OHCC RTV

A brief history of Hungarian radio broadcasts in Ottawa

Between 1999 and 2001, through the continuous intervention and significant support of President Lajos Győrffy and Secretary Károly Dombi of OHCC, it became possible for a Hungarian-language program to be created through the CHIN Ottawa’s Multicultural Radio Station.
Starting in June 2002, the CHIN radio network invited the leadership of the OHCC to participate in the CRTC hearings for the new multicultural broadcast in Ottawa, as a result of which the Hungarian Radio broadcast began in December 2003, led by Éva Hadházy.
From 2006, the program editing was taken over by Károly Dombi, who held this role until the end of May 2015. In recognition of his successful work over nine years, Károly Dombi was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit of Hungary.
You can search for programs broadcast between 2004 and 2015 on this website.

Program guide and audio library

OHCC RTV program on 26 June, 2021

Fine Dishes for Take-out

Observe how Kathie Bognár and Sue Klekner-Alt prepare Hungarian Goulash and Layered Pancakes in the Hungarian House.

Produced by Gábor Finta.

OHCC RTV program on 4 June, 2021

As it is well known, the peace treaty at the end of World War I was signed on June 4, at 16:32, 1920 in Versailles, close to Paris, in the  52 meters long and 7 meters wide corridor of the Grand Trianon Palace, la Galerie des Cotelles.

We commemorate this sad anniversary with a programme that can be seen on YouTube at 16:30, June 4, EDT.

Content

  • Introduction- Béla Szeri, OHCC vice president
  • Endre Ady: Greeting to the Winner (recited by András Dobai)
  • Leó Weiner: Three Hungarian Folk Dances, No 3 (Csongor Prigli, Piano)
  • Gyula Illyés: To the Makers of the Piece (recited by Béla Szeri)
  • Sándor Reményik: New Testament (recited by (Mariann Talla)
  • Béla Bartók: Sonatina (1-3) Abbey Sugars-Keen, piano)
  • Köntés Béla: The Song of a Belated Rebel (recited by the author)
  • Finta-Köntés: The Song of a Belated Rebel (Choirs of the Szerencs (Hungary) Choir Festival conducted by the author )

The programme was edited by Bea Finta and produced by Gábor Finta.

OHCC RTV program on 28 May, 2021

Content

  • Spring in Ottawa

The accompanying music of the video is two Grieg pieces: For Spring, Arietta (Gábor Finta’s own recordings)

(The video was produced by Gábor Finta)

OHCC RTV program on 11 May, 2021

Tartalom

  • Interview with the directors of the Ottawa Hungarian Community Center (host: Magdolna Tóth, host and editor: Gábor Finta)
    • Rudolf Bánsági (president)
    • Béla Szeri (vice president)
    • Edit Palencsár (treasurer)
    • Béla Szabó (member of BOD)

 

(The video was produced by Gábor Finta)