Tomorrow is the 34th anniversary of the the Economic Community of West African States, but I can bet my bottom-dollar that Ghanaian media will provide scant coverage of it.
Yesterday, I sent a message to the CITI97.3FM appreciation group on Facebook, which you can read below:
Hello! Yesterday I tuned in to citi around 13.02GMT to catch up with what I felt I had missed of Kat's brilliantly-presented African music programme, only to hear Farida K read the news, which she did brilliantly.
After that, I heard none other than popular presenter Jessica and Kat comparing notes on who could read the news better!!! On AU day!
I tuned after some ten minutes to Uniiq FM to hear a lengthy discussion/interview of an academic about AU day and what it meant for Africans. Then I tuned to Joy FM's news on the hour. Again, special coverage of AU day.
Surely something is wrong CITI-fm? Why can JOy and Uniiq cover AU day on the hour of their news and CITI not? I know Moro interviewed someone on the special breakfast show for some thirty minutes or so; that was commendable. The rest of the CITI bReakfast show was about SERIAL CALLERS!!! On AU day???? A segment would have been fine!
Two years ago, AU day was celebrated in grand style on CITI fm--from excerpts of Osagyefo Dr.Kwame Nkrumah to analysis of Bob Marley's lyrics.
This is what the UK media calls "dumbing down", in my humble opinion!
CITI fm, wake up!!!
Some hours later, the big boss of the station, Mr.Samuel Attah-Mensah, responded with a simple "thanks". I thought that was good of him; let's hope things can change for next year.
2 comments:
I feel your pain, Emmanuel. "Dumbing down", huh?
Nana Yaw--great to read you again!:-) Great to be back; like your profile pic;-))
Yeah, ma brother; so painful. They really do have to back up!
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