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TRAILBLAZING ARMENIAN JOURNALIST PASSES AWAY
By Richard Horgan
mediabistro.com
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/armenian-talk-show-host-passes-away_b60532
April 27 2012
The very active expatriate journalism community in Glendale is mourning
the loss this week of Armen Dilanyan, who died unexpectedly on Tuesday
at age 56.
Before coming to the U.S. in 2006 and establishing a daily political
talk show on SoCal~Rs Horizon Armenian Television, Dilanyan built up a
solid reputation working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).
Per an obituary on azatutyun.am, he was one of the first correspondents
for the service in Armenia~Rs capital city of Yerevan and helped
launch a local bureau after the territory gained independence in 1992:
Armen Koloyan, a longtime member of RFE/RL~Rs Prague team, had worked
with Dilanyan since the early 1990s. ~SWe colleagues called Armen
Dilanyan ~QDilo~R because there were several Armens in our office
and we had to tell them apart,~T he said.
~SOur Dilo would start the day with countless cigarettes and coffee
and witty jokes,~T recalled Koloyan. ~SHe would then get down to
business: daily news, commentary, serious and frank reports on the
big world and political, economic and social developments in one of
its small parts, Armenia.~T
In recent years, Dilanyan also could be seen on the Armenian-Russian
Television Network (ARTN). RIP.
By Richard Horgan
mediabistro.com
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/armenian-talk-show-host-passes-away_b60532
April 27 2012
The very active expatriate journalism community in Glendale is mourning
the loss this week of Armen Dilanyan, who died unexpectedly on Tuesday
at age 56.
Before coming to the U.S. in 2006 and establishing a daily political
talk show on SoCal~Rs Horizon Armenian Television, Dilanyan built up a
solid reputation working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).
Per an obituary on azatutyun.am, he was one of the first correspondents
for the service in Armenia~Rs capital city of Yerevan and helped
launch a local bureau after the territory gained independence in 1992:
Armen Koloyan, a longtime member of RFE/RL~Rs Prague team, had worked
with Dilanyan since the early 1990s. ~SWe colleagues called Armen
Dilanyan ~QDilo~R because there were several Armens in our office
and we had to tell them apart,~T he said.
~SOur Dilo would start the day with countless cigarettes and coffee
and witty jokes,~T recalled Koloyan. ~SHe would then get down to
business: daily news, commentary, serious and frank reports on the
big world and political, economic and social developments in one of
its small parts, Armenia.~T
In recent years, Dilanyan also could be seen on the Armenian-Russian
Television Network (ARTN). RIP.