4 December 1992, Zhytomyr Regional Television and Radio Company. 

The video shows Zhytomyr Television’s first broadcast. It features the studio and technical facilities, the broadcast itself, television equipment, television staff at work, and comments from employees.

The first broadcast of Zhytomyr Television, 1992

18 March 2005, Kharkiv.

A report on the 50th anniversary of Kharkiv television. The television centre, a studio, television equipment, archive photographs, the broadcast control room, and the television tower.

Commentary: cameraman Vadym Bruk; General Director of the Kharkiv Regional State Television and Radio Company, Vyacheslav Novikov.

50 years of Kharkiv television

1993, Zhytomyr Television. Programme: ‘One Year of Zhytomyr Television’. Presenter: Iryna Antonovych; journalist: Oleksandr Kryuchkov. 

In the video: opening sequences, presenter’s stand-up, interview with Viktor Boiko, Director of Zhytomyr Television, quick polls of people about the TV channel, television journalism complex, equipment and video editing room, television staff, concert hall, comedy news bulletin, concert programme. Concert performers: Yuriy Gradovskyi and the band ‘Drevlyany’, Lina Skotchko, Andriy Mykolaychuk.

Zhytomyr Television — 1 year

Chernivtsi, Olga Kobylianska Music and Drama Theater, 2000. Celebration of the 60th anniversary of regional radio. 

In the video: a performance by the Bukovyna Song and Dance Ensemble of Ukraine; a greeting from the ensemble’s director, Andriy Kushnirenko; hosts Lyudmyla Shelenko and Mykhailo Voychuk; ; guests of the celebration: Yurii Plaksyuk, Executive Secretary of the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting, Anatolii Trachuk, Director General of Khmelnytskyi Regional State Television and Radio Company, Vasyl Hryshchuk, Deputy Director of Khmelnytskyi Regional State Television and Radio Company; awarding of radio employees; presenters Lyudmila Sharenko, Mikhail Boichuk; Dragosh Budzhak, radio news presenter; Nikolai Paliychuk, program presenter; Mikhail Berezovsky, Deputy Head of the District State Administration, awards radio employees with certificates; Taras Kolisnyk, author and presenter; Ivan Shylepnytskyi, Chairman of the Chernivtsi Regional Council, awards employees; Mykhailo Pavliuk, Director of Prestige-Inter; Vasyl Danyly, “My Ukraine, Embroidered Shirt”; Host Neonila Milashenko; Mykola Fedoruk, Chernivtsi mayor, awards employees; Anatoliy Gogunets, director of the Chernivtsi branch of Ukrtelecom; Iryna Stolyar speaks; Mykhailo Brozinsky, chief editor of information; Domka Heshko, first deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from the Chernivtsi region; Vasyl Danyluk speaks; fashion show from the “Viorika” salon (among the models is Mariana Kobelia); Leonid Parpauz, editor; Zhorzheta Niskormni, host; Ilie Ivan, Consul General of Romania in Chernivtsi; Mykola Hakman, violinist; Marina Khristenko, journalist; Volodymyr Shkvarkovskyi, head of the regional trade union committee; Taras Mukan, head of the union of cultural workers, awards employees; Ostap Gavrysh, Honored Artist of Ukraine, with his daughter Mariana; Lyubov Godnyuk, editor; Kateryna Buzhynska performs. 

Chernivtsi Radio — 60

Chernivtsi Television. The program is dedicated to the stories of journalists Heorhiy Teron, fragments of the program from September 12, 1991. Part of the shooting is black and white.

In the program: a fragment of the program "On Sunday Morning", dedicated to the road to Khotyn, Petro Golopapa, a conversation with police officers; a fragment of the story "Express Information 300 Seconds", an exhibition of Olga Petrova and Bukovinian masters; Vyzhnytskyi district, the village of Karapchiv, consecration of the chapel; Central Square, dismantling of the Lenin monument; Town Hall, consecration and raising of the flag of Ukraine; survey of a Bukovinian about the Ukrainian nation.

Reference: Heorhiy Teron is a Ukrainian journalist, Honored Journalist of Ukraine, former head of the Chernivtsi regional organization of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. He worked as the general director of the Chernivtsi regional state television and radio company, a laureate of all-Ukrainian and international television creative competitions.

Chernivtsi Television: Journalist Heorhiy Teron

Chernihiv Television. The program "One Day in the Life of the Television" from November 30, 2001 is dedicated to the working days of the regional television.

The video shows the working days and various processes, duties of the employees of the Chernihiv Regional Television.

The employees of the Chernihiv Branch participate in the program: the editor-in-chief of the Chernihiv Television Oleg Sholokh; editors Alla Kopylovska, Alla Klymenko, Iryna Vorobey, Natalia Kuprienko, Tetyana Titova, Nelli Maistrenko, Iryna Dovgosheya; music editor Lyubov Bodnaruk; senior editors Oleksandr Gavrylenko, Oleksiy Maslov; head of the department of information and journalistic programs Andriy Yasny; typists Nataliya Dobrycheva, Nina Avramenko; head of the video library Larisa Fashchuk; announcer Olena Popova; lighting engineer Valery Marakhonko; television operators Oleksandr Sidko, Valeriy Tsyrkun; senior television operators Oleksandr Dovbenko, Andriy Lisun; leading television operator Petro Yarmolenko; operator Valeriy Voroshkevych; drivers Yuriy Melnyk, Valeriy Movlyan, Anatoly Yashchenko, Volodymyr Svyrydenko; video operators Serhiy Yashchenko, Oleksandr Kilochytskyi; video editor Pavlo Povod; senior video operator Oleksandr Brozhko; director Igor Marschak; head of the socio-political and artistic programs department Tetyana Ilchuk; presenter Nina Zasko; general director Anatoly Tyutyunnyk; first deputy general director Oleksandr Dobrytsia; head of the production and technical department Mykola Petrenko; software engineers Oksana Rozhkova, Svitlana Petrenko; reference officer Tetyana Pavlenko; inspectors of the Central Production and Technical Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Serhiy Bryl, Ivan Slesarevych; sports commentator Anatoly Svystun; program presenter Lyudmila Mazur; "Indicator" program host Ivan Matveev; repair engineer Gennady Zakusylo; electrician Viktor Pashko; television equipment engineers Vitaly Myronenko, Oleksiy Kovalenko; chief accountant Nadiya Bek; accountant Olga Ilienko; senior accountant Olena Tytarenko; senior economist Olga Nescheret; personnel inspector Lydia Yashchenko; graduating student Vladislav Apanasenko; graduating student Oleksandr Nuzhyn.

Host — Tetyana Myrgorodska.

Contains musical accompaniment in russian.

One Day in the Life of the Chernihiv Branch

19 May 2005, Kyiv.

A report on the official opening of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) office in Kyiv. Stand-up by a journalist, office staff, speech by a member of the British royal family, Prince Michael of Kent, unveiling of a plaque. Comments: BBC Monitoring employee Vitaliy Shevchenko; Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleg Rybachuk.

Opening of the BBC office in Kyiv

Kyiv, 1991. The program “Nadvechirya” (Evening), dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Ukrainian television. Hosted by Tamara Shcherbatyuk. The video features memories of employees, veterans, and guests of television, newsreels, and archival programs. 

Interviews: Ilya Vorobyov — engineer; Olga Chernova — film projectionist; Vilena Vechkova — assistant director; People's Artists of Ukraine Andriy Bobir, Yevhen Ponomarenko, Volodymyr Lyzogub, Ada Rogovtseva; composer Oleksandr Bilash; journalists Kateryna Rozstalna, Viktor Kashtanov, Vitaliy Zhuri, Yuriy Krykun, Valentina Chelnokova; Olena Nikolaieva — announcer; directors Ninel Deryugina, Boris Rybet, Rodion Yefimenko, Viktor Kisin, Vadym Chubasov, Oleksandr Lypkivsky, Yurii Suyarko; Zharmén Yushkova — engineer; writers Mykhailo Kaniuka and Valerii Guzhva; Minister of Culture of Ukraine L.I. Khorolets; Actor Petro Vesklyarov (Ded Panas); Presenters: Oleksandr Safonov, Maya Lupar, Svitlana Bilonozhko, Svitlana Hanska, Tetiana Tsymbal, Ivan Vovk; Composer Volodymyr Shapovalenko (singing a song). 

Part of the interview is in Russian. Excerpts from the film “Masters of Art” are used, as well as the songs: ‘Ask’ (Oleksandr Bilash, Anatoliy Bortnyak, performed by Femi Mustafayev), Anatoliy Kos-Anatolsky “The Nightingale and the Rose” (performed by Yelizaveta Chavdar), Igor Shamo “Donetsk Quadrille” (performed by the quartet of bayan players of the Kyiv State Philharmonic), Volodymyr Kosenko “I Saw How the Wind Broke the Birch Tree...” (performed by Boris Hmyria).

40 years of television: the program “Nadvechirya”

Chernihiv Television. Special edition of the program "About Us, About Yourself... with Love" from November 16, 1999 for the Day of Radio, Television and Communications Workers.

On the video: regional television, journalists at work; a story about work in a humorous form; information about various programs that were broadcast on Chernihiv Television, the history of the creation of programs; greetings from radio and television workers.

Comments: Head of the Chernihiv District State Administration Oleksandr Polkovnichenko; Member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine Oleksiy Potapenko; Production Director of JSC "Strila" Lyudmila Potapenko; General Director of the Regional Enterprise "Chernihivtourist" Serhiy Dmytrenko; Head of the KSP "Novy Shlyakh" of Chernihiv District Mykola Ganzha; People's Artist of Ukraine Vadym Vasyliev; Honored Artist of Ukraine, Artistic Director of the Dmytro Bortnyansky Chamber Choir Lyubomyr Bodnaruk.

Host — Tetyana Myrhorodska.


Special edition for Television Day

First National, 2001. A selection of programs from the series “50 Years of Ukrainian Television,” dedicated to the history of television in Ukraine.

The video features television studios and equipment rooms, interviews with First National presenters and employees, and excerpts from programs from different years:  Ukraine at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, excerpts from the opening ceremony of the Olympics, Yana Klochkova on the podium, Ukrainian fans with the Ukrainian flag, the triumph of Ukrainian teams; the NTKU building, coverage of Pope John Paul II's visit to Ukraine: blessing Ukrainian believers, joint prayer, John Paul II praying at the grave of victims of Stalin's repressions in Babyn Yar, the Pope in Lviv, saying goodbye to Ukrainians from the steps of the plane; Kyiv TV tower, TV center equipment, TV studios. 

Excerpts from First National TV programs 

Volyn Television. The program "With a Camera and a Microphone" from November 16, 1999 is dedicated to the festive concert on the occasion of the Day of Radio, Television and Communications Workers.

On the video: the city of Lutsk, Volyn Academic Regional Puppet Theater; opening of the concert, the chamber orchestra of teachers of Lutsk Children's Music School No. 1 "Generosity", People's Artist of Ukraine Vasyl Chepelyuk and the "Dyvostruny" trio perform; greetings from the General Director of the Volyn State Television and Radio Company Svyatoslav Pyrozhko, awarding of employees; greetings from the Head of the Volyn Regional State Administration Borys Klimchuk, a story about the future television center; greetings from the Head of the Volyn Regional Council Vasyl Dmytruk and the Deputy Mayor of Lutsk Svyatoslav Kravchuk; performance by the ensemble "Dyvotsvit" of the children's creativity center "Dyvo", the male quartet "Akord", Tamara Hrymarovych, Oleksiy Onyshko, the duet "Svityaz" with the song "Dear My Parents", Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine Lyubov Savelyeva and Oleksandr Voskoboynikov with the song "Blackberries", Olena Panasyuk, Omelyan Ivanyuk with the song "Black Eyebrows", Oleksiy Onyshko and the duet "Svityaz" with the song "Old Friends"; greetings from the head of the regional organization of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine Myroslav Stefanyshyn, head of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate Leontiy Tyshchuk, editor-in-chief of the weekly "Viche" Vasyl Prostopchuk, head of the regional union of journalists Yevhen Khotymchuk, rector of the Lutsk Humanitarian University Andriy Zhuravlev, director of the "Svit" company Oleksiy Levchenko, deputy head of the regional state administration department Valentyn Malinovsky; closing ceremony of the concert.

Hosts — Tamara Hrymarovych, Yuriy Yatsyuk.

Television Workers' Day: Festive Concert

Chernihiv Television "Siver-Center". The release of the program "See you on the air" from November 16, 2012, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Chernihiv Regional Television.

On the video: the history of Chernihiv Television is told, the first video materials of Chernihiv Television for 1991; employees of the television studio share memories of the first broadcast in 1991; working days, various plans of the work processes of television workers.

Comments: Director of the Chernihiv Autonomous Television Center Oleksandr Kopylovsky; cameraman Petro Yarmolenko; senior editor of the regional television Lyubov Bondaruk; video engineer Volodymyr Klyukin; general director of the Chernihiv ODTRK "Siver-Center" Anatoly Tyutyunnyk; senior editor of the regional television Tetyana Myrhorodska.

Host — Yana Tytenok.

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