evening of "Literary Ukraine" in a circle of friends in honor of the 70th anniversary of the newspaper.

On the video: welcoming speeches from the stage, presentation of gifts, performance of artists Nadiya and Oleksandr Morozov with the number "Ukrainian Evenings", poet Petro Osadchuk reads poems.

Speeches and greetings: editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Literary Ukraine" Vasyl Plyushch; Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus' of Ukraine Vladyka Filaret; poetess Hanna Chubach; editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Evening Kyiv" Vitaly Karpenko; director of the publishing house "Kyivska Pravda" Ivan Kovba; representatives of various regions of Ukraine.

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