THE CHANNEL
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ISSUE 1 2015
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55
The search for the best creative feature on radio is
always fun as our judges listen out for exceptional and
clever use of the radio medium, with extensive use of
the sound stage supporting superb story-telling.
Newstalk BC was a 55 minute feature produced by
the Christian Broadcasting Association that aired on
New Zealand’s number one commercial radio
network, Newstalk ZB, on Christmas morning in 2013.
Transporting listeners through space and time to
Judea 1BC, we tune in to Jerusalem’s number one
talk station, Newstalk BC. A Christmas feature unlike
any other, Newstalk BC is an hour of talkback radio
on the day that split time in two. In a tense and
oppressive political landscape, amid conjecture of a
foretold liberator, talkback host Mordechai Lehmann
investigates claims of a new king being born in Judea.
The judges said this is creative radio at its best.
Even for a listener who has no knowledge of the local
New Zealand market, its politics and media
celebrities, this was a very funny, engaging and
creative production, cleverly executed.
Highly commended
Radio Taiwan International
Lost in Dutch Formosa
Highly inventive with high production values – a rich
and creative radio drama mixing a ghost story, time
travel, history of the Dutch presence in Taiwan and
modern day life, commented our judges.
The winner in radio current affairs is India: Resisting
Rape on BBC World Service. One year on from the
horrific attack in Delhi, Joanna Jolly hears from three
women who have chosen to report a rape in a country
that is at last waking up to the problem. The
authorities have introduced tougher laws since the
young student was raped on a bus last December but
is the experience of women who choose to prosecute
their attackers getting any better? Three women talk
about their struggle: reporting rape to a not always
sympathetic police, being examined in the
government's often overcrowded hospitals and finally
standing up in court.
The judges found this a very gripping story where
powerful words conjure up images in the mind.
Natural sounds are used effectively to transport the
viewers to the locations in this balanced and well
produced piece.
Highly commended
Radio Sawa
Syrian Refugees
Good use of sounds to convey the story and powerful
storytelling impressed the judges, with a variety of
interesting voices.
BFBS Radio
Operation Herrick, the Patient Pathway
Following the medical care of British service
personnel injured in Aghanistan, the Forces radio
station BFBS produced a documentary on a very
strong subject that was well built and edited, our
judges noted.
Radio creative feature
Christian
Broadcasting
Association
Radio current affairs
documentary
BBC World Service
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INSPIRINGCREATIVITY
