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Behind the Mike: "Often a Mad Scramble"
London Express Service
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HERE is a mild punie
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in the studio, a last- minute frantic turn- ing of pages of the script, a cough to clear the throat. Then the amber cue Bght flickers, the red light goes on and a live pro- gramme from Radio Hong- kong once again takes the air,
or
From then on, until the green light which marks the Pall clear" replaces the red, Woc betide anyone who coughs zneezes or who makes any kind of noise, however slight, to in- terrupt the amentli presentation of the programme. Fortunately. interruptions are rare, and the- anal programme stems the listener as well-arganiseri in a well-planned
traffic
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The
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Interviews are concise
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awkward
and there pauses; the feature programmes - calmly presented;
nearly
PROGRAMMES
By Margaret Pink
Radio Hongkong has its own book reviewing stoff, and the books, which come from Eug- land, are farmed out to
re-
these days have a large listen Waterworks-the latter ny reviewers whose particular abili- ing public.
cently as lust week. Let me list some of the pro- Kaminus which can be heard ler of Broadcasting
feature regularly: there are two weekly have
for programmes
children, simultaneously од
A
on
tles bent them for reviewing Where passible the Control-
to any particular type of book. likes
There is in fact, a panel of broadcast speciulisis
who ensure the both
the highest possible quality and the weekly now's magazine Dor English and Chinese networks best possible presentation of teenagers-and-over, 4 weekly In the case
the Water-
cach review or story. book review and short-story, a
works. a team from tach Considerable emphasis is weekly British Counell pro-rection headed by
Donald
placed
continually spor!, woeldy talk
Au-yeung which gramme,
on Brooks and Eddie
has equal prom laence music, a weekly discussion on respectively started work on að bolh the Hongkong's history..
August 6
English in preparation
Chinese wavelengths, On the musical side, apart the November fealure. They Young presents his "Sports Re- from the regular "live" re- interviewed the Acting Water- view! every
Thursday citals, there is Record Review,
visited critical works Engineer, and
appraisal of the pre- which is a critical appreciation most of the waterworks sites
vious day's sport, with a fore- of new classical records, First In the Colony to get ideas
cast for the future every Sun- Hearing, its brother in modern the programme.
day. music; HL Parade, based on the
It sales of new records; Tip Top Tunes, a monthly index of the popularity of tunes as expressed
gramme...
#re
for
Cut A Third
the
RADUALLY they put it to
"on kogether, and did
and Brig
most
At the
Hong-
is with the final type of live programme that the ma- jority of ord
in ordinary people "Wirod for sound":
in requests to Radio Hongkong;
Hongkong are perhaps Donald Brooks on an out-
associated the plays, and last, but far from least, spot interviewing at the most door assignment,
and present moment Radio there
the ever-popular suitable sites Tytam Tuk and Down Memory Lane, which had Shek La Palwhich they pieced kong is in the process of com-
with
their own de- piling a
from casting book, plays the former may call for the co- its sixth anniversary carlier this together the
The which all future radio plays always have the pro operation of almost every single month, and the equally popular seription of what went on. fessional touch. Everyone who person connected with Radio Music Lovers
minules can be cast. There are now 100 Hour. Radio interviewing took 30
book, good many Hungkong's reconit oldest pro- of programme time and had to or more aunes in this takes the air, from the prae- Hongkong, and
be whittled down by more than and auditions are to be held -tixed
announcer to the young outsiders beydew- amateur actor broadensting his For behind each feature pro- Particular emphasis is placed a third to into the allotted 50 about three times a year with Garrison there are weeks of continually
the Stage Club, the minutes for the programme. entertainment gramme
From the point of view of Players, and the RAF Kai Tak work; behind ench talk and dis- for the Forces. There are four
"sound" the at least, is how it ap- cussion
Waterworks fea- Players, with a view to there
Bug- of local
request days
programmes "soun the week pears to the listener, But the research and preparation; behind during
and lure was perhaps not as in- menting this list. Behind-the-mike picture a cach play there are hours at from time to time variety pro- triguing as a previous one
Life at concentrated rehearsal, much of grammes ቲነው,
Kiven
the telecommunications, Rame Hongkong has beent with people unaccustomed to studio which have a special Donald Brooks spoke to a Nor- described by the Controller of the malerophone,
sea captain 200 miles appeal to members of the Ser- weglan
out to sea and interviewed him Vices. Broadcasting. Mr Curtis Ind- On an average, Radio Hong-
Hicrally over the air! san; himself as often a malici kung broadensts for about 70 sertimble", and many a capable hours a week.
Representative of the second Ot this time businessman would throw up about 10 hours pre provided
group of programmes the dis cussions is the his hands in horror if he
first few Ines, sounds assured and confident.
That,
vory different
in Electra House.
are
are
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Local Talent
on
when
Not Simple
was locally-one seventh of the total. I bring as many local or ing About Hongweekly Talk- actors and actresses have dis-
HERE is a conscious effort to
Father T.F. Ryan, and Doctor
WHEN a play is chosen, anti its cast and producer selec!- ed-either by Radio Hongkong or by the Society concernet-In tensive rehearsing begins. Local which covered that play-reading is by no means as simple as it sounds exaggerated in order that the 1ype of pro- right effect may Ve conveyed to five, and the number of plays local actors (there are now over gramine is the fact that "Talk- to the listening public, and the
Impression Hongkong" takes fatal
asked to make order out of the And the number of live broad- as possible into the studio, We chaos that sometimes prevails ensts
it still increasing: since the have local singers, pianists and S.G. Davis prepare themselves every Inflection has to be end of last year the number of violinists, local bands, orchestra each week. Proof of the popu-
Lalks
not to mention the farity has risen from one and choirs
Versatile Lot
I
ip
Weekly
the re- 100 on
Radio Hongkong ing even more books) who are perhaps the is all part of the campaign has shown an
From April
of all. programmes, more programmes 7, 1952 to March 29 this year 13 most enthusiastle
Radio Hongkong also does its presented
Hongkong,
two of them for live plays (only
เย encourage local Hongkong, by longkan pe- full-length) were broadcast here; utmost ple. Where paskible the
Fince April pru-
28 this year there writers and authors to send in seripus which might provu grammes are written here this have been 20, of which six insted
any suitable for broadcasting. At applies particularly to thore well over an hour, and many
one
cuthor-Ron local about the Colony itself and lasted 45-30 minutes.
Weslacott--has been helped up people from all walks of
This
been Improvement haz and of all nationalities have a made possible by slight in-
hus accepted share in their presentation.
crease in the staff of Radio Her to success by Radio
diongkong, which
three of his plays for broad- For many of these people, Hongkong. Even now, however,
too, a serlai radio work is merely ກ part there are only five full-time Pro- casing. Shority, time job; for the actors' and gramme Assistants, who between slory by. another local man
Is an amusing them organise both the English Jack Sheppard will be broad- but for five full-ilme and the Chinese programmes, cast in "Contact"
mastime it.
programine
Assistants
lite
under with
lenst
the
the few exceptions all it the Controller of Broadcasting other employees, including the freelance enthusiasts who act as
It is serious hard work which
and announcers
can be either amusing or in are part-time.
furiating and during the course
Then there are the 15 or 16 newsreaders, part-Ume atunouncers and news- readers. Some are civilians and others mumbas of the Forces; their enly common
bond is suitably pleasant
expres- and for Donald rive voice. All of them are Brooks, Alleen Woods,
broadcasting, and their training.
of, which they may be called No Holidays
on to perform all manner of
miracles, and to
fall range of
cope with
Imperaments "FULL-time"
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of this
About
of reading-
Versatility is the catchword Patricia Rigge, Chow Nal-yeung their first experience of In the Studio: Hongkong Stage Club members do a
there is no room for specialists and Eddie Auyeung does not all done locally, adds to the
In a radio studio which is still mean дл ordinary cight work of the programme
going through a stage
or
-week Fanisers and the Controller of similar hours-a-day, forly-hours-a-week to that of the BBC at Savoy job, with Saturday afternoons Broadcasting.
TIL
The average radio
looks
radio
work de- Their
radio play. air for the 50th time next from-a-script must at all costs Friday.
bo ovoided. The only example at present Actors may be called upon of the "magazine"
turn programma to
themselves into is the new "Contact" run by chickens
dogs or
ΟΙ even
and Sundays free for swimming Radio Features Ilstener and tennis, who hears an almost continuous mands their constant attention, IE types of live programmes Rosemary Richards, which oxygen-pumps. They provide stream
Df programmes from for even if they are not always broadcast from Radio Hong- brings young people of the footsteps and pistol shots and morning till tht, and who at actively "on the air liey have kong fall roughly into six Colony into the studio to talk innumerable other "spot”. the best of times probably to arrange programmes and plan categories-features, discussions, of their jobs, and keeps its effects to suit every occasion.
upon
work ns for weeks ahead. They may, it magazine
progra
talks listeners up to date on the nc- ammes,
Future plans at Radio Hong- money for the proverbial jam, a particularly busy period, have, musle recitals and playe.
tivities of the various youth kong Gro - for competi- docs not appreciate the im to put in a considerable amount With the presentation of a groups, together with news of tion programmes In which mense amount of organisation of extra work and to give up feature programme. the pubile, young people abroad.
various clubs and organisations which goes Into the presenta- their evenings and some of their apart from a few specialist in- In every "Contact" pro- can compote, and they are tion of each and every pro- holidays
for the good of the dividuals, has very little to do. gramme part of a serial, "Tho always openi
any sur gramine from the Colony's own cause.
At the present moment Radio Black Arrow" read by a gestions you, the listener, may station.
Liko journalists, indeed, they Hongkong is doing a series of young RAF serviceman, Hugh have for its improvement. Presenting a local live pro- seldom have the public holidays, feature programmes on. Public Sullivan, Perhaps it would not ・ In fact its chief, complaint is gramme is infuitely more com- for most events of interest-St Utilities here which can be be out of place here to mention that the listeners while he plented then merely relaying a John Ambulance review, the
canned" BBC one. The latter Queen's Birthday parade, for compared to the BBC's "Focus" the other story readers and undoubtedly has his hit he To date they have m- book reviewers whose pro- and ideas, seldom takes · the only calls for someone lo put membrance Sunday happen vestigated the Fest Office, Cable grammes take the air every trouble to express_{{{{em=ta the right record on the turntable; then, and reports of events on and Wireless facilities and the week.
Radio Hongkong.
to
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