For this community based FM RSL station in Havering, Dennis Rookard during their month on air , produced a number of drama productions and features. He also undertook the presentation of a four hour daily morning music and magazine programme..
THE BRITISH FORCES BROADCASTING SERVICE
For this organisation that provides a full broadcasting service to British servicemen and their families overseas, Dennis Rookard was between 1974 and 1981 and again between 1982 and 1990 involved in three main areas of the stations London based operations.
SIT-REP. As the organisations main programme of military news and information, Dennis Rookard was contracted to provide both audio and scripted copy by undertaking visits to various military installations, as well as maintaining close liaison with contacts within the Ministry of Defence in Whitehall in order to report on developments of interest to the forces, whilst at the same time being aware or maintaining strict military security.
TOPIFAX. Was asked to establish and develop this service, that required a nation wide network of free lance journalists who were tasked to provide self cued two to three minute audio packages that looked at the odd or unexpected side of like though-out the UK. Each day the operational requirement was for up to seven of these packages to be dispatched from London for world-wide use.
GENERAL PROGRAMMING. Providing features and interviews of interest to forces family programming and consumer interest strands. Also involved studio production and direction work on the stations prime time BFBS UK programme that was broadcast on all overseas stations in network as well as in part over BBC Radio Five.
