9:01 p.m Friday May 20th
“SRF bi de Lüt” chief producer is from Solothurn: “The OK has pounded a real city festival out of the ground”
Chefproduzent Martin Boner.
All the threads of the entire “SRF bi de Lüt” production come together at Martin Boner. The 53-year-old knows Olten well: he grew up in Solothurn, used to be a Radio 32 reporter at community meetings in the region and has been working for SRF for 25 years. So far he only has words of praise for Olten: The OK is great, the weather is great and he hasn’t seen so many people at the first dress rehearsal for a long time. And about the Beizlifest, which is taking place at the same time on Munzingerplatz, he says: “The OK has pounded a real city festival out of the ground.” That is not a matter of course.
When he first asked him a year and a half ago, he realized that the OK was on fire for the TV show. Club President Deny Sonderegger and the Olten Tourism Region took the bait right away.
The first real dress rehearsal on Friday evening: the tables are already full.
The first real dress rehearsal on Friday evening is now about playing through the 54 program items and adjusting the lighting conditions to the technology. “There can also be interruptions.” At the second main rehearsal on Saturday from 3 p.m., the program should be played through in one go.
What can go wrong with the live broadcast on Saturday night? “Almost everything,” says Boner without thinking twice. Nevertheless, he is in good spirits that everything will turn out well. This is also ensured by the security service and the paramedics, who are also on site. And how do you prevent people suddenly hitchhiking in front of the camera during the live broadcast? People shield the area around the moderation duo. But he also says: “It can happen that children suddenly have to go to the toilet and get up – but that’s okay with a live broadcast.” (fmu)
