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By Paul Chaderjian This week the president of Armenia, Serge Sargsian, and Karekin II, the Catholicos of All Armenians, marked the first anniversary of US-Armenia TV, the newest and most far-reaching Armenian global media venture. "The might of our people lies in our unity and collective strength," Mr. Sargsian said. "In my opinion, US-Armenia can now take an active role in promoting unity and strengthening the Armenian community." With praise and commendations for Gerard L. Cafesjian's vision to create a professional, global media network that reaches Armenians everywhere, Mr. Sargsian said US-Armenia is now a unique, dedicated bridge between the Diaspora, Armenia, and Artsakh. "US-Armenia TV strengthens our ties to one another, tightens our cultural ties, and acts as an agent of cultural preservation," the Armenian president said. "US-Armenia TV also creates and maintains an Armenian cultural environment inside each and ever...

by Paul Chaderjian (Armenian Reporter) Burbank, Calif. - Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, on Friday, April 17 blessed CS Media's new state-of-the-art, all-platform media production facility and studios, located in the heart of the entertainment capital of the world. "It is my privilege and my joy today to celebrate the official opening of this very special institution," Abp. Derderian said. "The opening of the US-Armenia television station will be a milestone in the life of this community, the Western Diocese, and Armenian communities through the West Coast." The Primate and a group of clergy began the blessing service outside the main lobby of the four-story building at 2727 West Alameda. After hymns and prayers blessing the facilities of the new television station, Abp. Derderian spoke to those gathered and praised the efforts of Gerard L. Cafesjian for creating a new, profes...

The Armenian Reporter April 4, 2009   BURBANK, Calif.  – Celebrity and fourth generation Armenian-American Kim Kardashian gave an exclusive interview to US-Armenia TV on April 1, telling her Armenian and non-Armenian fans that she was proudest of her Armenian genes and her Armenian vor (derriere in Armenian). Noting that her late father, O.J. Simpson attorney Robert Kardashian, had dreamed of visiting Armenia, she announced that she plans to fulfill her father’s dream. Casual, gracious, funny, flirtatious, and always mesmerizing, the drop-dead gorgeous 20-something reached out to some 7 million US-Armenia TV viewers over-the-air on digital channel 18.5 in Southern California, via cable and the Globecast satellite to the United States and North America, to Europe, the Middle East and Africa on the global Hotbird satellite, and via terrestrial antennas all over the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. Kim spoke to Armenia...

The Neapolitan Armenians (AKA swan song of a departed editor) by Paul Chaderjian NAPLES, Florida - Try as you might. Try with as much effort as you can muster. But on some days, you can’t write a straightforward story to save your career. Call it fate. So, dear reader, if you buckle your seat belt, we’re going to go on a journey to Southwest Florida, and it’s going to be like a roller coaster of thoughts. Maybe it’ll be fun. Maybe Vincent will indeed print this. Maybe the woman who criticized my last article about the Armenian church on mychurch.com and said I write because I like to hear myself write is right. (Vincent, will you please, please keep this opening?) + the fine print (Grish, put this in eight-point font but keep these instructions in the published version. Let’s give our readers between-the-lines dialogue they can feel voyeuristic about). So I slammed my Camry’s driver-side door on my fingers when I jumped in as I was summon...

The Neapolitan Armenians : When two of them meet, see if they will not create a new Armenia by Paul Chaderjian NAPLES, Florida – Florida in the American lexicon equates to recreation, retirement, rest, and relaxation. Among the top dozen destinations that are known around the world is a small city of an estimated 22,000 residents on the western coast of the Sunshine State. This city, in Collier County, earned its name thanks to its reputation for overshadowing the original Bay of Naples, Italy. The accolades Naples, Florida, has earned include consistently being named as one of the top five places to live in the U.S. Its ten-mile beach on the Gulf of Mexico has been named the best beach in the U.S. The city is also known as the Golf Capital of the World and boasts more than 80 championship golf courses. Naples is where people who value serenity, beauty, cleanliness – paradise - come to vacation or spend their retirement years. Among those who have a residence here are Bill Gates ,...

by Paul Chaderjian Naples - Scents that would whet even a vegetarian's appetite waft through Andre's Steakhouse, at the northeast corner of Tamiami and 28th Avenue. The front and back parking lots are full, and there are no empty parking spots on the street. It's the last Saturday night of February, and Andre's is packed like it is every night during "the season," when tourists and retirees converge on Florida's Paradise Coast, off the Gulf of Mexico.   Enter the epicurean wonderland of Andre's, and there is not one empty table. The steakhouse is full of loyal patrons of all ages - some in shorts and T-shirts and others in short-sleeved shirts or summer dresses. It's the dead of winter, but one can easily forget the blizzards blanketing the Midwest and Northeast in snow. There is laughter, people talking, someone making a toast in one corner, and half a dozen clean-cut waiters - dressed in white shirts and bowties - dance a perfectly chor...

BURBANK, Calif. - The English-language “Hotline” talk show debuted last Friday night at midnight (Pacific Time) on US-Armenia TV, which broadcasts in Southern California on over-the-air, antenna TV (KSCI 18.5), on Charter and Time-Warner cable, on satellite in the United States via Globecast, and in Europe and Armenia on the Hotbird satellite. For the past four years, program host Paul Chaderjian has interviewed more than a hundred guests who were working or were involved with projects in Armenia and the Armenian diaspora. “The interview show idea came to life when Armenia TV asked me to go to Armenia and help with the coverage of the 90th Anniversary of the Genocide in 2005,” said Chaderjian, who is a former ABC News writer-producer and one of the former hosts of the annual Armenia Fund Thanksgiving Day telethon. “I helped Armenia TV set up a live transmission to CNN, The Associated Press, and a few European news agencies,” said Chaderjian. “We wanted to show the world how impor...