About a year ago, David Bullard wrote an article for Politicsweb entitled What's happened to Radion 702? Bullard said that listening to 702 now gave him the same feeling he got from listening to the SABC back in the ‘80s. Was it really as "in touch, in tune and independent" as it use to be?
Of Jenny Crwys-Williams he said:
"...has now dumbed down her afternoon offering so much that it is known as the Jenny Crass-Williams show in some circles. Perhaps she is the Bea Read of 702...a reassuring English accent that's only there to convince us that all will be well if we leave our headlights on and don't think nasty thoughts about our fellow countrymen. Whatever her raison d'etre her presentation day after day suggests that she is utterly bored with her job after all these years and would love to break free if only she could afford to."
Bullard went on to say that while 702 may claim that it welcomes debate the reality is that it stifles any argument that doesn't accord with the station's views.
Well I have just had my brush with Oprah Crwys-Williams and the political correctness of "she who shall be obeyed".
On 23 September 2013 Crwys-Williams was having a phone-in about the importance of Heritage Day and that it shouldn't be reduced to a frivolity such as National Braai Day (now rechristened Braai4Heritage).