R A D Y O QUARTERLY RADIO MAGAZINE / OCTOBER 2015 / 4 V HAVE YOU EVER READ RADIO? İ Z Y O N FILE: The Role of Radıo ın Asıa-Pacıfıc RADIO IS EMOTIONAL ~ ŞENOL GÖKA EVOLUTION AND ROLE OF RADIO IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION ~ JAWHAR SIRCAR THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIZING THE 52ND ABU GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN İSTANBUL ~ DR. JAVAD MOTTAGHI NATURAL DISASTERS AND RADIO ~ AKINORI HASHIMOTO OVERVIEW OF THE ABU PRIZES-RADIO CATEGORY ~ TATSUHIRO BENIKO THE RELEVANCE OF RADIO CONTENT IN THE DIGITAL AGE ~ NEDRA WEERASINGHE RADIO AND NEW TECHNOLOGY ~ STEVE AHERN COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT BROADCASTING SERVICE IN HONG KONG ~ TAI KEEN-MAN • JACE AU LAI-NGAR ABU: A COMMON BROADCASTING VOICE FOR ASIA-PACIFIC ~ S. NANDA ARMOOGUM COMMUNITY RADIO: THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE ~ ALL INDIA RADIO (AIR) 4 Up next is the meeting of broadcasters from 70 Asia- Pacific countries in İstanbul -including radio Şenol GÖKA TRT Director General broadcasters. To Be Visible W e have always defined radio broadcasters new paths and new voices leading to the as invisible passengers of invisible roads hearts of our listeners, these are intentions for connecting the hearts. Invisible and collective thinking and producing. not having a desire to be visible, radio With these thoughts in our minds, 52nd Asia- broadcasters are publishing a radio magazine Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) General in Turkey. Still unsatisfied, they celebrate radio Assembly is being hosted by TRT in İstanbul. broadcasting anniversaries on the streets. Up Our friends –with the contribution of ABU next is the meeting of broadcasters from 70 administration and members- have created a Asia-Pacific countries in İstanbul -including special file for the October issue. Cooperation radio broadcasters. This state of visibility might in the preparation of this file alone is enough look like a contradiction, but it is not. to boost our confidence in efforts exerted at All efforts are exerted for us to be able to the General Assembly to serve as a stronger breath in our friendly geography. return to our real homes –studios with a more powerful breath. With the hope of finding TRT is ready and awaiting guests. Turkish Folk Music repared in collaboration of TRT and Kalan Music, the Aşık VEYSEL Project was created P with the recordings from TRT archives and a selection of pieces from Aşık Veysel gramophone records. Voice restoration was handled by Kalan Music. You can purchase the album through www.trtmarket.net and TRT Market stores. In the first one of the albums prepared in two discs Aşık Veysel performs his own works. In the second album, Aşık Veysel performs the pieces of masters that lived before him. Turkish Folk Music repared in collaboration of TRT and Kalan Music, theNow, Aşık VEYSEL as we Project do in was a created P with the recordings from TRT archives and a selection of pieces from Aşık Veysel gramophone records. Voice restoration was handledradio by Kalan announcement; Music. You can purchase the album through www.trtmarket.net and TRT Market stores.once again, we say “Hello!” for eternal friendship with those we have met since time Dr. Süleyman ERDAL Head of TRT External Services Department immemorial. Radio: The Bridge of Hearts R adio has always been perceived as a nostalgic element and in the fields of communication and media through because of this fact radio is like the summary of one’s voyage our cooperation and partnerships with countries and to inner self in time. The history of radio is also the summary international organizations. We have also witnessed of incidents that took place in different geographies of together the unique role of this experience and the world since its birth. Radio is the most crucial witness communication methods in building and conducting of incidents that took place in the last century in the public diplomacy of the age we live in. That is, utilizing the fields of international relations, technology, broadcasting, self-renewing vibration and never-aging magic of radio, we communication and so on. Since its invention radio has have opened new interaction fields from local to global, reached beyond oceans and connected continents and and from “me to us”. people as the most important means of communication. Bearing these in mind, ABU General Assembly, which will Mutual cooperation and solidarity have always been present be hosted by TRT this year, is the central topic of this issue in the background of development and advancement in all of our magazine. fields. TRT moves in line with this idea. As a reflection of this, we take active part within Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, As the only public broadcaster in Turkey with almost 50 year- of which we have been a member since 1964. The fact that long TV experience, 88 year-long radio history and a wide ABU General Assembly will be held in İstanbul is a clear and broadcast network in multiple platforms and its modern important indicator. With this General Assembly we want technological infrastructure, Turkish Radio and Television to make a major contribution from present to future. We Corporation is ever-more closer to its goal of offering the wanted our friends in Asia-Pacific geography to know us best within and outside the country. In this journey, the better and to know that they are closer to us than distances. corporation has marked major developments in becoming an activeIn the subject first of onethe internationalof the albums relations preparednetwork. in Astwo Turkish discs Radio Aşık and TelevisionVeysel Corporation,performs wehis consider own itworks. a mission to truly understand each other and portray each InternationalIn the organizationssecond album, that we Aşıkare a part Veysel of, protocols performs the pieces of masters that lived before him. we signed and number of countries we cooperate with other in the right way in a common platform. have significantly increased in four continents. This grand geography is the place that we have known and Especially in this century, as an undeniable necessity broken bread on with united hearts since time immemorial. of molding public opinion in the international arena, Now, as we do in a radio announcement; once again, we importance of cross-border broadcasting has increased say “Hello!” for eternal friendship with those we have met remarkably. We have acquired benefits and experience since time immemorial. QUARTERLY RADIO MAGAZINE Publisher on Behalf of Turkish Radio and Television Corporation Dr. Süleyman Erdal, Head of TRT External Services Department R Editor-in-Chief A D Y O QUARTERLY RADIO MAGAZINE / OCTOBER 2015 / 4 V HAVE YOU EVER READ RADIO? İ Z Y O Dr. Süleyman Erdal N Editorial Coordinator FILE: The Role of Radıo ın Asıa - Pacıfıc RADIO IS EMOTIONAL ~ ŞENOL GÖKA EVOLUTION AND ROLE OF RADIO IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION ~ JAWHAR SIRCAR THE 52nd ABU GENERAL ASSEMBLY ~ JAVAD MOTTAGHI Şirin Sümer THE RELEVANCE OF RADIO CONTENT IN THE DIGITAL AGE ~ NEDRA WEERASINGHE NATURAL DISASTERS AND RADIO ~ AKINORI HASHIMOTO COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT BROADCASTING SERVICE IN HONG KONG ~ TAI KEEN-MAN • JACE AU LAI-NGAR ABU: A COMMON BROADCASTING VOICE FOR ASIA PACIFIC ~ S. NANDA ARMOOGUM Editor in Charge Eda Kotanoğlu Cardona Editors CD Translated into English by From the Editor Olgu Tokdemir Özden Demiray Sultan Yanmaz Ömer Ayvaz G lobalizing Radio Aksel Koçak Didem Güneri Öztaşbaşı Lyrics Translated by Nurettin Turan Although it has been over a century since its invention, contrary to popular English / Özden Demiray Özlem Yalçın belief, the function of radio gradually increases with the new world order and Abdulhamid Chohan German / Gültekin Alkoyak changes shape in line with rapid developments in communication technologies. French / Göksel Ali Göksu Advisory Committee Arabic / Müfit Hürmüzlü On the one hand, the globalization process after the cold war brought societies Prof. Dr. Edibe Sözen Chinese / Zühre Varis Doç. Dr. Enderhan Karakoç Russian / Günay Kızılırmak closer and intensified cultural interaction and on the other hand, deeply Prof. Dr. Ertan Özensel affected international diplomacy and brought about new mediums such as Doç. Dr. Halûk Bengü media, culture, sports, science, art and education. Undoubtedly, “media” comes Regional Representatives to the forefront among these mediums that form the basis of public diplomacy Ankara • Filiz Özdemir Arıcıoğlu • [email protected] because television, radio and magazine publishing that are media tools reach Antalya • Mustafa Cansız • [email protected] out to a large audience. Today, media has become the most effective weapon Çukurova • Lütfi Kılınç • [email protected] Diyarbakır • Fatih Yılmaz • [email protected] of information transfer. In addition to this, it plays an active role in social, cultural, Erzurum • İsmail Bingöl • [email protected] economic and political contacts between societies and molding public opinion. İstanbul • Osman Nuri Boyacı • [email protected] İzmir • Hakan Özalpuk • [email protected] This social dimension of globalization as well as cultural heritage and other Trabzon • Yiğit Yavuz • [email protected] characteristics of countries are transmitted to targeted public opinion. Therefore, Translated by Web Design broadcasting content used by media plays an important role in terms of public Özden Demiray Hilal Baysal diplomacy because societies are informed, trained and brought closer thanks Ömer Ayvaz İbrahim Çam to this content. This media content should be transmitted to targeted public opinion not as propaganda but as an exchange of views, understanding and Legal Advisor Administrative Affairs explaining so that long-lasting relations and goal congruence are established. Recep Durgun Murat Baran Radio which is the only medium that media adorns with its voice and Advertisement imagination can make the country that it belongs to attractive with its cross Petek Ulusoy Arıca boundary mission and a regional or even global power. T: 0 312. 463 4264/65 [email protected] We have determined the cover story in this issue of our quarterly magazine as “The Role of Radio in the Asia Pacific Region” on the occasion of the 52nd ABU Social Media Esra Özbek General Assembly to be hosted by TRT in İstanbul from 24-31 October, 2015.