[mike65]

I dunno if Coopeman reads this thread but I've noticed that "witch" is now which and "width" is now with. If he can get "trew" to become through I reckon he'll have done well!

[NIMAN]

Matt Cooper,

"and here's XXXX witch the news".

[mike65]

The guy who does the Sunday Business Show on Today FM - a sharp intake of breath free with every sentence.

[heybaby]

Originally Posted by mike65

The guy who does the Sunday Business Show on Today FM - a sharp intake of breath free with every sentence.

Easily fixed, he just needs to slow down with his delivery and move away from the microphone, his producer really should be telling him to do so.

[bbability]

Originally Posted by heybaby

Easily fixed, he just needs to slow down with his delivery and move away from the microphone, his producer really should be telling him to do so.

You do know I agree with your point on the aircheck debate but what do you do with a presenter like the one on Shannonside last Friday morning who had a grand total of 17 "eh's" in his final link on the breakfast show. Now i may have lost count but it just caught my attention as i scanned the dial. I don't think I hear that type of poor presentation on some of the more established community/hospital stations. It was awful.

[heybaby]

Originally Posted by bbability

You do know I agree with your point on the aircheck debate but what do you do with a presenter like the one on Shannonside last Friday morning who had a grand total of 17 "eh's" in his final link on the breakfast show. Now i may have lost count but it just caught my attention as i scanned the dial. I don't think I hear that type of poor presentation on some of the more established community/hospital stations. It was awful.

Wow 17 in one link !!??? Now thats alot but I recall about four years ago listening to Ben Murray on 'its your call' on FM104 and he at the time was guilty of the exact same thing, loads of eh's ums and aw's per link, now he has improved massively and Id say thats because he was pulled up on it and instructed to prep links. If you prep a link, it has a beginning, a middle and most importantly an end, you have less chance of stumbling, less chance of eh's and less repetition and your link has a purpose.

I agree with your point about some community / hospital stations being superior in this regard but this could be down voluntary stations scripting links to give them help when delivering on air, whereas with commercial stations some presenters especially when not airchecked regularly tend to think they know it all, get sloppy , dont prep and the you have a litany of eh's ...

Ultimately its down to management. Stations spend so much time on selecting the correct music for their station yet so little time polishing the performance of the person who talks in between the songs, its vital. Now not everyone will like any given dj but the very least that dj can do is deliver tight clean links that dont pish the listener off.

[Going Forward]

Originally Posted by heybaby

Ultimately its down to management. Stations spend so much time on selecting the correct music for their station yet so little time polishing the performance of the person who talks in between the songs, its vital. Now not everyone will like any given dj but the very least that dj can do is deliver tight clean links that dont pish the listener off.

I have often wondered just how much management actually focus on the quality of presentation and music selection as opposed to how advertising sales are going coupled with squeezing as many ads per hour into the schedule.

On Beat FM one of my locals, little is paid to anything as far as I can see, but they have no competition in the area regarding age group targets, so anything goes, as long as its aping 'Dublin' DJs.

Similarly SER has certain woeful presenters and newsreaders who genuinely cant read, yet they have great listnership figures.

Foreign news stories present particular challenges!!

[fussyonion]

Jeremy Dixon feigning stupidity by pretending he doesn't know the name of a song and asking people to text in with the answer.
You're sat in front of a computer, Jeremy, GOOGLE IT.
Then you have the gobsheens who ring up to ANSWER HIS QUESTION and so I don't know who's worse.

Adrian Kennedy repeating himself over and over and over when talking about a phone in competition.

E.G "Text the word GIG, that's G.I.G to 53104 and you could win tickets to see (insert band name)..once again text the word GIG, that's G.I.G to 53104..I'll be calling someone back tonight so you've got just over and hour to text in..Once again, text GIG, that's G.I.G to 53104"

WE GET IT. WE'RE NOT STUPID. WE KNOW HOW TO SPELL THE WORD "GIG" AND YOU'VE SAID IT ABOUT FIVE TIMES IN TEN SECONDS. STOP BEING MORONIC."

[Bard]

Originally Posted by fussyonion

Jeremy Dixon feigning stupidity by pretending he doesn't know the name of a song and asking people to text in with the answer.
You're sat in front of a computer, Jeremy, GOOGLE IT.
Then you have the gobsheens who ring up to ANSWER HIS QUESTION and so I don't know who's worse.

In fairness, it IS a *phone* show... this kind of simple little stunt is a standard ploy to get people in the mood for texting/phoning. What's the point of him GOOGLING IT when he can just get the listeners involved and maybe get a conversation going?

Adrian Kennedy repeating himself over and over and over when talking about a phone in competition.

E.G "Text the word GIG, that's G.I.G to 53104 and you could win tickets to see (insert band name)..once again text the word GIG, that's G.I.G to 53104..I'll be calling someone back tonight so you've got just over and hour to text in..Once again, text GIG, that's G.I.G to 53104"

WE GET IT. WE'RE NOT STUPID. WE KNOW HOW TO SPELL THE WORD "GIG" AND YOU'VE SAID IT ABOUT FIVE TIMES IN TEN SECONDS. STOP BEING MORONIC."

This, again, is pretty standard and not exclusive to Adrian.

It's just making sure that the message gets through to the listener. YOU may not be stupid yourself, YOU may have gotten the message, but no matter how clear it's made, there are still SO many people who get it wrong in their text and pay for the pleasure (at 20c a text!).

While you should obviously never talk down to them, you should also never underestimate the potentially limitless extent of the stupidity of the public and always make things as clear as possible!

I've been on the receiving end of the texts as a presenter & producer and you'd honestly be surprised how many people, for example, get the keyword wrong (.e.g.: put WIN or COMPETITION at the start instead of GIG), spell the keyword wrong (yes, it happens ALL the time, no matter how simple a keyword you've used), put the keyword in quotes, just leave out the keyword, put the text number into the actual text at the start, etc. etc. etc. - all of which means they DON'T get entered into the competition but still get charged for the text... so yes, it's important to be as clear as possible to try to ensure that the number of morons falling through the cracks is reduced as much as possible!

Personally, my pet peeve on radio at the moment is when a presenter has ideas far above themselves and an unwarranted over-inflated ego. I could name a couple of examples, but I'd rather not as I know them personally. Tone it down, folks... your personality is important - sure, but it's not all about you - it's about your listeners/contributors/callers/the music. Get on with the business of entertaining us!