Has it really been 10 years since SuperStation FM 99.7 went on the air? Where does the time go?
I know people keep bitching about it all the time, but imagine life without it. It's now part of Kuwait's radio landscape, for better or worse. And if I, the music snob, can tell you that it's not as bad as you think - with a straight face! - then it really isn't that bad. Yes, the DJ's are annoying and they repeat the same crap every day, but that's what commercial radio is like all over the world. Tune in when the DJs aren't on the air and it can actually be quite enjoyable by virtue of the sheer variety of music styles alone. The fact that it also managed to escape the Islamists' dirty hands is an amazing achievement, and is reason enough for us to support it!
Of course, on its 10th anniversary, I must salute the visionary Minister of Information at the time, Sheikh Saud Nasser Al-Sabah, who was the driving force behind its creation and the modernization of Kuwait TV after the invasion. Sadly, Sheikh Saud's work went unfinished when the Islamists called for his head on a platter for allowing some obscure book that they didn't approve of to be sold at the annual Book Fair.
And yet, I don't think Sheikh Saud would've suffered this fate if he had the "proper support", but that's another story for another time...
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ReplyDeleteThanks.. I figured it out in the end
ReplyDeleteIn my Opinion what destoryed Sheikh Saud Nasser Al-Sabah was his big ambition , he thought that he the ambasador to USA was untochable , islamist alone wouldn't be able to touch a member of sabbah family , i'm sure as hell they were backed by other members of the family since they saw him as danger to there own ambition .
ReplyDeleteyou can't stay on the dance floor if you don't know all the dance move
want to check a good dancer ?
check Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad dance move , that guy is your next emir
which would be a very sad day