Live from Radio Adelaide
In almost four years we run radio programme in Nepal, none of us had made attempts to go live. We pre-recorded the programme, edited and made every effort to minimise errors. The trend in Nepal is that way.
I have no idea what might have happened had I tried going live in Kathmandu. It was just because I and my team never tried. Pre-recording is easy. Good quality recorders are available in Kathmandu and we could prepare the programmes at home.
The thought in my mind drastically changed when I started live news reading at the Radio Adelaide, the leading radio station in South Australia, this month. It was not shocking or uncontrollable as I perceived. Simple and easy.
Circumstances in South Australian radios make it compulsory that one must run programme live. Unlike in Nepal, we don’t have any technical team behind us. We are presenters and we are technicians. And technology is far advanced than what we use in Nepal. A whole room is full of machines.
My hesitation on live show remained for less than two minutes on the first day. Now I feel no difference while reading in radio and in my room. Does that mean, the audio recorder I brought from Nepal is useless? It seems, I have rarely used this. The added advantage is, live show has better voice quality and does not repeat same phrases and words every week.
It is circumstances that compel one to be efficient, adoptive. Had there been facilities of different set of technicians in Radio Adelaide, I would have preferred to record-play game. Fortunately, that’s no more my story. Probably, when I start another programme on the same radio in September, my efficiency will enhance further. Definitely!