The Invisible Voice | You too can become a RJ at BIT !! Bannari Amman Community Radio 90.4 MHz
The Invisible Voice | You too can become a RJ at BIT !! Bannari Amman Community Radio 90.4 MHz
Radio, not television, is all about pictures. The human voice creates a carefully build the architecture of mental images as alive as any photograph or video. There is an intimacy to radio that can’t be discovered in any other medium. Listening is a deeply personal experience. It engages the intellect and emotions more directly than television.
Radio is everywhere, reaching people on-air, online and on-demand – whether they are at home, at work or in their car. It allows consumers to multi-task and listen while they work or play – essential in today’s world. It is a reach medium, delivering information 24/7 to consumers personally, one-on-one, in an attentive environment.
Radio is a personal medium and, unlike other media, it can accompany you throughout the day. This fact makes radio the ultimate local community and loyal friend. We can reach anyone on an emotional level via radio at any time and It’s really connecting people.
Become a Radio Jockey at BACR
Bannari Amman Community Radio offers an opportunity for contributions by people whose voice is not much heard on national radio – e.g. “ordinary” youth – which can be highly empowering. In BIT, we are helping our students to exhibit their talents in different ways, and BACR is one of the great opportunity for the student to manifest the RJ in them.
Bannari Amman Community Radio (BACR)
Community radio has become an essential tool for the comprehensive development of the community. People can identify, recognize themselves through community radio, besides communicating among themselves. Our BIT community radio on Air @90.4MHz. BACR(Bannari Amman Community Radio) is essentially a non-profit enterprise initiated by the Bannari Amman Educational Trust and managed by Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam. Recently we celebrated The World radio day On February 13, 2019.
Community Radio is characterized by the active participation of the local community in the process of broadcasting information on agricultural issues and cultural richness of the society. Radio proves to be the most effective medium as it can easily cover a wide range of areas as well as a diversified audience with a view to enhancing the lifestyle of the local people. In these days of highly commercialized broadcasting, the ethos of community radio remains independent and responsible to serve the community needs.
Bannari Amman Community Radio is currently going ON AIR @ 90.4 MHz for 9.00 hours from 6.00 am to 10.00 am in the morning and 5.00 pm to 10.00 pm in the evening.
The Bannari Amman Community Radio aimed to create an awareness program among the village people around the college premises. Trains students to be both RJ and VJ thereby, enhancing their communication and presentation skills. Promotes social related programs and activities for public welfare.
The Bannari Amman Community Radio focuses on issues concerning the environment, agriculture, social relevance, health care, personal hygiene, self-motivation, personality development, science awareness, education, career guidance, and folk music. It broadcasts various programmes on these capacities at the vicinity of locations such as Sathyamangalam, Puliampatti, Bannari, and Gobichettipalayam with the participation of community members, students and experts.
Work towards the holistic development of people of all walks of life by providing a guiding direction to inspire them, maintain a positive attitude in life and encourage observing cleanliness in their area of living. Empower all sections of people including women, children, tribal people, and rural minorities to help them learn and grow as creative contributors to society.
Tips to become a great RJ
Apart from the whole technical field of commerce, mathematics, IT, engineering and so on, there is the number of other fields which to some extent require technicality and also demands a whole lot of creativity. The career of radio jockey demands a lot of innovation, creative bent of mind, liveliness and so on.
Being an RJ is not too tough. It just requires a passion, and most importantly the clarity of mind. Some of the points are as follows:
1. Be creative:
Having a creative approach is a must. It is not rocketing science and maths where you are required to fill the formulas to the brim and methods, but the whole process and career revolve around your creative approach. How and in what manner can you bring forth the innovation is the compelling part of being a radio jockey.
If there will be no creativeness, listeners will give your program a goodbye. So try and bring oddity each day, whatever you do.
2. Focussed approach:
The next most important thing is to have a concentrated approach. It does not mean that you need to adhere to one particular thing, but it means that you should be fully focussed on what you do. As whatever you do, will be presented to the listeners.
The listeners will hear what you have composed, so make sure you do not distract and lose your listeners by deviating from the path you have chosen. Just concentrate on the link you are going to speak in front of the mike and for your listeners.
3. RJ must have a great sense of humor:
An RJ should have a good sense of humor because the radio is listened to by most of the population of our country and it includes both rural as well as urban areas.
Most importantly, it is a listening gadget, people may get bored of listening to one person the whole day, so in order to make the concept interesting, it is vital to add some humor to your link. Or you are likely to lose your listeners.
4. Knowledge and awareness are must:
As most of the Indian inhabitants cater to radio for almost all sorts of information, so it must be kept in mind by the RJ that he is up to date regarding the social media information, current affairs, and the general awareness.
If he or she will not have proper information, then it may mislead the listeners or you may even lose the credibility of your radio station.
5. Good and fluent speaker:
One must also have full fluency in speaking. An RJ must not fumble while speaking. Clarity of speech and conveying the message should not be ignored.
Only a good and articulate speaker is demanded by the listeners of radio. So, focus and practicing about speaking is the must.
6. Command over the languages:
One must also have flawless command over languages like Punjabi, English, Hindi or any depending on the region where the radio station is located.
If your listeners are Punjabi, then speak in Punjabi because if you will speak in English, they obviously will not comprehend all that you are speaking.
7. Confidence is the key to succeed:
If you do not possess confidence, then go wherever you wish to, you will never be capable of present yourself in front of others. So, be confident in what you do.
Having an energetic script in front but no confidence to speak that in the mic will do no good for you. So, be confident in what you are delivering as it goes on air.
8. One must be flexible and adaptable:
It means that if an emergency arises and you have to report promptly to your listeners, then you should have that skill of adapting yourself to that time in such a manner that the listeners do not feel disengage while listening.
When listening, it creates a sort of cherished relation with the listener, so to maintain that, be spontaneous and quick-witted.
9. Be original and have your own style:
Do not be feigned in front of the mic. This is because if you will be fake, it will not help you for too long but one day your station will lose reliability, authenticity as fake things do not last for long. So be pragmatic, show what you are in actual. Do not be fake.
10. Knowledge of all the technical instruments used in a radio station:
In a radio station, many types of equipment like mixers, CD players, headphone, microphone, faders etc. are used by the RJ’s to restrain the voice, pitch, modulation, to add effects, background music or the underlays. So in order to control all those sides by side, learn about the technical devices that are used in the studio.