MICHAEL MEDINA
Editor-in-chief
OZAMIZ CITY--The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) has released the results of the accreditation examination held last Dec. 13, 2008 at the Misamis University, Ozamiz City.
Based on the official paper sent in by Virginia Velasco, KBP standards authority performance officer and obtained by this paper, some 35 examinees passed from among the 51 takers.
The total passing rate is 68.62 percent.
Leading the passers is Jo Ann Mae Solatorio with a 96 score.
Solatorio is the municipal accountant of Mabuhay, Olutanga Island, Zamboanga Sibugay. She is a blocktimer of DxOI, a low-power community radio based in that area.
Examinees from DxOI took the first to fifth place in the KBP exam with only Pagadian’s DxWO and DxDD tying the fourth place.
DxOI, with 13, and DxDD, with 12, composed half of the examiners. From among the stations in Ozamiz, DxSY has 8; Ronda Balita has 4, DxOC with 3 and one from MBNN-TV.
Aside from DxOI, five examinees from DxUM also took the KBP accreditation examination which is made up of multiple choice and case analysis questions.
Genelisa Piedad, an intern DxDD and the youngest among the examinees, told PANGUIL BAY MONITOR the exam was “both easy and difficult.”
She sees her passing as an employment opportunity in the future and “a license to become a professional bearer of the freedom of speech.”
The KBP exam passers will still have to undergo performance evaluation by their respective station managers before being issued KBP accreditation cards.
The evaluation results will then be submitted to the KBP provincial chapter head, who will in turn forward them to the KBP national offfice.
Those who failed will be issued temporary accreditation cards valid for five months to give them time to review and take the exam again before the card expires.
Under the KBP Broadcast Code, all personnel who go on air, including blocktimers, should be accredited to ensure that minimum standards of broadcast professionalism are met.