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STORY: HAITI / RUBBLE RADIO ANNIVERSARY
TRT: 3.04
SOURCE: MINUSTAH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: CREOLE / NATS
DATELINE: 4, 9 JANUARY 2012, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI / FILE
4 JANUARY 2012, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
1. Tilt up, transmission receiver to digital peak meters
2. Close up digital cables
3. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jean-Lucien Borges, Director Radio Tele Ginen:
"We kept doing our programs. And then we started getting new presenters. All the programs would be done in open air. We were doing reality TV and reality radio. As we speak there are still some programs that haven’t resumed, but it is mainly because the hardware has been affected. Now we are on the air, 24/7 since a few days after the earthquake."
4. Wide shot, satellite dishes on the roof
5. Wide shot, tracking Jean-Lucien Borges
6. Wide shot, mobile satellite transmission van
FILE - 2010, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
7. Wide shot, makeshift TV studio under tent
8. Close up banner reading Radio Ginen d’Haiti
9. Wide shot, presenter inside TV transmission van transformed into studio
10. UPSOUND (Creole) “Hello Marie André Moïse ! Where ever you are listening to Radio Ginen, Fednal Fleurinet is asking you to contac him. Because since the events, he is living in Lathan, in the zone of radio MBC, and he greatly needs to see you.”
11. Close up, technician arranging volume
12. Close up, sound mixer with peak viewers showing volume
13. Close up, letter with message
14. Pan left, man hanging up telephone to technician in Signal FM radio studio
15. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Mario Viau, founding director Signal FM Radio:
"So they would make an appointment in front of the radio and say: I am waiting for you in front of Signal FM. Others would come to advise that under such house there were people alive trapped under the rubble. So it was really the population that took control of the radio.”
9 JANUARY 2012, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
16. Pan right, photo of radio staff
17. Tilt up, awards
18. Med shot, awards on a shelf
19. Wide shot, technician in studio control room with presenter in the back
20. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Mario Viau, founding director Signal FM Radio:
"Signal FM is not for me anymore. It belongs to the Haitian people from here and from the Diaspora. Because they have been sharing common sufferings and love with it. This media was there to help them, so they have grasped it and started loving it. Now I realized that a part of me in in there. We are all part of it. That’s why the kind of programs that we developed allow everybody to particiapate. Not only to criticize others, but criticize in order to bring common solutions."
4 JANUARY 2012, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
21. Wide shot, Borges walking up stairs
22. Pan right, soccer balls on table onto TV studio with new cameras
23. Med shot, cameras
24. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jean-Lucien Borges, Director Radio Tele Ginen:
"I think we have our share in the global village. Because we are an echo of the Haitian people. As I used to say, Radio Tele Ginen means watch with the Haitian people’s ears. But we also give out our voice. And we are expressing what we can give to the others. So our dream is to remain a communication tool without borders."
25. Wide shot, radio technician in studio
26. Med shot, Mini disk sound recorder
27. Med shot, journalist writing story
When the earthquake struck Haiti two years ago, nearly all of its radio and televison stations were initially knocked off the air, leaving Haitians struggling to find food, clean water and medical aid amidst an unreliable communications system.
But Radio Tele Ginen kept going – there station was destroyed, so they broadcast from the parking lot.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jean-Lucien Borges, Director Radio Tele Ginen:
"We kept doing our programs. And then we started getting new presenters. All the programs would be done in open air. We were doing reality TV and reality radio. As we speak there are still some programs that haven’t resumed, but it is mainly because the hardware has been affected. Now we are on the air, 24/7 since a few days after the earthquake."
These mobile satellite vans replaced Radio Tele Ginen’s transmission system after it was crushed in the quake.
Tents were set up as a makeshift studios and the first volunteers gathered.
Radio came out of the rubble....
UPSOUND (Creole) “Hello Marie André Moïse! Whereever you are listening to Radio Ginen, Fednal Fleurinet is asking you to contact him. Because since the events, he is living in Lathan, in the zone of radio MBC, and he greatly needs to see you.”
Saving lives and guiding people was a top priority.
At Signal FM Radio, it was locals who saved lives, passing on messages of where people were trapped in their houses.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Mario Viau, Founding Director, Signal FM Radio:
"So they would make an appointment in front of the radio and say: I am waiting for you in front of Signal FM. Others would come to advise that under such house, there were people alive trapped under the rubble. So it was really the population that took control of the radio.”
Signal FM was the only Haitian station that never stopped broadcasting throughout the earthquake. And with that, came many awards, but each award is also a reminder of these tragic events.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Mario Viau, Founding Director, Signal FM Radio:
"Signal FM is not for me anymore. It belongs to the Haitian people from here and from the Diaspora. Because they have been sharing common sufferings and love with it. This media was there to help them, so they have grasped it and started loving it. Now I realized that a part of me is in there. We are all part of it. That’s why the kind of programs that we developed allow everybody to participate. Not only to criticize others, but criticize in order to bring common solutions."
Two years later and Radio Tele Ginen, with little help, was rebuilt.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jean-Lucien Borges, Director Radio Tele Ginen:
"I think we have our share in the global village. Because we are an echo of the Haitian people. As I used to say, Radio Tele Ginen means watch with the Haitian people’s ears. But we also give out our voice. And we are expressing what we can give to the others. So our dream is to remain a communication tool without borders."
Now with almost 100 staff and promoting continuous training, Radio Tele Ginen and the hundreds of other Haitian radio and TV stations have found a new voice.
