Comments on: Y the future … http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:41:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: wisani badjie http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-117661 wisani badjie Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:23:10 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/#comment-117661 Its not a secret that HCI neglected Yfm from the start until it started pulling in revenues of about R80m. Its a pity their interventions have done nothing but destroy a wonderful institution that continues to dumb down the GP youth. 1.6m listeners yet revenues have dropped drastically in the last two yrs. Its not a secret that HCI neglected Yfm from the start until it started pulling in revenues of about R80m. Its a pity their interventions have done nothing but destroy a wonderful institution that continues to dumb down the GP youth. 1.6m listeners yet revenues have dropped drastically in the last two yrs.

]]> By: Lesego http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-115139 Lesego Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:09:37 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/#comment-115139 Dave Harris, i was also surprised that the board of Yfm would associate with a racist and anti-government Tv network like etv. I thought maybe only the likes of 702 would do that. But afterall its all business. And its funny that the idea of Yfm came from non-whites but it makes sense. Lee was sacked for apparently spilling a drink on the equipment which compromised a very prominent hiphop slot. I wonder if anyone has informed the Y board that they have actually lost a big chunk of listnership from hiphop head. I also wonder if they know that the hiphop thats being played regularly on Y is not the real thing. Lee's slot was what we the heads were talking about. Dave Harris, i was also surprised that the board of Yfm would associate with a racist and anti-government Tv network like etv. I thought maybe only the likes of 702 would do that. But afterall its all business. And its funny that the idea of Yfm came from non-whites but it makes sense. Lee was sacked for apparently spilling a drink on the equipment which compromised a very prominent hiphop slot. I wonder if anyone has informed the Y board that they have actually lost a big chunk of listnership from hiphop head. I also wonder if they know that the hiphop thats being played regularly on Y is not the real thing. Lee’s slot was what we the heads were talking about.

]]> By: MLH http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-114955 MLH Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:27:05 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/#comment-114955 Dave Harris: why once-in-a-lifetime? Unless you don't it will ever come this way again...and why would you think that? I should be the one thinking that and I do wonder. Taking a flip from the UK to Germany is not quite the same as flying to this end of the world and back. Elevated flight prices, hotel accommodation and restaurant fare make it a far more expensive business. And sadly, the recession has hit a good few Euros and Brits. But don't let that hinder your brain power. After all, you see them all as 'rich whites'. You have no understanding of the fact that the common man in the UK finds prices as difficult to cope with as the common man anywhere else. We did a great World Cup for rugby at least 16 years ago and didn't call it 'once-in-a-lifetime'. It's common sense to acknowledge that the crime industry is not going to allow opportunities to pass them by. And they might not be the only sector: how about more public-service strikes? They're quite possible. We just hope they won't happen Dave Harris: why once-in-a-lifetime? Unless you don’t it will ever come this way again…and why would you think that?
I should be the one thinking that and I do wonder. Taking a flip from the UK to Germany is not quite the same as flying to this end of the world and back. Elevated flight prices, hotel accommodation and restaurant fare make it a far more expensive business. And sadly, the recession has hit a good few Euros and Brits. But don’t let that hinder your brain power. After all, you see them all as ‘rich whites’. You have no understanding of the fact that the common man in the UK finds prices as difficult to cope with as the common man anywhere else.
We did a great World Cup for rugby at least 16 years ago and didn’t call it ‘once-in-a-lifetime’.
It’s common sense to acknowledge that the crime industry is not going to allow opportunities to pass them by. And they might not be the only sector: how about more public-service strikes? They’re quite possible. We just hope they won’t happen

]]> By: brent http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-114932 brent Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:37:48 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/#comment-114932 Yfm a SA success story, in terms of all standards even the non racial formate of its staff and Dave Harris still has to spew his normal hate speech - Dave do you even hate yourself?? Great article Kanthan, more strength to you and the team for future success, it is only non entities who resent success. Brent Yfm a SA success story, in terms of all standards even the non racial formate of its staff and Dave Harris still has to spew his normal hate speech – Dave do you even hate yourself??

Great article Kanthan, more strength to you and the team for future success, it is only non entities who resent success.

Brent

]]> By: Dave Harris http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-114858 Dave Harris Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:30:03 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/#comment-114858 @MLH "We don’t all become hysterical; some of us just note the reality." Yeah, with racist hypocrisy designed to sabotage a once in a lifetime world event! @MLH
“We don’t all become hysterical; some of us just note the reality.”
Yeah, with racist hypocrisy designed to sabotage a once in a lifetime world event!

]]> By: Nyathi http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-114845 Nyathi Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:23:47 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/#comment-114845 Congratulations Y-FM! I remember listening to Y-FM in my dormitory at Majuba Mens Hostel(then Wits Technikon). I woke up and slept to the sound of Y. The line-up was great and the the music ground breaking. Could Y-FM perhaps invest back into the community that hoisted it into the heights it finds itself by developing music talent? That would make for more glorious milestones!! Congratulations Y-FM! I remember listening to Y-FM in my dormitory at Majuba Mens Hostel(then Wits Technikon). I woke up and slept to the sound of Y.

The line-up was great and the the music ground breaking. Could Y-FM perhaps invest back into the community that hoisted it into the heights it finds itself by developing music talent?

That would make for more glorious milestones!!

]]> By: MLH http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-114825 MLH Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:45:39 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/#comment-114825 Dear Dave Harris, We don't all become hysterical; some of us just note the reality. It seems, Kanthan, your insticts are right: http://www.nber.org/papers/w15775 Well done Y! What a pity we can't get you here. When I first asked my ad agency to put ads onto Y, it pooh-poohed the idea. That was in 1997. I insisted... Dear Dave Harris,
We don’t all become hysterical; some of us just note the reality.

It seems, Kanthan, your insticts are right:
http://www.nber.org/papers/w15775

Well done Y! What a pity we can’t get you here. When I first asked my ad agency to put ads onto Y, it pooh-poohed the idea. That was in 1997. I insisted…

]]> By: Dave Harris http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-114754 Dave Harris Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:47:05 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kanthanpillay/2010/03/08/y-the-future/#comment-114754 Sounds like a nice outfit. Good luck with your new digs. Don't be too flattering of your board though! I'm be cautious about the chairman of your board, Marcel Golding though, since he comes from etv, that same outfit that displayed disgusting journalistic standards by their pre-world cup hysteria. Wasn't it e.tv's concocted "criminal interviews" where the go-between mysteriously "commits suicide"? e.tv's abuse of our freedom of press laws that guarantees protection of the sources to spread public hysteria is short-sighted and shameful. Sounds like a nice outfit. Good luck with your new digs.

Don’t be too flattering of your board though! I’m be cautious about the chairman of your board, Marcel Golding though, since he comes from etv, that same outfit that displayed disgusting journalistic standards by their pre-world cup hysteria. Wasn’t it e.tv’s concocted “criminal interviews” where the go-between mysteriously “commits suicide”? e.tv’s abuse of our freedom of press laws that guarantees protection of the sources to spread public hysteria is short-sighted and shameful.

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