The Quality of Radio in limerick / Big Headed Terrible radio Presenters

joey tallaght

So here I was, coming back from dublin where generally the quality of radio presenting is excellent because there is such a small market for such a large number of radiostations competing for it. what led me to writing this was me in a car with a radio that would only pick up spin southwest for around an hour of my 2 hour journey to Limerick, spin SW had a girl presenter talking about herself, her hair, how she has no valentine for this valentines day. She was coughing on air, CONSTANTLY talking about herself, had the weirdest pronounciation and she is not the only presenter at that station that is doing this.
In dublin the same show goes out but is presented by a presenter 10,000 times better, and
Its 2011, in light of recent economic times, surely the most important person to radiostations is the listener and not the presenters ego. You would think by listening to spin that they were hollywood A listers (albeit with severe presentation issues!!) that everyone wants to know about. But in reality they are ex community radio presenters or people who know someone working there so ended up with a presenting job "just because" who really REALLY need training and learn that the listener is number 1 and not the presenter. Spin Suthwest's "presenters" also need to understand the importance of pronounciation (ie. basic things like the station name "SPIN SOUTHWEST" not "SPIN SOWWWWWEST") I wonder where these monosyllabic freaks learned the art of radio presenting, certainly not in a broadcasting / presenting course.

Having said that (and on a more positive note) the presenter on before her was A LOT better, he didnt talk about himslef constantly and the interaction between him and his listeners was not awkward to listen to, it was infact natural sounding. NATURAL, not being a word I would normally associate with spin southwest .

What do people think of the quality of radio in limerick (ie. the 2 stations live 95 and Spin SW)? Would be very interested in others opinions...

xsiborg

i dunno joey, listening to spin southwest right now, sometimes i'll listen to 95fm aswel, i have to be honest i'd sooner listen to those presenters than raynal foley or ray d'arsey...

comes down to personal preference really...

bazz26

Listner to neither. Between the numerous adverts and presenter waffle it's not worth listning to the radio. Even when they do play music it usually is like they just popped in the free music cd that came with the Sunday Mirror over and over again. 95FM are terrible for this.

L.T.P.

I don't really ever listen to Spin so can't comment on it. Live95FM on the other hand is absolutely dire, its an utter disgrace. I really cannot fathom how it has lasted so long..:mad:

Mc Love

xsiborg wrote: »

i dunno joey, listening to spin southwest right now, sometimes i'll listen to 95fm aswel, i have to be honest i'd sooner listen to those presenters than raynal foley or ray d'arsey...

comes down to personal preference really...

Wow my opinion of you has dropped to minus a thousand and dropping. Spin southwest is one of the worst stations on the planet. galtee radio in ncw is better than it and prob better than 95FM too and that is sayin something

SuperWoody101

Can't stand Spin or 95fm. Classic Hits 4FM all the way for me.

h3000

I listen to Dempsey in the morning and Paul McLoone in the evening otherwise it's Newstalk or 4FM. I really can't stand most other stations/DJs.

marienbad

SuperWoody101 wrote: »

Can't stand Spin or 95fm. Classic Hits 4FM all the way for me.

Except that they seem to be morphing into talk radio these days. Everyday day from about 1 to 3 and 9 to midnight, which is usually the times I am on the road, I really hate those phone in talk shows.

By the way why does classis4fm have to be changed constantly on the road from Dublin to maintain the signal. Do they not have a signal/radiowave- or whatever its called - for the whole country-, it even fades on the way to Kilkee ?

highlydebased

In general I find Irish radio to be quite poor all round. Gerry Ryan was about all I used listen to- fair enough he might be somewhat similar to some current presenters elsewhere but he had an edge and carisma to him. I cant stand Live 95 or Spin!

BBC Radio 1 all the way if you ask me.

Insect Overlord

I posted all of this back in 2008:

Insect Overlord wrote:

I just find everything about it completely repulsive. The music playlist is awful. The 5 word weather gimmick is a mockery of the meteorological system. The advertising is not only repetitive, but is also delivered in a hideous NYC accent, with sound-bites thrown in left, right and centre for no apparent reason. The DJs (and I use that term loosely) chat away about serious news items the same way they'd discuss a bad take-away, then rant on about how great the "celebrity" in their entertainment news section is.

The music, the advertising of products/services/places, the endless self-pimping and the general content of their links are focused entirely on self-gratifying, immediate-satisfaction-or-it's-not-important, party-or-you're-not-cool bullshit. The whole thing stinks of idiocy, skewed perspective on reality and an ethos that the sole ambition of youth should be to get rich, go clubbing, buy stuff and make love in this club.

My feelings haven't changed.
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My problem is not just with the incredible lack of quality/talent which Spin possesses, but also with the influence of their mind-numbing ethos as a station. One of their soundbites is as follows: "We're not exactly Morning Ireland". It sums up pretty much everything about them: i) they have no interest in anything remotely important in the real world, ii) they promote the idea that ignorance and nonchalence are positive qualities, iii) they infer that celebrity, excess and indulgence are what its young listenership should strive towards.

Mc Love

It sums up pretty much everything about them: i) they have no interest in anything remotely important in the real world, ii) they promote the idea that ignorance and nonchalence are positive qualities, iii) they infer that celebrity, excess and indulgence are what its young listenership should strive towards.

That is bang, spot on IO!

Care to do one about 95fm - it used to be a really good station in the early 90's as far as I can recall. Then when I was working in Dell and having to listen to Mark and Catriona "cringe" every morning, i began to loathe it more than I had already.

The only thing its good for is the matches with Len Dineen but everything else is just mind numbingly boring or played to death. Its like as someone said above they play the songs from the free cd you get with the sunday papers!
It should have a bigger budget as its owned by ITV/UTV...compared with the likes of today fm and rte, (ok they are national stations) their music choice is old if you understand me.

Insect Overlord

From 2007:

Insect Overlord wrote:

As for Live 95, it's been banned from the family car in the mornings. The Breakfast Show goes beyond all reasonable boundaries of taste. Late Night Love used to be pretty funny, when I was 13 I knew a few guys who sent in fake love requests for our teachers. The presenter tries to be enthusiastic, but it's still bottom of the barrel radio. I'm at the stage where I only listen to CDs now, can't stand radio anymore.

And from a 2010 thread:

Insect Overlord wrote:

95 FM's idea of youth-oriented broadcasting extends no further than their shambles of a breakfast show. The people involved seem to think that they need to dumb everything down to an insulting level. It's appalling to have to hear their rubbish first thing every morning (when others have control of the radio, of course).

The music play-lists have barely changed since 2001. Sonique's "Feels So Good", Robbie Williams' "Rock DJ" and Nickleback's "How You Remind Me" haven't been relevant for years but are still played almost every day, in between the clichéd choices of Irish acts (B*Witched, Westlife, U2, etc).

The only way of telling you're not listening to a played back recording from the archives is from listening to the news every day. At least with the news there's some guarantee of variety every day. Trouble is, they usually end up re-playing the same recorded news bulletin every hour to fill up time between advertising notices...

xsiborg

Mc Love wrote: »

xsiborg wrote: »

i dunno joey, listening to spin southwest right now, sometimes i'll listen to 95fm aswel, i have to be honest i'd sooner listen to those presenters than raynal foley or ray d'arsey...

comes down to personal preference really...

Wow my opinion of you has dropped to minus a thousand and dropping. Spin southwest is one of the worst stations on the planet. galtee radio in ncw is better than it and prob better than 95FM too and that is sayin something

*hangs up headphones, exits thread*...

CiaranMT

Never listen to either of them.

Spin has to be the most vacuous radio station anyone's ever conceived. If it went off the air tomorrow I'd say it wouldn't be missed one bit.

Cossax

Had the misfortune to listen to a few minutes of Spin SW last night, shocking stuff. They had some self-absorbed woman presenting and talking about the Cork accent and I kinda blanked out after that. Plenty of ****e music on before she started her 'discussion'.

Rarely listen to the radio but when I do, it's Newstalk (Tom Dunne and/or Sean Moncrieff).

RonMexico

Listen to Newstalk exclusively. Moncrieff's show is hilarious and a welcome change from the vapid muck trotted out everywhere else. Tom Dunne is good too.

Spin is just vacuous garbage and I can't stand the presenters and the airs and graces of a certain female one that would show up to the opening of an envelope if she thought it would get her mug in the local rag.

Live95fm is for the senile.

bazz26

I listen to my cd collection in the car on the commute to work in the mornings, between the two idots on 95FM and Tuberty on 2FM, the commute is mondane enough without having to tolerate their rubbish every morning.

h3000

RonMexico wrote: »

Listen to Newstalk exclusively. Moncrieff's show is hilarious and a welcome change from the vapid muck trotted out everywhere else. Tom Dunne is good too.

I love those two shoes.

Gallee

95FM. Mark & Catriona in the morning is car crash radio, pretty dreadful stuff, followed by Joe Nash who is a cure for insomnia. Joe tries but lets some clown who phones in to repeat his point over and over and ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. I have to agree those adds with a fake American accent? Whats that about?

Birdie086

I always presumed nobody over the age of fifteen/sixteen listened to spin fm anyway, never even regarded as targeted towards the general population.

Just my two cents, during the week I am rarely driving for more than twenty minutes a day total so I don't really bother with the radio.

ZombieBride

We play radio wars in work so get to listen to all of the above.

Spin is fine for half an hour but then it repeats and repeats and repeats.
4fm is fine until you hit the 1pm-3pm talking slot and the whininess gets too much.
TodayFM is fine until Ray Foley, he is just irritating.
95FM is fine to fill the gaps between the other stations while flicking through.. or to find out when a funeral is on.
2FM is never put on in work, not even sure where that is on the dial.
Newstalk is up it's own hole.
LyricFM is fine but like spin after a half an hour it repeats.

They all have pluses and minuses, if we could mush them all together and push out the sh!te then that would work.

Squarewave

Peter Curtin's and Code's shows on weekend nights are the only reasons to listen to spin sw

Liam Byrne

marienbad wrote: »

SuperWoody101 wrote: »

Can't stand Spin or 95fm. Classic Hits 4FM all the way for me.

Except that they seem to be morphing into talk radio these days. Everyday day from about 1 to 3 and 9 to midnight, which is usually the times I am on the road, I really hate those phone in talk shows.

By the way why does classis4fm have to be changed constantly on the road from Dublin to maintain the signal. Do they not have a signal/radiowave- or whatever its called - for the whole country-, it even fades on the way to Kilkee ?

RDS is the term, and they do have it (as a trip from Limerick to Galway proves) but considering that they don't have a licence to cover the midlands you're bound to lose the signal.

Mc Love

95 FM's idea of youth-oriented broadcasting extends no further than their shambles of a breakfast show. The people involved seem to think that they need to dumb everything down to an insulting level. It's appalling to have to hear their rubbish first thing every morning (when others have control of the radio, of course).

The music play-lists have barely changed since 2001. Sonique's "Feels So Good", Robbie Williams' "Rock DJ" and Nickleback's "How You Remind Me" haven't been relevant for years but are still played almost every day, in between the clichéd choices of Irish acts (B*Witched, Westlife, U2, etc).

The only way of telling you're not listening to a played back recording from the archives is from listening to the news every day. At least with the news there's some guarantee of variety every day. Trouble is, they usually end up re-playing the same recorded news bulletin every hour to fill up time between advertising notices...

That had me in stitches!

I think Today FM is probably the best of all the stations - its got everything. As for the Ray Foley show...its a bit of fun for your lunchtime. He can be annoying at times though, I do agree. Best show is the Breakfast show. Although they have a girl on at 6 in the morning, she sounds like she came from Spin SW which is prob not a good thing

Best 2FM show is Will Leahy's.

As ZombieBride said, 95FM is good for the obituaries (and from my other post the Live Rugby matches (but even these are few and far between)) - nothing else is impressive about the station.

Soulcrew09

RonMexico wrote: »

Listen to Newstalk exclusively. Moncrieff's show is hilarious and a welcome change from the vapid muck trotted out everywhere else. Tom Dunne is good too.
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Im almost the same for the last 4 years however ill stick on a cd if Tom Dunne is on after his on air arse sucking with John Delaney not long after the Limerick fc/Barcelona fiasco. Lost all respect for him after that.

Only listen to live95 if theres a hurling game on and may tune into RTE Radio 1 for the sport on Saturday. As for Spin sw....its grand if your a 15 year old girl. Which im not

pappyodaniel

The only programme I listen to on either of these channels is Alan Jacques 'Green and Live' on Friday nights.
He should be applauded for playing the best in homegrown talent.

soprano123

The lady on Spin in the morning....As a radio presenter awful ! as a dj worse
As a fashion expert in the Post..well should they not have someone that knows how to dress to be honest !
They dont get any bigheaded than this....!

demon1

Mostly I listen to talk radio, I agree with most posters about spin, awful self infatuated drivel. Does anybody remember on Sean Moncrieff's radio show he had/has ( not sure if its still on ) Professor Terry Dolan doing a meaning of words slot, utterly riveting stuff and somebody with a very engaging voice. My idea of very good radio.

wingnut

I can't stand Spin, music is passable but the presenters are atrocious. Rubbish like this shouldn't be granted a licence... it hurts my ears whenever I hear it. They should get a DJ 3000:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQlIVMHSq8E

krudler

spin talk is just atrocious, other stations talk about politics or some issue thats in some way relevant to...something. spin talk one day were talking about things you found down the back of the couch. riveting stuff. nothing wrong with radio being fun but thats just banal to the point of being insulting.

tommyh1977

Anyone have the misfortune to tune in RedFM in Cork.........sweet jaysus!!!

CiaranMT

demon1 wrote: »

Mostly I listen to talk radio, I agree with most posters about spin, awful self infatuated drivel. Does anybody remember on Sean Moncrieff's radio show he had/has ( not sure if its still on ) Professor Terry Dolan doing a meaning of words slot, utterly riveting stuff and somebody with a very engaging voice. My idea of very good radio.

Not sure if Dolan is involved, but Moncrieff has a show on Newstalk from half 1 to half 4. Excellent stuff, love catching it whenever I can.

enfant terrible

wingnut wrote: »

I can't stand Spin, music is passable but the presenters are atrocious. Rubbish like this shouldn't be granted a licence... it hurts my ears whenever I hear it. They should get a DJ 3000:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQlIVMHSq8E

I used to find spin fine if you were just looking for music in the charts but now all they seem to play is dance music.

seachto7

Newstalk is, for me, head and shoulders above the rest. Like listening to Moncrieff and Off the Ball especially. I don't like Spin, so I don't listen to it. The music on it is rubbish and caters for teenagers, but that's ok. Just turn it off folks! They probably think Newstalk is rubbish...
Spin is a commercial radio station, so you're only going to get the top 10 on it most of the time......I haven't listened to it in years so couldn't comment on the shows currently on it, but have a fair idea of what they consist of...

But let's face it. Most regional radio stations are all Alan Partridge really.....

I think Spin used to have to use the word "cops" instead of "police" to appeal to the "youth"...

Clare FM has some good specialist music shows, but don't know anything else about it. Live 95FM??? Is this still going, haven't heard it in years....

LadyTBolt

I'm delighted somebody brought this up.

Spin Southwest.....what a pile of rubbish. That lunchtime show they do is absolutely cringeworthy. Where in the bayjesus do they get their presenters from. Not one of the presenters has a clue how to broadcast to a radio audience. Absoloutley appalling listening.

Live 95fm........The ONLY good thing about this station is the obituaries.
Hopeless Copus on a Sunday afternoon. It's enough to make you appreciate silence and your own company during a 20min drive. And Len Dineen, how did he ever get a slot commentating live sports events. It must be a case of if you're a local well known personality talent means nothing. There have been a couple of times when I have tuned in to find out match details of a Munster game on the radio while driving and tries have been scored out of the blue while Len was commentating on the opposite end of the pitch. Absolute Dire.

The music on Live 95fm is the same replayed tripe over and over again.

The only radio I listen to nowadays is Hector on 2fm in the mornings while I do the school run and then go to work. He may go over the top now and then but I do think he connects with his audience. And I think Colm (don't know his second name) that comes on at 11am would be a better presenter than Tubridy.

Kensington

Isn't Live95fm always leading the JNLRs? Must be doing something right.

And Spin SW is much the same as Spin in Dublin - most of the target audience is in school/college during the day so they just put on filler during that time to make up the silly 20% news and current affairs quota set down by the BAI as part of their broadcasting licence.

CiaranMT

Actually I think Len on rugby (not sure if he does other sports?) is a redeeming quality for me. Love listening to him, he's ridiculous.

BESman

Spin caters for the teenage market only and has no intentions of changing its content to suit any other demographic. I must admit, even as far as teenage radio goes, Spin is quite poor. iRadio in the West and North West is pretty much the same tripe.

Agree with the Moncrief praise, pity its on at an awful time. I quite like Pat Kenny too. He might not be everyone's cup of tea but he always has interesting topics, the right balance of serious current affairs and light entertainment. Everything else is a massive yawn or irritant. I really can't stand Ray D'Arcy. He was the best DJ around about 5 years ago. Now he is a self-righteous, preachy little know-it-all.

Mc Love

Kensington wrote: »

Isn't Live95fm always leading the JNLRs? Must be doing something right.

Yeah they do the obituaries - if they stopped, well over half the listeners would change station!!

I wonder what happens in other counties? Like Dublin, do they have a station(s) that does them?

wnolan1992

tommyh1977 wrote: »

Anyone have the misfortune to tune in RedFM in Cork.........sweet jaysus!!!

REDFM used to be good, then they ballsed around with the schedule. When KC left for Today FM, that was the beginning of the end. Then they moved Victor Barry to a morning slot (whoever made that decision should be taken out back and shot) and cut Stevie G's hours.... never listen to it now even when I'm home, which makes me quite sad as it used to be one of my favourite stations when I was in secondary school.


Spin South West.... dear jesus it's bad. I know I'm not their target demographic any more (given their demographic seems to be 12-16 y/o's these days) but I like to think I can recognise the good points in a radio show, even if I hate the presenter, the topics, the music, etc, I still could say "Well, they're running the show very well, not my style, but if you're into it it'd be OK.".... but spin... it's just terrible.
The five word weather is a joke, and not a very funny one. "Looks like more rain ahead." Fantastic work love, any chance of telling us how long the rain will last? Heavy rain? Mist? Showers? Everywhere or just in Limerick? Gah!

Spin Talk... as has been said, they talk about some fair sh1te. And it really just lacks personality in general.

As for all the other shows, it's full of people devoid of personality, just looking to play some music and get out the door. Fine, if that's what you want to listen to have at it.

Have rarely listened to 95FM since the late 90's-early 00's, but from the snippets I've heard, it's no worse than any of the local stations that cater for the older demographic (C103, Clare FM, Kerry Radio). The reason it does well in the JNLR's is it does the job for the older demographic, throw on some good 'aul country music, give us the death notices and news about Bridie in Abbeyfeale who lost her pet cat yesterday and it'll be grand.

CiaranMT

BESman wrote: »

I quite like Pat Kenny too. He might not be everyone's cup of tea but he always has interesting topics, the right balance of serious current affairs and light entertainment. Everything else is a massive yawn or irritant. I really can't stand Ray D'Arcy. He was the best DJ around about 5 years ago. Now he is a self-righteous, preachy little know-it-all.

Agree on both of these. Also quite partial to Matt Cooper.

JerryHandbag

Only programme I actually tune into on radio is on RTE radio 1 on Sunday nights at 9, South Wind Blows, its a fantastic show. Used to listen to Tom Dunnes show when he was on Today FM, would tune into Paul McLoone the odd time.

I didnt even know Spin was based in Limerick, and as for Live 95...well the previous comments pretty much sum it up. Every time I have the misfortune of hearing it (shops, dentists waiting rooms, mothers kitchen etc) I hear what sounds like the CD collection of someone who stopped listening to music a decade ago.

CiaranMT

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Only programme I actually tune into on radio is on RTE radio 1 on Sunday nights at 9, South Wind Blows, its a fantastic show. Used to listen to Tom Dunnes show when he was on Today FM, would tune into Paul McLoone the odd time.

I didnt even know Spin was based in Limerick, and as for Live 95...well the previous comments pretty much sum it up. Every time I have the misfortune of hearing it (shops, dentists waiting rooms, mothers kitchen etc) I hear what sounds like the CD collection of someone who stopped listening to music a decade ago.

Is that the one broadcast out of some obscure location? West Kerry or something?

seachto7

Aye, South Wind Blows, is Philip King of Other Voices production fame. John Creedon is good too, but I suppose different age groups will like different types of shows on different stations.

Anyone remember the love letters they used to read out on the old limerick radio. Priceless.

THE BEST of the lot was the unofficial pirate radio with Tom Ryan and some other guy on in the evenings. That was COMEDY GOLD. It was priceless... I think Gerry Hannon used to do a show on it, but the Tom Ryan show was QUALITY!!!!:D

Cossax

seachto7 wrote: »

Aye, South Wind Blows, is Philip King of Other Voices production fame. John Creedon is good too, but I suppose different age groups will like different types of shows on different stations.

Anyone remember the love letters they used to read out on the old limerick radio. Priceless.

THE BEST of the lot was the unofficial pirate radio with Tom Ryan and some other guy on in the evenings. That was COMEDY GOLD. It was priceless... I think Gerry Hannon used to do a show on it, but the Tom Ryan show was QUALITY!!!!:D

The one all the secondary students used listen to/prank around 2000ish?

JerryHandbag

CiaranMT wrote: »

Is that the one broadcast out of some obscure location? West Kerry or something?

Correct, past Dingle on the edge of the peninsula is where the studio is, which really adds to the charm of the broadcast since he constantly comments about seeing the atlantic ocean from the studio!

Its a great mix of classic folk, blues, rock, trad, but also he plays a lot of relevent modern rock/indie/folk bands too, its a pity its only on for an hour.

counterlock

seachto7 wrote: »

I think Spin used to have to use the word "cops" instead of "police" to appeal to the "youth"...

Yep I heard them once say something along the lines of "cops cuffed the suspect". Haven't listened to it since.

I love newstalk expecially off the ball and the right hook. But Sile Seoige has been getting on my goat a lot recently. Its a pity Tom "still cool - you can tell by my hair and leather jacket" Dunne has joined the station too. He reminds me of the old dude who is alone in the night club on a saturday night watching the young ones.

Voy

Birdie086 wrote: »

I always presumed nobody over the age of fifteen/sixteen listened to spin fm anyway, never even regarded as targeted towards the general population.

Just my two cents, during the week I am rarely driving for more than twenty minutes a day total so I don't really bother with the radio.

Yeah, I'd have to agree with this. I kind of say to myself before switching it on that it's catering to a particular audience, and then I tune out whoever is talking until music is playing.

The one thing it seems to have going for it is that it actually plays music in the morning as opposed to every other station I land on which is just annoying DJs who are tolerable up to a point, then they say something particularly grating (Ray Darcy) and radio goes off.

Really need to get the MP3 player set up in my car....

HorseRadish

counterlock wrote: »

Yep I heard them once say something along the lines of "cops cuffed the suspect". Haven't listened to it since.

I love newstalk expecially off the ball and the right hook. But Sile Seoige has been getting on my goat a lot recently. Its a pity Tom "still cool - you can tell by my hair and leather jacket" Dunne has joined the station too. He reminds me of the old dude who is alone in the night club on a saturday night watching the young ones.

Spin also once regarded to the guards as the "boys in blue" and Fianna Fail as "Cowen and Co." Cringe.

CiaranMT

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Correct, past Dingle on the edge of the peninsula is where the studio is, which really adds to the charm of the broadcast since he constantly comments about seeing the atlantic ocean from the studio!

Its a great mix of classic folk, blues, rock, trad, but also he plays a lot of relevent modern rock/indie/folk bands too, its a pity its only on for an hour.

Show last night was very good. He was showcasing Johnny Otis who died during the week. Had never heard of him before but the man lived some life!

seachto7

I used to present a show on Spin years back as Gaeilge, and while I enjoyed it in that I could play anything Irish (not older than 10 years old though...), I rarely listened to any other show as none appealed to me. I used to constantly get texted on the show by idiots looking for Rihanna or some other sh*t pop song. The texts were obviously from 12 year olds in the way they were put together. If any of them used their brain, they would have figured out I was only playing Irish indie and alternative music......
The news bulletins were edited to include as much slang as possible.
There seemed to be mainly women working there, don't know if that was just coincidence or a target market as well.
I'd say I have not listened to it since I was on the show. Some of the people working there when I was there have gone on to bigger and better things. More have not.
I don't know how it is still going to be honest.....I don't know how Live 95FM is still going either. There is just better quality on the national stations, well, for me, mainly Newstalk and some Radio 1 shows.
I no longer listen to 2fm, and would barely listen to Today FM. (Dave Fanning hasn't moved on from David Bowie circa 1985, even though the music world has, there are plenty of NEW bands out there Dave!)
Paul mcCloone is just so cliched these days, he says and plays exactly what you would expect him to say and play. Ray Foley comes across as an utter c*nt, and I cannot stand middle of the road Ray D'Arcy and his annoying sidekicks....