Are radio stations gone to the dogs?

El Siglo · 25-08-2009 2:21pm #1

I was on the way to work there yesterday morning and decided to stick on the radio, and mother of jaysus I can't believe these people are paid to talk shite. I just wanted to listen to a few tunes, not a half an hour of shite talk, followed by the same news every five minutes. In one hour of driving, I only managed to hear one good song on the radio. Are radio stations gone to the dogs?

Biggins · 25-08-2009 2:22pm

Yes. They are wuff!

Banter Joe · 25-08-2009 2:23pm

El Siglo wrote: »

I was on the way to work there yesterday morning and decided to stick on the radio, and mother of jaysus I can't believe these people are paid to talk shite. I just wanted to listen to a few tunes, not a half an hour of shite talk, followed by the same news every five minutes. In one hour of driving, I only managed to hear one good song on the radio. Are radio stations gone to the dogs?

Was it Newstalk?

El Siglo · 25-08-2009 2:25pm

Banter Joe wrote: »

Was it Newstalk?

No, I was flicking between FM104, Today FM, 98FM, 2fm, i105, Beat etc... amd they were all awful, stupid presenters talking absolute shite!

25-08-2009 2:27pm

I have to admit I like a bit of banter and s**te talk on the radio in between songs especially in the morning. I much prefer i102-104 a regional station the west it is much better than the national stations imo, they can get away with a lot more on the radio as well and of course they have the legend of a show that is Tommy(tiernan) and Hector. I have a particular dislike for 2fm for some reason. Today fm can be alright at times.

thorbarry · 25-08-2009 2:27pm

El Siglo wrote: »

No, I was flicking between FM104, Today FM, 98FM, 2fm, i105, Beat etc... amd they were all awful, stupid presenters talking absolute shite!

all crap, today fm after 7pm is good, and 2fm atfer 10pm is good

Red Alert · 25-08-2009 2:29pm

When I want talk I put on RTE1 or Today FM with Ray D'Arcy. I can't stick rubbish like Colm and Jim Jim.

Biggins · 25-08-2009 2:30pm

Seriously, other than tunining for the news and topical relevant discussions about life related items (not what jorden or whatever is up to) - I've given up on music radio.

bleg · 25-08-2009 2:31pm

Newstalk is where it's at. TodayFM after 7 and sometimes but very rarely 2fm. RTE1 is woeful.

Euro_Kraut · 25-08-2009 2:32pm

Play CDs.

Prof.Badass · 25-08-2009 2:32pm

Is it just me or did something happen to today fm?

Casually flicking the stations i used to find myself stopping on today fm quite a lot. Then one day it's like they just changed completely and they never seem to play anything good anymore.

BDubliner · 25-08-2009 2:35pm

Lyric FM has gone to the dogs recently as well

Amalgam · 25-08-2009 2:36pm

bleg wrote: »

RTE1 is woeful.

They really gutted the mid afternoon, then Fanning in the evenings, good grief.

I enjoyed Vincent Browne, a bit hammy, but for what the show stood for, I accepted its faults. You only get a chance to catch something 'settled' and stimulating, in the late evening, if at all.

Euro_Kraut · 25-08-2009 2:36pm

vinylmesh wrote: »

Is it just me or did something happen to today fm?

Casually flicking the stations i used to find myself stopping on today fm quite a lot. Then one day it's like they just changed completely and they never seem to play anything good anymore.

You just got old.

Biggins · 25-08-2009 2:37pm

I prefer the BBC stations for (talk) listening to. HERE
BBC4 - BBC5 - BBC7 (Comedy Channel) being my favourites.

Hammer Archer · 25-08-2009 2:39pm

My CD player broke in my car a few months ago. I felt like killing myself while listening to some of the crap on the radio.
Eventually I gave up and drove in silence until my CD player was fixed.

Amalgam · 25-08-2009 2:40pm

If you have Real Alternative installed, you can use:

http://delicast.com/radio/Ireland

..to listen locally, or go global, even catch RTE 1 TV News.

laugh · 25-08-2009 2:50pm

vinylmesh wrote: »

Is it just me or did something happen to today fm?

Denis O'Brien

Adamcp898 · 25-08-2009 3:03pm

I listen to BBC Radio 1 now, plays decent new music during the day mostly and there's the odd funny bit of banter during their shows

kfc1 · 25-08-2009 3:30pm

Agreed- Ray Darcy on Today FM should be renamed the text in show and what is it with pratically every station doing sports shows on Sunday mornings???

bleg · 25-08-2009 3:35pm

Sunday Supplement is good with Sam Smythe on Sunday mornings, Today FM. I'm rarely up to listen to it in full recently though.

orourkeda · 25-08-2009 3:35pm

Colm and bum chum ruined it for me years ago.

BraziliaNZ · 25-08-2009 3:36pm

RTE 1 is excellent. The news show in the morning is great, and when i get home from work I listen to the music show between 7 and 8 which plays great tunes. But yeah when i go for coffee every day at 11, the same tunes are playing every day on whatever station it is they play in the cafe, think it's 98fm, f*cking Picture House, Aslan etc. Those DJs should be beaten up.

Pighead · 25-08-2009 3:40pm

Pighead absolutely detests the on air "banter" between presenters on those stupid afternoon radio shows. Tony Fenton or one of those spanners cracking rubbish jokes while Mary who's doing the traffic laughs for way longer than is necessary in an attempt to try and show her station bosses that she can do light entertainment with the best of them.

The absolute desperation in Mary's laugh is a horrible horrible sound. The poor girls sick to death of droning on about "tailbacks and oil spills on the M50" and she has resorted to laughing at rubbish jokes told by a rubbish man who for some strange reason chooses to speak in a rubbish American accent. Get out while you can Mary, it's not worth it.

LordSutch · 25-08-2009 3:41pm

Yes, most of the local home grown radio ststions are *hite, thats why I listen to the Beeb ststions, from Radio1, Radio2, Radio3, Radio4, Radio5, + Classic FM, (the rich mans Lyric FM) ............

Admittedly the choice of UK ststions is limited to many people here, but even if you only have the basic NTL package at home, you can still plug in your HiFi to the FM socket and receive a fairly decent spread, from BBC Radio1 to BBC Radio5 (talk sport).

anniehoo · 25-08-2009 3:44pm

Q102 isnt bad. I like the "my 9 at 9" driving to work in the morning. Spin 1038 after 8pm though as its just waffle during the day. FM104,Today FM and 2FM are terrible and i cant stand Matt Cooper his voice goes through me!

Mark200 · 25-08-2009 4:01pm

I like FM104... during the day I don't think there's all that much talking.

Snakeblood · 25-08-2009 4:04pm

orourkeda wrote: »

Colm and bum chum ruined it for me years ago.

Ooh, I see what you did there.

bleg · 25-08-2009 4:05pm

Snakeblood wrote: »

Ooh, I see what you did there.

What's the point in saying this when you don't post the pelican?

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Snakeblood · 25-08-2009 4:06pm

bleg wrote: »

What's the point in saying this when you don't post the pelican?

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That's horrifying.

hideous ape · 25-08-2009 4:14pm

Radio went to crap when they realised that they could cut down the amount of music played by filling each hour with crap talk with a Mid-Atlantic accent...you don't pay royalties on crap talk. The same trick is used in TV programmes like the Late, Late Show...about 25mins is wasted in an on-air competition which should really be run off air.

Yes I do want to listen to some moron answer questions to win a U2 spoon.
Yes I really do want to listen to a two person phone in quiz which takes up to 6 mins to complete and is of no benefit to me whatsoever.

Modern music radio should not have any DJ's on air...news and sports fair enough.

Are radio stations gone to the dogs?

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