“THE SONG OF UKRAINE” – THE MELODOUS VOICE OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY IN THE RADIO SPACE OF CANADA SINCE 1959

2023;
: 8-14
Authors:
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State Tax University

On the example of a specific radio initiative of the Ukrainian community in the foreign-language media environment of North America, the role and significance of the living Ukrainian word spoken through space and years to a generation of Ukrainians for the community is understood. Since 1959, “Song of Ukraine” has been continuously addressing its loyal listeners in their native language, first from radio station “CKFH 1400” (at 19.00 – 19.30), then “CHWO” (at 16.30 – 18.00), and now “CJMR 1320” ( at 19.20т – 19.50). Thanks to direct communication with the author of the program, N. Popovych, as well as an analysis of archival periodicals, a historical chronology of the progress of the initiative in the national environment of Ukrainians in Canada was established, and tribute was paid to its founders, Prokop and Viktoria Naumchuk, who started the long-term program, breathed life into it and imbued it with Ukrainian spirit and success. to the common national cause of contemporaries. The thematic polyphony and stylistics of the musical block of the initiative were traced, the question of the importance of the Ukrainian language for listeners of different categories was updated: for the older audience as an irreplaceable source of news information about Ukraine, for younger listeners as a platform for updating knowledge and communication skills in the language of their ancestors, etc. The deep mission of Ukrainian-language initiatives in the matter of preserving one's own national identity and the acceptability of generations has been elaborated. The names of the producers of Ukrainian radio content in Canada in different years were introduced into the scientific media discourse, among them Z. Prusachenko-Zubovych, S. Lantuha, S. Novytskyi, A. Shelyak, V. Magdenko, T. Kosach, V. Boychuka, T. Horokhovych, N. Kutsi-Kovalchuk, V. Romanyuka, S. Bayusa, Z. Onyshchuk, U. Melnyk, I. Kravets, N. Soltys, O. Sydorchuk-Sokolyk, and others. The receptivity of the Ukrainian community to off-air events initiated or supported by the program and its initiators is characterized. Among them are the annual charity “Ukrainian Evenings”, periodic celebrations, concerts, musicals, dances, etc.

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