Objectives

Activities

  Objectives

  Boost radio news and programmes’ exchange among member-organizations and set up plans and strategies to this effect. 

Organize seminars, workshops and contests in the radio areas of activity.

Coordinate Arab radio-stations and exchange expertise, information and services amongst them.
 
Enhance Arab radios’ levels of performance by keeping up to modern technology advances in this area. 

Encourage Arab joint radio production 

Intensify international cooperation in audio broadcasting.

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  Activities

Radio Programme Exchange 

The exchange of Radio Programmes is implemented through the Audio Programmes exchange system via Satellite VSAT (inaugurated on 9/2/2000) for ASBU members connected with the system, and by distributing copies to ASBU members outside the system.

The exchange of Programmes via Satellite is executed according to mesures and critiria for reservation and coordination of Radio exchange via Satellite.

The broadcasting exchange includes:

The Regular collective exchange :

A Monthly exchange of (Programmes in Store- Radiotheque): A set of selected programmes exchanged by ASBU members according to an agenda allowing two members to exchange their programmes every month. 

The «Arab Encounter» Programme: This program features a theme selected annually by the Radio Standing Committee and aimed at highlighting some cultural, social and artistic aspects of the Arab countries’ heritage. The topics covered over the last years are: 

Tourism in the Arab world 1997  Popular music heritage 1998  Archeological sites in the Arab World 1999  Traditional Arab markets (suqs), 2000  Popular Arab Proverbs (AMTHAL) 2001

Special Programmes: These are topics of special importance , selected by the Radio Standing Committee and produced, serialized and exchanged by ASBU members. Two such topics have been covered so far: 

Mosques in the Arab World 1998  « Al Qods Arabiya » (Jerusalem is Arab) 1999

The « Know your Country » Program

This program, started in the year 2000, is meant to develop and encourage inter-Arab tourism. It features a theme selected annually by the Radio Standing Committee, and then produced and exchanged in serial form by member-organisations at the rate of one episode per member. 

Two Topics habe been covered:

Touristic sites and activities in the Arab  world 2000  Sea Ports in The Arab World 2001

Religious Festivities Programs: These programs are exchanged on religious occasions by ASBU members. 

The Saoudi Radio covers religions rites during the month of Ramadan, AL HAJ (Pilgrimage) and religions Aids (Fêtes) via (VSAT)

The regular Reports: These are News, cultural and Sports reports Transmitted by ASBU members via (VSAT).

The occasional multilateral exchange : This exchange includes : Evenings, Radio debates, Big Events, live Transmission of common events, festivals reports, religions activities and sports transmission.

The Bilateral exchange : This includes News, Cultural, Sports reports and other events. 

Co-Production

In the framework of stepping up co-production activities, 12 (twelve) ASBU members got involved in the production of the first package (90 episodes) of the programme on teaching Arabic to arabophones, dubbed « Lughat Al Arab » ( the Arabs’ Language). Agreement has already been reached on the production of the second package (90 other episodes) and the concept of the third package, has been prepared. i.e. another 90 episodes, so that the programme will come full circle with 270 episodes in all, of fifteen minutes each. 

Seminars and Workshop : Every two years, ASBU organizes a seminar or a workshop on radio related matters. Some of the meetings already held are:

Seminar on «Audio direct broadcasting» 1992  Seminar on « Digital audio transmission » 1994  Seminar on «Radio in the age of space and   information technology» 1998  Workshop on «Audio programmes’ exchange via satellite» 2000

Festivals and Contests

The Arab Radio and TV Festival : Held in Tunis once every other year since 1981. It includes a series of broadcasts setting in competition all ASBU member-organizations and some Arab private producers in conformance with the internal regulations and rules of procedure applicable to each session of the festival. 

 The Radio song contest : This is an annual contest started in 2001. The theme of the contest was the song of " AL QASID " ( classical Poems )

The Arab Radio Guide

This is a manual including radio data bases on 195 (one hundred ninty five) radio-stations from 20 (twenty) Arab broadcasting institutions.

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