Radio Station Visit

Manila Broadcasting Company

MBC

THE PHILIPPINES’ LARGEST RADIO NETWORK

This was our first visit on a radio station; our group had chosen to visit DZRH because it’s the oldest radio station in the Philippines by the KBP or Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas.

We had observed the show “Pangga Ruth Abao Live!” when the show had started we listened to the topic being discussed by Ms.Ruth Abao. The topic was all about Immigrants she is with a guest Mr. Chris they were both having discussions and they answered questions from the text messages of the people who had concern about the topic. It was long discussion we think it took one and half hour in just one topic but it was not a serious talk both of them joke around and its fun listening to them.

This time we had an opportunity to use the equipments in the booth. Kuya Arnold and Kuya “Boy” Amok let us use the equipment they taught us some basic things in the booth. They taught us on how to switch on and off the mic of the Broadcast Journalist because they often utter foul words which often go on air. It was a nerve racking experience even though we’re just going to switch the buttons. 

We then had a tour on the radio drama department. We met some awesome people in that department and they let us take a sneak peek inside the room. Also we took pictures with the cast; unfortunately we didn’t get to hear them because they were having a break that time. Funny, as we recall what happen Sir Eric Lucero was the one who was taking pictures, it’s as if he owned the camera, he took various shots but to our surprise the photos he took were actually good shots.

 


Sir Eric Lucero’s shots

 After visiting the radio drama, we went to another booth we actually don’t know what’s the booth’s name. But this one was different from the other one that we had earlier. The staff there was lecturing us on how the live stream works they also explained different camera angles and where we should focus the camera. Our mind was blown away because inside the booth there were different kinds of buttons and a lot of TV screens. Honestly we had a hard time understanding what they were saying to us. For media novices like us, it's hard to comprehend such terms unlike to those who are professionals. Nevertheless, we’re still happy we had that lecture.

  

 Lastly we did a photo up session with the staff and Ms. Ruth Abao. The radio station visit was a fun experience, the staffs were very accommodating.  In spite of the short time given to us, we are ecstatic to learn new things from this kind of experience. We are really hoping that we can use all the learning’s that they have shared to us in the near future.

 

Group 6 (202C)