Radio Music Production Studio A in early 1970's

This was a live music recording with audience participation in the mid 1970's. This Radio Studio A was equipped with a 10 Channel mixer in "MONO" and there were only about 6 microphone input channels that directly pickup the sound from the musical instrument's amplifier loudspeakers! Check out the positioning of the microphones! You have only one time "right" recording with audience participation...no second chance! I just wonder how we made it then! This was the original finishing until TV came in in 1975 when the ceiling was removed to make the height for TV studio lighting; wall finishing were removed and covered with fine wire mesh netting. This studio was turned into the only TV production studio in 1975 to 1979.

This was a group of Radio producers discussing over a radio drama production or over the topic of a Hari Raya radio production. Recognising your own image therein??? Some of them maybe still working in RTB????

This group of uniform personal was either participating in a radio drama production or a choir singing to a music production. Recognise these faces??? They must be over 60's by now as this photo was taken some time in the 1970's.

Radio Drama Production Studio B

This B&W photo shows Radio Veteran Programme Producer, Hjh Zainab, entertaining a group of young children to a story telling radio programme in the early 1970's.

These children must be the parents of their children by now. Can you recognise some of these faces?

Radio Control Room in the 1980's

This was the set up after the refurbishment of the all the radio studio areas after the TV vacated to the new TV Studio complex in 1979.

You notice there was a master clock which drove all the clocks in the studios and they were called the "slave clocks" meaning they will display exactly the time as driven by the master clock.

This photo was taken from the entrance door.

Radio Control Room before 1979

This is a photo of the Radio Main Control Room taken some time in early 1970's.

On the left hand side are 10 x 19" equipment racks numbering from No. 11 to 20. Transmission line amplifiers to the Transmitters were installed in rack No. 11 & studio outputs were at No. 12. there were jacks that could by-pass any faulty line amplifiers or cross-patch a from studio to studio.

Rack on the LH side were mainly jack panels where all lines to and from studios are terminated and all outside OB lines have U link at Bay 10. Radio programme quality and continuity were monitored continuously by metering and loudspeakers via selector switches. Talk-back between cont'y studios for time checks and OB lines checks.

At the end of the view, next to the double door were the Electrical incoming distribution board to the whole studio block. There were only two Continuity studios (namely Red & Blue) plus their technical control studios.

Antique Gramophone of the 1950's

This is an antique collection of Gramophone that plays 78rpm records....and it is still in working condition! I think this could be the early 1950's production but maybe you can provide a more accurate year of production? Do you like to see this displays on the 50th Golden Jubilee exhibition ?

Collection of Antique Radio Receivers

This traditional radio receiver has nothing to do with President Bush!

This antique designed radio is a special edition released in honour of the British HM Queen Elizabeth II on her GOLDEN JUBILEE!

One of very first Radio Brunei announcer, Pehin Dato Hj. Jaya Abd Latif, has about 40 collections of antique radio receivers. These will be the great opportunity to exhibit these collection of antique radios to the present generations during the 50th Golden Jubilee!