Judgment Day for cricket board

Next weekend in Dominica will be judgment day for the West Indies Cricket Board as they pick a new leader.

However this apart, following recent media speculation, Dancing Brave can confirm that he’s at the head of a media and business partnership bidding on behalf of Blowing Wind General Infirmary Hospital Radio to acquire the West Indies Cricket Board Incorporated. Negotiations with the Board are underway — though it would not be prudent to say more at this point. However, those of us responsible for the bid are aware that the possibility of our takeover is already the source of active debate among the few supporters of the current Board members, many of whom seem to have experienced disquiet at the thought of being owned outright by one of the brand leaders in hospital broadcasting.

Dancing Brave would like to take this opportunity here, in what is essentially an open letter to all true West Indies supporters to say why we believe our hospital radio bid is good news for the Caribbean, for the players and, most importantly, for you the fans. I want to reassure you about one thing above all: Tooting Horn General Infirmary Hospital Radio will let the West Indies Cricket Board be the WICB without the control at the end. We appreciate that the WICB have a phenomenal heritage and a highly talented staff, as well as many available cricketing venues that sit empty most of the week and would be perfect for outside broadcasts and car-boot sales. It is not just another business; it is part of the cultural fabric of a unified Caribbean approach. That is why we will make sure that the current manager is left to get on with running the WICB — just as soon as that manager has been appointed — and with only minimal involvement from our own Breakfast Show host, Michael “Wookee Wakey,” Richard “Good for Me, Not Good for you,” Valerie “I want power, I want power” and Tony “Tell me a story, I tell you a lie in a twist.”

Our bid has been represented in the newspapers (with the exception of the Infirmary News Sheet, in which we are proud to have a majority holding) as an ugly and souless cash-in by a greedy media conglomerate with no interest in cricket and who only want the WICB as a source of cheap jokes and easy feeds into the next track by the Antigua Electric Light Orchestra. In any case, our commitment to cricket in recent years speaks for itself, as anyone who has been in a position to catch — Arousing Rick’s Blowout — on a Saturday afternoon will attest. And only the other morning, a couple of Leeward Islands players dropped by the studio on their way to the children’s ward in Antigua following the hurricane. Lovely lads — and great radio. Set aside your fears: we are not a faceless corporation. Indeed, at Blowing Wind General Infirmary we boast some of the greatest faces in hospital broadcasting. Take Garth and Keith for instance, controversial hosts of our lively on-the-ward phone-in programme, Nil by Mouth. Or Jackie Jam from Traffic Jam, our popular drive-time show for listeners who are stuck in a bed and not going anywhere very much like West Indies cricket. Not to mention — I Dare yuh Chris — presenter of Chris’s Traction Engine, a selection of soft pop hits from the 1970s for people with quite literally, their feet up. Let me tell you, board meetings are going to be a lot of fun with these guys around (albeit in different roles than they were accustomed)! This bid brings together two leaders — WICB and Blowing Wind Infirmary Hospital Radio — whose skills complement each other and who have demonstrated their commitment to the sport of cricket and to top-quality entertainment with a lighter touch.
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