Two Strangers and a farce

Gulamugas

What about that stupid competition that Beat ran. It was so wrong in so many ways and to see the father of the "bride" actually taking part and giving her away. Interesting to see that there doesnt seem to be any mention of the event on the Beat website now that the whole thing turned out to be an unmitigated flop. Serves them right. They got what they wanted - publicity, but, methinks, more negative than positive. I am sure the people in TCH are amused. Funny thing too that Mr Mc Carthy didnt have anything about it on his programme, i.e. unless i missed it. If it was any other station or publication other than a sister one he would be at his usual sanctimonious tut-tuting and laughing at the stupidity of the whole thing.

It seemed like a crazy idea from the start. I dont think it will do Beat any favours. What a waste of money and time. As for the couple themselves, they were hardly so stupid as to believe it might work out. Some people will do anything for attention/drama/ publicity.

Sully

Ill move this into the city forum as BeatFM is based in Waterford.

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W1llz0rz

Why what happened with it? I don't ever listen to Beat, just heard about all this from friends. Did it go belly up or something? What a stupid idea from an even more stupid radio station. Repeat FM they should call it.

ziedth

to be fair to BEAT they have done this experiment in a number of countries around the world and I believe that on a couple of occasions that they stayed together and they still are today.

I kept a vague interest in the show because I listen to BEAT going into work and I thought the girl "Lady" sounded nice. I didn't like the sound of ya man to be honest. I wasn't impressed by the photos on the wedding day they didn't seem happy and I wasn't surprised when Mrs Ziedth told me it didn't work out.

For everyone who is giving out about them trying it I'll tip my hat to them for trying something different. its an easy option to take the WLR route and have people ringing in giving out about the various articles in the munster

abouttobebanned

The father of the bride had two options, support her daughter or not. What would you do? Her friends put her in for this competition and I suppose it was a case of I'm in this far now....

In saying that, her family, obviously, were not impressed with her but hey, it's done now and I'm sure they've received some kind of remuneration for it.

I think it was a poor choice of promotion from Beat but they managed to get Vodafone on to sponsor and several other reputable companies and it was managed in many areas of the national press so i suppose they might view it as a success. Only they know for sure though.

Sully

W1llz0rz wrote: »

Why what happened with it? I don't ever listen to Beat, just heard about all this from friends. Did it go belly up or something? What a stupid idea from an even more stupid radio station. Repeat FM they should call it.

See: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0415/1224244720828.html

Its been in pretty much all the papers since the weekend. A lot of critiscim pointed in the direction of BeatFM.

Caliden

heard about this through boards and had a look at the pictures there

This probably sums it up pretty well from the sounds of it:

Sully

ziedth wrote: »

I kept a vague interest in the show because I listen to BEAT going into work and I thought the girl "Lady" sounded nice. I didn't like the sound of ya man to be honest. I wasn't impressed by the photos on the wedding day they didn't seem happy and I wasn't surprised when Mrs Ziedth told me it didn't work out.

It would seem that she hasnt been so nice in recent weeks, judging by comments by "Batman", BeatFM and local papers. Big hint from Batman, I felt, in todays Indepdent.

Cabaal

this ain't at all surprising

Musicman2000

Being discussed here to
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055531032

steveaustin

I listen to Beat most mornings before flicking over to Ray Darcy on TodayFm at 9pm. The morning crew on Beat can be quite funny and entertaining while I'm trying to wake up. So by default I ended up following this.

To be honest I thought it was tacky mainly for adding in the wedding element and the silly interviews (Neighbours or Home&Away? KFC or Micky Ds? Blue or Black? etc).

I think who ever put there names forward (or someone elsesname forward) are brave but they must realise they have signed themselves over to the media intrusion by doing it. I'd say now they are properly sick of reading about themselves. It will be old news next week cause Cowen will do something to take our minds off it :-)

btw, what type of "expert panel" did they have? I wouldn't have matched the two of them.


Here is a Social experiment that would probably work with a bit of thought put into it -
Do blind dates really work?

Set up 5 blind date couples using an "expert panel" and send them out on a sponsored restaurant night out, no radio crew following them with a mic, interview them next day then come back to them in 3 months time and interview them to see how they got on over the few months of space off the radio.
No need to reveal names until after the 3 months. Call them Couple A , B etc. Keep it simple!!!!
You would need a few couples cause using 1 couple wouldnt be a good gauge for an experiment.
Another angle to it could be matching them using their star signs.
Or even better, have 5 blind date couples and match each couple using a different technique. So no need for expert panels :-)

I reckon Ray Darcys show could pull something like this off because they understand what is tacky and what is not. Ray would say it on the radio if he thought a bit was tacky or not and that is why people like his show. Well that is what I think anyhow. No mention of weddings :-)

abouttobebanned

Daysha wrote: »

Not to sound pedantic or anything, but the station isn't called Beat FM.

I have my own connections with the station so I'm not going to say much, but it was obvious from the outset not everyone would be in favour of something as outlandish as two strangers. But, that said, I don't blame Beat for trying something different to gain extra listeners and advertising revenue, especially in the current economic climate.

You know, just from that first sentence, I knew you were going to say that you worked with the station in some capacity. They are obsessive about this whole "It's actually called Beat 102-103"....just because there are a million other beat fms in the world. We don't go around saying WLR 97.5fm do we? And we're not gonna start saying Beat 102-103 so don't bother trying to get us to.

Daysha

abouttobebanned wrote: »

You know, just from that first sentence, I knew you were going to say that you worked with the station in some capacity. They are obsessive about this whole "It's actually called Beat 102-103"....just because there are a million other beat fms in the world. We don't go around saying WLR 97.5fm do we? And we're not gonna start saying Beat 102-103 so don't bother trying to get us to.

Talk about trying to be confrontational!

You're right, we don't say WLR 97.5, because that's not it's name, just like RTE Radio 1's name isn't RTE1FM, just like Beats name isn't Beat FM.

I don't call it Beat 102-103, just Beat. Unlike you I'm not trying to start an argument, I was simply making a point.

Aquos76

Daysha wrote: »

Talk about trying to be confrontational!

You're right, we don't say WLR 97.5, because that's not it's name, just like RTE Radio 1's name isn't RTE1FM, just like Beats name isn't Beat FM.

I don't call it Beat 102-103, just Beat. Unlike you I'm not trying to start an argument, I was simply making a point.

And whats the difference between some calling the station Beat FM and others calling it just Beat, because the way I see it both are not the correct title.

http://www.beat102103.com/

So in essience when you said

Not to sound pedantic or anything, but the station isn't called Beat FM.

The same could be said of you

I don't call it Beat 102-103, just Beat.

Kotek Besar

Caliden wrote: »

heard about this through boards and had a look at the pictures there

This probably sums it up pretty well from the sounds of it:

I thought this was a joke. I mean, I thought it was a joke picture that you found on the internet. But it's actually them!
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0415/1224244720828.html
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/images/2009/0415/1224244720828_1.html

abouttobebanned

Daysha wrote: »

Talk about trying to be confrontational!

You're right, we don't say WLR 97.5, because that's not it's name, just like RTE Radio 1's name isn't RTE1FM, just like Beats name isn't Beat FM.

I don't call it Beat 102-103, just Beat. Unlike you I'm not trying to start an argument, I was simply making a point.

I too was just making a point. I think the people working for beat should worry more about rescuing their station from certain obscurity than being nitpicky about a name.

Aquos76

http://www.beattwostrangersandawedding.com/index.php

The website for this farce is still up and running

Sully

The stations ratings are probably through the roof, advertisers and sponsors are probably delighted. Things fecked up, it was a big risk and probably a disastor in general but I think its safe to say that all those involved got what they wanted out of it. Sure they get negative comments but im sure for each pissed of listener its been replaced by someone else. You know what they say.. no publicity is bad publicity.

Beat have always copied other stations in terms of games etc. This was just another one but on a larger scale. It just didnt work very well.

I think anybody who came out wrong was definitely the couple.

(Btw, I prefer BeatFM or Beat. Beat102103 not a fan off.. what does it matter what its called anyway).

Daysha

abouttobebanned wrote: »

I too was just making a point. I think the people working for beat should worry more about rescuing their station from certain obscurity than being nitpicky about a name.

LOL

Oh man...:D

Anyway, Sully, I can't tell you what the ratings have been like recently, cause I honestly don't know.

gscully

abouttobebanned wrote: »

I too was just making a point. I think the people working for beat should worry more about rescuing their station from certain obscurity than being nitpicky about a name.

In my opinion, the station should be called 'Let's play the same crap songs over and over and over again FM'. The Breakfast Show is the only one worth listening to. Anyway, let's get away from the naming issue as it's off-topic...

I heard somewhere that while they were trying to decide who would be the bride and groom, the girl who would eventually be picked as the bride described herself as 'a cross between Catherine Zeta Jones and Charlotte Church'. Naturally I assumed she meant in looks, but having seen her photo, I assume now that she meant her ideal man is a geriatric rugby player...

ziedth

I just read the article from the times there,

Poor "LADY" isn't exactly shining herself in the best light I mean even if you hate the guy during the honeymoon its best to just come out and say we had a nice time but are going to remain friends Etc. as against kinda writing him off the way she did.

I'll have to admit that picture from caliden made me lol.

What did "Batman" say about her Sully? I missed that.

Sully

ziedth wrote: »

What did "Batman" say about her Sully? I missed that.

Very little really. He wouldnt comment like she did and just said that some stuff she said was hurtful and untrue.

robtri

after this farce.... what are the chances of either of them getting a date in the next 12 months.... seriously who would want to be seen out with them

Cabaal

robtri wrote: »

after this farce.... what are the chances of either of them getting a date in the next 12 months.... seriously who would want to be seen out with them

two chances, bob hope and no hope and bob just left town :pac:

Sully

robtri wrote: »

after this farce.... what are the chances of either of them getting a date in the next 12 months.... seriously who would want to be seen out with them

She had one lined up since around the wedding according to her interview. Some old friend of hers or something.

He is a free agent and is open to offers. So he said.

mike65

Happy to say this completely passed me by - I must have been listening to grown up radio.

scout353

Was the girl from Tramore??

ziedth

scout353 wrote: »

Was the girl from Tramore??

Ya seemingly,

When I saw her pic I was convinced I knew her from somewhere.

Very little really. He wouldnt comment like she did and just said that some stuff she said was hurtful and untrue.

To be fair i think thats the more Mature option, I never like to see people come out in the paper and slag off someone its outright cowardly IMO.

I like BEAT Breakfast I must say apart from that I generally wouldn't listen too it in fact I couldn't name you one DJ outside of Mary, Niall and Vinnie. I think they are always worth a listen IMO.

Junior

Aquos76 wrote: »

And whats the difference between some calling the station Beat FM and others calling it just Beat, because the way I see it both are not the correct title.

http://www.beat102103.com/

So in essience when you said

Aquos76 wrote: »

http://www.beattwostrangersandawedding.com/index.php

The website for this farce is still up and running

So really the site should have been called beat102103twostrangersandawedding.com ?

Xyo

I hooked up with her before..

jimbojazz

Xyo wrote: »

I hooked up with her before..

Ahem...........Did you?:D

djsupreme

Hey guys,

I have responded to some of the gripes in the radio forum, and I thought I should try to do the same here. I am connected with Beat, so I'd like to say a couple of things.

Firstly, we were all quite aware from the start that this radio event would stir up some strong feelings. We're quite happy to accept some criticism from the religious side, the moral side, etc. But we realise that we will also deal with criticism from the usual non-Beat fans who will use Two Strangers as a stick to beat us.

To put things in perspective, the main reason we did this was to provide a distraction for Beat listeners from the constant 100% doom and gloom that has dominated the Irish media for the last six months. Maybe you personally aren't into 2 Strangers, but we reckoned a good chunk of the audience would like to follow a love story on air in the old fashioned courting sense. The workload was huge, and we were aware that so many things could go wrong. I think we prepared counter plans for about 18 situations. Some of them much worse than what happened.

The couple married. Or at least "made a decision to commit". That was all we wanted. Or expected. We thought at the worst, they would not get on, but be friendly.... come home and it would fizzle out. But they really didn't get on. Which is unfortunate. But in reality, it made the story a whole lot more interesting for the listener and the national media.

You may think it was a farce/failure/whatever. Beat's goals were achieved. We set out to get two strangers to make a commitment to each other. That happened. What we didn't expect was national media coverage worth hundreds of thousands of euro, which has lead to a big increase in advertising and sponsorship. The fact that so many people are talking about it here and in the radio forum, and elsewhere, makes us believe that the listenership figures will be pretty good (although we won't know that for about 6-9 months). All in all, we're pretty happy.

I'd now like to respond to a few of the comments posted in this thread....

• @Galagumas: TCH are delighted that any of their companies are increasing revenue at such a difficult time. I don't know what Beat websites you've been looking at, but the official Beat website, the Bebo, and the Facebook are pretty much covered in 2 Strangers stuff. And as regards Billy Mc, it's a general rule of radio that you don't talk about what the competition are doing, even if you disapprove.
• @Ziedth: Thanks for the nice comments about Beat. You mention it's been done a few times before. It's actually been done about 24 times. Every time produces different results. That was what excited us about the project. Neither us, nor the listener could predict how it turns out. If every couple who took part in 2 Strangers fell in love and stayed together forever after, it wouldn't have the same impact.
• RE: Beat FM. Interesting debate. It does bother us when people say FM. It's like adding "TV" to the end of every television station name because ITV/UTV etc do it. Either Beat 102 103 or Beat are acceptable in terms of selling ourselves. But once people recognise the brand, that is all that matters.
• @steveaustin: The "A or B" quiz was an attempt to add a little bit of fun and lightness into what was otherwise a serious business. It was only 60 secs long, and if you're a regular listener to Beat Breakfast, you'll know the crew try to bring a bit of fun to every situation. And if I can be cheeky, you say that you turn to Ray D'Arcy every day at 9am - but that quiz went out about half nine every day :P
• @abouttobebanned: Not sure what your particular issue is, but I can assure you that your assertion that Beat needs to be rescued from "certain obscurity" is slightly off the mark. As I mentioned elsewhere, Beat received it's highest ever listenership in the last JNLRs - and is the most listened to independent youth or regional radio station in Ireland - with more adults (85% of Beat's audience is aged 20-34) listening in the South East than 2FM or Today FM. A far cry from obscurity.

They are the facts. Genuine non-biased reaction is always welcomed and listened to.

longshanks

Cabaal wrote: »

two chances, bob hope and no hope and bob just left town :pac:

seriously? two chances?

ziedth

djsupreme wrote: »

Beat's goals were achieved. which has lead to a big increase in advertising and sponsorship. The fact that so many people are talking about it here and in the radio forum, and elsewhere, makes us believe that the listenership figures will be pretty good (although we won't know that for about 6-9 months). All in all, we're pretty happy.

Well I'm glad for you TBH I for one would always respect anyone who tried something different, I have allot of time for Beat Breakfast. We are constantly bombarded with reccession and economy it is nice to live in a happyier world if only for the 30min it takes me to get to work.

However, since you are involved with the station I would like to give some constructive advive. Maybe just trying something complelely orginal, I know in this day and age its very hard todo but it might generate a little more ya know.

alpha2zulu

Nice post DJ supreme.

@abouttobebanned: Not sure what your particular issue is, but I can assure you that your assertion that Beat needs to be rescued from "certain obscurity" is slightly off the mark.

Completetly agree, autotobebanned, have you ever listened to Spin SW...obscure isent the word,5word weather and the 'lowdown' is car crash radio.

What beat have done very well is get their whole station imaging on message and very sharp and Beat actually seem to know their audience unlike alot of the national broadcasters

djsupreme made some fair points. One way or the other Beat has certainly made the news, and that's obviously the object of the exercise. To be fair Niall and Mary's morning programme is top class. That's about all I ever get to hear on Beat.

meldrew

djsupreme wrote: »

Hey guys,

I have responded to some of the gripes in the radio forum, and I thought I should try to do the same here. I am connected with Beat, so I'd like to say a couple of things.

Firstly, we were all quite aware from the start that this radio event would stir up some strong feelings. We're quite happy to accept some criticism from the religious side, the moral side, etc. But we realise that we will also deal with criticism from the usual non-Beat fans who will use Two Strangers as a stick to beat us.

To put things in perspective, the main reason we did this was to provide a distraction for Beat listeners from the constant 100% doom and gloom that has dominated the Irish media for the last six months. Maybe you personally aren't into 2 Strangers, but we reckoned a good chunk of the audience would like to follow a love story on air in the old fashioned courting sense. The workload was huge, and we were aware that so many things could go wrong. I think we prepared counter plans for about 18 situations. Some of them much worse than what happened.

The couple married. Or at least "made a decision to commit". That was all we wanted. Or expected. We thought at the worst, they would not get on, but be friendly.... come home and it would fizzle out. But they really didn't get on. Which is unfortunate. But in reality, it made the story a whole lot more interesting for the listener and the national media.

You may think it was a farce/failure/whatever. Beat's goals were achieved. We set out to get two strangers to make a commitment to each other. That happened. What we didn't expect was national media coverage worth hundreds of thousands of euro, which has lead to a big increase in advertising and sponsorship. The fact that so many people are talking about it here and in the radio forum, and elsewhere, makes us believe that the listenership figures will be pretty good (although we won't know that for about 6-9 months). All in all, we're pretty happy.

I'd now like to respond to a few of the comments posted in this thread....

• @Galagumas: TCH are delighted that any of their companies are increasing revenue at such a difficult time. I don't know what Beat websites you've been looking at, but the official Beat website, the Bebo, and the Facebook are pretty much covered in 2 Strangers stuff. And as regards Billy Mc, it's a general rule of radio that you don't talk about what the competition are doing, even if you disapprove.
• @Ziedth: Thanks for the nice comments about Beat. You mention it's been done a few times before. It's actually been done about 24 times. Every time produces different results. That was what excited us about the project. Neither us, nor the listener could predict how it turns out. If every couple who took part in 2 Strangers fell in love and stayed together forever after, it wouldn't have the same impact.
• RE: Beat FM. Interesting debate. It does bother us when people say FM. It's like adding "TV" to the end of every television station name because ITV/UTV etc do it. Either Beat 102 103 or Beat are acceptable in terms of selling ourselves. But once people recognise the brand, that is all that matters.
• @steveaustin: The "A or B" quiz was an attempt to add a little bit of fun and lightness into what was otherwise a serious business. It was only 60 secs long, and if you're a regular listener to Beat Breakfast, you'll know the crew try to bring a bit of fun to every situation. And if I can be cheeky, you say that you turn to Ray D'Arcy every day at 9am - but that quiz went out about half nine every day :P
• @abouttobebanned: Not sure what your particular issue is, but I can assure you that your assertion that Beat needs to be rescued from "certain obscurity" is slightly off the mark. As I mentioned elsewhere, Beat received it's highest ever listenership in the last JNLRs - and is the most listened to independent youth or regional radio station in Ireland - with more adults (85% of Beat's audience is aged 20-34) listening in the South East than 2FM or Today FM. A far cry from obscurity.

They are the facts. Genuine non-biased reaction is always welcomed and listened to.

Hi Niall
Just a couple of things
! Mary is hot
2 You dont really look like Josh Hartnett !
3 While I was listening to some of the interviews with the potential "brides and grooms" it became so exrutiatingly embarrassing that i actually turned off the station , surely that was.nt the point of the exercise .I just thought the whole thing was tacky and contrived and absolutely nothing positive came out of it , even though now Beat are advertising about what a great success it was .
4 I await with dread the next promotion your marketing department are scouring the internet for to see what was done in other countries .

abouttobebanned

@DJsupreme - How much debt are beat currently in?

merlante

The real reason why this was a farce, imho, was that there was no marriage. Isin't that the whole reason why this sort of thing is interesting?

Two strangers 'making a commitment to each other' happens numerous times every weekend in Ruby's, Muldoons, etc., without all the rigamarole.

road_high

merlante wrote: »

The real reason why this was a farce, imho, was that there was no marriage. Isin't that the whole reason why this sort of thing is interesting?

Two strangers 'making a commitment to each other' happens numerous times every weekend in Ruby's, Muldoons, etc., without all the rigamarole.

Yea, I was tuning in fully expecting (in my naievity) a "real" wedding. Not a commitment ceremony. The selection process should have been more rigorous in my opinion as the people chosen did not seem very all that commited to the idea imho.

j walsh

djsupreme or Niall if its you,
I commend beat on what you've achieved with the whole wedding thing even though its being done before in other countries it still took balls,Waterford people are great for "begrudging and knocking there own"
if it happened somewhere like Galway and it got loads of press, i could hear people saying "we would never thing of something like that" so congrats and you got the result you wanted.
I personally enjoyed it as it was something different, i also enjoy beat breakfast and Andy Mc who's a mate so i'm baised.:D

I'm critical of certain songs being played at the exact same time all week long, like a couple of weeks ago eminem was played i think at 10.05am all week,i know ye have certain songs to play but mix up the times.
Also i ran a Muay Thaiboxing tournament a couple of months ago and e-mailed you about an interview or a plug but to no avail i never got a reply, shame on you:mad:.
Apart from that little rant a big thumbs up to beat from me.

steveaustin

djsupreme wrote:

The "A or B" quiz was an attempt to add a little bit of fun and lightness into what was otherwise a serious business. It was only 60 secs long, and if you're a regular listener to Beat Breakfast, you'll know the crew try to bring a bit of fun to every situation. And if I can be cheeky, you say that you turn to Ray D'Arcy every day at 9am - but that quiz went out about half nine every day

I can't give you a "Touché Turtle" moment there for been cheeky cause I listen to Beat Breakfast repeat between 1 and 2am weeknights. I'm a bit of a night owl.

Just in the context of us the listeners trying to get to know the people been interviewed I just thought it didnt add much. But i understand that it is light entertainment in the morning and it also relaxes people who are not used to talking on the radio. Still think it was silly

btw, I think your big reply to various comments was a good call.

abouttobebanned wrote: »

@DJsupreme - How much debt are beat currently in?

abouttobebanned, where do you want to go with this?
It's getting off topic.
This is not really the forum for financial details of a company to be openingly talked about. If you want to find out such details go into Beat and talk to the finance person or something. I wouldn't be surprised if they say and who are you? what interest have you in Beat? Are you a share holder of TCH? etc if you know what I mean.
To want to have a financial discussion about "any" company on a public forum isn't really gonna happen in all fairness. And if it did I would be surprised and raise an eyebrow.

Also just in case your are wondering, I have no affiliation to Beat, I don't know anyone working in there, just listen to Morning Crew and flick to station every now and again if I'm in the car. I just wouldn't like to see any company been financially discussed here. Unless of course it was public knowledge. Disagree with me if you wish. All always, it's just my opinion.

I could go on and on about this off topic but now I'm going off topic myself

j walsh wrote:

....Waterford people are great for "begrudging and knocking there own"

Ah c'mon, that is like the ace card you can say about anything!!!
I disagree, I dont think you can brush everyone with that brush.
I would consider a lot here as been feedback/opinion.

merlante wrote:

....Two strangers 'making a commitment to each other' happens numerous times every weekend in Ruby's, Muldoons, etc., without all the rigamarole.

LOL, brilliant

Sully

j walsh wrote: »

djsupreme or Niall if its you,
I commend beat on what you've achieved with the whole wedding thing even though its being done before in other countries it still took balls,Waterford people are great for "begrudging and knocking there own"
if it happened somewhere like Galway and it got loads of press, i could hear people saying "we would never thing of something like that" so congrats and you got the result you wanted.
I personally enjoyed it as it was something different, i also enjoy beat breakfast and Andy Mc who's a mate so i'm baised.:D

Beat covers the south east. They were not knocked, afaik, in local press or just by locals. They were hit by the bigger fish such as the Irish Times, Irish Independent and Sunday Independent. Possibly even the times. The more "serious" press. I'm not counting the tabloids, who I am sure covered it in as much detail as possible. People just thought the idea was making a mockery of marriage and was just a way to increase listening numbers and increase revenue (I highly doubt it was just for the "craic" or an "experiment").

Also i ran a Muay Thaiboxing tournament a couple of months ago and e-mailed you about an interview or a plug but to no avail i never got a reply, shame on you:mad:.

Im sure your not being serious, but in the event you are, id suggest emailing your complaint rather then making a public showdown! :P

Apart from that little rant a big thumbs up to beat from me.

Yup, tis a good station alright.

robtri

Have to say I listen to beat most days on the drive to and from work...

would make the following abou the two strangers.....

It worked very well, proof being national interest, press, sponsorship deals..

I didn't like the idea of it being marketted as new and original, Beat FM( i will add the fm if I like) nothing new and nothing original about this competition..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Strangers_and_a_Wedding

Beat FM is great for local news bits and traffic....
some of the DJ's are very good and they are what make the difference to the station, as the music is the same junk played 20 times a day on every other main station in ireland...

Kotek Besar

I remember BRMB in Birmingham did this years ago. I thought it was a stupid idea then.

j walsh

Ah c'mon, that is like the ace card you can say about anything!!!
I disagree, I dont think you can brush everyone with that brush.
I would consider a lot here as been feedback/opinion.


Ok stone cold , the ace card is right i'll admit that, but there's a fine line between feedback/opinion and having a go, which IMO some posts are doing.
True also about the brush but it does happen a lot also in IMO.;)

abouttobebanned

The reason I asked about the debt situation is because i was laughed at when I said that the station needed to do something before it faded into obscurity.

gscully

I got to thinking about this over the weekend...don't know why, but anyway...

As bad as we may think the whole 'two weddings and a stranger' thing was, anything has got to be better than that f***ing beat fugitive!

I remember a couple of years ago, I had the misfortune to be in town on the day of the final and was continuously being harassed by teenage girls asking if I was the fugitive. Obvious jokes about that aside, any event that encourages young girls to go up and talk to strangers is not good in my opinion. Not in this day and age anyway...

For what it's worth, I do like Beat (even though I'm older than the demographic), but only for the non-mainstream shows. The breakfast show is one of the best of it's kind around and is up there with D'Arcy's show on Today FM. The repetition of certain songs on the mainstream shows grates me though.

robtri

gscully wrote: »

I got to thinking about this over the weekend...don't know why, but anyway...

As bad as we may think the whole 'two weddings and a stranger' thing was, anything has got to be better than that f***ing beat fugitive!

another big crowd puller... worked very well it did for them,
but again this has been done before many radio stations....
they need to do something big and ORIGINAL

gscully

robtri wrote: »

another big crowd puller... worked very well it did for them,
but again this has been done before many radio stations....
they need to do something big and ORIGINAL

Well, they're the right kind of station to pull something big off alright (no deliberate innuendo). If they can't think of something themselves, why not have a competition (date with Mary being the prize) to come up with an idea?