In the radio world, about all people: those who love life activity, those who seek it as a way to make money, those who arrive by few days, test and never return, those who still remember forever the moments that were in it and are friends and friends forever (although there are those who are not) Today I want to stay with real friends, among them, I want to emphasize (though 30 years ago have not seen him) Germain Salas Torres. He is a man of boundless modesty and refuses to acknowledge his victory in the middle, just because life was denied the opportunity to work in the United States the year 82 or 83 (do not remember very well). Germain
Salas Torres: I remember I was a petite child who saw the first time the year 1961 0 1962, when my father's hand and together with Francis, as all the poor of Cañete, we reached the corner " Bola de Oro "to receive" from the hands of Father Christmas "our Christmas gift, a stick horse (a plastic head with a broomstick) there Germanus lavished on the local version of Enrique Guzman hot topic "The Plague." Later
closely followed his career as a musician in "The Jets", along with Morales and Carlos Jara Brothers. His forays into the local radio and later to Concepción, where they had the chance to travel went to him and told us the wonders of life and acceptance of Concepción, this work took him to the National of Chile (where they did not know value).
During a good season, in the seventies, back in the province working in radio Lebu Teniente Merino, which was now the most powerful station in the province, where as its Artistic Director and without knowing me the opportunity to prove my ability and recognize the microphone (30-odd years later) that fell short of the circumstances.
course I met people, friends to this day I keep, and fabulous memories.
then moved to Cañete Germain, where we had the opportunity to share experiences and, personally, learned many lessons from you. Although it was always close to Francisco, my brother and then the Millaray drone who always invited to take afternoon tea at home (of course, when I paid for not be broke in the pantry).
cañetina In broadcasting, Herman, has always been the model for what we wanted to achieve, versatile, able to perform any type of program from one dedicated to the hostess, to the romantic and musical or be commercial broadcaster sports broadcasting (though not understand anything about sports), imitate, read the news as it happened when I got the "brilliant idea", in 1980, to have a daily local news, which we call "24 hours" of 13 to 14 hours and asked him what was the reader who immediately agreed ... and free, then "hooked Pedro Mendoza" and Mario "Galvani" Aravena in sports commentary, all under the same economic terms. This to demonstrate their interest to collaborate in the development of something that did not exist, then in the commune. Of course in the technical side shone Francisco, my brother, who made this space a technical marvel on the model of a news report on a radio station in Santiago. Later
Germain begins to "double" in the emerging radio "Projection" of Curanilahue, traveling city to daily morning and evening working on the Millaray, time that we sat to talk at length between disc to disc and obviously I collected all that experience that carried over in his comments on programs, styles of speech, people who had known ways of dealing with an interview, etc.. transmistía knowledge without boundaries.
course as happens with some anecdotes happened Francisco Germain and I, for example, when one day I said "For Independence Day, I will not work. Do you think if you replace me ... I pay for Of course "I immediately replied that if and as he had never failed in any undertaking, inserts his hand into his pocket and I canceled the agreed amount. Error. Invited to the radio in the commission of opening of the arbors that were in the Population Gajardo. I was sent to me. Never I came back. To say next, I did not dare to appear on the radio, until 21, radial Labor Day comes to my house on "Big Boss" Arnoldo Soto Cabrera to get me to walk Butamalal, needless to say was the target of all the jokes that day.
However, Germain, continued to rely on me and it showed in an opportunity at the end of transmissions when I said "You know I'm going to Concepcion, I have an offer and Curanilahue are going to run out of speaker are you interested? " I only worked on Sundays on the radio and the rest of the week at the Minimum Employment Plan "for a public agency. So I immediately agreed. We arrived
Curanilahue, a morning of October 5, 1981, upon filing with Hernán Vidal Saavedra, who was the owner of the station, I started commuting to work in the coal capital. My friend went to Concepcion Germain, where you go to see once again to American radio, when I saw subsequently be prepared to travel suitcases United States, a situation that did not materialize (but that's another story.) Then I knew it was south and currently, with a good eye for the company, he serves as Director of the subsidiary Valdivia Radio Bio Bio. I, in addition to radio, I joined to work in an educational establishment and then I graduated Professor of General Basic Education. Germain
Salas Torres, says he is a winner on the radio, but if he does not think so I say it's just a winner, a winner among those who thank you, first, the selfless dedication of opportunities professional support, transfer of knowledge in a natural way without realizing it and the support of those who, like me, start a new life thanks to the question "Will you go to Curanilahue?" where he led for 26 years and I can say, without ceasing to love I feel so curanilahuino Cañete as mining unknown every day you bend your back at the bottom of Pirque.
Remembering and telling you all this because years days ago a colleague (teacher), I said, Hey Luis, which is this excellent radio announcer who had the projection in the 80 rooms named Germain and went to Concepcion? to which I replied with a question Do you remember him? If, then - he says and claims - is one of the good that has had the radio!. Sure - I looked and said - What about me? General laughter.
When after almost 30 years and people will remember ... you are winning do not think Germain?. Greetings friend, also to Paulina and your daughters.
Editor: Luis Flores Olave
