Turkish Music Hour on WUVT FM 90.7 (Blacksburg, Va.)

Note from Tilly Gokbudak: The Virginia Tech Turkish Music Show begins its new season on 90.7 WUVT-FM on Sat., Oct. 26 at 2:30 p.m. The show is available for live streaming (http://www.wuvt.org). In 1994, I co-hosted the Turkish music show with Bahadir Acuner. There is still a Greek music show on WUVT on Saturday mornings. In 1994, the Greek music show was hosted by the late Virginia Tech professor Kriton Hatzios. He sadly died all too soon, some four years ago. 

I would expect that one can hear the latest songs from the likes of Turkish pop-star Tarkan and singing diva Sezen Aksu during the Turkish music show. The host Onur Bilgen also states that he will play traditional Turkish music as well. Ashik Veysel, anyone? (Veysel, who died a number of years ago, is considered to be Turkey''s best saz player of all time. He hailed from Sivas in Eastern Turkey).

 I wish Onur the best with his show this year, and I feel confident that he will do an excellent job. This marks his fourth year of producting and hosting the program.

 

 Original Message from Onur Bilgen (in Turkish and English):

 WUVT 90.7 FM de Turkce Muzik Saati - Turkish Music Hour on WUVT FM 90.7

Sayin Uyeler ve Dostlar,

 

Yaklasik 20 yili asan bir suredir, Turk ogrenciler, okulumuzun radyosu olan WUVT 90.7 FM den haftada bir gun Turkce Muzik yayini yapmaktadir.  Yaklasik 4 yildir, her Cumartesi 2:30pm 4:00pm arasi Turkce muzik caliyorum.  Turk Halk muzigi ve Turk Sanat muzigi agirlikli olmak uzere, programda pop muzik ve modern enstrumental "klasikleri" de caliyorum. WUVT deki diger yabanci showlar gibi, amacimiz Turk muzigini Amerikalilara tanitmak.  Yabanci dostlariniza haber vermenizi rica ederim.  Isteklerinizi ve goruslerinizi turkishmusic@vt.edu ya atabilirsiniz.  Ayrica 540-231-9888 dan program sirasinda bana ulasabilirsiniz.

 

26 Ekimde gorusmek dilegiyle,

 

TSA Yonetimi adina,

Onur Bilgen, PhD in Mechanical Engineering

 

 

ENGLISH

 

Dear friends and families,

 

Every Saturday 2:30 to 4:00pm, we are hosting a Turkish Music Hour on WUVT FM 90.7.  We are playing Turkish Folk and Modern Music.  We also include Turkish percussion music.  Please send requests and comments to turkishmusic@vt.edu. You can also reach me at 540-231-9888 during the show.

 

Sincerely,

 

Onur Bilgen, PhD in Mechanical Engineering