Buss Pepper and water will come out of your eyes - this was the case as two giants of the Culture butted heads last night. Both parties took the wrong course of action resulting is a spat that was not needed at this time. Indeed it was a case of Pan Kankalang (comess) as Wack Radio 901fm out of San Fernando and When Steel Talks (WST) bickered in a public forum last night.
When Steel Talks everybody listens and they did last night (en masse) as Wack radio streamed the Southern Panorama preliminaries. Apparently WST advertised the free Panorama feed on their Website. WST has around 10,000 members (including me). The followers came to see the show via the Internet and that created problems for the technicians streaming the show from Skinner's Park in San Fernando. The 'crash' resulted is a tit for tat between both parties that ended up in emails sent and audio clips quoted on the Web.
When Steel Talks everybody listens and they did last night (en masse) as Wack radio streamed the Southern Panorama preliminaries. Apparently WST advertised the free Panorama feed on their Website. WST has around 10,000 members (including me). The followers came to see the show via the Internet and that created problems for the technicians streaming the show from Skinner's Park in San Fernando. The 'crash' resulted is a tit for tat between both parties that ended up in emails sent and audio clips quoted on the Web.
After the feed was restored, Wack's CEO Mr. Kenny Phillips vented his frustrations on air regarding WST posting the site feed for the broadcast. WST first posted their displeasure in the Wack radio Chat box aka shoutbox then sent out emails regarding the issue of the stream. WST posted for discussion a thread titled "False Accusations from WACK fm's CEO, Kenny Phillips". This thread was posted by "Pan Times".
I don't want to get involved in who is right or wrong because both these entities are unique when it comes to promoting the culture of Trinidad and Tobago. WST is a World Body that showcases the Pan instrument from all over the World for everyone to peruse and learn from.
Wack Radio is the only radio station in the World that plays total local content of all the music genres coming out of Trinidad and Tobago 24/7 including great shows weekly on the national instrument, The Steel Pan!
It is my hope that both parties could get together and work out a plan to feed the culture to the World. Kenny Phillips believes in the culture but is frustrated that no one really cares and he has to financially support his cause on his own. Both WST and Wack radio can do more good together rather than butting heads on the streaming of a show. I get WST point and I really do understand how Mr. Phillips feels. A Truce is needed and just maybe something good will come out of this little misunderstanding.