Elena Maroulleti

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Elena Maroulleti
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Maroulleti in 2015
Known for AKTINA FM

Elena Maroulleti is a Greek Cypriot American independent journalist/reporter and founder of AKTINA FM, the second Internet radio streaming online to emerge in the world and of AKTINA TV, the first English language Greek American TV show established in New York. [1] She is the founder and President of the New York-based non-profit and tax-exempt cultural organizations, AKTINA Productions, Inc., and CYPRECO of America, Inc. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Education

Maroulleti comes from the town Varosha of the coastal city of Famagusta, Cyprus. She studied at the London College of Secretaries and later at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York through a scholarship from her employer American Broadcasting Company (ABC). [6] [7] [8]

Career

Maroulleti worked at Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association in the Annuity Department and at ABC in the Personnel Department and the News Department. 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. [6] [9] [10] [7]

In 1993, she founded and established AKTINA FM, the first Greek American radio outlet to introduce online streaming and the second online Internet Radio to emerge in the world. [11] [12] [4] [13]

In 2002, she founded and established AKTINA TV, the first and only English-language Greek American Television program available in New York on a local channel (WNYE Channel 25). [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

In October 2023, Maroulleti was honored as “Personality of the Year” by the international magazine Yessiey at the Yessiey Award 2023” which celebrated women “Innovators and Change-Makers.” [21] [22] [23]

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References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Dedicated Generation Of Global Women Change-Makers". tribuneonlineng.com. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
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  4. 1 2 "New York To Honor Greek Radio 'Aktina FM' By Naming A Street". greekreporter.com. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
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  6. 1 2 "Digital audio service delivered via the Internet". sunnewsonline.com. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
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