Radio Arvyla

Radio Arvyla
Genre	Satirical Talk-Show
Created by	Antonis Kanakis
Directed by	Antonis Kanakis
Presented by	Antonis Kanakis Giannis Servetas Stathis Panagiotopoulos Christos Kiousis & Kostakis & Pasoktsis
Opening theme	"Sugar Baby Love" by The Rubettes [1]
Country of origin	Greece
Original language(s)	Greek
No. of seasons	11
Production
Running time	90 minutes
Release
Original network	ANT1
Picture format	576i SDTV 1080i HDTV
Original release	14 April 2008 – present
Chronology
Preceded by	A.M.A.N.
External links
Website

Radio Arvyla (Greek: Ράδιο Αρβύλα) is a Greek live show hosted by ANT1 in Thessaloniki.^[2] It first aired on April 2008. It is hosted by Antonis Kanakis, Giannis Servetas, Stathis Panagiotopoulos and Christos Kiousis. It mainly criticizes the political life and what prevails in the modern social life through parodies,videos, Comedy Sketches and jokes. As of 2016-17 season, it airs every other Monday, from 23.15 to 00.30, although it used to air from 18.00 to 19.00 during the 2007-2008,2008-2009 season..The first episode of season 4 aired on 11 October.^[3][4] All episodes from Season 3 and on are available online on the official website of ANT1.^[5][6][7][8].

Format

The show begins with the segment "The bad joke of the Day," where Stathis Panagiotopoulos tells an anecdote that is considered "cold". Afterwards, the "Top επικαιρότητας" segment begins, where videos from various events that occurred are shown, categorized into (usually 25) numbers, for which there are satirical videos (comic skits, parodies etc.) that make fun of the original videos that were presented earlier.

Episodes

Reception

A lot of "conservatives" like Kostas Prekas have criticised the show for "crossing the line", Kostas Prekas stated that

"...they are making fun of everybody, they are pricks.This show must end."^[9]

Etymology

"Radio Arvyla" is a Greek idiom that means "false rumor". Literally it means "Army-boot Radio".

References