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telekon · 09-02-2011 10:22pm

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I still cant work out why they dont have their own version of liveline.. it wouldnt take a whole lot to compete with Joe Duffy's version these days..

Orla Barry did a call in thing between 9 and 11(?) when it was first launched nationally didnt she??

In any case, it was awful. I have often thought that Newstalk are missing a trick here. If the Irish people love one thing, its a good whinge on the radio.

Imagine Newstalk offered a Liveline-type show with a presenter that doesn't set the agenda...:eek:

No more Sonny, no more Ballyfermot, no more headshops, no more evasion tactics regarding FF...it would be great wouldnt it...*sigh*

barneygumble · 09-02-2011 11:10pm

Four words that will strike fear into the stoutest of hearts:

"Join me, Orla Barry...."

Shudder.

Rubik. · 09-02-2011 11:14pm

They tired it with Brenda Power, it didn't work. I can't stand Liveline-type programmes, so I hope Newstalk doesn't try to go down that route again.

telekon · 09-02-2011 11:28pm

Rubik. wrote: »

They tired it with Brenda Power, it didn't work. I can't stand Liveline-type programmes, so I hope Newstalk doesn't try to go down that route again.

Was it Orla Barry or Brenda Power...I thought Orla Barry?

mike65 · 09-02-2011 11:36pm

Nah it was Barry Power.

Rubik. · 09-02-2011 11:58pm

telekon wrote: »

Was it Orla Barry or Brenda Power...I thought Orla Barry?

Em...maybe both at different times, I fairly certain about Power though but I didn't listen to Orla Barry back in the early days.

littlefriend · 10-02-2011 5:37pm

Rubik. wrote: »

Em...maybe both at different times, I fairly certain about Power though but I didn't listen to Orla Barry back in the early days.

They each had a show on weekday mornings. One was from 9-10 and one from 10-12 (or something like that).

runman · 10-02-2011 6:08pm

Anybody any idea what the right hooks announcement was going to be today? George said they were postponing it because of the crash.

mike65 · 10-02-2011 6:13pm

Win a trip to Derry on a small turbo prop?

Koloman · 10-02-2011 8:45pm

telekon wrote: »

Was it Orla Barry or Brenda Power...I thought Orla Barry?

Both were awful. Declan Carthy would have been the man for the job, but they got rid of him.

Desire to Aspire · 10-02-2011 9:01pm

Koloman wrote: »

Both were awful. Declan Carthy would have been the man for the job, but they got rid of him.

The fella who used to present Late Night Live?

yosser hughes · 10-02-2011 9:05pm

Desire to Aspire wrote: »

The fella who used to present Late Night Live?

he was dreadful and they rightly got rid of him.

irishh_bob · 10-02-2011 10:59pm

Koloman wrote: »

Both were awful. Declan Carthy would have been the man for the job, but they got rid of him.

so awfull they replaced them with tom dunne :mad:

CUCINA · 10-02-2011 11:24pm

fred funk }{ wrote: »

That reminds me of the joke about this bloke who pulled a nurse in Coppers one night.
They were in the taxi on the way home together and it pulled up outside a Halting site, the chap was shocked and said to her "I thought you said you were a nurse" she replied "No, I told you I was a ward sister"

I find it more and more difficult to listen to MEW in the morning...I enjoy the "On The Ball" repeat, but then as I wait for the 6:30am news, I have to have zero volume while she comes on with her silly, contrived tag line about "telling it like it is" etc. Then when the news is over, that's it, radio switched off/channel changed, before she comes back on.

Desire to Aspire · 10-02-2011 11:27pm

CUCINA wrote: »

I find it more and more difficult to listen to MEW in the morning...I enjoy the "On The Ball" repeat, but then as I wait for the 6:30am news, I have to have zero volume while she comes on with her silly, contrived tag line about "telling it like it is" etc. Then when the news is over, that's it, radio switched off/channel changed, before she comes back on.

Off The Ball.

CUCINA · 10-02-2011 11:42pm

Desire to Aspire wrote: »

Off The Ball.

Yeah, sorry, you're right... I blame that feckin' Budweiser!! Remind me not to post when I have a couple of cans on board(s) !!

neris · 11-02-2011 12:59pm

Not a regular tom dunne listener but newstalk hit a new low this morning on his show with those 2 clowns from xfactor on.

sgb · 11-02-2011 1:19pm

John and Edward are favourites to represent Ireland in the Eurovision song contest so lets all get behind the two lads from Dublin,come on Ireland

telekon · 11-02-2011 1:55pm

sgb wrote: »

John and Edward are favourites to represent Ireland in the Eurovision song contest so lets all get behind the two lads from Dublin,come on Ireland

I presume youre being facitious...

If not, I'd rather get behind serious, talented artists and not two lads taking the p*ss tbh...

Desire to Aspire · 11-02-2011 6:21pm

runman wrote: »

Anybody any idea what the right hooks announcement was going to be today? George said they were postponing it because of the crash.

No politicians on the show until after the election.

Poly · 11-02-2011 6:31pm

Desire to Aspire wrote: »

No politicians on the show until after the election.

Big deal, at least it will be a Mary O'Rouke free zone

JonathanAnon · 11-02-2011 6:37pm

No politicians on the show, because he wants people to vote without being swayed by the spin... Then proceeds to have John Waters on telling us what a brilliant guy Enda Kenny is but that we just dont see it on the telly..

Big anti climax..

Koloman · 11-02-2011 8:16pm

telekon wrote: »

If not, I'd rather get behind serious, talented artists and not two lads taking the p*ss tbh...

Since when has the Eurovision in the last 15 years been about serious, talented artists? We may as well send them to take the p*ss since we will never win the thing again.

Skid · 11-02-2011 8:33pm

David McWilliams is presenting a show from 12-1.30pm tomorrow and next week.

Think it's just for the election. He was the breakfast show presenter years ago but I think he was fired.

Koloman · 11-02-2011 9:35pm

SkidMark wrote: »

David McWilliams is presenting a show from 12-1.30pm tomorrow and next week.

Think it's just for the election. He was the breakfast show presenter years ago but I think he was fired.

Fired to make way for Eamon Dunphy if I recall right.

Lapin · 11-02-2011 10:28pm

Has Sile Seoige been fired to make way for McWilliams ?

Koloman · 11-02-2011 10:35pm

Lapin wrote: »

Has Sile Seoige been fired to make way for McWilliams ?

She's on from 8am to 10am Saturday mornings. A downgrade I think.

Skid · 11-02-2011 10:38pm

Lapin wrote: »

Has Sile Seoige been fired to make way for McWilliams ?

No, unfortunately she is not fired yet, she is starting earlier (8-10) to accommodate McWilliams

Odd scheduling, wonder if she is being moved towards the door?

neris · 13-02-2011 8:09pm

SkidMark wrote: »

No, unfortunately she is not fired yetQUOTE]

:D

fred funk }{ · 13-02-2011 10:01pm

I missed McWilliams yesterday. Did anybody hear the show and was it any good. I used to like him when he did the breakfast show years ago and he's one of a few who I actually listened to these days about the economy.

Rubik. · 14-02-2011 12:18pm

fred funk }{ wrote: »

I missed McWilliams yesterday. Did anybody hear the show and was it any good. I used to like him when he did the breakfast show years ago and he's one of a few who I actually listened to these days about the economy.

It was quite good, I never heard his old Breakfast Show on Newstalk and he is a much better presenter than I thought he would be. Anyway, it was a hell of an improvement on Shenanigans or Hook's pre-recorded effort. Newstalk's output on Saturday mornings is really poor.

telekon · 14-02-2011 12:36pm

Rubik. wrote: »

It was quite good, I never heard his old Breakfast Show on Newstalk and he is a much better presenter than I thought he would be. Anyway, it was a hell of an improvement on Shenanigans or Hook's pre-recorded effort. Newstalk's output on Saturday mornings is really poor.

Always thought Dunphy should do 'a Finucane' and do the Saturday as well. But how would he manage to get away with having Shane Ross on both days without anyone noticing...??

Rubik. · 14-02-2011 12:49pm

It's hard enough to get him to turn up on Sundays, never mind adding Saturdays as well.

telekon · 14-02-2011 12:56pm

Rubik. wrote: »

It's hard enough to get him to turn up on Sundays, never mind adding Saturdays as well.

True true. We all remember the Cameroon fiasco of 2002...

fred funk }{ · 14-02-2011 10:15pm

Rubik. wrote: »

It was quite good, I never heard his old Breakfast Show on Newstalk and he is a much better presenter than I thought he would be. Anyway, it was a hell of an improvement on Shenanigans or Hook's pre-recorded effort. Newstalk's output on Saturday mornings is really poor.

His show was actually decent enough. He got shafted badly by Newstalk at the time to make way for Dunphy. At the time Dunphy was still riding high from the success of The Last Word on Today FM.

Speak Now · 15-02-2011 10:38am

Im sure i heard Chris say this morning we're going to get the facts about gay marriage and gay abortion!

telekon · 15-02-2011 12:49pm

Had to laugh at Ivan this morning when talking about Micheal Martin's attempt at speaking chinese.

Ivan was not in the least impressed with MM's accent and said "if youre gonna slag off the chinese, make sure you do it properly..."

I must admit I'm enjoying Yates's refreshing twist on the world If anything, its a big two-fingers to the Political Correctness crowd...

You'd know he was a politician 'back in the day'. He's old school in a still youngish man's body.

Never get away with it on RTE where they have also old men in youngish men's bodies, but unitentionally...yea, Willy Wonka himself. :rolleyes:

Cole · 15-02-2011 1:01pm

telekon wrote: »

I must admit I'm enjoying Yates's refreshing twist on the world If anything, its a big two-fingers to the Political Correctness crowd...

That's the very reason that I don't listen to the show regularly anymore. He plays up this politically incorrect persona too much.....I find it all very contrived and it just gets tiresome after a while.

telekon · 15-02-2011 1:09pm

Cole wrote: »

That's the very reason that I don't listen to the show regularly anymore. He plays up this politically incorrect persona too much.....I find it all very contrived and it just gets tiresome after a while.

You'd agree with my better half then.

Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks I suppose...

Cole · 15-02-2011 1:52pm

telekon wrote: »

Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks I suppose...

Yeah....sure if we all agreed with each other on everything, it would be very dull around here:)

elvis jones · 15-02-2011 2:14pm

Cole wrote: »

Yeah....sure if we all agreed with each other on everything, it would be very dull around here:)

I agree..............or do i;)

lempsipmax · 15-02-2011 5:52pm

Neither of the Studio Live Studio Streams on the NT are working here. Anyone been able to access it recently?

steelcityblues · 15-02-2011 6:10pm

Kiberd's getting good milage out of that 'State run spin' jibe!

lempsipmax · 16-02-2011 6:25pm

lempsipmax wrote: »

Neither of the Studio Live Studio Streams on the NT are working here. Anyone been able to access it recently?

To answer my own question you just click the TV link at the top of the homepage.

constitutionus · 17-02-2011 12:38pm

oh here for those interested if ya want to hear davey macs GE11 show again on newstalk you have to go to sile's show in the archive

barneygumble · 18-02-2011 10:38am

Can anyone suggest a credible explanation for "businesswoman and broadcaster" Angela Douglas being allowed near a radio microphone?

neris · 18-02-2011 11:22am

who?

Cole · 18-02-2011 12:36pm

barneygumble wrote: »

...."businesswoman and broadcaster" Angela Douglas...

...and "panel guest for hire." I don't know why Carol Hunt is let near a microphone either.

I caught a little bit of that 'D4 dinner party type' discussion this morning, but could not last more than a few minutes.

barneygumble · 18-02-2011 12:37pm

She's gone from being a regular "rent-a-mouth" on The Sunday Supplement to the Newstalk Breakfast show panel.

An empty can rattling loudest as usual.

constitutionus · 19-02-2011 1:16pm

thank god macwilliams is back on today.

marion was doing my head in.

i know this is only for the elections but sweet jesus saturday is shyte now , theres a clear need for this type of program to be maintained.

i hope someones watching the listenership figures on this and it merrits it continuing under a new name.

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