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Arthur Daley · 21-05-2011 12:15am

bamboozle wrote: »

getting fed up with newstalk breakfast, this morning's 7.30 sports bulletin they give feck all time to the HC final tomorrow followed by golf and a 2 minute interview with a Kerry footballer, their 8.30 sports starts with a story on Carlos Tevez followed by Golf followed by news on the HC final.

Well I'm sure it's counterbalanced by the hours and hours of rugby talk on Newstalk 12 months of the year. How can you talk about any game in such anorak levels of detail as a typical rugby game discussion on Newstalk. I like many sports but I couldn't hack that level of over analysis.

Lapin · 22-05-2011 9:21am

Lapin wrote: »

I am now convinced that Fionn Davenport lives in the Newstalk building.

I wonder if he moves his sleeping bag from one corner of the office to the other every now and again - for a change of scenery?

He's standing in for Karen Coleman on The Wide Angle today.

Ciaran_B · 22-05-2011 9:42pm

Anyone listening to Tom Dunne right now? It's a bit strange hearing music on Newstalk but I loved Pet Sounds and I'm really enjoying this.

constitutionus · 22-05-2011 9:47pm

just tuned in now as i was expecting them to be doing sport or something.

yeah not bad.

i find tom a bit bland TBH but he does root out some eclectic music that i find oddly enjoyable as its NOT my usual fare. im amazed he hasnt been aproached by nova as their remit would be right up this shows street.

bbability · 22-05-2011 10:17pm

Just had a listen and the start of the show was all over the place. Someone never listened back to make sure the music was loaded correctly with Voice Tracks. Sounded very poor to be honest. Switched off after that.

michael999999 · 22-05-2011 10:19pm

There is certainly an opening for a liveline type show that could be done in the 10-12 slot if they moved Tom Dunne on.The fawning that was done over the queen all last week on liveline was sickening.It would depend on getting the right presenter that was willing to tackle proper issues.

The crowd that run the nct must have being counting there blessings to hear duffy talking bull about the queen all week!

Dub13 · 23-05-2011 12:23am

Does anybody else find there competition question's a bit disparaging...?I know they must use the 30c text messages as a income stream but don't be so desperate by making the questions very easy.

Arthur Daley · 23-05-2011 11:03pm

michael999999 wrote: »

There is certainly an opening for a liveline type show that could be done in the 10-12 slot if they moved Tom Dunne on.The fawning that was done over the queen all last week on liveline was sickening.It would depend on getting the right presenter that was willing to tackle proper issues.

The crowd that run the nct must have being counting there blessings to hear duffy talking bull about the queen all week!

They had a liveline type show before called 'your call' at 9am. With brenda power mostly. But they cleared it to make way for Tom Dunne in the morning inadvisedly. Tom should just stick to finding and playing music.

Lapin · 24-05-2011 10:53pm

Well done to all the panelists on Coleman at Large this evening who (despite their own differences) collectively disassociated themselves from the hosts ludicrous parallel between the Israeli / Palestine conflict and Ireland's economic crises.

I've heard some amount of bollox being spun in my time but this guy takes the biscuit.

michael999999 · 24-05-2011 10:59pm

Arthur Daley wrote: »

They had a liveline type show before called 'your call' at 9am. With brenda power mostly. But they cleared it to make way for Tom Dunne in the morning inadvisedly. Tom should just stick to finding and playing music.

She was hopeless as host!

Arthur Daley · 24-05-2011 11:56pm

Lapin wrote: »

I've heard some amount of bollox being spun in my time but this guy takes the biscuit.

The best is yet to come. ba boom

ballsymchugh · 25-05-2011 12:40am

Lapin wrote: »

Well done to all the panelists on Coleman at Large this evening who (despite their own differences) collectively disassociated themselves from the hosts ludicrous parallel between the Israeli / Palestine conflict and Ireland's economic crises.

I've heard some amount of bollox being spun in my time but this guy takes the biscuit.

i thought it was a fair point he was making. just that the difference between netanyahu's speech after meeting obama last week as leader of a small nation, compared to kenny's yesterday.
kinda reminded me of hugh grant playing prime minister in love actually, when he told the american president that they wouldn't be bullied.

feck ya anyway, now i've admitted to having watched that shyte!

themont85 · 25-05-2011 12:42am

I've been awake late a lot recently for work and noticed this. Why do NT play the Breakfast show from 12 o'clock at night? It's pretty useless at that time, the news is 24 hours old nearly. I often find too that segments get stuck on a loop. So I can end up hearing the same interview over and over and over...

I know they make no money off it but it seems silly to me, play OTB or more recent news, there is still people listening at that time!

ballsymchugh · 26-05-2011 7:54pm

johnny giles is on with ken early now. i think it's the first time that i can remember the two of them being on at the same time!

mike65 · 26-05-2011 7:59pm

Ivan Yates is back in the chair tomorrow (I think)

Rubik. · 26-05-2011 8:06pm

It happened the last time McDevitt was off on a Thursday as well. This ken sharing the presenting with Murph thing doesn't really work. Ken should present it by himself, he's just better at it and Murph shares the same fluffing every second sentence affliction with Jerry O'Sullivan.

Badabing · 26-05-2011 8:10pm

Was it me or did Damien Kieberd sound terrible today like he was very weak?

Masked Man · 29-05-2011 8:19pm

themont85 wrote: »

I've been awake late a lot recently for work and noticed this. Why do NT play the Breakfast show from 12 o'clock at night? It's pretty useless at that time, the news is 24 hours old nearly. I often find too that segments get stuck on a loop. So I can end up hearing the same interview over and over and over...

I know they make no money off it but it seems silly to me, play OTB or more recent news, there is still people listening at that time!

It's worse that they play repeats of the breakfast show on Saturday nights.

constitutionus · 31-05-2011 4:51pm

anyone else starting to think sean moncreif thinks all hookers are crack addicts ?

he doenst seem to be able to accept that people will do all sorts of degrading stuff if lots of moola is on the table.

neris · 31-05-2011 8:12pm

constitutionus wrote: »

he doenst seem to be able to accept that people will do all sorts of degrading stuff if lots of moola is on the table.

George hook musnt mention his ads for sky around the nt offices then

Renn · 01-06-2011 2:27pm

Anyone know who that guy was on last week before the Champions League final? Was talking to Yates and Yates mentioned something about Giggs and the guy went off on the most bizarre tangent I've ever heard - something about a guy with no legs etc. I couldn't stop laughing.

michael999999 · 01-06-2011 8:05pm

That was Paddy crerand. He actually hung up on Ivan earlier in the season,he is black Man Utd.

The joke was they had a soldier with prostethic legs bringing on the premiership trophy, someone said wasnt it nice they gave hargreaves a part in the proceedings!

Arthur Daley · 03-06-2011 12:53am

michael999999 wrote: »

That was Paddy crerand. He actually hung up on Ivan earlier in the season,he is black Man Utd.

Car crash radio. What an agressive Man Utd twat he is. 'Let me tell you something'.

barryd09 · 03-06-2011 1:05am

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Car crash radio. What an agressive Man Utd twat he is. 'Let me tell you something'.

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Ave Nocturna · 03-06-2011 3:55am

themont85 wrote: »

I've been awake late a lot recently for work and noticed this. Why do NT play the Breakfast show from 12 o'clock at night? It's pretty useless at that time, the news is 24 hours old nearly. I often find too that segments get stuck on a loop. So I can end up hearing the same interview over and over and over...

I know they make no money off it but it seems silly to me, play OTB or more recent news, there is still people listening at that time!

I agree. Sometimes the segments get completely mixed up and you get part of a show that is a few months old! It can be very sloppy.
It's almost disrespectful to the night-time listeners! :P
I guess if they don't include the breakfast show at night, there's too much time to kill. They repeat the afternoon show, the breakfast show, Moncrieff, Tom Dunne, The Right Hook and OTB... In that order.
Then again, they shave an awful lot off Moncrieff. Surely they should include more of that show and scrap some of the others.

Perhaps they assume that the whole country is tucked into bed at 10pm

Regarding the repeats on Saturdays, of the full weeks worth of breakfast shows... Who doesn't like to hear news from 7am Monday at 3am Sunday (technically) ... Seems more than a bit lazy. Though I'd rather listen to that than 'Shenanigans with Sile'. For sure.

Vunderground · 03-06-2011 6:14am

Tom Dunne did an interview with Peter Hook of Joy Division/New Order fame.
His new group The Light were playing the Unknown Pleasures album in the Academy the other night. He gave Dunne a tape of the group performing UP with Rowetta Satchell formerly of the Happy Mondays on vocals.
TD failed to spot that it was a female singing on the tape. He thought it was Hook. Great ear there Tom lol

His knowledge of Joy Division obviously just ran to 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' which he said we would now hear and in keeping with the piece - on came She's Lost Control Again! At least that's what I think it was; there was much laughter at this point.

The man is a complete muppet and hides his ignorance with an expression of 'OH WOW'....which is way overused at this stage....when one of his interviewees says something moderately interesting.

Rubik. · 03-06-2011 12:09pm

Vunderground wrote: »

Tom Dunne did an interview with Peter Hook of Joy Division/New Order fame.
His new group The Light were playing the Unknown Pleasures album in the Academy the other night. He gave Dunne a tape of the group performing UP with Rowetta Satchell formerly of the Happy Mondays on vocals.
TD failed to spot that it was a female singing on the tape. He thought it was Hook. Great ear there Tom lol

Yeah, I heard that. Not really an easy mistake to make...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiG1cUVVLGg

padd b1975 · 05-06-2011 11:29am

Dunphy and John Waters are tearing David Norris to shreds at the moment. Paper of record getting it too in fairness to Waters.

mike65 · 05-06-2011 11:35am

I cannot take Waters remotely seriously when he goes "off on one" which has was doing there. Dunphy is no help as he simply bends in the breeze of opinion from his friends.

padd b1975 · 05-06-2011 11:46am

mike65 wrote: »

I cannot take Waters remotely seriously when he goes "off on one" which has was doing there. Dunphy is no help as he simply bends in the breeze of opinion from his friends.

It was interesting to get Water's angle on the Norris saga in the context of him being editor of Magill at the time the interview. His contention was that he sussed it was controversial as soon as he heard it and made calls to Norris to see
if he would like to change it. Norris declined to do so.

mike65 · 05-06-2011 11:53am

I wouldn't trust Norris judgement to be honest, he was foolish to rattle on about "classical paedophilia" in the first instance and probably though he'd said nothing controversial when asked later.

orourkeda · 05-06-2011 12:00pm

mike65 wrote: »

I cannot take Waters remotely seriously when he goes "off on one" which has was doing there. Dunphy is no help as he simply bends in the breeze of opinion from his friends.

Do you accept that there may have been an element of truth in what he said?

Wester · 05-06-2011 12:03pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

It was interesting to get Water's angle on the Norris saga in the context of him being editor of Magill at the time the interview.

Just a small correction, Waters was consultant editor at the time, it was interesting to get his perspective certainly, but he was not the Magill editor and his article does say that extracts from the interview with Norris were read to him over the phone and he cannot recall them verbatim.

padd b1975 · 05-06-2011 12:09pm

Wester wrote: »

Just a small correction, Waters was consultant editor at the time, it was interesting to get his perspective certainly, but he was not the Magill editor and his article does say that extracts from the interview with Norris were read to him over the phone and he cannot recall them verbatim.

Point taken re position of editor. I was not talking about what Waters may or may not have written in an article, I was referring to his spoken contribution to The Dunphy Show.

Wester · 05-06-2011 12:13pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

Point taken re position of editor. I was not talking about what Waters may or may not have written in an article, I was referring to his spoken contribution to The Dunphy Show.

I appreciate that; I just think it's important to point out that as he wasn't editor, he didn't have the same level of involvement in producing Magill at the time.

Dub13 · 05-06-2011 3:13pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

Dunphy and John Waters are tearing David Norris to shreds at the moment. Paper of record getting it too in fairness to Waters.

I was leaning toward voting for David Norris before I heard this interview,Norris needs to address this full on asap.But I think the ship has sailed on him been president.

Rubik. · 05-06-2011 3:54pm

Waters claims that liberal media have whitewashed the issue wasn't helped by this one-sided dicussion. I suspect some of the panel would have expressed differing opinions if they weren't afriad of being shouted down by Dunphy and Waters.

Until such time as the tapes are produced, it's all a bit 'academic'.

Skid · 05-06-2011 4:09pm

Rubik. wrote: »

Waters claims that liberal media have whitewashed the issue wasn't helped by this one-sided dicussion. I suspect some of the panel would have expressed differing opinions if they weren't afriad of being shouted down by Dunphy and Waters.

Until such time as the tapes are produced, it's all a bit 'academic'.

It's far more than academic,

It has ruined Norris's chances of getting nominated, never mind winning the Election.

Rubik. · 05-06-2011 4:48pm

SkidMark wrote: »

It's far more than academic,

It has ruined Norris's chances of getting nominated, never mind winning the Election.

Sindo poll today - Which of the following candidates would you support for President?

Norris - 39%
Cox - 20%
D. Higgins - 12%
Davis - 7%
Finaly - 7%
Gallagher - 6%
McGuinness - 6%
O'Meara - 2%

As with a lot of media storms, the general public aren't nearly as interested in the story as the media themselves are.

padd b1975 · 05-06-2011 4:54pm

Rubik. wrote: »

Waters claims that liberal media have whitewashed the issue wasn't helped by this one-sided dicussion. I suspect some of the panel would have expressed differing opinions if they weren't afriad of being shouted down by Dunphy and Waters.

Until such time as the tapes are produced, it's all a bit 'academic'.

Get Real!
If anyone goes on a radio discussion show and has not the moral courage to defend their beliefs regardless of who may not agree then shame on them. Can you honestly say that newstalk would prefer a one way traffic discussion or a blood and thunder debate on an emotive issue. Where was Norris or his supporters? ? I am sure they were asked for a spokesman.
I agree re the tapes .

Rubik. · 05-06-2011 5:04pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

Get Real!
If anyone goes on a radio discussion show and has not the moral courage to defend their beliefs regardless of who may not agree then shame on them. Can you honestly say that newstalk would prefer a one way traffic discussion or a blood and thunder debate on an emotive issue. Where was Norris or his supporters? ? I am sure they were asked for a spokesman.
I agree re the tapes .

In every Dunphy Show I have heard there has been a cosy concensus amoung all involved, they don't seem to go out of there way to get guests with contrary views to the host.

Skid · 05-06-2011 6:06pm

Rubik. wrote: »

Sindo poll today - Which of the following candidates would you support for President?

Norris - 39%
Cox - 20%
D. Higgins - 12%
Davis - 7%
Finaly - 7%
Gallagher - 6%
McGuinness - 6%
O'Meara - 2%

As with a lot of media storms, the general public aren't nearly as interested in the story as the media themselves are.

Sunday independent polls aren't worth the paper they are written on.

Serious dodgy methodology.

Paddy Power has Pat Cox as favourite, even before he has the Fine Gael nomination. Norris has been seriously damaged by this controversy.

Rubik. · 05-06-2011 6:41pm

I'm no fan of The Sindo, but they would use similiar methodology to the RED C. The RED C uses a sample 0f 1001 random phone calls, The Sindo 500. How acurate they are I don't know, but it does give some kind of indication of the public mood. Until more polls come out, its all we have to go on.

serfboard · 06-06-2011 3:24pm

Newstalk takin' a shneaky bank holiday on the Moncrief show by playing a repeat. Wasn't listening at the start, so didn't hear them say whether it was a repeat or not, but they haven't said it during the show's playback.

hotmail.com · 06-06-2011 6:23pm

Rubik. wrote: »

I'm no fan of The Sindo, but they would use similiar methodology to the RED C. The RED C uses a sample 0f 1001 random phone calls, The Sindo 500. How acurate they are I don't know, but it does give some kind of indication of the public mood. Until more polls come out, its all we have to go on.

With only 500 participants, the margin of error is about + or - 5%. so it can't really be trusted at all.

Rubik. · 06-06-2011 7:10pm

OK, but couldn't that be said of all election polls that appear in the newpapers, would a sample size of 1001 radicallly reduce the margin of error?

jimmyw · 08-06-2011 12:27am

There was a wan reading the news yesterday evening (Tues) during Hookys show and she was talking about the story about the fella who got shot in the caravan park, and she got a slip of the tongue when she said" shot in the boty" instead of body .I could tell from her tone of voice that she was trying to keep in the laugh but obviously couldnt laugh.Around the 1.50 mark.

Part 2
http://media.newstalk.ie/listenback/221/tuesday/1/popup

Badgermonkey · 08-06-2011 10:54pm

Couple of Q's about Newstalk.

1) Is Mark Coleman stifling sneezes on air or is it Tourettes?

2) Anyone else experience a dramatic shift from really liking Moncrief to being really irritated by him? Thought Davenport really owned the show during his recent stint (That may be heresy to Seans acolytes)

3) Henry McKean, why?

Rubik. · 08-06-2011 11:08pm

Badgermonkey wrote: »

Couple of Q's about Newstalk.

1) Is Mark Coleman stifling sneezes on air or is it Tourettes?

He said myself a couple of weeks ago that it was down to Brochitiis.

LostinBlanch · 09-06-2011 10:18am

Who in the name of God is standing in for Tom Dunne???

Aoibheann someone, or other never heard her surname.

God she is awful. Is Tom Dunne trying to make sure that he only picks bad presenters so it'll make him seem better when he comes back?

Christ, Sile Seoige or even that Barry wan are better. Time to turn the dial methinks.

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