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Annoying traits of radio presenters.....

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  • #152
    Cassidy28
    Registered Users Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Cassidy28


    Gareth o Callaghan from 4fm is in love with himself so much, he seems to think that he is above everybody else, well if I met him I would.....


  • #153
    Cassidy28
    Registered Users Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Cassidy28


    Shay Byrne rte risen time,this morning he said it was raining fair enough,but he also said that the wind was howling on his way into work, There was no fcuken wind this morning,also why does he talk so quietly,it's as if he does not want anyone in rte to hear him :confused:


  • #154
    Jaysoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭Jaysoose


    Joe duffy and his "funny fridays" trots out the usual unfunny dinosaurs lurking in rte towers for a couple of hours and do incredibly unfunny "skits" while they all guffaw at each other..

    would be interesting to see the number of listeners that drop off on frunny fridays and dont listen to the socialist prince of ballymun...that gets paids 400k a year to talk shiite to people with non-issues.


  • #155
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,580 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    Jaysoose wrote: »
    would be interesting to see the number of listeners that drop off on frunny fridays and dont listen to the socialist prince of ballymun...that gets paids 400k a year to talk shiite to people with non-issues.


    He's from Ballyfermot.


  • #156
    kippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,784 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    Dercola wrote: »
    Ian Dempsey constantly feeling the need to sing along to, or add his own sound effects to every fcuking song!! Christ man, give it a rest...

    That wrecks my head alright, especially when you are taping the song to listen to it later, ruined I tell ya, ruined! Never able to get any clean tapes of songs off that breakfast show and they play some decent tunes. ;)

    George Hook and his fondness of that Yank who comes onto his show once a week (I think one or two more shows may be following hit lead)
    Yer man is a nut job (the Yank) as well.


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  • #157
    paddyandy
    Site Banned Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭paddyandy


    I had a little experiment a few years ago when i started to wonder what my life would be like without any radio so i switched the thing off .It stays off except for the news it was distracting me and messing with my concentration .


  • #158
    Bard
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    Cassidy28 wrote: »
    Gareth o Callaghan from 4fm is in love with himself so much, he seems to think that he is above everybody else, well if I met him I would.....

    On air personas, or what you pick up of them, and the actual off-air person aren't always the same you know. I know Gareth... he's pretty much THE nicest guy in radio and to say that he's in love with himself couldn't be further from the truth.

    If you met him you would..... what?


  • #159
    Mr Magners
    Closed Accounts Posts: 817 ✭✭✭Mr Magners


    Dub Ste wrote: »
    I'm sure this has been mentioned on here,but this really pisses me off,cutting songs off before they finish cause you've got to go to the news/ad break/run out of time.

    This is not brain surgery,if a song is say 3mins 28secs,then make sure you have 3mins 28 secs,OR DON'T PLAY THE F*CKING SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad::mad::mad:

    Dempsey,I'm looking at you..............:mad:

    ^^^This

    He does it constantly and it's always something really upbeat like some of David Guetta's stuff, he starts talking just before it gets to the best bit.

    I likes a bit of dance in the morning to wake me up a bit!!


  • #160
    heybaby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,125 ✭✭✭heybaby


    Dub Ste wrote: »
    I'm sure this has been mentioned on here,but this really pisses me off,cutting songs off before they finish cause you've got to go to the news/ad break/run out of time.

    This is not brain surgery,if a song is say 3mins 28secs,then make sure you have 3mins 28 secs,OR DON'T PLAY THE F*CKING SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad::mad::mad:

    Dempsey,I'm looking at you..............:mad:

    Im guessing you havent ever presented a radio show. No its not brain surgery but its certainly not as easy as it sounds on paper. As a presenter you never ever play every single song scheduled in a given hour in full. The breakfast slot is without doubt the busiest one of the day,
    Dempsey is doing a variety of things which include:

    juggling faders,
    listening to his producer in his ear, (try doing it when u are talking yourself)

    factoring in mario rosenstock and how much time he's likely to take, which varies because its live,

    taking callers on air,

    doing interviews,

    making sure all the adverts scheduled are actually played,

    dempsey could also be playing extra sound effects off a hot key pad which further complicates things,

    he's also taking traffic updates

    theres news and sport updates too which need to be timed

    all the while dempsey is trying to sound upbeat for his thousands of listeners

    so with all that going on and the necessity to keep links lively it is inevitable that not all songs in a given hour will be played in full. I think he does a bloddy good job personally.



    All the while dempsey is


  • #161
    Cassidy28
    Registered Users Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Cassidy28


    Bard wrote: »
    On air personas, or what you pick up of them, and the actual off-air person aren't always the same you know. I know Gareth... he's pretty much THE nicest guy in radio and to say that he's in love with himself couldn't be further from the truth.

    If you met him you would..... what?

    Greet him with a nice smile and a hand shake :).


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  • #162
    noddyone2
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    All the lip-smacking at the start of every sentence (all the readers) on the Six-one news and Sharon ni bheolain pouting and ah- ah- with every question. No punctation, especially Eileen Whelan. The big swallow during the weather forecasts. As for the 'northerly component'. Bless me, for I have probably sinned by writing this.


  • #163
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,017 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Is it just me or has the standard of Matt Coopers delivery and presentation gone downhill recently.

    He sounds like he's always choking on spittle at the end of his sentences. Its like he is trying to get too much out before breathing/swallowing or something.

    And he is making a lot of mistakes too, words in wrong places etc. Slow down Matt, engage your brain first.

    Getting less professional overall imho.


  • #164
    kippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,784 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Is it just me or has the standard of Matt Coopers delivery and presentation gone downhill recently.

    He sounds like he's always choking on spittle at the end of his sentences. Its like he is trying to get too much out before breathing/swallowing or something.

    And he is making a lot of mistakes too, words in wrong places etc. Slow down Matt, engage your brain first.

    Getting less professional overall imho.

    Matt is earning (I would reckon) close to 100K per annum for a few hours "work". He was never that "good" in the first place so I doubt he is improving.
    I would LOVE to be a presenter on one of the prime time radio stations. Piece of piss to be on the "crazy money a year" bracket.


  • #165
    kumate_champ07
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    kippy wrote: »
    Matt is earning (I would reckon) close to 100K per annum for a few hours "work". He was never that "good" in the first place so I doubt he is improving.
    I would LOVE to be a presenter on one of the prime time radio stations. Piece of piss to be on the "crazy money a year" bracket.

    why dont you send in some 'demo tapes'


  • #166
    Squ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Squ


    kippy wrote: »
    That wrecks my head alright, especially when you are taping the song to listen to it later, ruined I tell ya, ruined! Never able to get any clean tapes of songs off that breakfast show and they play some decent tunes.
    Dempsey sounds like a cheap pub dj when he does the singing along crap..
    Anyone who's been to the orchard in applewood on a thursday knows what i'm on about..


  • #167
    NIMAN
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    kippy wrote: »
    Matt is earning (I would reckon) close to 100K per annum for a few hours "work". He was never that "good" in the first place so I doubt he is improving.
    I would LOVE to be a presenter on one of the prime time radio stations. Piece of piss to be on the "crazy money a year" bracket.

    To be fair to Matt, he's is on air for 2.5hrs daily, and often has to have informed and intense debates over complicated issues of the day.

    Compare that to Joe Duffy, who is on air for 75mins daily, and spends most of each show listening silently, and occasionally saying "God Bless you", "dear dear", "51551", or "thats shocking" to people moaning about often irrelevant nonsense.

    Now that's money for nothing.


  • #168
    Going Forward
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    Moncrieff's vocal tics.


  • #169
    mike65
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    Eh? Ah! Ummmmm, indeed.

    etc

    He's be nothing without them.


  • #170
    Arpa
    Registered Users Posts: 442 ✭✭Arpa


    The only person with a listenable voice is Johathan Healy.

    Right from the offset it's downhill.

    Chris Donoghue...jesus man learn to pronounce "th". Sometimes they have a guy called Ian Geider or something, he has a similar problem.

    Also anyone hear that AXA ad recenly, "Hi, I'm Aoife from AXA....", she can't pronounce "th" either. "Over tirty tree tousand" Aggravating. I have to mute my phone when she comes on.

    After Chris Tom Dunne...good God, stop liking everyone and talking about your kids. Good taste in music, ****e personality.

    Johnathan Healy...no faults found

    Moncrieff...where did he get that accent and why is he so antagonistic towards his texters who are in the most part only trying to be funny. And as someone mentioned, "eh, eh, eh, eh" before a question.

    Hook - Spitting into the microphone like he's had a stroke. Never should have been given a job on radio. Sick of hearing about "da lavly ingrid" or "when oi waaas playing grugbeee"

    Off The Ball Guys - No faults with these lads

    On a side note Paulo Tullio on Moncrieff of a Thursday is a delight. Not just for his insight on food but his ability to tell a story in a beautifully eloquent and grammatically sound way is a breath of fresh air.

    I would still prefer Newstalk though to any of that RTE ****e with mooney and duffy.

    My twopence


  • #171
    MJ23
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    Arpa wrote: »
    The only person with a listenable voice is Johathan Healy.

    Right from the offset it's downhill.

    Chris Donoghue...jesus man learn to pronounce "th". Sometimes they have a guy called Ian Geider or something, he has a similar problem.

    Also anyone hear that AXA ad recenly, "Hi, I'm Aoife from AXA....", she can't pronounce "th" either. "Over tirty tree tousand" Aggravating. I have to mute my phone when she comes on.

    After Chris Tom Dunne...good God, stop liking everyone and talking about your kids. Good taste in music, ****e personality.

    Johnathan Healy...no faults found

    Moncrieff...where did he get that accent and why is he so antagonistic towards his texters who are in the most part only trying to be funny. And as someone mentioned, "eh, eh, eh, eh" before a question.

    Hook - Spitting into the microphone like he's had a stroke. Never should have been given a job on radio. Sick of hearing about "da lavly ingrid" or "when oi waaas playing grugbeee"

    Off The Ball Guys - No faults with these lads

    On a side note Paulo Tullio on Moncrieff of a Thursday is a delight. Not just for his insight on food but his ability to tell a story in a beautifully eloquent and grammatically sound way is a breath of fresh air.

    I would still prefer Newstalk though to any of that RTE ****e with mooney and duffy.


    My twopence

    Tom Dunne is painfully boring, the way he does that fake laugh while talking is awful.
    I agree with your Hook statement, sounds like he is in recovery in a nursing home, he should be sent home.
    Bobby Kerr on a Sunday morning is okay, but sounds like he has been force fed snack boxes for the last 3 years, you can actually hear his flabby jaws slapping together when he speaks.


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  • #172
    DT100
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    Oh God..Bobby Kerr's voice goes through me like a dose of syrub of figs!


  • #173
    heybaby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,125 ✭✭✭heybaby


    Have to agree about Moncrieff, his incessant stammering is very annoying and his sarcastic tone is unnecessary. He's an intelligent at times articulate presenter, but the stammering detracts from his show.

    Jonathan healy is really excellent and could quite easily replace Sean O rourke and do so for a fraction of the wage. The same could be said of Matt Cooper, arguably the best presenter on radio in the country and could fit perfectly into pat kenny's slot and would again do so on a reduced salary in comparison with kenny.

    Talking history is excellent on newstalk as is the off the ball show, far superior to anything similar on rte. I think its only a matter of time before we hear some newstalk / today fm voices on rte, in the same way that many of the news journalists have been poached from tv3.


  • #174
    paddyandy
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    All Radio is Bad for you if you are doing something; because it divides attention but some well focused people seem to cope well .


  • #175
    hightide
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭hightide


    Whenever Pat Kenny is doing an interview ,He always finishes by saying "finally i should ask you" ..


  • #176
    Going Forward
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    Why do DJs think it's funny to say they are "broadcasting from the top of the '*' building?

    *Insert half wit DJs name here.

    They then further illustrate their credentials by playing something by Brian McFadden.


  • #177
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,017 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Easily the most annoying thing on radio these days is Des Cahill's sports reports in the early morning show.

    Has that fella got serious nasal/sinus problems? He sounds like he needs to see a doctor.

    He's constantly sniffing, snorting, out of breath before the end of sentences, swallowing spittle etc when he's trying to do his report.

    How do they vet people for jobs? Surely for the radio one of the main requirements would be a decent speaking voice with no annoying traits.


  • #178
    mike65
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    Hmm he is terrible in a way more than was once the case, last week was listening carefully to his diction and he sounded like he had tissue in his cheeks - a la Marlon Brando in the Godfather.


  • #179
    Going Forward
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    He always sounds as if he's dribbling onto the desk!


  • #180
    Squ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Squ


    Going Forward wrote: »
    He always sounds as if he's dribbling onto the desk!
    Though he'll never hold a candle to George Hook.
    Good lord, i'd hate to be the cleaner in opera lane! Fecking mop required to clean up his mike guard.


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  • #181
    Col200sx
    Registered Users Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭Col200sx


    Floody, or whatever he calls himself on Today FM at weekends, with his constant line:

    "Floody on Today FM with more music, less talk".......

    Ya, that's cos you've got nothing to say.........


  • #182
    qwert2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 373 ✭✭qwert2


    mike65 wrote: »
    Eh? Ah! Ummmmm, indeed.

    etc

    He's be nothing without them.


    He annoyingly says 'Ummmm' a lot during interviews. I stopped listening.

    The best are the Off The Ball lads. They listen to the interviewee without saying anything. Listen and learn everyone else.


    Also doesn't Sean O'Rourke on RTE radio 1 news at one sound like a cranky headmaster? Go fcuk yourself


  • #183
    qwert2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 373 ✭✭qwert2


    Phil Cawley on Firday night 80s on Today FM, constantly referring to himself in the thrid person. 'Phil this, Phil that'


  • #184
    Gordon Gekko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 435 ✭✭Gordon Gekko


    Arpa wrote: »
    Chris Donoghue...jesus man learn to pronounce "th". Sometimes they have a guy called Ian Geider or something, he has a similar problem.

    This. When Geider does the business reports, I'm half convinced every statistic deliberately involves lots of th's just so he can say things like "tirty tree and a tird percent" to p1ss me off early in the morning.

    FAO Denis O'Brien - use some of your billions to get your presenters some feckin elocution lessons.


  • #185
    Yakuza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭Yakuza


    I'm getting tired of Ronan Collins' ham-fisted segues between songs, trying to shoehorn something he heard on the news or weather (or the Duffster's preview) into the theme of the next song he's about to play. I'd prefer it if he just said "and now here's some more middle of the road dreck for you to drool mindlessly to" before each song. I don't listen that much, I just hear him after PK and before the News at one, same old same old.


  • #186
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,017 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Airwaves full of it this morning, DJs false excitement about "the long bank holiday weekend". Will be mentioned thousands of times today.


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  • #187
    Going Forward
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    NIMAN wrote: »
    Airwaves full of it this morning, DJs false excitement about "the long bank holiday weekend". Will be mentioned thousands of times today.

    That brings me back!
    Never forget when I used to work all week and till 6 on a Saturday evening.
    And to listen to the bozos getting excited about the BH weekend.
    Usually started from Wednesday!!!!


  • #188
    Tzetze
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    Marty F&cking Whelan! Just about every bit of nonsense that dribbles out of this guy is irritating. Except for just one sweet word... "Goodbye".


  • #189
    Red Alert
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    Pat Courtennnaaaaaaaay on Nova, with his annoying falsetto voice and his compulsion to throw in stupid Nova catchphrases. I hear the twat when I switch over from the Morning Ireland lovefest with the sports crew.


  • #190
    Cassidy28
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    Tzetze wrote: »
    Marty F&cking Whelan! Just about every bit of nonsense that dribbles out of this guy is irritating. Except for just one sweet word... "Goodbye".

    He seems to think he's Terry Wogan the way he talks, but that chap will never be, he is also very uneasy when he is talking or comes across that way, how he is still around is beyond me :confused:


  • #191
    NIMAN
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    Trying to really push their Electric Picnic competition, several TodayFM presenters have all said that "the weather is meant to be cracking for that weekend too".

    They have been saying this for a week now.

    So suddenly we know that the 1st week in Sept is going to be good, but forecasters can't get the weather forecast correct usually outside of a week or 10 days.

    But DJs obviously are better qualified than those at Met Eireann.


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  • #192
    mike65
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    Chris O'Donoghue really cannot speak can he?

    "Murred along the quays"


  • #193
    qwert2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 373 ✭✭qwert2


    Probably mentioned already.....

    Sean 'umm' Moncreiff


    Also that business editor on the RTE news at One - David Murphy. I have to turn off whenever he comes on. It's his accent. He sounds like the posh child from your class when you were young

    Finally when Matt Cooper gets anal about phrases/words/anagrams he never heard of, and insists on the interviewee to explain the term


  • #194
    Sappa
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    Hector pretending to be as culchie as can be with his bun burgers and tins a lilt.
    I


  • #195
    NIMAN
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    The legendary 'countdown to the weekend' that DJs do.

    Usually we are bombarded with this on a Friday from early morning, but iRadio took it a step further today, with mid Thur a DJ telling us how much he was looking forward to the weekend, and how it was only 27hrs away!!:rolleyes:


  • #196
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Anyone with a strong accent of some sort. I was always told that having a neutral accent was most desirable for radio.

    Its a possible talent to develop for any aspiring radio presenters, and I'm surprised that most don't.


  • #197
    Sam Tyler
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    That's so annoying, not everyone works Monday to Friday ! It's like they have nothing else to say all day on a friday, it starts all over again on the Monday. "Only 5 days till the weekend "

    Gimme a break:D


  • #198
    stoneill
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    George Hook's noisy nostrils.


  • #199
    bob50
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    Cassidy28 wrote: »
    He seems to think he's Terry Wogan the way he talks, but that chap will never be, he is also very uneasy when he is talking or comes across that way, how he is still around is beyond me :confused:

    Thanks for your post i tought i was on my own with my views on this jerk marty whelan

    I agree he always tought he was irelands answer to terry wogan which he isnt and wont be he must have friends in rte who hes hitting on to get work

    Pure rubbish


  • #200
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    bob50 wrote: »
    Thanks for your post i tought i was on my own with my views on this jerk marty whelan

    I agree he always tought he was irelands answer to terry wogan which he isnt and wont be he must have friends in rte who hes hitting on to get work

    Pure rubbish

    A pure clown of a man with disturbing delusions. Even the mere sight of the chap makes my blood boil, the silver tache and thinning comb back hairstyle. You can be guaranteed that he views himself as some sort of sex symbol to middle aged housewives


  • #201
    Imhof Tank
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Anyone with a strong accent of some sort. I was always told that having a neutral accent was most desirable for radio.

    Its a possible talent to develop for any aspiring radio presenters, and I'm surprised that most don't.

    Whoever told you that must go for the "mid atlantic" accent beloved of so many of our DJs, although I wouldnt call it a talent.

    To me, the mid atlantic is 100 times worse than someone like Hector for example - at least he is keeping it real


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