Entertainment News

How Radio And Tv Presenters Are Milking Money Out Of Upcoming Artistes

Published

7 years ago

September 4, 2013

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By Ian Ortega

If you thought the Entertainment industry was aimed at growing the Uganda talent and promoting the new comers, you may be wrong. Reports now show that behind the scenes, there’s a lot of exploitation going on.

The exploitation is more popular on big radio stations and big TV stations where some presenters have taken on a cult-like figure at such stations. These presenters and deejays have turned this into a money-making scheme where they reap money off upcoming artistes in exchange for playing their song on their shows.

It’s believed that upcoming artistes without a promoter go through the biggest hurdles to make it big. This has seen many talented artistes get frustrated as the industry welcomes mediocre songs from mediocre artistes who have money to buy song airplay.

Apart from the cash-siphoning skills, other presenters are also using this opportunity to get female upcoming artistes to give them sexual favours in exchange for playing their songs. One artiste who preferred anonymity had this to say:

“I approached one of the big radio stations, the presenter asked me to come back in the evening. He then led me to their studios and suddenly began fondling my boobs. He went ahead to tell me, that if I could go further than this, he would make sure my song was played daily and would even ask his colleagues to play the song. He sexually abused me. And he confessed that this is how it happens, I either give in or forget about making it in the music industry.”

This has led to a new phenomenon in Uganda called: “Sex for airplay, cash for airplay.” Analysts say that more than ever before, media ethics have gone down the pipe, since some radio station managers are also involved in these deals.

In our next segment, we shall expose all the Radio and TV Presenters behind the dirty deals, having been trapped by our underground female writer who pretended to be an upcoming artiste. We shall also expose the Ugandan artistes who made it big through paying and through exchanging their bodies for airplay.

For our Luganda readers, here’s what kakensa Henry Ndugwa had to say:

“Kati e Uganda bwoba omuyimbi omupya strategy eriwo okusobola okufunira enyimba zo airplay kwesiba ku bu radio buno obupya obukyezimba. Teri luyimba lukubwa ku radio ennene nga nyinilwo tasasudde bakozi ba radio, Buli lwewabaawo forthcoming launch enyimba zomuyimbi aba akola launch teziva ku radio ennene lwakuba promoter aba asasudde. This frustrates talented upcoming musician who dont have money to pay and hence many girls have exchanged sex for this favor. Its no longer about talent but CASH.”

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Celebrity Gossip

The Afrigo Band To Serenade Fans In A Special Quarantine Online Performance

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6 hours ago

June 6, 2020

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By BigEyeUg Team; Sensational Ugandan music group, Afrigo Band is set to gift its fans with a magnificent online live performance during this Quarantine.

Popularly known as Uganda’s oldest music band, Afrigo will be spicing up its recently concluded performance in 2019 at Hotel Africana as the group marked its 40^th anniversary.

This also featured the launch of its 10^th music album dubbed ‘Teri Mubi’.

Courtesy of Fezah, the mega virtual performance is slated for Sunday, 28^th June 2020 at 8PM and will be streamed at; live.fezah.com.

Online tickets to access the event are available at $5 / Shs. 10000 only.

You cannot afford to miss out this!

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Celebrity Gossip

Athen Lyre releases club banger “Onkolera”

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6 hours ago

June 6, 2020

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By Reporter

Ugandan South African based singer, songwriter Athen Lyre is yet back again with a high love tempo club banger record titled “ONKOLELA”.

Mayombwe Patrick Wanny who is famously known for songs like Tonkyawa (Written and Produced by Ronnie) has brought smiles on people’s faces yet again in this lockdown when he dropped Onkolela.

According to our sources in South Africa, the song was fully written,composed by (Athen Lyre) and finally produced by his younger brother Jkayz the beat boy who is a producer based in Mbarara. JKayz the beat is muchly known in Mbarara for producing songs like Tamu -Tamu by T-Paul and More for Rasta Dog.

Athen lyre is the most prominate artist in South Africa as a Ugandan, he has collaboration with South African Female B.E.T Award winner Sho Madjozi that is on the way coming soon, according to his Tree House Music Management.

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Entertainment News

TOO CUTE: Juliana Kanyomozi enjoys Stroll With Newly Born Son

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7 hours ago

June 6, 2020

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By Staff Writer

Song bird Juliana Kanyomozi has taken her son Taj to the streets for the first time since delivery. The music legend, who recently gave birth to a bouncing baby boy was spotted taking a stroll on the street with her son in a stroller. She then posted a photo on her Instagram for her fans to enjoy.

Juliana was overwhelmed with congratulatory messages coming in from many fans including many celebrities when news broke out that she had given birth. Desperate being abroad, friends still managed to send her gifts all the way from Uganda.

The new mother kept her whole pregnancy a secret from the media until the day of delivery and she broke the news herself with a photo of her holding her baby on a hospital bed which went viral minutes after she had posted it. This was quite a stunt that many couldn’t have managed to pull off.

Congrats again Juliana.

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Celebrity Gossip

Navio releases visuals of new song Bangi featuring Daddy Andre and Flex D’ Paper

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10 hours ago

June 6, 2020

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By Reporter

Navio whose real names are Daniel Kigozi at exactly midnight released the video to one of his songs off the recently launched Strength in Numbers album. The album has 15 trucks and the singer few hours ago decided to release the one featuring singer and songwriter Daddy Andre and rapper Flex D’Paper. The song was produced by Mio Made and shot by Sasha Vybz at the shores of Lake Victoria.

The rest of the songs on the album will be released one after the other and some of the songs feature big African artistes like Seyi Shay and Ice Prince from Nigeria, Kaligraph Jones and Vanessa Mdee from Tanzania.

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