Children were in the studios of Hitit University Radio Hitit FM during the special program 'Science Communication – April 23 National Sovereignty and Children’s Day'
Hitit University Vocational School of Social Sciences, Department of Marketing and Advertising, Media and Communication Program students carried out the “Science Communication – April 23 Special” program as part of the practical fieldwork for their “Production and Direction in Radio and Television” course.
Organized by faculty members and students of the Media and Communication Program, the broadcast began at 14:30 with Fatih Sultan Mehmet Primary School 2nd grade student Kürşat Metehan Kıvrak, who joined the studio as the program host. The show featured April 23 poems, Atatürk’s words, and children’s songs. Later, at 16:00, Yunus Emre Primary School 4/B student İpek Çelik hosted another program with her classmates Baran, Naz, Ali Deniz, Bahar, Elmas, Zehra, Zeynep, Ece, Feryal İpek, and Belinay. The cheerful opening line—“Stop, stop! Don’t change your radio frequencies, you are at the right place, Hitit FM. Today we celebrate April 23 National Sovereignty and Children’s Day. We’ve taken over the microphones from our elders and will be your guests on the radio today”—brought smiles to listeners. The program included meaningful words about the day, poems about Atatürk and April 23, and songs composed by the TRT Children’s Choir.
Ali Aşır, lecturer and responsible director/general editor of Hitit University Radio Hitit FM, emphasized the importance of the project: “Within the scope of the ‘Science Communication – April 23 Special’ program, our children met the studio professionally, got to know the microphone, realized how their voices were heard instantly through professional systems, and gained hosting experience. They learned quickly from their older peers studying media and communication. It was a valuable step, both as a gain and an experience for our children. On this beautiful and special day, we gave them a meaningful gift from within our field.”
This initiative provided children with a unique opportunity to experience broadcasting firsthand, while also allowing Media and Communication Program students to apply their theoretical knowledge in practice.
