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The indispensability and joy of radio

Apr 06, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
Radio is a wonderful medium indeed. It can have soothing and therapeutic effects depending on the nature and quality of the programme. I grew up listening to radio and still do. I remember so well a series which kept my mother glued to our radio whenever it came on: “PORTIA FACES LIFE”, and followed many more years later:”TIDES OF SUZAN BURG”;”LET THE LION LOOSE”,”MY BONES AND MY FLUTE”, “HOUSE OF PRESSURE”, as I can recall.
And it was a small box size radio that my father, livid with excitement, had us listening to. We listened to the Muhammad Ali v\s Sonny Liston fight. Of course, those were the days of no television and much has changed since then, with almost everything about radio since the advent of television. It’s obvious that most people have become “televisionized.” The majority of young people don’t hear radio, but radio hasn’t lost them, since they haven’t been a part of radio audience anyway, and many of them I submit have never been nurtured to understand and appreciate the true value, wide spectrum and invaluable service for which radio is capable.
The voice is indeed a very powerful organ\instrument when used effectively by the invisible announcer. It can create and set the mood and tone for what is intended; spins a web if you like, as a spider does to ensnare its prey, so too must the radio announcer entice and entrap his\her audience. For the voice is also magical that can woo, charm, stimulate, captivate and enliven an indiscriminate boundless audience, which reminds me of the movie “PLAY MISTY FOR ME” which starred Clint Eastwood; conversely, a radio announcer if flat and monotonous, he\she can be a turnoff..
As for me, I have for years been a member of radio land and also an ardent listener to the BBC. I go to bed with a radio to my head that plays through the night. The BBC for me is unmatched, the bastion of broadcasting, like Radio Demerara and the Guyana Broadcasting Corporation, I have known the BBC all my life and have gleaned much through the years.
One of the most memorable short stories which I recall hearing over the BBC, and which has left an indelible impression on me was “THE LEOPARD’S TALE”. Just a few nights ago the BBC gave an interview with a musical group playing instrument made from vegetables, yes vegetables! A little long time back I heard another interview with the celebrated cardiologist, who it was reported did the first heart transplant, Dr. Christian Bernard and his brother, a neurologist\surgeon.
What an informative programme it was. I was surprised to know what the doctor stated that heart transplant was a simple operation and as complicated as many had thought, for him the kidney posed much more difficulty, said he did many kidney transplant operations which went unnoticed .He further informed that when the brain is dead the body is virtually dead but the heart can live for about a day, during which time it is removed, since a dead heart cannot be used, noted further that it is the neurologist who must have the first say before the cardiologist\surgeon can proceed.
And so those two brothers worked as a team. He joked a bit about someone saying they love you with all their kidney as being odd and even being ignored, when in fact the kidney stands like a fort in the body. Radio announcers should consider themselves fortunate in that they are forever in command of an audience ready made for them; the long arms of radio are almost inescapable. And that’s RADIO for you my friend. FRANK FYFFE

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