12 November, 1997, three years before the internet bubble burst. The
issue of the day was sexual affairs in the heart of the White House. That
was our first day as an organisation.
We first taped our flagship programme,
Phil Liz and Lucy, with
actual casette tape, using antiquated audio equipment. Things looked great
from our first day on as we chatted up a storm and created programming
that would be aired later that day.
Nothing was organised back in the day. Topics were ad-hoc mentioned, and
most of the recording was made up as we went along. In fact, we didn't
even have a schedule into how long we should talk before putting on a
bit of infamous 90s music; the programming was created until the tape
ran out.
Growth through digital means
On the 15th of July, 2002,
SRN One started its first
internet broadcast. We tested the shores of the wide sea that is the
internet by broadcasting on weekends before switching into a 24-hour
schedule two years later.
This was a time when the internet radio was threatened. People were
rising to support this new digital medium by sending letters to their
representatives, and SRN One as a station was more organised. Our first
clipboard was purchased within three weeks of going online for the first
time.
This instability has since passed. In fact,
podcasting has rose as
a form of on-demand media that helps give consumers choice. For us at SRN
Mediaworks, we released our first podcast during the middle of 2005. And
we have been growing ever since, including forming a network with other
content partners, creating a small portal, as well as our switch to indie
programming by the end of 2005.
As of today, we have divisions in broadcasting, audio productions as
well as web media. Our history continues to this day.
