Listening to SAFm these days is such a pain in the rear ear: wrong grammar, poor pronounciation, untrained deejays who speak over the music, wrong pronounciations of people and place names, amateur presenters, shallow discussion topics, the news readers read news to themselves and their chests and not to the public, etc.
I am saddened by these ever increasing developments, having worked there at a time when excellence was the hallmark, and training a must before going on air. Yes, there is such a thing called a radio voice, a natural broadcaster and excellence. It is not a job thing or gender balance exercise just for the sake of impressing statiscal requirements.
I am appaled everyday listening to Ike Phaahla going: "Gooda morninga sir. You saya the price-a of oila has gone-a up againa to a new-a levela. Whata hasa thisa world coma up to? Are wea going toa survivea thisa increasea in South Africa?"
If you can't work out what language it is to start with you are right! But that goes as Englisha on SAfm every day!
"This tracka was sunga by Bobby Browna, the husbanda of Whitneya Houstona" Bull!
Please can somebody tell him this is not English, this is poor broadcasting if you cannot clean up your repititve mannerisms.
I can't have my breakfast at home anymore because of this, and I can't take it anymore! I don't know how many listeners stay with the station the more such rubbish goes on.
I also feel it is about time SAFm does things differently when it comes to the talk programme after Morning Live. The discussion on Peak Oil (Tuesday 10th June) was so shallow, the guests tried to carry Ike though helplessly.
Certain topics may need specialists in those fields to perhaps come in and host,even if it is for that hour only. I am not convinced Ike has it all, even to bask ignorantly.
Help, SABC, help! I propose to offer myself for free to train these neglected sorrowful souls posing as broadcasters when there is nothing intellectually broad in their "headsa or mouthsa to offera".
