Dubai’s FM Arabic Broadcasting Service has climbed to a leading position in the region in record time since it was launched four months ago. The network was ranked number one in the poll conducted by the Modern Family Magazine and transcended giant and longstanding broadcasting services in this field.
“Dubai Broadcasting station and the FM service in particular differ from other services as it is a news service in the first place. We found it feasible to postpone presenting variety programs and artistic interviews to a later stage. This is because the current topics have been so repeatedly circulated by the various broadcasting services they have become obsolete, and we must develop an innovative new framework for them” said Arabic News Network executive manager Abdel Latif Al Sayegh.
He added, “the nomination and dedication programs require long hours of broadcasting and I believe we have important topics and constructive programs which should be allocated time on the air.”
“Many of our programs were acclaimed by the listeners at the launch of Dubai’s broadcasting service including Adyar, planned and presented by the Palestinian journalist Marihan Al Dassouqi. She distanced her program from the obsolete and routine ways of planning and presentation of programs, and tackled woman in particular and the family in general in her program,” said Sayegh.
“At night our station airs the program Ma Yasseh Ella Al Sahih (Nothing is Right Except the Right) which tackles the hot issues and topics in the UAE that interest our nationals and those residing in our country. Experts in the issues presented for dialogue frequently participate in the program along with the audience,” he added. Other local programing includes Al Safha Al Aula (First Page), which covers the activities in the Emirate of Dubai, including conferences, forums, fairs and art festivals.”
Responding to a question on what Dubai’s Broadcasting Service would add in view of the media and technological revolution and amid the spread of satellite channels, broadcasting and Internet services, Sayegh said, “The purity of sound on this wave should be utilized for reporting and penetrating the news industry.” He added that the difference between Dubai FM service and other Arab services is that the latter fabricate and repeat the new reports which repel the Arab listener who hears the news repeated over all the channels.
The network employs 13 announcers and plans to provide more opportunities for new Arab qualified persons. It has divisions for Arabic, English, and Hindu, and is linked with the outside world via the Internet.
The management hopes to reach an agreement with the concerned officials in the Arab states so that its service would reach the farthest areas and in order to build more broadcasting stations in the Arab World, concluded Sayegh. (Albawaba.com)
