Modulacije (pronounced ''modulatsiye'',
eng. modulation
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s) was a
Serbia
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live
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radio show
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Radio netwo ...
. It first aired on
Radio Pingvin May 1, 1993 and continued until December 24, 1999 on a number of different radio stations including
Beograd 202
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and
MIP Radio.
Computers, Technology, Communications and Music
It was a natural continuation of
Ventilator 202
''Ventilator 202'' (in Serbian, meaning: 'electric fan 202') was a live radio show broadcast by Beograd 202 radio station during the 1980s and hosted by Zoran Modli. It was one of the most important shows of Belgrade's "202" station and possibly ...
show of the same author, host and
DJ,
Zoran Modli
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. The show covered "computers and technological communications", also subjects of
Studio B Radio Computer Show previously hosted by
Zoran Modli
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and
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together. Like Ventilator 202, the show aired a lot of good music.
New Top Ten
Just as Ventilator 202 was inventive in the 1980s in the subject matter and style by successfully bringing
demo music and broadcast computer software, Modulacije continued the similar success in the 1990s. "Demo Top 10" of Ventilator 202 was replaced by the works of emerging
module file
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artists and created the first "Module Top 10", broadcast directly from Mr Modli's
notebook computer
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.
First Air Playout System
From the very beginning it became apparent that computers can do much more for the show and radio station than play
module file
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s. This led to speedy creation of
air playout and music scheduling system using contemporary
PCs
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named
SoftSound.
It was developed in-house (
Radio Pingvin) and was used to play
jingle
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s,
commercials
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and music instantly, at a click of a single button, which increased the dynamics of the show. This was the first such system employed in
Yugoslavia
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at the time on any radio or TV station.
However, it did not take long before many competing products have been developed and deployed. When Modulacije show moved to
Beograd 202
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radio station the team had to switch to its
HD Player system, for example.
Many Radio Stations
Modulacije started May 1st, 1993 on
Radio Pingvin. After the owner of Radio Pingvin was murdered and the stylistic direction of the radio station changed, many of the teams left.
On April 22, 1995 Modulacije show aired on
Beograd 202
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, the original station of Zoran Modli's
Ventilator 202
''Ventilator 202'' (in Serbian, meaning: 'electric fan 202') was a live radio show broadcast by Beograd 202 radio station during the 1980s and hosted by Zoran Modli. It was one of the most important shows of Belgrade's "202" station and possibly ...
. During this period the show earned the
Diskobolos
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award from the
Computer Science Federation of Yugoslavia as the best computer-related radio/TV show.
January 1998 Modulacije came back to Radio Pingvin after it changed a number of owners and, at the time, belonging to
RTV Pink
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. The suffix "The Next Generation" was added to the name of the show.
During the same year (1998) the entire Modulacije team also co-hosted or otherwise participated in the
Polarotor TV Show of
RTS 3K TV station, giving the same audience more of the same content.
Broadcasting of show was suspended during
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
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until July 16, 1999 when it continued on
MIP Radio until December 24 of the same year.
Large Team
Modulacije show brought together many friends and colleagues of
Zoran Modli
Zoran Modli (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Модли, 22 April 1948 – 23 February 2020) was a Serbian journalist, radio disc jockey, and aviator. He was one of the most popular Yugoslav radio personalities, running one of the most notable radio ...
, its host. Many of them made regular appearances to cover their specific subject areas, contributing to the show's incredible diversity.
* Host:
Zoran Modli
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* Music selection & host of the "Rock Time Travel": Boban Obradović
* Various assistants: Aca Milošević, Vlada Bubanja, Dušan Vidović, Mališa Manić,
Voja Antonić
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, dr Dragan Ćosić, Čeda Bradić, Žarko Gojković, Jelena Jan, Marijana Anastasijević, Vesna Ćosić, Branko Pekić, dr Dragan Ćosić, Aleksandar Šušnjar, Ivan Ivković, Branko Đaković, Sandra Mitrović, Nenad Mijatović, Momir Radić, Petar Kočović, Zoran Stanojević,
Dejan Ristanović, Voja Gašić, Emin Smajić, Dragan Tanaskoski, Olga Milanko, Ružica Radović, Aca Radovanović, Relja Jović, Srđan Paunović, Vukašin Mitrović, Ratko Stefanović, Dejan V. Veselinović, Duško Savić, Željko Đurić, Dubravka Đurić, Marin Mihaić, Bane Miljković, Dragutin Gaga Marković, Boris Daljević, Milenko Vasić, Zoran Životić, Dragan Kukić,
Violeta Ivković
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Biography
Violet (name), Violeta Ivković studied at the Faculty of English Language a ...
, Zoran Mošorinski, Nenad Veljković, Branislav Bubanja, Radivoje Grbović, Đorđe Dukić, Rade Santrač, Gordan Brkić, Peđa Dimić, Adis Ajalev, Aleksandar Spasić, Ljiljana Maksimović, Vladimir Petrović, Danil Maljoković, Vladimir Anić, Zoran Rađen, etc.
External links
Modulacije Story by
Zoran Modli
Zoran Modli (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Модли, 22 April 1948 – 23 February 2020) was a Serbian journalist, radio disc jockey, and aviator. He was one of the most popular Yugoslav radio personalities, running one of the most notable radio ...
, the show's host, in
Serbian
MOD music by
Zoran Modli
Zoran Modli (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Модли, 22 April 1948 – 23 February 2020) was a Serbian journalist, radio disc jockey, and aviator. He was one of the most popular Yugoslav radio personalities, running one of the most notable radio ...
, explanation of what
modules
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are his personal selection of best examples available for download, in
Serbian
Modulacije TNG no longer exist since 2000 by Zoran Modli, in
Serbian
Archive of Modulacije from MIP radio by Zoran Modli, in
Serbian
Modulacije TNG Museum(with archived shows), by Zoran Modli, in
Serbian
Diskobolos 1996 awardsfro
Serbian radio programs