While I battled to tune in to a certain radio station this morning on my mobile phone, the feedback I get before I reach the actual station is horrendous! I'm saying this in light of Kaya FM's brave or rather innovative change next Monday! Hopefully when my dial & many other's hits 95.9 KHz on Monday we don't go through the same experience. On that, couldn't help think that maybe & just maybe Ms Deacon is leaving because the powers that be(share holders,etc) wanted ‘Phat Joe' & she didn't! I mean why would you work so hard all these years & let it go like that? Yes, they all claim to leave while they still at their peak… but this ain't an example of that! Surely the must be a valid reason. Also, her management style is evident in some of the DJ's, from Live & switched on(the original one with Pat & Ed, not this now defunt crap), the brilliant midday hosts T-Bose & Georgie & then the rather ageing Mr L Dube(he must be next in line)… doesn't take a rocket scientist to see there's a similarity not only in gender & race but in their style(presentation & otherwise) & a few others. Now you take that & mirror it with ‘Phat Joe'! Perfect picture of the up&down waves of a patient struggling for his/her life in a life support machine. Don't get me wrong, I'm waiting with bated breath for the new change on Monday! Kaya FM is the future sound, the kind of station I'd want to listen to in my mid thirties. The direction & decisions the station takes ofcourse will determine where & who will be listening to it 5-7yrs from now. My one & only hope is that in pursuit of profit & the most number of listernership they don't compromise on their quality, the one critical factor that sets it apart from the rest & makes it what it is today.
