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Elena Maroulleti

Greek Cypriot American independent Journalist

Elena Maroulleti is a Greek Cypriot American independent Journalist and reporter and she is the first Greek Cypriot American to introduce internet radio and the second in the world to introduce an online Internet Radio Station streaming 24 hours 7 days a week called, AKTINA FM.[1][2][3][4]

Elena Maroulleti
Journalist/Producer of Radio and TV
Known forAKTINA FM

Education

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Ms. Maroulleti comes from the coastal town of famagusta in northern Cyprus. She studied at the London College of Secretaries and later in New York, at the Fashion Institute of Technology through a scholarship from her employer American Broadcasting Company (ABC).[5][2]

Career

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Elena worked for TIAA-CREF in administration and later for ABC News[6][7]in support of the network’s World News Tonight, Nightline, 20/20 and Good Morning America news programs.[5][8][9][1]

Ms. Maroulleti co-founded and established the first Greek Cypriot Folk Dancing Group in America, “The Vraka,” which later became a fully-fletched cultural non-profit and tax-exempt organization known as, CYPRECO of America, Inc.[2][10]

In 1993, she founded AKTINA Productions,Inc ., a non-profit and tax-exempt Media and Arts Cultural organization promoting the cultures of Greece and Cyprus through radio, television and live performances. That same year she also founded and established AKTINA FM as the first bilingual Greek American Radio on WNYE 91.5FM and soon later on the Internet. AKTINA Productions, Inc., owns and operates both AKTINA FM and AKTINA TV. In 1994 she introduced the successful concert series, GREEK MUSIC JOURNEY (GMJ). [11][12][3][13][14]

In 2002 she founded AKTINA TV, the first English-language Greek American Television program available in New York City on a local channel (WNYE Channel 25). Since then, she has produced for AKTINA TV over 100 mini documentaries and stories on the cultures, history and ancient sites of Cyprus and Greece and about the Greek American and Greek Cypriot American community. [15][16][17][18][19]

Elena Maroulleti was honored as “Personality of the Year” by the international magazine Yessiey at the “Yessiey Awards 2023” which celebrated women “Innovators and Change-Makers.”[20][21][22]

She was awarded by elected U.S officials with Citations, Proclamations and Congressional records and she is also the recipient of the “Women of Achievement Pacesetter Award 2000” initiated and presented by former Council Speaker Peter Vallone, Sr., on March 28, 2000.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dedicated Generation Of Global Women Change-Makers". tribuneonlineng.com. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Historical Career Impacts Of The Founder Of The Second online Internet Radio Station in the world". pmnewsnigeria.com. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "New York To Honor Greek Radio 'Aktina FM' By Naming A Street". greekreporter.com. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  4. ↑ "New York City Council Honors AKTINA FM on 25th Anniversary". greekreporter.com. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Digital audio service delivered via the Internet". sunnewsonline.com. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  6. ↑ "The Panpaphian is awarding the Distinguished Fellow Award to Elena Maroulleti, Founder AKTINA Productions, AKTINA FM, AKTINA TV U.S. Congressional Record Volume 155(2009)". govinfo.gov. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  7. ↑ "Remembering The Turkish Invasion of Cyprus and The Fight to Flee with Famagusta Native and Founder of Aktina FM Elena Maroulleti". neomagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  8. ↑ "New York City Council Honours US Cypriot Honours US Cypriot AKTINA FM on 25th Anniversary". parikiaki.com. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  9. ↑ "CYPRECO Presents Neolithic Khirokitia Settlement". greekreporter.com. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  10. ↑ "Elena Maroulleti: A Cultural Visionary at the Helm of AKTINA Productions, Inc". dailytimesng.com. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
  11. ↑ "Tales Of Internet Radio Station". sunnewsonline.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  12. ↑ "AKTINA FM Enters New Era as an Exclusively Online Broadcasting Station". greekreporter.com. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  13. ↑ ""In Recognition of AKTINA Productions, Inc., U.S. Congressional Record Vol. 148, Number 29 – AKTINA FM". govinfo.gov. Retrieved 2002-03-14.
  14. ↑ "Tribute to AKTINA Productions, Inc., U.S. Congressional Record Vol. 144, No. 124 – AKTINA FM (1998)". congress.gov. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
  15. ↑ "INTERVIEW – Elena Maroulleti: The Founder of AKTINA ΤV and FM – Greek Cypriot culture in New York. Page 4". docplayer.gr. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  16. ↑ "EDUCATION; Levy Seeking New Life for Board's Broadcasters". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2001-01-31.
  17. ↑ "AKTINA FM Radio Has Its Own Street In Astoria, NYC". greekreporter.com. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  18. ↑ "DJ Sessions: From Greece Via New York City". wnyc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  19. ↑ "The Magic Of Bouzouki". queensscene.com. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  20. ↑ "Elena Maroulleti, Yemisi Shyllon, Dinah Lugard, others emerge winners at inaugural Yessiey award". tribuneonlineng.com. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  21. ↑ "yessiey Awards 2023: Celebrating Innovators and Change-makers". yessiey.com. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  22. ↑ "Ex-Edo Governorship Candidate, Mabel Oboh Bags Yessiey Award". leadership.ng. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
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