Patrick Kicken: Bram Krikke, the most uncollegiate radio producer in the Netherlands
[BLOG] Yet I have written statements from a (national) radio disc jockey some time ago. The last time was that Wietze de Jager said that he met the children to work five days. A morning show that is therefore nominated to be replaced. Was I bothered by Ruud de Wild’s statements about the lack of interest in the Top 2000? Not even. That man has become such a parody of himself that you can already get this a mile away. But statements by a well-known TikTok YouTuber, Bram Krikke, did raise my somewhat gray eyebrows.
Krikke was a guest in the radio version of these columns, Dit Was De Radio, with Harm Edens, Ron Vergouwen and Arjan Snijders. He spoke clearly in it that he would like to do the afternoon show. What a stupid statement. And how uncollegial towards your colleague Domien Verschuuren, who now does the afternoon. Moreover, you almost don’t just say: it’s an obvious way to put pressure on your own station and openly apply for any station that will put you in the afternoon. probably the weekend on the most expensive frequency in the Netherlands is not good enough for our superstar. That’s also the problem with all content creators these days, they don’t care what platform they’re seen or heard on. The headline of the podcast DWDR should have been: ‘Bram Krikke: I hope that Qmusic remains number 1 for the rest of 2023!’. Then you show acquired.
The most important thing in a radio station is the team. It can be compared to the Dutch national team. If you’re just making radio for yourself, don’t pass the ball to your colleagues and even say they should have it done, then I already know who gets the prize for the least team player in the Netherlands. So you don’t make statements like that, because they suck to read or hear for Q’s current afternoon jock Domien. Coincidentally, Bram has already been asked for the afternoon show of 3FM, but declined. Probably something with not enough exposure, while the perfect place for him to develop as a radio producer as well. If you’re really going to prove you’re a team player, make some fun audio bits that Verschuuren can broadcast in the afternoon, with a reference to your shows over the weekend. Then you help your station and not just yourself.
Qmusic has had a hard time in the listening figures since the rattling ovaries of their real superstar Marieke Elsinga, see the renewed leadership of NPO Radio 2. So there should be rust in the tent, not unrest. Wondering if brand new program leader Roland Snoeijer calls him events at the office to say that this is not the intention. Of course someone can express his or her ambition, but you are not primarily on the radio for yourself and your own career. That is precisely the problem of many channels these days, no sense of ‘we have to do it together’. Yellow card for Bram Krikke. Imagine that a player of the Dutch national team shouts ‘they have to let me play in the striker’. I already know Van Gaal’s reaction: on the bench with you and at least two games that you keep silent.
Speaking of football, this radio clip from 2008 is doing well again on TikTok. Do you already do content recycling or do you want to reinvent every year? Last Christmas from Wham! don’t we only broadcast once?
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