Classic 105 Is A 'Dead' Radio Station!

Yesterday, my colleague and friend Jeff Omondi made a comment that got me thinking... Jeff said that he had just noticed that Classic 105 seems to relish in the idea of playing dead celebrities' music. It's like when you take your song to their selection committee, you have to ensure you're wheeled in with a life support machine on your lap for them to consider you.

Have you ever noticed that they only play dead people's music? They seem to have a thing for the morbid. I hadn't noticed it until Jeff mentioned it and now I have to agree that they only seem to have a quota of 3% for living breathing artists.
They play the best of Micheal Jackson, the best of James Brown, the best of Whitney Houston, the best of Luther Vandross and even locally, they play the best of E-Sir, the best of Wicky Mosh and Foxi Presha and the best of K'Rupt from time to time.

Very rarely do you hear them play some of Justin Timberlake's new stuff or some Mercy Myra. Hmm... Could this be because it is cheaper to pay royalties to dead artists? I must ask my friends at MCSK about that.

Or could it be that there is no good modern music? Could they be sending a message to our generation to let us know that our music sucks?


One thing is clear though, now that I have mentioned it, you have also mentioned it aye? And wherever you are, you're sitting down like...