Athens Gay And Lesbian Radio Show

by Maria Cyber

It should be noted that I hosted the show from around 2000 (perhaps slightly earlier) until 2005, when I was fined by the ESR [National Council for Radio and Television] and the station canceled it. It was the first and only radio show in Greece focusing on LGBTQ+ issues, and it had been fought for by the Greek Homosexual Community. When I took it over, the show had been off the air for a long time, as no one could be found to host it. I took charge, and for the first six episodes, we produced it with Vangelis Giannelos and Paul Sofianos. However, due to time constraints, they stepped away, and I continued running it on behalf of the Greek Homosexual Community.

BANNER GAY LESBIAN RADIO SHOW 2005 — BANNER GAY LESBIAB RADIO SHOW 2005

With absolute humility, I confess that I brought the show to its peak listenership through tremendous consistency – in those 5+ years, I likely missed no more than 2 episodes. I had put in incredible work and promotion through flyers, press releases, and every advertising method I could devise – until it finally reached the ears of the homophobic ESR.

Here you can see about the fine and its absurd justification!

A project by
Hellenic Homosexual Community
Maria Cyber
producer of
The Athens First Gay & Lesbian Radio Show
Every Thursday 23.00 at 94fm

Target Group: Gay, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transsexuals and open-minded heterosexuals. Broadcast axes that make it popular, timely, essential and contribute to its large audience.

Gay & Lesbian Tributes: For the first time in Greece, a unique show gives this large gay, lesbian, bi, trans (LGBT) audience the opportunity to make their own tributes. The tributes are made via the station’s phone and via email. The participation is great since everyone wants to express their love that they have to hide for so long.
Gay & Lesbian Advertisements: Having discovered the electronic library of all global LGBT advertisements, each week the public has the opportunity to be informed about the products and companies in the foreign market that invest in this target group.This is how they realize that they are a major consumer force after seeing that almost all beverage companies, travel agencies, clothing and car markets, insurance and visa card companies, even the British Tourist Authority, have published advertisements aimed at gays and lesbians. From Heineken to Hyundai and American Express
Gay & Lesbian News from the gay world as the show specifically mentions and shows its logo in the newsletters. From cultural to political news.Tony Blair’s recent unacceptable visit to Egypt, which is condemned by all gay and human rights organizations, until the 23 gay prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment in a trial that deprived them of the bare minimum of human rights are released.The latest cases of AIDS in Iran and what they are leading to. The statement of the famous football player Beckham who you consider and wants to be a gay icon. For the Romanians who sent a letter of protest to Bush because the ambassador of the American Embassy in Romania is gay and went to the inauguration with his friend.The two Mayors of Berlin and Paris are gay and MTV, with the production company of the biggest, most popular gay series, is preparing a gay cable TV. Every week the audience of the show is informed about all the gay news that they would hardly be able to find out anywhere else!!!!
Gay & Lesbian Athens’ Info: All the events, books, happenings, comments, cinema, television. Everything that concerns gays and lesbians that takes place in Athens. This is also an advertising pole for which he wants to advertise something through the show that concerns this audience.Characteristic is the free advertisement of the highly acclaimed serial that is played one hour after the radio show on Star Channel, Queer as Folk (with the unfortunate Greek title Between Us).
Gay & Lesbian Trivial Pursuit. A question and answer each week regarding global Gay & Lesbian History. Informative quiz.
Interviews and Tributes (Tachtsis is presented by Gr. Valianatos – Santa Claus is Gay the play that shocked Athens – Our girlfriends of the avenue / prostitution and hypocrisy)
Music, another strong point of the show. Having managed a first radio broadcast of the parody of Shaggy’s “It wasn’t me”.”The Sun of the Bitch” by Lady Saw & Marsha Son. The audience of the show has the opportunity to hear all the mainstream UK Hit songs and remixes on rare radio broadcasts such as I can’t get you outta of my head VS flawlessThe show’s musical preference is UK Garage and R&B, resulting in the show being characterized by a musical style most of the time…Also soundtracks from films with gay content such as Pink Full Speed by Sony Music and finally tributes to gay & lesbian singers such as Pet Shop Boys, Rem, George Michael, Boy George, Jimmy Sommerville etc….

High audience share

The advertising of the first and only Athens Gay & Lesbian Radio Show is done by well-known and popular gay web sites gay.gr, www.gaygreece.gr and lesbian.gr, which is also owned by producer Maria Cyber.Another powerful advertising medium is print advertising. Every month, 7,000 flyers fill the gay Athenian scene and advertise Gay & Lesbian events.
The show is listed as a central supporter of each event. The flyers are produced and promoted by Cyberdykes (The first LGBT promotion company in Greece)

Dykefully Yours
Maria Cyber