{"id":44794,"date":"2019-05-07T04:23:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T02:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.claret.org\/50-jahre-radio-veritas\/"},"modified":"2019-05-08T10:30:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T08:30:30","slug":"50-jahre-radio-veritas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.claret.org\/de\/50-jahre-radio-veritas\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Jahre Radio Veritas"},"content":{"rendered":"Im Zeitalter der modernen Technologie und der neuen Medien kann man sich kaum vorstellen, wie die Medienwelt vor 50 Jahren aussah\u2026\r\n\r\nHow far are we able to adapt to the changing realities of our time?\r\n\r\nRadio Veritas Asia traces its story back to 1958 when more than 100 bishops from all over Asia and Australia assembled in the Central Seminary of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila under the presidency of Cardinal Gregory Peter XV Agagianian, special papal delegate, to reckon the sign of the times.\r\n\r\nTo remedy the restrictions on the Word of God and on Church by Communism, they resolved to establish a radio to nourish the Catholics in China, Vietnam and Korea. The airwaves crossed the boundaries and ministered to the people affected by Communism.\r\n\r\nPope Pius XII has conceived the idea of a continental Catholic Station. After his death, the idea was carried out by Pope John the 23rd<\/sup>.\r\n\r\nTwo years later, in 1960 pursuing the idea of a church radio station for Asia, His Eminence Rufino Cardinal Santos took up the idea because the Philippines being the leading Catholic country in Asia seemed to be ideal for such a radio station, which was somehow at the doorstep of China.\r\n\r\nDuring this year, nobody knew how to plan and finance the project but divine providence apparently came forward in the person of Dr. Konrad Adenauer, the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.\r\n\r\nCardinal Rufino Santos obtained assurances from Chancellor Dr. Konrad Adenauer for financial assistance. The German government committed to pay 75 percent of the expenses to put up the radio station.\r\n\r\nRealizing the significance of the impact of such a Radio Station to the Asian Church, the Vatican\u2019s Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, the German Bishops, and groups such as the Aid to the Church in Need, Misereor, and the Holy Childhood Association under Missio, banded to realize the project.\r\n\r\nIn 1961, to realize this mandate, Cardinal Rufino Santos set up the \u201cPhilippine Radio Educational and Information Center\u201d or PREIC as the legal body for planning and construction of the project.\r\n\r\nIn 1964, the radio franchise of the University of Santo Tomas was purchased and the Archdiocese of Manila allocated a property given by the Jose Yulo family in Fairview, Quezon City, for the new project.\r\n\r\nArchitect Jose Maria V. Zaragoza designed the layout of the building for the Quezon City offices and broadcast studios.\r\n\r\nThe Asian bishops wanted this radio station to stand for truth and hence named it Radio Veritas until 1990.\r\n\r\nAfter years of hard work and painstaking task of building and streamlining, test broadcasts started in 1967, and on April 11, 1969, the first overseas broadcast via shortwave technology began with two 100 KW transmitters. The opening was highlighted by the celebration of the Eucharist led by Papal delegate Antonio Cardinal Samore and Rufino Cardinal Santos of Manila.\r\n\r\nHis Holiness, Pope Paul VI, the first pontiff to visit the Philippines, graced the inauguration of the station through a Radio Vatican broadcast.\r\n\r\nHe expressed that with God\u2019s help the bishops of Southeast Asia would bring the endeavor<\/em> to full achievement by echoing the teachings of Christ.\r\n\r\nIn 1974, during the FABC first General Assembly, FABC formally undertook responsibility for the operations and financing of the station.\r\n\r\nIn 1979, the FABC decided to set up a bigger transmitter site in Palauig, Zambales province, and commissioned PREIC to acquire a new site of at least 200 hectares.\r\n\r\nThree transmitters with a capacity each of 250 KW planned from the generous contributions of the German government, the Aid to the Church in Need, Archbishop Josef Cardinal Hoeffner, a Jubilee gift to the Cardinal by the faithful of Cologne.\r\n\r\nThe overwhelming support of foreign benefactors would continue for decades.\r\n\r\nRadio Veritas Asia has always been close to the heart of the Papacy.\r\n\r\nIn February 1981, Pope John Paul II visited the station and expressed his personal support for the project.\r\n\r\nMore than Ten years later in 1995, Pope John Paul II presided the 25th<\/sup> anniversary celebration of Radio Veritas Asia in Manila. He again praised the role of Radio Veritas Asia as the voice of Asian Christianity.\r\n\r\nThrough the years of dedication and collaboration with friends and benefactors, Radio Veritas Asia has been growing in the mission of committed service to the peoples of Asia, initially through 15 language broadcasts.\r\n\r\nLater on, 22 language services were able to serve the People of God in Asia and around the globe up to this day.\r\n\r\nVietnamese \u2013 February 1969\r\n\r\nFilipino \u2013 1969\r\n\r\nMandarin \u2013 August 1976\r\n\r\nSinhala \u2013 June 12, 1976\r\n\r\nTelugu \u2013 August 1, 1976\r\n\r\nTamil \u2013 November 1, 1976\r\n\r\nUrdu \u2013 August 1987\r\n\r\nMyanmar (Burmese) \u2013 November 13, 1978\r\n\r\nBengali \u2013 December 1, 1980\r\n\r\nKaren Sagaw \u2013 April 1, 1982\r\n\r\nKaren Pwo \u2013 April 1, 1982\r\n\r\nKachin \u2013 November 16, 1982\r\n\r\nHindi \u2013 July 3, 1988\r\n\r\nZomi-Chin \u2013 August 1996\r\n\r\nHmong \u2013 December 1996\r\n\r\nKhmer \u2013 January 1, 2011\r\n\r\nChin-Hakha \u2013 2011\r\n\r\nChin-Teddim \u2013 2012\r\n\r\nChin-Mindat \u2013 2012\r\n\r\nChin-Falam \u2013 2012\r\n\r\nKachin-Rawang \u2013 October 2018\r\n\r\nKachin-Lisu \u2013 April 2018\r\n\r\nSeveral languages services, however, stopped broadcast in recent years.\r\n\r\nThai \u2013 February 1969-December 17, 1982\r\n\r\nRussian \u2013 October 1989\r\n\r\nEnglish \u2013 1976-December 30, 1989\r\n\r\nKorean \u2013 April 1980-December 31, 1991\r\n\r\nJapanese \u2013 December 1976-June 30, 1992\r\n\r\nUkrainian \u2013 July 1992-December 1993\r\n\r\nCantonese \u2013 January 1, 2000-February 2, 2005\r\n\r\nIndonesia \u2013 August 15, 1975-December 30, 2007\r\n\r\nProduction centers were set up in the target areas to help produce programs and to provide forums of dialogue with audiences, Christian and non-Christian alike.\r\n\r\nA continuous increase in Asian audience from India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Taiwan and Vietnam was noted.\r\n\r\nThe listeners\u2019 letters were of great source of encouragement for RVA, and it is relieving to know that the programs are slowly sipping into the hearts of our audiences.\r\n\r\nRadio Veritas played a major role in the most critical period of Philippine history during the 1986 People Power Revolution.\r\n\r\nA couple of trucks rolled in with armed men who smashed the Radio Veritas transmitters in Malolos Bulacan, and paralyzed the broadcast.\r\n\r\nBut with a mobile transmitter, RVA carried the voice of Jaime Cardinal Sin who appealed to people to go out in the streets and join the revolution.\r\n\r\nThe peaceful movement immortalized Radio Veritas Asia all over the world for its role in advancing democracy.\r\n\r\nIn 1990, the domestic and overseas services were separated into two distinct independent units: The Filipino broadcast became the commercial AM radio called Veritas 846 to differentiate itself from the overseas service Radio Veritas Asia.\r\n\r\nVeritas 846 came under the supervision of the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines while the overseas service later came under FABC-OSC.\r\n\r\nTrue to its name, Radio Veritas Asia has become a facility for Asians by Asians<\/u>.\r\n\r\nA dream realized, a commitment renewed.\r\n\r\nToday, RVA continues with its mission with more zeal..\r\n\r\nWhile its mission remains the same, Radio Veritas Asia seeks to read the signs of the times and looks for the fresh ways to announce and share the Good news of God\u2019s kingdom to Asians\u2026\r\n\r\nIn today\u2019s technology-driven world, the radio apostolate cannot afford to be left behind.\r\n\r\nThis was a big challenge to RVA.\r\n\r\nOn August 17, 2007, the Management Council of RVA took the decision to introduce digital audio recording technology.\r\n\r\nOn December 7 of the same year, the new organization <\/em> was blessed by Fr. Hans Langendorfer, General Secretary of German Bishops\u2019 Conference.\r\n\r\nTo make full use of<\/em> its digital potential, RVA set up an Information Systems Office on the same year. ISO diligently introduced website, web-streaming through the internet.\r\n\r\nThis development made possible the shift of language producers to their target areas from Manila.\r\n\r\nFrom January 2012, the following language services were decentralized: Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Sinhala and Hmong.\r\n\r\nRVA now reaches global Asians\u2026\r\n\r\nIn October 2015, during its General Assembly with the theme: \u201cRVA \u2013 Renewing Commitment, Sharing Christ to Global Asians: Perspective and Challenges.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe moderator during the assembly was Mr. Sean Patrick Lovett of Vatican Radio with the distinguished representative from our German partner agencies, Mr. Frank Kraus and Mr. Michael Unland.\r\n\r\nThe General Assembly mandated RVA to become a digital radio station before the celebration of its Golden Jubilee in April 2019.\r\n\r\nAs RVA struggles through the transition from shortwave broadcasting to full digitalization, and as we look forward to its golden anniversary, we realized that we need a roadmap for its true direction.\r\n\r\nThus, in 2016, RVA revisited its mission-vision statement. The new General Manager of RVA, Fr. Victor F. Sadaya, CMF, facilitated the process of consultation with the FABC-OSC board members and all of its stakeholders.\r\n\r\nAttuned with the spirit of RVA, the new vision, mission, values statement were presented and approved by the PREIC Board and FABC-OSC General assembly in Vietnam and during the Plenary Assembly in Sri Lanka in December 2016.\r\n\r\nAs RVA continues to re-invent itself as an Online broadcast platform, the challenges to its mission are many, foremost of which in the emergence of the digital world of instant communications not only of sound but also of images.\r\n\r\n\u2026Not just radio online but content suitable for web\u2026\r\n\r\nAn ever-growing number of people in different parts of the globe now have access to mobile phones. It is indeed a very good opportunity to better serve global Asians.\r\n\r\nThe recent years have challenged many aspects of Radio Veritas Asia\u2019s operations, the languages to be covered, the contents of the programs, the technical set-up, including the use of new technologies, and sharing co-financial responsibility among Asian partners.\r\n\r\nRadio Veritas Asia will continue to fulfill its mission through the internet and through other media to enliven millions in Asia and Asians around the world.\r\n\r\nAs Radio Veritas Asia keeps abreast with development in information and communications technology, we look back and learn from the lessons of the past.\r\n\r\nWe call to mind the heroes of its conceptualization, those who served and left their marks in the institution\u2019s memory, including the various agencies that rallied an extra mile for this remarkable and noble cause.\r\n\r\nMay God bless Radio Veritas Asia and enable it to adapt to the needs of the times as it continues to fulfill the command of Jesus to bring the Word of God to all corners of the earth.\r\n\r\nReferences: RVA Primers; RVA old history books; 25th anniversary & 40th anniversary books; RVA brochures; language write-ups; RVA annual books (from 2011-2016) RV 40th souvenir books; Ruby history video; Fr. Raymond\u2019s script on RVA; FABS-OSC articles<\/em>\n
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