GA 2016
RRI-Indonesia favours Objectivity and Proximity
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adio Republik Indonesia (RRI) is the main host of this year’s ABU General Assembly and
Associated Meetings scheduled from 18 to 26 October 2016 in Bali. This will be the second time that the Indonesian state radio will host such an event. Since the 45th ABU GA was held in Jakarta in 2008, lots of progress has been achieved over the past eight years.
First established on September 11, 1945 by heroic broadcasters, such as Yusuf Ronodipuro, Abdurrachman Saleh, and Maladi, RRI today runs 95 stations in the capital cities of provinces and regencies. It also broadcasts to international audiences and especially in countries where Indonesian diaspora is present. One of its stations is Siaran Luar Negeri - Voice of Indonesia and the programmes are aired in eight languages namely English, German, French, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, and Indonesian. One of the programmes for Indonesian citizens living overseas is ‘Bilik Sastra’ (literature house) where short stories created/ written by Indonesian workers living in foreign countries are broadcast. The Voice of Indonesia also broadcasts a Diplomatic Forum Program - a dialogue among representatives of neighbouring countries, Indonesian government officials, and civil communities.
Through its programmes, Radio Republic of Indonesia strives to build
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good relationships among citizens living in the cities, villages, remote areas and especially in border areas of the country. Within the last five years, the management of RRI has set up a number of radio stations in new border and remote areas. This was done and aimed at establishing the information safety belt of the nation. Up to now, 25 radio stations have been operating in border and remote areas and this constitutes the implementation of the public broadcasting principles stating that it is an obligation to serve all citizens of Indonesia wherever they are on the archipelago.
Another priority for RRI is to be neutral and objective in its political programmes. It makes sure that the news and reports are balanced and fair especially during the Presidential Election and the elections of governors, mayors and legislators.
RRI also encourages creativity and promotes the cultural richness of the country. Some of the programmes in this context are: Festival Penyanyi Lagu Melayu (Malay Song Festival), Bintang Radio (Radio Star), Ketoprak (Javanese traditional drama) and Wayang Orang (People Puppet). It also conducts off-air activities through musical and creative activities.
As a public broadcaster, RRI makes sure that in times of disasters, the required information reaches the public as soon
as possible. The audience, through early warning signals, is informed before, during and after any disaster.
Concerning regional and international news coverage, RRI has a pool of foreign correspondents in countries like Australia, Japan, Egypt, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Indonesian students abroad, especially in the USA, Europe and other parts of Asia also give a helping hand.
On the international scene, RRI constantly consolidates its relations and cooperation with different organisations such as the ABU, Asia- Pacific Broadcasting Union and the AIBD- Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development which it has chaired since 2012. RRI has won various international prizes such as AIBD Award for Best News Feature, ABU Prize for best Children & Youth Programme in 2009, Reinhard Keune’s Memorial Award in 2011 for the Best Programme Dealing with Forest Issues and ABU/ KOBA Green Broadcast Engineering Award 2015 for “RRIPlay” Mobile Application.
To reach a wider audience, apart from terrestrial broadcast (FM and AM), RRI is presently using the internet, mobile apps and radio picture, especially for archipelagic cultural broadcast. People can listen to and watch the broadcast via audio streaming through the RRI web at
http://www.rri.co.id
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