Hye Talk Begins Second Season
The "Hye Talk" crew with host Barlow Der Mugrdechian and guest Sona Atoian
hye talk, a half-hour television program
produced by the Armenian Studies Program of Fresno
State began its second year of broadcasting in
November. hye talk airs on Thursdays from
8:30-9:00 p.m. and on Fridays from 6:00-6:30 p.m. on
Continental Cablevision Channel 4. New shows will
be broadcast every week through the months of
December and January 1997.
Barlow Der Mugrdechian of the Armenian Studies
Program is the host for hye talk. Der
Mugrdechian has been involved with the Armenian
Studies Program for the past decade as an instructor.
hye talk features a variety of guests who
discuss local, national, and international issues of
interest to Armenians and the community in general.
Four new shows have been taped and will be
broadcast.
The season premiere featured the Very Rev. Fr.
Sasoon V. Zumrookhdian, Pastor of St. Paul
Armenian Church in Fresno, who recently returned
from Armenia where he and a group of pilgrims from
Fresno attended the blessing of the Holy Muron
(Holy Oil) ceremony in Etchmiadzin, Armenia. His
Holiness Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians
presided over the centuries old service. Fr.
Zumrookhdian had the honor of holding the Right
Hand (relic) of St. Gregory and Mr. Vahan Chamlian
of Fresno was the Godfather of the ceremony.
Footage from the ceremony will be aired as part of
the hye talk show.
Mr. Seth Atamian, newly appointed principal of
the Armenian Community School of Fresno, is the
second guest. Atamian was hired to lead the school
which has now begun its twentieth year of activity.
Atamian discusses the current activities at the school
as well as its future goals.
Dr. Bill Rice, Professor of Marketing at Fresno
State, brings his views on an Armenian agriculture
training program which took place at Fresno State in
October of 1996. Eleven farmers from Armenia were
brought to the United States to participate in a
training program which aimed to familiarize the
farmers with marketing techniques. Dr. Rice, who
was Outstanding Professor at Fresno State directed
the Fresno State project along with Dr. Bill Mallios of
the School of Business.
Sona Atoian, an artist from Armenia, has opened
the Fresno Art Institute. The Institute is open to the
public and provides art instruction. Atoian, who is a
noted artist, is the main instructor of the Institute. She
brings some of her own works on the show and also
discusses her new venture.
hye talk is a production of the Armenian
Studies Program in conjunction with the Academic
Innovation Center of Fresno State and INTERSEC.
Comments on the program can be sent to:
hye talk
c/o Armenian Studies Program, CSU Fresno,
5245 N. Backer Ave M/S 4
Fresno, CA 93740-8001.