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    #32
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,873 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Made and upheld, but Spin 1038 "refused to apologise". **** [Disclaimer: That's a well-known colloquialism too! :D]

    http://www.radiowaves.fm/news/2004/April.shtml

    Scroll down to "Friday 23rd April 2004" (about two-thirds of the way down).

    Fucking wankers :mad:


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    #33
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    No argument here...

    I wonder did they ask - after the samuri incident in the pub in Dublin last year - if specialist Gardai would be drafted in from "Swords" ? :P

    Probably not - cowards never sh*t on their own doorstep.


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    #34
    gaf1983
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    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Made and upheld, but Spin 1038 "refused to apologise". **** [Disclaimer: That's a well-known colloquialism too! :D]

    http://www.radiowaves.fm/news/2004/April.shtml

    Scroll down to "Friday 23rd April 2004" (about two-thirds of the way down).

    Not only were they offensive but inaccurate too:
    Also, the Commission noted that the news item in question related to a shooting that took place in Adare and not in Limerick city.


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    #35
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    gaf1983 wrote: »
    Not only were they offensive but inaccurate too:

    Ah don't you know that there aren't any "real" cities outside Dublin, so a city & a county can easily be confused by those jackeens.... :P

    Seriously though - are you surprised ? Doesn't even the name of the station give a clue to the level of Spin they're likely to put on a story ?

    On the odd occasion that I'd actually hear Spin's "news" :rolleyes:, I'd take it with the same grain of salt that I'd need when reading any of the "Oirish" tabloids, Sunday World, or Sunday Indo.


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    #36
    grenache
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    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    this was long before the "South-West" version came on air.
    You can guess even by the stations geographically incorrect name that it was set up by some clueless Dubliner. The area that Spin covers (Limerick, Clare, North Tipp, North Kerry) is not even in the South West for gods sake, its the Mid West!!!!


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    #37
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    grenache wrote: »
    You can guess even by the stations geographically incorrect name that it was set up by some clueless Dubliner. The area that Spin covers (Limerick, Clare, North Tipp, North Kerry) is not even in the South West for gods sake, its the Mid West!!!!

    Hmmm.....I don't know about that; I know we've mentioned the Dublin version in the thread, but Spin SW is a separate station that just uses the franchise name & logo, as well as a few recorded interviews and inserts.

    And doesn't Mid-West Radio - in MAYO :eek: have the luxury of being the first "geographically incorrect" name ? :confused:

    Of course, with "Dublin's 98FM" actually on 98.1, "FM104" actually on 104.4 to confuse your radio/RDS display, as well as 100-102 Today FM on 105.5 in parts of the country, naming of stations doesn't seem to be something they hired the bright sparks of this country to do! :P :rolleyes:


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    #38
    RINO87
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    i know i slated 95 in an earlier thread, but in fairness spin is a business, there to make money, not to provide a public service, they have a target market and have to please them, it not their fault that youth culture has gone head first down the jacks!!


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    #39
    Insect Overlord
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    RINO87 wrote: »
    i know i slated 95 in an earlier thread, but in fairness spin is a business, there to make money, not to provide a public service, they have a target market and have to please them, it not their fault that youth culture has gone head first down the jacks!!

    I agree with you up to a point. It's true that there's been a serious degeneration in the quality of what is accepted in popular culture. Personally I blame the Spice Girls :cool: From a technical point of view, a lot of the most popular songs played on Spin are quite complex in their production. Rhianna, Kanye West and Justin Timberlake have people behind them with serious knowledge of how to make effective pop music.

    However, I believe that since Spin began targetting their current market, they have made a concerted effort to keep them hooked. They're doing this with the constant repetition of themes and ideas in their news, music, soundbites and other features. This can have a direct effect on the psyche of anyone who listens often enough.
    They may not have sent youth culture down the jacks, but they certainly are helping to flush them further down.


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