Yvon Davis has announced that she's moving on from the SBS Radio Dutch Language program. It's significant that there has been so much reaction.
It proves to me how well she's kept alive this communication with Dutch-Australians, that had its start in the late 70s, in Sydney.
It WAS so exciting when the program first was allowed to go live and then when it spread "by land-line" (Boy! That sounded technical then!)
Like all listeners, I'm allowed a personal opinion and I listened as much as possible, on Wednesdays, when Yvon was in charge of the microphone.
Via www it's now possible to pick up lots of "radio broadcasts", in Dutch. SBS radio ~ Dutch, still serves a purpose based on the needs, with insights, of Dutch-born Australians.
My personal opinion is that Yvon does (soon did) it extra well.
When I joined the initial group of broadcasters, the pressure was on to "sound" as professional as possible. The listeners who 'found' us were highly critical, in the sense of being very keen to have the Dutch sound good and to cater for all tastes in the very limited times allocated to the "Dutch" who "obviously" did not desperately "need" this service as badly as others.
Yes. The broadcasters who took over did sound more and more professional.
My opinion is that on the "normal distribution scale", Yvon found the top of the curve, being professional and still sounding like your best friend.
Not everyone can do that.
Left: Former SBS Radio~Dutch program co-ordinator, Theo ten Brummelaar, talked about those early years, at a meeting, in the Consulate-General of the Netherlands, in Bondi Junction.
In 1979, as co-ordinator, he photographed us (the then broadcasters, pre-recording programs, in the studio, in Balmain) - photo, right.
Eric Baume used to BOOM!!! via 2GB, all those years ago:
"THIS I BELIEVE!!!"
Ozcloggie,
Joop Mul
POST SCRIPT:
We Dutch-born have had connections with Australia a long time.
Producer, John Mulders explained......
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