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Is Michael graham still on new stalk?

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  • 26-01-2015 11:20pm
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    Adrian4
    Registered Users Posts: 252 ✭✭


    Is Michael graham still on the right hook?

    Have not heard him in ages.


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    ghostdancer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,539 ✭✭✭ghostdancer


    yep, heard him a few weeks ago i think. might have been just before Xmas, but definitely in the last 6 weeks anyway.


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    jimmyw
    Registered Users Posts: 3,383 ✭✭✭jimmyw


    No, he was not on since then,I'd say he is gone.Jess Kelly (she has a slot with PK) and Jonathan maCrea also seemed to be dropped from the Monday slot too without any announcement.


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    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,582 ✭✭✭Glebee


    I miss the Newstalk thread we used to have.:(


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    foxtrot101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 907 ✭✭✭foxtrot101


    Glebee wrote: »
    I miss the Newstalk thread we used to have.:(

    I've started a thread about this in the Feedback forum if anyone wants to contribute.


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    yew_tree
    Registered Users Posts: 530 ✭✭✭yew_tree


    George and Michael seemed like good mates. Really poor form Newstalk not explaining his exit. I emailed the show and got no reply. I really enjoyed 5:30 on a Monday. Both parties must have had a disagreement.


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    Raspberry Fileds
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    Critical review of Graham in Sindo.


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    TimHorton
    Registered Users Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭TimHorton


    They dropped the tech pair 3 or 4 weeks before the last budget saying in the lead up to the budget they wanted to concentrate on fiscal affairs
    I don't think they ever returned to hooks show


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    L1011
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    TimHorton wrote: »
    They dropped the tech pair 3 or 4 weeks before the last budget saying in the lead up to the budget they wanted to concentrate on fiscal affairs
    I don't think they ever returned to hooks show

    That review is from December 2014, well after the budget.

    Why they kept him on when he was dumped in the US and moved around lower level stations and then to Atlanta I've no idea as being in Boston was one of the main points.


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    GSF
    Registered Users Posts: 1,655 ✭✭✭GSF


    L1011 wrote: »
    That review is from December 2014, well after the budget.

    Why they kept him on when he was dumped in the US and moved around lower level stations and then to Atlanta I've no idea as being in Boston was one of the main points.

    Pretty obvious why he lasted so long Irish people love taking offence and he doled it out in spades Ratings gold


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    DubTony
    Registered Users Posts: 3,268 ✭✭✭DubTony


    L1011 wrote: »
    That review is from December 2014, well after the budget.

    Why they kept him on when he was dumped in the US and moved around lower level stations and then to Atlanta I've no idea as being in Boston was one of the main points.

    He was in Washington D.C. (and on Hook's show) for a long time before his move to Boston. He worked for one station in Boston that changed its format from news to music, and then one other (locally syndicated) show before the move to Atlanta. The changes weren't so much about Graham, as the stations changing format, that forced his move.

    I'd say he fits in better in Atlanta than he would in either Boston or Washington.

    A shame he's not on Newstalk. His few minutes every week was a nice balance to Shane Coleman, Jonathan Healy and the myriad of leftie contributors across almost every "news" programme on the station.


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    mloc123
    Registered Users Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    TimHorton wrote: »
    They dropped the tech pair 3 or 4 weeks before the last budget saying in the lead up to the budget they wanted to concentrate on fiscal affairs
    I don't think they ever returned to hooks show

    The tech slot was dreadful. Neither presenter was very knowledgable and ever week it was just another new phone which was completely 'amazing' and better than the one the week before.


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