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Nearly fifteen years have gone by since I made my first programme for Radio Prague. It was about Czech Cubist architecture, and I interviewed the rector of Prague's architecture faculty, lugging my huge, heavy recording equipment to the fourteenth floor. If you'd asked me about digital recording at the time, in my mind I would probably have conjured up a pianola reel.

It was only just a few months ago that Czechs were first introduced - some would say subjected to - reality TV. In late summer two new programmes hit the commercial stations, Big Brother and the then lesser-known VyVoleni (The Selected), drawing a great deal of media attention. Millions have now tuned in - and a great number of young viewers watch regularly - but others were turned-off from the start, either unimpressed or offended by the exploits of the shows' overnight celebrities. Until now. A new reality show begun this month by Czech Radio

Czech voyeurs who have grown weary of watching their fellow citizens monkey around in the prime-time reality TV shows VyVoleni (The Selected) and Big Brother these past weeks will soon be able to sneak a peak at the private life of another group of primates.

Today's guest on One on One is Nick Carey, who was a reporter here at Radio Prague between 1999 and 2001. Nick has since moved into financial journalism and, after over a decade in the Czech Republic, is about to leave for pastures new. When we met at a café just around the corner from our studios, Nick Carey recalled his very first day at Radio Prague.

Czech Radio is considering the possibility of introducing radio licence fees for computers with a sound card and internet connection, Hospodarske noviny reported on Friday. The public service station has commissioned a study into whether such computers qualify as "radio receivers", the daily said.

For international stations like Radio Prague it is quite difficult to find out exactly who your listeners are. That's why letters from listeners are so valuable, informing us about reception quality or voicing complaints and suggesting improvements. Over the years we have been receiving regular mail from listener David Eldridge from England, who listens to many international stations and now tunes in to Radio Prague every day. Recently Mr Eldridge visited Prague and we invited him to our studio for a chat.

Czech Radio has launched a new 24-hour station specialising in programmes about science, technology, and nature. Called "Leonardo", the station now broadcasts on the internet and as of October along with other Czech Radio stations it will be available in digital form in the DVB-T system. Leonardo is one of Czech Radio's four digital projects, along with the news station "Radio Cesko", the classical music channel "D dur" and a youth channel due to start broadcasting at the end of 2005.

Czech Radio recently launched a new Science and Technology station - Leonardo. At the moment you can only listen via the Internet, but in a few months Leonardo will become one of the first in the country to be broadcast digitally, rather than on classic radio waves. We spoke to Radio Prague's director Miroslav Krupicka about the beginnings of the Czech Republic's digital revolution.

Licence fees for public broadcasters Czech TV and Czech Radio have always been the subject of heated debate in Parliament, especially in 1997, the last time that fees were raised. For the last eight years every Czech household has paid the equivalent of 54 US dollars per year to Czech Radio and TV. Now, that appears set to change: on Wednesday lawmakers agreed to dramatically raise Czech TV's licence fees to almost double over the next three years (while Czech Radio gets a slight increase).

The General Director of Czech Radio, Vaclav Kasik, has been elected for another six-year term. Mr Kasik, who stood against head of Czech Radio 1 - Radiozurnal Alexandr Picha and head of the Czech Radio Regina station, Richard Medek, has been in the post of general director since 1999. His second term begins on July 1.