Annoying traits of radio presenters.....

johnire · 30-07-2018 5:34pm

You have mentioned to sum up Fergal Darcy perfectly!!

QUOTE=Howitzer the 5th;107657504]The mention of 'Fergal D'Arcy and 'Gerry Ryan' in the same sentence is so incongruous and utterly astonishing that I've had to be picked up off the floor!

I appreciate you're making a point to illustrate something. Ryan was of course polarising. Often maddening and repulsive but often also brilliant.

That gimp from the whest on today fm is a bucket of puke. A born galoot who's horribly over promoted and woefully out of his depth.[/QUOTE]

artvanderlay · 31-07-2018 11:02pm

Ray D'Arcy, Ryan Tubridy, Joe Duffy, Ciara Kelly, Marian Finucane, Sean Moncrieff, Tom Dunne: Breathing.

Dufflecoat Fanny · 09-02-2019 1:06pm

endacl wrote: »

Susan Cahill, presenter of Talking Books on Newstalk.

Not her voice. The cadence of her phrases. Oddly enough, only when she’s doing her “I’m presenting on the radio to a radio listener” voice. When she’s chatting to a guest she could pass for a normal human, having a normal conversation. When she’s doing her links though, she somehow morphs into some quasi-robotic did-a-course-in-radio-presenting vocoder.

Bizarre. Sometimes comical. Sometimes it’d make your teeth itch. Depends on your humour.

God I thought I was the only one to notice her. Her programme is excellent, she's great but that bizarre uppy downy thing she does drives me insane.

09-02-2019 2:53pm

endacl wrote: »

Susan Cahill, presenter of Talking Books on Newstalk.

Not her voice. The cadence of her phrases. Oddly enough, only when she’s doing her “I’m presenting on the radio to a radio listener” voice. When she’s chatting to a guest she could pass for a normal human, having a normal conversation. When she’s doing her links though, she somehow morphs into some quasi-robotic did-a-course-in-radio-presenting vocoder.

Bizarre. Sometimes comical. Sometimes it’d make your teeth itch. Depends on your humour.

She's an excellent presenter, can't fault anything to do with the content of the programme, but yeah, I wish someone would pull her aside and have a word about the tone. As you say, it only kicks in during her monologues. She's done some cracking interviews down the years, one that stands out in my mind is with Jonathan Blate, the most recent biographer of Ted Hughes. Susan Cahill didn't fall into the trap of many literary journalists, trying to paint Hughes as a saint or a villain. I'd recommend that interview to anyone who hasn't already read Blate's book, if it's still online.

The voice thing is a minor quibble by now, I think I've come used to it.

thejuggler · 09-02-2019 8:51pm

A small fault but endearing from Larry Gogan recently transferred from 2FM to RTE gold.
Larry always had difficulty pronouncing the name of the dance act 'The Prodigy' It usually came out as 'The Progidy' .
Heard him say it several times over the years. At least they are unlikely to crop up his golden hour playlist.

It just proves that even legendary DJs are human

johnire · 10-02-2019 3:07am

Muireann OConnell has the most infuriating habit of repeating words and sentences. Does she do it to fill up her 2 hour show?She repeats nearly every word and sentence she utters so quite literally she only has to think of garbage to talk about for an hour instead of two!

Dufflecoat Fanny · 10-02-2019 10:39am

I wonder how many of the posters on this thread have misophonia like myself haha

ford fiesta · 01-10-2020 1:25am

Music presenters giving the same old, predictable extra names to artists, making them (and the presenter!!) extra important::

"The Reverand" Al Green
"Miss" Grace Jones
"Francis Albert" Sinatra
Philip "Parris" Lynott
"Mr. Declan McManus" Elvis Costello

..not to mention "Sir" Tom Jones and "Dame" Shirley Bassey.

Cole · 01-10-2020 9:46am

If being a person was a trait...then Ray D'Arcy. Just being Ray D'Arcy

dvcireland · 01-10-2020 12:18pm

ford fiesta wrote: »

Music presenters giving the same old, predictable extra names to artists, making them (and the presenter!!) extra important::

"The Reverand" Al Green
"Miss" Grace Jones
"Francis Albert" Sinatra
Philip "Parris" Lynott
"Mr. Declan McManus" Elvis Costello

..not to mention "Sir" Tom Jones and "Dame" Shirley Bassey.

Van The Man

Pelvis Parsley · 01-10-2020 3:04pm

D'Arcy's lip smacking.
Joe's general buffoonery and oafishness.
Tubridy's fetish for death and illness.
Des Cahill's sniffing and snorting.
Mary Wilson's constant interruptions.
"Dr." Ciara Kelly's soapboxing.

Ah, that feels better now.

ford fiesta · 01-10-2020 4:02pm

Pelvis Parsley wrote: »

D'Arcy's lip smacking.

Joe's general buffoonery and oafishness.

Tubridy's fetish for death and illness.

Des Cahill's sniffing and snorting.

Mary Wilson's constant interruptions.

"Dr." Ciara Kelly's soapboxing.

Ah, that feels better now.

2) and 3) should be swapped?

Pelvis Parsley · 01-10-2020 5:35pm

ford fiesta wrote: »

2) and 3) should be swapped?

Actually now that I reflect on it they're each equally applicable to either or both of the aforementioned national treasures.

Softshoulder · 20-10-2020 10:28am

OMG Ciaran Cuddihy's "talk like a robot" at end of sentences is soooo annoying.

"After the break I'll be speaking to Dr John Balls to reflect on the news we're entering level 5.for.6.weeks"

If you put youtube . com before this link then you'll see an example in the very first sentence he speaks.

/watch?v=AzcZbF6DxZk

Softshoulder · 20-10-2020 10:30am

Also the lady who does the movie reviews on newstalk on fridays.

She talks through her nose and very monotonous voice. Very poor speaker.

Breaston Plants · 21-10-2020 4:44pm

Jenny Greene and her fake laugh, and her obsession with " Lockdown ".

ford fiesta · 21-10-2020 10:53pm

Shay Byrne on Radio 1 Rising Time bringing in Marty Whelan for a chat on his way to Lyric FM.
Also trying to get banter out of the business and sports presenters from 5.30 am to 7am, when they clearly don't want to take part.

Fair play to newsreader Brian Jennings for not getting involved there.

StevenToast · 21-10-2020 10:57pm

Everything Ryan Tubridy does

saabsaab · 22-10-2020 12:16am

Some presenters seem to have a habit of asking questions that have been already answered by the guest if they were paying attention. Is it that they have a list that they blindly follow?

NIMAN · 22-10-2020 10:43pm

saabsaab wrote: »

Some presenters seem to have a habit of asking questions that have been already answered by the guest if they were paying attention. Is it that they have a list that they blindly follow?

I thought it was just Duffy who did that, who often asks someone for a bit of info that they mentioned literally seconds earlier.

Wildsurfer · 22-10-2020 10:53pm

Probably mentioned already, I can't be the only one this drives mad.... Lottie Ryan taking big gulps of air between every sentence. Surely someone over RTE has listened to her and sent a memo, just slow down and relax. Like, how did someone who speaks like this get a job on radio, probably has connections...

NIMAN · 22-10-2020 10:56pm

Listening to some moaning about Trump this week from the regulars on radio , usually Matt Cooper and Ryan Tubridy, got me thinking.

Them, and a lot of people in the country, seem to get their knickers in a twist often about Trump. Now don't get me wrong, I think he is a clown and many other things, but I got to thinking about how our lives have got worse since he came into power.

How has mine changed?
How has Coopers changed?
How has Tubs changed?

And if they are like me, their lives are totally unaffected by Trump being POTUS.
If he gets another 4 years I know for a fact my life will go on unchanged.

So why worry and hate so much?

Dufflecoat Fanny · 23-10-2020 6:25pm

NIMAN wrote: »

Listening to some moaning about Trump this week from the regulars on radio , usually Matt Cooper and Ryan Tubridy, got me thinking.

Them, and a lot of people in the country, seem to get their knickers in a twist often about Trump. Now don't get me wrong, I think he is a clown and many other things, but I got to thinking about how our lives have got worse since he came into power.

How has mine changed?
How has Coopers changed?
How has Tubs changed?

And if they are like me, their lives are totally unaffected by Trump being POTUS.
If he gets another 4 years I know for a fact my life will go on unchanged.

So why worry and hate so much?

Because he is anti-pc and they are very pc

AllForIt · 25-10-2020 5:11am

NIMAN wrote: »

Listening to some moaning about Trump this week from the regulars on radio , usually Matt Cooper and Ryan Tubridy, got me thinking.

Them, and a lot of people in the country, seem to get their knickers in a twist often about Trump. Now don't get me wrong, I think he is a clown and many other things, but I got to thinking about how our lives have got worse since he came into power.

How has mine changed?
How has Coopers changed?
How has Tubs changed?

And if they are like me, their lives are totally unaffected by Trump being POTUS.
If he gets another 4 years I know for a fact my life will go on unchanged.

So why worry and hate so much?

I found it rather satisfying to see Megyn Kelly on the LLS say to Tubs that she though Trump could win again and that he was right for the American people at the time of his first election. The expression on his face was a picture, and not what he was expecting after they had just been talking about the spat she had with him 4 years ago.

But I agree with your point, I couldn't care less that he won and makes no odds to me. Frankly I find the whole bizarre thing rather refreshing and a source of some continuous amusement.

Oink · 25-10-2020 7:25am

I cannot STAND Joe Duffy.
1. Someone turn down his fvckin microphone
2. Mmm... huhuh... mmm... yeah... [long silence]
3. Where does he get his guests? Does he trawl hospitals, shelters etc? Does he run a competition for whoever was abused the most? Ffs

heldel00 · 25-10-2020 7:35am

"Guys, did you ever get dressed in such a hurry that you put your socks on the wrong feet? Text or WhatsApp and let us know..."
or some other shíte like that. They are all guilty of it.

NIMAN · 25-10-2020 8:32am

The fact that every single Irish radio presenter/DJ thinks that every single Irish recording artist is amazing.

This simply cannot be true. Some must hate certain artists' music.

"and here's the latest song from James Vincent McMorrow, and it is simply amazing"

"we have the new Gavin James song on next, and its fantastic".

I would respect the presenter better if every now and again they'd say "thats the new Gavin James song, not mad on that one".

But then again, they want to be mates with these people and the industry is one big circle jerk.

Omackeral · 25-10-2020 8:40am

The poor old sod who does the traffic on DublinCityFM. He can’t pronounce his R’s whatsoever and it’s really grating. I know it’s not his fault but it’s difficult to listen to.

“Wanelagh to Wathmines is weally heavy, backed up to Hawold’s Cwoss”

whisky_galore · 25-10-2020 10:14am

More of an annoying radio station trait.

Newstalk news, the guest they've just interviewed before the break becomes part of "the news" all of a sudden, usually it's less than earth-shattering.

ButtersSuki · 25-10-2020 10:25am

Oink wrote: »

I cannot STAND Joe Duffy.
1. Someone turn down his fvckin microphone
2. Mmm... huhuh... mmm... yeah... [long silence]
3. Where does he get his guests? Does he trawl hospitals, shelters etc? Does he run a competition for whoever was abused the most? Ffs

You might not like the host, but you should read the thread for the show

Annoying traits of radio presenters.....

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