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2FM Breakfast Radio

Brian · 2008-04-24 09:42:14

It sucks. Can I say that? I don't even know who the DJs are, colm and jimjim or something, but all they talk about is what's on Television. On a competing medium. Rté have gone through a succession of DJ lineups since the departure of Ryan Tubridy, and none of them have come close to living up to his legacy. Perhaps this…

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It sucks. Can I say that? I don't even know who the DJs are, colm and jimjim or something, but all they talk about is what's on Television. On a competing medium. Rté have gone through a succession of DJ lineups since the departure of Ryan Tubridy, and none of them have come close to living up to his legacy.

Perhaps this best illustrates how insufferable 2FM has become in the morning- it almost makes Ian Dempsey bearable. Almost.

[iPod FTW!]

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#2 24-04-2008 10:41am

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I find that they tend to crack alot of in-house jokes... The listeners don't have a clue what they are on about so why do they even bother doing this??

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#3 24-04-2008 10:55am

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Agree completely, they just took their drivel from FM104 to 2FM. Most of the morning is spent playing their "jingles" and parodies of songs. Plus most of the stuff they play has been knocking around the internet for years... How can you pay these people when anyone with a few hours to spare could find this and play it on the air....

What about moving T.Y. radio from a Sunday evening to the morning slot:rolleyes:..... Nah

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#4 24-04-2008 10:59am

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Well i hav to disagree I think they are nice and cheery in the morning!
Id have cracked up listen to any other crap on the radio!
Having said that i was driving from wicklow to carlow so its ok for Dublin People who have a load of stations to chose from!

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#5 24-04-2008 11:17am

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One of the other things that I have noticed is that alot of their jokes are Dublin based... Slaggings and the likes. So people down the country won't necessarily get what they are talking about or in fact slagging.

Anyone know who produces their show???

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#6 25-04-2008 10:17am

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MaltHouse Mouse wrote: »

One of the other things that I have noticed is that alot of their jokes are Dublin based... Slaggings and the likes. So people down the country won't necessarily get what they are talking about or in fact slagging.

Anyone know who produces their show???

Aidan Leonard.

And this argument about the pale has happened over and over again and again. Does that mean that only yummy mummies in Dublin or from Dublin driving the kids to school in the big feck off jeep only get the jokes that the Morning Crew on 98fm punish us with every morning.

Granted Colm and Jimbo need to do a house tidy. Sounded much better this week with out cindy or bindy or what ever her name is.......

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#7 25-04-2008 12:31pm

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You know what the joke is on us (the tax & license fee payer) as we are paying their wages

No doubt the lads are reading this having a great laugh as they don't really give a hoop what you or I think.

They copied and pasted a format which they obviously think is hilarious but people are getting tired of it now, if they werent already!

As for the various 'charachters' they have on, e.g. 'Dougie Highlife' AKA Gavin and Paidi the skanger, who exactly finds this funny

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#8 25-04-2008 12:35pm

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i havent listened to them in yonks cos i found them repetitive and boring but i found dougie highlife funny!

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#9 25-04-2008 1:07pm

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bbability wrote: »

Sounded much better this week with out cindy or bindy or what ever her name is.......

yeah the bosses daughter - she's woeful. I quickly reach for another preset button on the car radio when she comes on

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#10 25-04-2008 1:22pm

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Sizzler wrote: »

You know what the joke is on us (the tax & license fee payer) as we are paying their wages

No we're not... take a look at this thread:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055211345

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#11 25-04-2008 3:22pm

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elviscostello wrote: »

No we're not... take a look at this thread:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055211345

HFD

Pi**in away their own money, good for them ! Doesn't exactly improve their CV

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#12 26-04-2008 12:31am

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ah theyre ok, better than dempsey anyday and his self interest so much

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#13 05-05-2008 3:19am

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MaltHouse Mouse wrote: »

One of the other things that I have noticed is that alot of their jokes are Dublin based... Slaggings and the likes. So people down the country won't necessarily get what they are talking about or in fact slagging.

Anyone know who produces their show???

I'm from "down the country" I get their jokes I just think they're stupid jokes.. First day I listened to them aaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggeeeeeeeeessssssssss ago they were joking about a car being bought with a turd on the back seat.. I just wonder is this really the kind of "humour" suited to early morning radio when kids are getting ready for school etc!!!

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#14 05-05-2008 4:19pm

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petals wrote: »

I'm from "down the country" I get their jokes I just think they're stupid jokes.. First day I listened to them aaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggeeeeeeeeessssssssss ago they were joking about a car being bought with a turd on the back seat.. I just wonder is this really the kind of "humour" suited to early morning radio when kids are getting ready for school etc!!!

I would think most kids would find that humour funny. If you're unfamiliar with Colm & Jim Jim it can take a while to get into their style. After a while you find yourself liking their banter. I think it's finally starting to find it's feet.

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#15 05-05-2008 8:06pm

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Culture2007 wrote: »

I would think most kids would find that humour funny. If you're unfamiliar with Colm & Jim Jim it can take a while to get into their style. After a while you find yourself liking their banter. I think it's finally starting to find it's feet.

It's not suitable humour for that hour of the morning!

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#16 05-05-2008 8:32pm

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petals wrote: »

It's not suitable humour for that hour of the morning!

Are you familiar with Chris Moyles?

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#17 05-05-2008 8:34pm

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Even with all their faults Colm and Jim Jim still dont match the Rick and Ruth show for car crash breakfast radio.

But if we think about , is their actually anybody in the 2fm lineup or anybody they could poach from a rival station who could make a better fist of 2FM brekkie-Will Leahy possibly, but apart from him?? None even come close to what Tubridy had in 2FM.

If they kept their producers/ broadcast assistant off the air and dumped the painfully unfunny sketches, they might have the bones of a half decent show. Nothing against Lindy doing her job, but she isent meant to be a presenter aswell.

What about moving T.Y. radio from a Sunday evening to the morning slot..... Nah

Ha,No problem with that..as long as they dont talk over/cut short songs and have a decent playlist, I'm all for it:D

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#18 05-05-2008 8:57pm

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petals wrote: »

It's not suitable humour for that hour of the morning!

I don't agree at all. That's the nature of the show. They weren't poached from FM104 because they told polite jokes and had squeaky clean sketches. While it might not appeal to you, I would think most kids getting ready for school would love hearing a call like the one you heard.

If anything, I think their show has toned down a lot since their old days on The Strawberry.

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