Kenya FM stations and professional standards

Is FM radio merely for entertainment?
This question has lingered on my mind since October 20th. I was listening to one of the Nairobi's many FM stations and I was interested in sports news and analysis. I choose a station that sells itsself as 'the home of sports and sporttalk' and which presents its talkshows in Kiswahili.
Time? 9am. The presenter went on air and informed the audience that he was about to bring an incisive sports report followed by a call in session where people could predict which team was likely to win.
Then he said boldy: stay tuned as you enjoy your Kenyatta Day holiday; this is the day when the country marks the death of founding president the late Jomo Kenyatta! My class one daughter looked at me with her eyes searching. I knew the question, so I answered quickly that it must have been a mistake because Kenyatta Day is not the day Kenyatta died but that it honours the seven heroes who were arrested and detained with Kenyatta at Kepenguria during the state of emergency in 1957.
The following statement the presenter made was: I invite you to listen to this song, I love you, by Franco!. I was shattered. Within two minutes, the same person, had, using public airwaves, made three glaring errors.
The problem with the seond and third errors is that the title of the song was wrong. The song was Maze. I love you is the chorus. The third mistake was that the song was by Tabu Ley and not Franco.
If this presenter had been to any media studies class, he could have been told that needed not to have been born when Kenyatta was in detention to know the significance of the public holiday marked on 20th October. He needs to research.
Secondly, when he made errors on artistes and copyright materials, it means that he has no regard for the law. Producers, the media and any other person who use works of art are required, by law to give proper acknowledgements and credits to pieces of art, compositions, etc.
In the older days when we had the Voice of Kenya, producers credited works of musicians both as part of information and education, but also for compilation of rights and billings so that the musicians could be paid royalties from their work.
To make such serious mistakes on air therefore doe not only deny the musician their worth recognition but also make the station look incredible. This could have been avoided if producers did their work in the libraries.
I am not sure whether its is within the policy of FM ststaions to ignore facts, which will create the impression that they are purely set up for entertainment; but what is the need for entertainment that is not factual?
What will happen to the millions of young listeners who form the bulk of listeners of FM stations?
Is this a symptom of lack of professionalism at the FM station? Do FM stations have internal training programmes where they induct their producers to universal standards or do they just pick people on the basis of strong looks and voice? Should FM stations be asked to have inhouse trianing programmes for their staff? When such a mstake happens, should they apologise to the public?

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