On social media, people are surprised that someone (I don’t know this person) said there are a lot of uneducated douche bags sitting on Ghanaian radio stations, especially on entertainment shows as panel members.
Perhaps, the person’s boxing of this problem to Kumasi is where the fault lies—because, it’s the same in Accra and worst in those small towns.
I have stopped wasting my time listening to these radio stations in Ghana—2 to 4 hours of my time can be put to good use. If nothing at all, I can read a book and learn a new word. Far better than listening to people who have nothing to do with their time and so move from one radio station to another, just to waste your time too.
Which expert will waste his time moving from one station to another (unpaid)—except given a transportation fee? Maurice Ampaw may do so but not Prof. Ken Attafuah. So who is the expert and the waste here?
These people must have a boring life to be wasting it this way—and this is what translates into the commentaries they pass.
From radio A, the person moves to radio B, then radio C and radio Q. All unpaid—no expert will have such no use for his knowledge or time. In fact, in the UK and USA, experts are paid to become panel members…
This is the same as writing for a newspaper or magazine for free—which true expert is going to do that all the time?
While blaming these people who obviously have nothing doing, you should also blame those radio stations which keep pulling them on there—and the listeners who play part in the time wasting by listening.