I know Singapore is a small country but we have about 5 English pop stations (Lush doesn’t count, cos there’s only so much Lush one person can listen to).
These are, I’m sure, the worst radio stations in the entire world (allowance given that I have not heard all the radio stations in the world. Smartie pants).
Our DJs are all pathologically inane, immature and I’m fairly certain, mentally stunted. Ask me how!
- They make jokes about burping and farting on national radio. (Seriously.)
- They play 2 songs (if you’re lucky), talk for about 5 mins, plays ads for about 5 mins and then, another 2 songs (if you’re lucky).
- They skirt around potentially dirty (dusty, more like it) jokes in the way only Singaporean DJs can.
- There are about 3 of them on the radio per station at any given time. How many DJs does it take to have a good show? (None, they doesn’t exist).
- They’re whores. They move from radio station to radio station. They’re the Gurmit Singh of airwaves. For goodness sake, aren’t there more people who can become DJ’s in this godforsaken country?
- They think they are value adding to our lives by discussing news (from today’s newspapers) and gossip from online tabloids. Guess what? I can work the Google box too! Tell me something interesting about the music, the artists etc… you’re playing music, not reading on BBC.
- They think talking can replace music. It really can’t.
- What happened to good radio voices? How are these people selected for the coveted radio DJ jobs? It’s not their looks.
- How old is the Flying Dutchman? Seriously. Move on to Gold, buddy.
- Every station plays mutually exclusive music. Gold crosses with Class. Class crosses with Power. Power crosses with Perfect. And Lush reigns above them all, like the eye in the sky. God only knows what 91.3 plays.
Do yourselves a favour, guys. Listen to Ryan Seacrest – a stellar example of solid DJ-ing. As famous as he is, he sticks strictly to talking about the music, a few interviews and then shuts the fuck up and plays music. We want radio DJs, not “radio personalities”.
Where’s video when you need it?
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