Becoming Local Announcer
Becoming local
announcer at small city in Indonesia is quite amazing and unique, especially
for announcer in radio of Dangdut segmented. You will face some unique person,
a lot of characters from distance pace, variety in argot, playing the same song
for the same person, or being given gifts from someone who like you although
they never see your face.
Here, I am talking
about my past experiences when I was joining the 98,8 FM Dunia Dangdut (DD FM) Radio
Station. I had been an announcer for six years, since 2006 till 2012. That six
years moment had given me more memories about grass root people and to know
closer person from many places than mine.
After passing
university in 2005, I came back to Bangka Belitung. At that moment, I was a Job
hunter. I always buy daily newspaper, not to read the news but to look for the
job vacancy. One day, I sent application to a company that had media outlet
too. At interview, I was told that the company will build local radio at
Sungailiat, city where I live. And, the radio segmented on Dangdut music had
been pleased me a lot. I actually loved Dangdut.
So, there the
experiences begin. In short time, our radio can reach new fans. More people
were curious about DD FM. More people visited us day by day. In one years, we
were a leading radio trend for listener around Sungailiat, Belinyu, Pemali,
Bakam, Puding Besar even Pangkalpinang, the main city in Bangka and many other
places from Bangka Barat or Bangka Tengah.
We offerd unique
program, we were wellknown for greet that everyone will always remember with “Yu ah..Goyang” at starting and ending of
the talk. This greet became more attractive because each announcers has its own
style in pronouncing this greet.
In two years, we had
been established and become bigger. We became the first private station in
Bangka Belitung that can hold Open Debate for Candidates who will fight in
Bupati Bangka Election in 2008. We are pioneer in Music contest of Bangka song.
In addition, we also became event organizer for Pentas Seni Kreasi Pelajar in
2008 and 2009 among many off air activities we did.
But, the most remember
time for me is, when I became announcer itself. For the first time person who
entering the broadcasting, I learn by doing all the time. How giving emotion
when announcing. How to please someone that you never see or how maintaining
the mood.
The mood is an
emotional condition, which can affect the way we talk. Trust me!, when you were
angry or bad temper, listener will feel it. While you are tired or apathetic,
people will see it. It affects the tone of our voice. So, the only way is to
pose in positive. I always do it by becoming someone else. And I have done it
before, by naming myself “aksansanjaya”. It looked like my alter
ego and had helped much for years ahead.
Senior announcer taught
me about sounding from your abdomen not from esophagus. Needing more practice for
the first to be perfect. The effect is crucial, because this style of sounding
can give clear and powerful voice trough mike. He, whose name’s Bang Bagas,
told me that I need to smile when announcing. From him, I know that I have to to
sit erectly, holding breath and many more to talk as radio standard. He had helped
me much.
The more interesting is
about the fans, your listener. Some listeners love the same song to be played
all time even both day and night. They sometime struggle to get the phone
response, especially at the prime time, at 7 till 9 PM. Some listeners were
interested in you too, even from our voice. I don’t know exactly how explaining
logic. But, I know it recently happened to me too, after I am not the announcer
and changed to be listener. The voices, even just a voice can please us or
entertains our heart. That is the fact!.
In fact, for such
listener, they become attractive and a little bit obsessed with us. They will
visit us, and bringing some gifts_mainly snack or gorengan. We are like celebrities or a half of it. But, this is
still related in radio listeners. I mean, for person who never listen radio,
for sure, he didn’t know us, did he?.
We ever made Fans Club
for permanent listeners. In the past years, if you traveled a lot by angkot or
bus, from Sungaliat to Pangkalpinang, you might be ever saw a sticker on the
peeper of angkot by line, “98,8 DD FM
DD Fans Club, Yuh ah Goyang,”. You may say, it was too naff, but
I told you that it was usual among fans to express his desire and passion. It
might be, the expression of his thankfully to radio had been fulfilled his
hearth.
Sometime, we traveled
to tourism spots like beaches to strengthen friendship among us, announcer and
fan. Because, I know, the bigger the radio, the more hospital it is to
audiences. Making connection and having good time together are the way to
increase radio bench marking. And all of this will connected to income gained.
Because the advertiser looks for capable and familiar radio for market
campaign.
And for some fans, the
club became the medium to know closer. And we will know it, when they each
other sending message or special greeting [salam special_we called] to the fan
he likes. The club, then become a place to single
out, looking for mate. Anyways it didn’t happen among fans, but for
announcer to his fan too.
For me, one thing for
sure is, by becoming announcer looks like a pleasure activity. Actually my
permanent job is a staff at state university in Bangka Belitung. So, announcer
is my freelance job that I love. By working at night as scheduled, it was time
for me to relax by listening from many Dangdut songs. Sometime, I danced at the
terrace of the radio with friends. I often sing as louder as I want while dancing.
This moment reduce the exhausted after working for eight hours at day.
I love speaking and
expressing ideas or critics about all around me. Teasing local government acts
for some crucial issues, and asking for some solving about it. Sometime I spoke
about new discourse among the fans. For me, I also wanted to educate my
listeners beside to entertain them.
Working as local announcer
meant making strong relationship among your listener. Much less, there is less competitors at that
area. Your radio could become role model or opinion leader for public. But,
this will happen if the crew knows to arrange the segmentation and to fulfill the
audiences need.
For me, that six year
moments gave other perspectives about social and cultural of Bangka society.
That moment also taught me to treat other more hospital, made me to be someone
that people easy to talk and share ideas. It actually had me changed in
positive way.(aksansanjaya)
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