Karel Fisl has been employed in the former Czechoslovak (currently Czech) Radio from 1977. First as a sound engineer in broadcasting, later in sound production, where for a number of years he worked as the head sound engineer for musical groups concerned with the recording of jazz and popular music. He currently dedicates his time to recording this genre in the reconstructed studio “A”. He is a graduate of FAMU (Film and TV School of the Academy of the Performing Arts in Prague) in the department of film and television sound production.

 

 

Vlastimil Hankus began working for Czechoslovak (currently Czech) Radio in the newsroom after graduating from Palacký University Philosophical Faculty, in Olomouc, in 1966. At the beginning of the 1970s he was instrumental in the creation of Czech Radio’s morning talk-radio show, The Morning Block, and served in a top management position on the establishment of Czech Radio 1 (Radiožurnál). He currently works for the Internet news division of Czech Radio 1 – Ižurnál. He has been a One World Festival jury member since 2001.

 

 

 

 

 

Jiří Hubička graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts at Charles University after studying the history and theory of drama as well as Czech language and literature. From 1974 he worked in the former Czechoslovak Radio, first in the field of literature and drama as a script editor for radio plays. He is the author of a significant work on the history of radio broadcasting and has written several radio plays. He is also the author of numerous literary and drama programmes as well as of several translations, etc. He is currently the author and presenter of the Fonogramy radio programme, which is broadcast on the Český rozhlas 3 – Vltava radio station. He worked as a member of the international jury for the radio play category at the Prix Italia festival in 2000.