Krazy scheduling

Dear Stan, This is a letter I would have never dreamt of writing, but I find myself compelled to write to express my utter disbelief that the institution that was Krazy Kevin's Breakfast Show on Radio Bahrain has been cruelly ripped away from us.

I think it is widely admitted that Krazy Kevin can be one highly annoying and painful individual when he goes off on one of his high-pitched screeches or a monologue on what happened to him when he was a big DJ. But, all that aside, the guy has charisma, he has personality and he generated interest, whether it was because people generally liked him or was more aligned to Bismarck's policy of negative integration, whereby everybody hated him, is irrelevant.

He got people going in the morning and I used to listen to him because the stuff that came out his mouth either made me laugh out loud or wince with embarrassment.

I have further reason to be suspicious of the guy as I am a Yorkshireman and he comes from Lancashire, but whatever our differences, he is the best radio talent in Bahrain and people, including me, love the guy.

I now have to put up with the insufferable Ian 'The Fish' Fisher, Bahrain's answer to Alan Partridge, except Mr Partridge was actually meant to be painful and therefore was funny.

This chap is lacklustre, bland and outright boring. I am still waiting to hear him have a phone in quiz or just a general chat to some random person calling in.

KK used to do it every day and the people made his show, 'The Fish' on the other hand appears to have one million different email addresses that people can send in answers to pointless quizzes, that don't even have a prize.

I nearly cried the other day when he said a number of people had answered correctly and 'you know who you are'. One can only assume he never had anyone emailing in or he was too lazy to give a few people a bit of a lift in the morning by mentioning their name on the radio!

It would certainly be interesting to find out if the number of road accidents has increased since Mr Fisher has come on air in the morning, as I am sure the number of drivers falling to sleep at the wheel must be at an all time high.

I urge the population of Bahrain to stand up and be counted, demand that KK is reinstated and breathes life back into the Breakfast Show.

I, for one, will be listening to Studio 1 until reason is seen and the institution that is Krazy Kevin's Breakfast Show is back. Come on Radio Bahrain for our sanity and road safety -_BRING BACK KK IN THE MORNING!

Best wishes

Stephen Harrison-Mirfield, Bahrain.

Dear Stan,

Most of the output of Radio Bahrain is excellent: relevant, vibrant, modern, lively, spontaneous and entertaining.

Regrettably, these adjectives cannot be extended to the morning drive to work!

Does not Radio Bahrain realise that it is time to change? How long do we have to listen to Mr Fisher's repetitive, dull and stale programme format of competitions and horoscopes with music and comedy sketches borrowed from a time warp?

Peter Sitta,

Riffa.

Dear Stan,

OH dear, oh dear, oh dear ... it would appear from a cursory look at the GulfWeekly petition that Krazy Kevin is not as popular as his self-publicity machine would have you believe.

Does anyone-else feel uncomfortable that the paper which employs him as a columnist is showing such support? Hardly unbiased reporting. I for one am glad of the change - who needs Krazy in the morning? Three cheers to a calm voice who actually talks like he knows a bit about music (and doesn't try to sing or play along!) As my journey to school can take 45 minutes, I have plenty of time to appreciate the change.

As for fish for breakfast, has no-one heard of kedgeree? Ditch the sugary mush in the loud packaging and indulge in some brain food, it's been a long time coming!

Craig Martin, school taxi, by email.

Editor's note: The weekly poll on gulfweekly.com asked the question: 'Should Radio Bahrain bring back Krazy Kev to the Morning Show'.

It attracted several thousand visitors and at the last reading recorded 43 per cent YES and 59 per cent NO after an early score of 96 per cent YES.

The anti-Kev campaigners appealed for support from across the globe, according to one email brought to the attention of GulfWeekly in which members of the British Armed Forces in the UK were urged to vote NO. The Coldstream Guards later responded by claiming to have helped rig the vote.

A petition to bring back Kev was conducted by a St Christopher's School pupil who collected hundreds of names, as reported by GulfWeekly.