Programmers of Açık Radyo

Over 1200 programmes from more than 1300 programmers in 29 years!

Within 29 years of broadcasting, 1406 programmers from various segments of the society and professions, some of whom belong to the unemployed category and whose ages range from 8 to 88, have made 1261 programmes.

Açık Radyo is on air 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with 229 programmers making 143 different programmes every week.

Together with the “guest speakers”, it can be asserted that each month more than 300 people have been “occupying” the modest studios and corridors of Açık Radyo, thus contributing to the general “uproar”.

Individuals from more than 23 different nationalities of the world –American, Belgian, Bosnian, Brasilian, British, Bulgarian, Canadian, Costa Rican, Dominican, French, German, Greek, Iranian, Israeli, Italian, Lebanese, Russian, Spanish, Sudanese, Turkish, Kurdish, etc– have been part – or better still– members, of Açık Radyo’s extended family of programmers.

The outstanding common characteristic of the whole bunch of Açık Radyo programmers, (producers, DJs, narrators, etc.), during 29 years of broadcasting is that they all been “working” on a totally voluntary basis. That is to say, with very few exceptions, they are the “volunteers of Açık”, working without any salary or remuneration whatsoever. Together they make Açık Radyo a genuine community radio – a rare phenomenon not only in Turkey, but globally.

Last but not least, among Açık Radyo programmers we have had one individual who regularly co-produced a weekly music show for nearly 7 years – posthumously! (His family’s permission, of course, obtained.) And, another individual prenatally contributed for 6 months for the “Baby Scent” program. (Her permission taken for granted! Amazingly, 18 years later, she has become both a regular contributor for her father’s program, “The High Seas”, and a financial supporter of Açık Radyo, with her first salary from her very first job!