NEW DELHI, SEPT 18: It comes from the vocal chords of a unique species called radio jockey or simply RJ, and going by the number of people who have signed up for a crash course, it seems there are many who are going ga ga over radio these days.Step into one of the classrooms in St Mary's school in Delhi's Safdarjung Enclave one of these evenings, and you'd find 40-odd people with a pen and notepad in front of them. But, then there are regular intervals of gleeful laughter, and cheering - this could not possibly be some boring after-school class! No, it isn't. Just an RJ holding forth on his wisdom, and his students lapping up every bit of it.The idea of an RJ course was actually a brainchild - of a group of young men who have formed an event management company. Nalin Ranjan Sen, one of the directors, said, ``I read an article a month ago which said there are going to be 12 new FM channels opening up.'' Nalin said the situation demanded a whole crop of RJs and his company took upon themselves theresponsibility to produce them.``We contacted Shamshir Rai Luthra and he and another RJ, Supradeep, helped us prepare course material,'' said Nalin. They got a whole bunch of RJs involved including Nisha, Shandy, Subhadra and before you knew it, they had their faculty ready.When they advertised the response was `immense': they not only got the 50 persons required for the 15-day `Radio jockey and Communication' workshop but also a 30-member waiting list. ``It has been so successful that we are planning to make this a monthly feature,'' said Nalin. ``People are really being very accommodating and they are juggling their lives to attend this course - we have three housewives, one engineer and the age group is between 16-42 years.''Although, they did not take interviews this time, they plan to include that into their selection procedure. ``We want to take the most horrible voices and sweeten them. That will really prove how good we are,'' said Nalin.The course consists of segments like voice modulation,scripting, eloquence, wit and humour which is being taught by Ronny and even music-appreciation.Ronny who started his career in 1988 as an ad-voice said one could make a career in radio-jockeying if they knew how to market their voice. Does he think it is possible to teach wit and humour? ``Wit and humour is inborn, I am just telling them how to come out in eloquence,'' he said. Job opportunities for these enthusiasts, he said should be opening up when the promised 12 channels become a reality.
