Goodbye to Phantom Daily - their Final Day has come

I have to admit I've never heard beyond maybe an hour in total of this show, but I would hope that Simon lands on his feet with a new gig. A thoroughly nice fella and a shame to see someone as talented left without a slot.

Best of luck Simon

I have been a long-term listener from Berlin.
It was around 10 years ago when I discovered this channel on the web, glad they had such an excellent choice of music and did not get on my nerves.
Once 'the talking' came in, there eventually was SIMON MAHER to look forward to, who soon became a figurehead of the station.
His vivid way of conducting interviews, in a lively and genuinely interested manner in his vis-à-vis, with an audible credibility for a broad audience out there who would tune in, just for him, and not only from Ireland, made the show a beautiful distraction from daily work.
I logged on whenever affordable and was delighted to find him ready to present both, easy-going fun and thought-provoking ideas, reading out all sorts of text messages, not prejudiced, not judgemental, always open-minded and friendly, aware of the multitude of possible opinions on a subject.
The music on his show was a blend of old indie and recent upcoming bands, so altogether this show made a daily highlight for me - and particularly today I am sad at any programme I had to miss...

Let me direct the following at the management of Phantom and whoever is/was in charge for such a miserable decision:
Phantom started as an independent voice in a mass of commercialised music media, and it was welcomed by listeners with their very own taste and expectation. The makers of Phantom just as the presenters then, who were very much the same in the beginnings, were independent in their style as well - and that was highly appreciated; this is what brought Phantom to fame!
What you seem to be doing now by these dramatic alterations not only affecting Simon Maher and his broad world-wide(!) audience, but also other radio shows and presenters, leaves me to speculations: It appears to originate from greed and selling out to the dirty biz. Over here as well as on the isles, we find commercialised radio feeding the masses and creating little inspiration.
Quickly built up and quickly vanishing youthful pretty DJs and DJanes under 30, with a definite lack of conversational basics, are placed before the target group of young people, easily persuaded, with short-attention span, a bit dim and ready to consume. That btw is a general subtle insult of all media who cut short on culturally valuable programmes and then fill the gap with some brain erasing fast food dish...
I thought Phantom could manage to remain a bit of a stronghold in such matters...
The changes you are bringing about will inflict either harm on your station - or completely change the spectre of listeners, therefore the image you have had so far.
So what am I to do now?
I will continue to listen, to Michelle or The Kiosk e.g., not as regularly as before, but for the sake of music, yet at the same time I shall try and find out what the best radio presenter you have had on board and his colleagues will be doing from here - and where to receive them again asap: I wish Simon Maher a great new opportunity to prove himself as the vivid music presenter and eager journalist he is!
This one goes to Loretta's like-minds: Do you know what made John Peel a legend?
He was allowed to stay in his radio format due to ongoing success, and he inspired generations of listeners with his choice of music and his honest, personal style.
We cannot mourn the loss of real radio personalities and generally complain how nobody is there to fill such a gap, whilst breaking the style of those who may have the potential to become such figureheads for generations of listeners - listeners who had hoped to be accompanied in their daily lives for many more years by one unique voice, charm, laughter, talk and inspiration, brought to them by the one and only SIMON MAHER!

Nic from Berlin