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mike65 · 20-09-2008 7:53pm

Jerry Sullivan - how the fupp did he fake his way into radio?

Ahh, arrrrr, ehhhh, ohhhhh, errrrrrrr urrrrrrr, mmmmmm etc for 4 hours

Jebus.

Mike

More Music · 23-09-2008 11:55pm

Credit where it's due at last.

George was ploughing today and it all sounded pretty good. No return delay from the telephone guests either.

Well done.

mike65 · 24-09-2008 11:10am

Newstalk seem to have put a lot of resources (for them) into this - the morning Ger 'n Clair show also live with perfect sound.

Mike

Dub13 · 24-09-2008 11:13am

Yes its mad that they can get the sound right from a field but not from Hotels.

Radio Mad. · 24-09-2008 8:24pm

I heard it all today. George Hook did a two-way with the station's business correspondent. Hook said the guy was back at base in Dublin. Unlike previous OBs, the audio quality was great tonight. I thought for one second that NT had upped its game. However, when the biz corr came on he was on a phone. What's that all about?

More Music · 24-09-2008 11:01pm

Maybe the business guy wasn't in NT HQ. No reason why they can't do a 2-way from an OB to the studios at the same time. They pretty much do it when handing over and back to news etc.

LOL Dub13 about the field

Newstalk are out alot lately with their new OB truck. A Newstalk mug to the first person who posts photos of George broadcasting from it.

Radio Mad. · 25-09-2008 11:27pm

More Music wrote: »

Maybe the business guy wasn't in NT HQ

I can only go on what Hook said, which was the correspondent was joining him from their studios in Dublin.

Imhof Tank · 26-09-2008 1:31pm

Have to say I have found Ivan Yates, sitting in for Hook this Thursday and Friday, really excellant.

He has a pretty unique and informed perspective on business/ politics and a sense of humour.

Compare that to, for example, Clare Byrne -what the hell would she know about issues facing employers/ hse managers? Yet she'll be there every morning putting the boot in.

Im not saying Ivan Yates knows everything about everything, but he does come up with some genuine insights

LostinBlanch · 29-09-2008 10:24am

M'eh there's something about Ivan Yates I just don't like on radio. I can't put my finger on it, but something just grates with me.

On a positive note, I have to say that Fionn Davenport is excellent on Cultureshock on Saturday nights. One of the best programmes on radio at the moment IMO. Just a pity he's on in when feck all people listen to radio Could they not do a swap and put him on Saturday mornings instead and leave Cathy Barry's inane blah on in Saturday evenings?

mike65 · 29-09-2008 10:34am

Nope cos kulture is not to be seen or heard during daylight hours. Advertisers just hate it - unless its in youghart.

Mike

d15ude · 08-10-2008 12:31pm

Oh no, Eamon Keane is back :eek:
How much better was the guy (never really caught his name) standing in for him the last 1-2 weeks!

mike65 · 08-10-2008 12:34pm

Keane on switch off

John Keogh is the other chaps name I think

Mike

Badabing · 08-10-2008 2:29pm

Has Ger Gilroy left the breakfast show or on long holidays?

Chiron · 08-10-2008 3:19pm

I will never understand how Newstalk keep allowing Eamonn Keane back into the building after his leave.

John Keogh really shows how this programme should be done.

It's back to C.D.'s/any other station/sticking cotton buds so far into my ears that it makes me cough for me between 11:00 and 14:00.

Badabing · 08-10-2008 3:36pm

Chiron wrote: »

I will never understand how Newstalk keep allowing Eamonn Keane back into the building after his leave.

John Keogh really shows how this programme should be done.

It's back to C.D.'s/any other station/sticking cotton buds so far into my ears that it makes me cough for me between 11:00 and 14:00.

Agree 100%, Keane has 52,000 listeners which isn't exactly setting the world on fire in 2 years on air. An hour long lunchtime would better suit him as he waffles so much the show drags on.

vibrant · 08-10-2008 3:54pm

I put on Moncrieff earlier, I used to listen every day but now it's once in a blue moon. He read out a text from a woman who bought a hula hoop but didn't know how to use it. She wanted to know where she could go for lessons on how to use it.

I turned off. Again.:rolleyes:

jmz · 08-10-2008 4:34pm

We have a channel called NewsTalk here and it's the same way (I wonder if it's owned by the same company?)

I timed it. 22 minutes of real content per hour. I was counting the traffic reports and "news" as commercials because it's all just repeated filler anyway.

humberklog · 08-10-2008 5:06pm

vibrant wrote: »

He read out a text from a woman who bought a hula hoop but didn't know how to use it.

Possibly not as inane as one may first imagine. It was a 'follow up' text to a hula hoop-maester guest that he had on earlier during the week. Now that was inane. However there's nothing much wrong with that. If one was to listen to a show that was consistently airing items that one individual liked there'd be a lot of people not liking it. I like a show where i only enjoy 35% of its content as that leaves a good 65% to spread around to other listeners, doing other things with different tastes and interests. Such as hula hooping.

FlutterinBantam · 08-10-2008 7:00pm

Badabing wrote: »

Agree 100%, Keane has 52,000 listeners which isn't exactly setting the world on fire in 2 years on air. An hour long lunchtime would better suit him as he waffles so much the show drags on.

+1 Heard Keogh and is streets ahead of Keane.

Nice snappy, in control, none of the auld fcukin drooley guff Keane goes on with.

"Bear with me on this.......

giftgrub · 08-10-2008 9:22pm

At some stage during tomorrow's show we should all text..."Bear with me on this Eamon, stop insulting my intelligence"

53106, it would be worth the 30c if he was to get the message

mike65 · 08-10-2008 10:45pm

This will need a bit of planning, can we all agree a time - say 1 pm exactly?

Mike

Dub13 · 08-10-2008 11:09pm

mike65 wrote: »

This will need a bit of planning, can we all agree a time - say 1 pm exactly?

Mike

No a random time would be better say 13:08,no point in doing it when the news is on.

Mackman · 09-10-2008 4:09pm

Just listening to Moncrieff, and that dude that talks to kids in schools, Henry McKane or something, whats the story with that guy?? does he always talk like that??

so annoying!!!

parasite · 06-11-2008 6:24pm

I just thought I'd use this thread to vent about Marc Coleman and his nervous tick of a spluttered sneeze/cough/hiccup, it actually makes me feel ill

Badabing · 10-11-2008 10:18pm

I like Off the Ball most of the time when their not waffling and talking crap but Gerry o'Suillivan is on tonite so the radio goes straight off:mad: How does he get away with it.

Dave! · 13-11-2008 4:02pm

Is it really necessary for the newsreaders to refer to "gangland thugs" when talking about the recent killing of that bloke in Limerick? I'm not interested in your opinions, just tell me the f*cking facts :mad:

barnicles · 16-11-2008 6:44pm

That comedy slot is a new low imho.

Slaygal · 17-11-2008 5:38pm

Here Here, the so called comedy slot is not in away shape or form amusing. Sorry Joe if you're reading this.

mountainyman · 18-11-2008 11:58am

Moncrieff spins a filmy pleasant little web of out of nothing.
I don't really like his show but he's good at his job.

Money talks and bullsh1t walks why is Eamonn Keane still there and is he Fergal Keane's brother?

BreeVdK · 23-11-2008 12:41am

Ok, I've decided to move to Morning Ireland ! The other morning, the big question was 'yes or no' to Xmas parties and to text in as they would be talking about it 'later'. At two minutes to 9, they began interviewing two people about Xmas parties and this lasted just over a minute and then finished the 'feature' by saying that the texts were divided on the matter ! I just thought to myself how sad they must think we are - I mean, who texts in at firstly 30c a text and secondly, knowing they are making so much money per text?

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