Banda Aceh : Radio Nikoya reprend l’antenne !
07-06-2005 (Jakarta)
Après cinq mois d’attente, la population de la ville de Banda Aceh peut désormais réécouter Radio Nikoya. La radio, qui avait été entièrement détruite par le tsunami le 26 décembre dernier, a officiellement recommencé à émettre le mardi 31 mai 2005 grâce au soutien de l’UNESCO.
La station de radio est de nouveau à l’antenne avec l’aide de l’UNESCO et de son programme pour la reconstruction des stations de radio touchées par le tsunami à Aceh. La réouverture s’est déroulée dans les nouveaux locaux de Radio Nikoya, dans une des parties de la ville de Banda Aceh, non touchées par le tsunami.
Muwardi Nurdin, Maire de Banda Aceh, a officiellement lancé la réouverture de la station lorsqu’il a coupé le ruban situé au niveau de la porte principale de la station ; main dans la main avec Stephen Hill, Directeur du Bureau de l’UNESCO à Jakarta. Plus de 100 invités ont assisté à cette cérémonie parmi lesquels des représentants des agences des Nations Unies et des organisations internationales.
Radio Nikoya était l’une des douze stations de radio commerciales privées de Banda Aceh, capitale de la province d’Aceh. Il y avait trente stations de radio dans toute la province. Le tremblement de terre, suivi du tsunami qui a ravagé des parties de cette province ainsi que d’autres du nord de la province de Sumatera, avait touché environ quinze stations de radio. Certaines des stations étaient endommagées par le tremblement de terre, d’autres, en particulier à Banda Aceh, étaient entièrement détruites, comme ce fut le cas pour Radio Nikoya. En plus du bâtiment détruit et de son équipement, la radio avait également perdu son propriétaire et dirigeant.
Le tsunami a généré une grande perte pour les médias d’Aceh, avec de nombreux journalistes touchés, ayant été tués ou ayant pris la décision de ne pas continuer leur profession de journalistes après le désastre. La population d’Aceh a également perdu un grand nombre de leurs réseaux de communication et d’information, et plus particulièrement des stations de radio grâce auxquelles ils pouvaient obtenir une précieuse information et pouvaient aussi communiquer via divers programmes de radio interactifs. La perte s’était fait davantage ressentir lors de la période de crise et d’urgence très peu de temps après le désastre, lorsque la population avait sérieusement besoin d’information de base telle que comment obtenir de la nourriture et de l’équipement médical, comment trouver des membres de la famille disparus, ou encore vérifier des rapports non confirmés et rumeurs.
(La suite de l’actualité est disponible uniquement en anglais)
Before the tsunami, Radio Nikoya, founded in 1986, was the leading radio station in Banda Aceh in terms of news and information programmes. It was listened to by about 250,000 audience, and also reached out some other towns outside Banda Aceh. This was also the reason why Nikoya was among the very first radio stations in Indonesia that participated in UNESCO project, supported by the government of Denmark, called Capacity Building of Local Radio. Started in 1999 and completed in 2004, the project included 30 radio stations situated in 15 provinces throughout Indonesia. The 30 radio stations then became Indonesia’s Local Radio Network for Democracy (LRND) – forming its own Advisory Board and achieving the status of a legally-recognised independent radio network in 2002.
The LRND was developed through various training in broadcast journalism, management and technical skills, provision of radio equipment, assistance in developing radio programmes such as news, current affairs, talk shows and features, and internet-based connection for information and news exchange. The purpose of building the network of private radio stations was to bring the media that can play their critical roles as the main element for strengthening democracy and good governance, following the resignation of President Soeharto -- an essential platform for Indonesia’s post 1998 emerging democracy movement. Four of the radio stations in the LRND network are in Aceh – along with Radio Nikoya, Radio Dalka in Meulaboh, Radio Adyemadja in Lhokseumawe and Radio Fatali in Blangpidie.
Radio Nikoya was selected in 1999 as the place of inauguration of the LRND project. Therefore, in his remarks during the re-launching, Stephen Hill said that it was the second time he launched Radio Nikoya. He also mentioned in his remarks that UNESCO’s support to Radio Nikoya is one of many steps we wish to take in assisting the rebuilding of the media environment in Aceh Province post-tsunami.
"Our funding remains limited so we have to take one step at a time, and to maximise the wider impact of each action we support. Radio Nikoya will therefore play an important role in the overall process – in particular, providing a working radio station base for training and more general capacity building of radio journalism for radio journalists in particular and media practitioners in general in Banda Aceh and the Aceh Province," said Stephen Hill.
The assistance this time includes one-year rent payment of the building, transmission and production equipment, and overhead cost for one year. Series of training are also being designed that will last until April next year. It is expected that the radio will already be financially sustained on its own beyond that time; which is quite an optimistic target. But this is not impossible to achieve. According to Faisal Daud, the new director of Radio Nikoya who is also the younger brother of the old owner who was killed by the tsunami, some big national companies have put their advertisement in the radio and already given advance payments. "The future is quite bright," Faisal said.
As with all of its support to radio stations throughout the country, UNESCO also imposes conditions for support that are designed to enrich the general media environment of the province. UNESCO requires the station for example to strengthen its role in providing important and relevant information to the listeners including humanitarian information, news and current affairs, features, investigative reporting, talk shows, distance learning and training and other types of radio programmes which will strengthen the democratisation process and peace building efforts and dialogue more generally. On a regular basis Radio Nikoya in cooperation with UNESCO will produce humanitarian information and other relevant content in order to serve the community.
Mayor of Banda Aceh Muwardi Nurdin in his speech warmly welcomed the rebuilding of Radio Nikoya and UNESCO's initiative in supporting it, since it is important for the people of Banda Aceh to have a reliable source of information such as Radio Nikoya, during the process of reconstruction and rehabilitation, so that they can participate in that process.
The end of the re-launching ceremony was marked by the 15-minute live interview by the radio with Stephen Hill, during which Stephen explained the overall programmes of UNESCO in response to the tsunami.
Muwardi Nurdin, Maire de Banda Aceh, a officiellement lancé la réouverture de la station lorsqu’il a coupé le ruban situé au niveau de la porte principale de la station ; main dans la main avec Stephen Hill, Directeur du Bureau de l’UNESCO à Jakarta. Plus de 100 invités ont assisté à cette cérémonie parmi lesquels des représentants des agences des Nations Unies et des organisations internationales.
Radio Nikoya était l’une des douze stations de radio commerciales privées de Banda Aceh, capitale de la province d’Aceh. Il y avait trente stations de radio dans toute la province. Le tremblement de terre, suivi du tsunami qui a ravagé des parties de cette province ainsi que d’autres du nord de la province de Sumatera, avait touché environ quinze stations de radio. Certaines des stations étaient endommagées par le tremblement de terre, d’autres, en particulier à Banda Aceh, étaient entièrement détruites, comme ce fut le cas pour Radio Nikoya. En plus du bâtiment détruit et de son équipement, la radio avait également perdu son propriétaire et dirigeant.
Le tsunami a généré une grande perte pour les médias d’Aceh, avec de nombreux journalistes touchés, ayant été tués ou ayant pris la décision de ne pas continuer leur profession de journalistes après le désastre. La population d’Aceh a également perdu un grand nombre de leurs réseaux de communication et d’information, et plus particulièrement des stations de radio grâce auxquelles ils pouvaient obtenir une précieuse information et pouvaient aussi communiquer via divers programmes de radio interactifs. La perte s’était fait davantage ressentir lors de la période de crise et d’urgence très peu de temps après le désastre, lorsque la population avait sérieusement besoin d’information de base telle que comment obtenir de la nourriture et de l’équipement médical, comment trouver des membres de la famille disparus, ou encore vérifier des rapports non confirmés et rumeurs.
(La suite de l’actualité est disponible uniquement en anglais)
Before the tsunami, Radio Nikoya, founded in 1986, was the leading radio station in Banda Aceh in terms of news and information programmes. It was listened to by about 250,000 audience, and also reached out some other towns outside Banda Aceh. This was also the reason why Nikoya was among the very first radio stations in Indonesia that participated in UNESCO project, supported by the government of Denmark, called Capacity Building of Local Radio. Started in 1999 and completed in 2004, the project included 30 radio stations situated in 15 provinces throughout Indonesia. The 30 radio stations then became Indonesia’s Local Radio Network for Democracy (LRND) – forming its own Advisory Board and achieving the status of a legally-recognised independent radio network in 2002.
The LRND was developed through various training in broadcast journalism, management and technical skills, provision of radio equipment, assistance in developing radio programmes such as news, current affairs, talk shows and features, and internet-based connection for information and news exchange. The purpose of building the network of private radio stations was to bring the media that can play their critical roles as the main element for strengthening democracy and good governance, following the resignation of President Soeharto -- an essential platform for Indonesia’s post 1998 emerging democracy movement. Four of the radio stations in the LRND network are in Aceh – along with Radio Nikoya, Radio Dalka in Meulaboh, Radio Adyemadja in Lhokseumawe and Radio Fatali in Blangpidie.
Radio Nikoya was selected in 1999 as the place of inauguration of the LRND project. Therefore, in his remarks during the re-launching, Stephen Hill said that it was the second time he launched Radio Nikoya. He also mentioned in his remarks that UNESCO’s support to Radio Nikoya is one of many steps we wish to take in assisting the rebuilding of the media environment in Aceh Province post-tsunami.
"Our funding remains limited so we have to take one step at a time, and to maximise the wider impact of each action we support. Radio Nikoya will therefore play an important role in the overall process – in particular, providing a working radio station base for training and more general capacity building of radio journalism for radio journalists in particular and media practitioners in general in Banda Aceh and the Aceh Province," said Stephen Hill.
The assistance this time includes one-year rent payment of the building, transmission and production equipment, and overhead cost for one year. Series of training are also being designed that will last until April next year. It is expected that the radio will already be financially sustained on its own beyond that time; which is quite an optimistic target. But this is not impossible to achieve. According to Faisal Daud, the new director of Radio Nikoya who is also the younger brother of the old owner who was killed by the tsunami, some big national companies have put their advertisement in the radio and already given advance payments. "The future is quite bright," Faisal said.
As with all of its support to radio stations throughout the country, UNESCO also imposes conditions for support that are designed to enrich the general media environment of the province. UNESCO requires the station for example to strengthen its role in providing important and relevant information to the listeners including humanitarian information, news and current affairs, features, investigative reporting, talk shows, distance learning and training and other types of radio programmes which will strengthen the democratisation process and peace building efforts and dialogue more generally. On a regular basis Radio Nikoya in cooperation with UNESCO will produce humanitarian information and other relevant content in order to serve the community.
Mayor of Banda Aceh Muwardi Nurdin in his speech warmly welcomed the rebuilding of Radio Nikoya and UNESCO's initiative in supporting it, since it is important for the people of Banda Aceh to have a reliable source of information such as Radio Nikoya, during the process of reconstruction and rehabilitation, so that they can participate in that process.
The end of the re-launching ceremony was marked by the 15-minute live interview by the radio with Stephen Hill, during which Stephen explained the overall programmes of UNESCO in response to the tsunami.
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