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

BESman

seachto7 wrote: »

and I cannot stand middle of the road Ray D'Arcy and his annoying sidekicks....

Maybe off topic slightly, but seriously, what is the deal with Ray D'Arcy? I find him intolerable, yet he still has the most listened to morning radio show (I think) and I cannot figure out why. I think he appeals to liberal middle class society and consistently supports any populist view.

He seriously vexed me when he promised to leave the country if Enda Kenny became Taoiseach. Two things wrong with this: 1) He didn't do us all a favour and leave when Kenny became Taoiseach. 2) What exactly was so terrible about the prospect of Enda Kenny being Taoiseach? Who would he have preferred - Cowen, Adams, Gormley? Don't get me wrong, I'm not political or an Enda Kenny supporter but that kind of irrational opinion really bugs me and seems to stem from the Dublin/Pale area. The idea that Kenny was some kind of eejit from Mayo that could never possibly be Taoiseach.

seachto7

well, in D'Arcys defense, he's from beyond the pale in Kildare, and most politicians in the Dail are country bumpkins.....

BESman

seachto7 wrote: »

well, in D'Arcys defense, he's from beyond the pale in Kildare, and most politicians in the Dail are country bumpkins.....

I would consider Kildare, Wicklow and Meath to be kind of part of that "Pale" area...

But true on point two!

grasscutter

seachto7 wrote: »

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....

Newstalk and Off The Ball are top notch. totally agree

vkid

BESman wrote: »

What exactly was so terrible about the prospect of Enda Kenny being Taoiseach? Who would he have preferred - Cowen, Adams, Gormley? Don't get me wrong, I'm not political or an Enda Kenny supporter but that kind of irrational opinion really bugs me and seems to stem from the Dublin/Pale area. The idea that Kenny was some kind of eejit from Mayo that could never possibly be Taoiseach.

Not to get too OT or get into politics, but have you been watching the news for the last 12 months? The only thing Enda has proved himself to be IS a total eejit from Mayo...nothing against Mayo people. No fan of d'Arcy tbh but he wasnt far off the mark with Enda Kenny.

As for radio, local radio is a complete joke..although Irish radio in general is poor. Matt Cooper, New at One on RTE (the only thing on RTE i listen to or watch) and used to listen to Donal Dineen. Apart from that nothing much I'd listen to. Spin is a joke of a station, no redeeming qualities at all, 95fm etc are just parochial drivel and most of the nationals are utter horse manure.

Seamus B

Insect Overlord wrote: »

From 2007:


And from a 2010 thread:

So true about LIVE 95 FM, Same playlist all the time. If you walked into a shop and heard a certain song without seeing what station it is on, you could have a bet its 95FM plus they only want a city audience, don't care about the county.

As for SPIN with their repeats of top 30 charts for most of the day and night, when they read the news its just horrible, referring the Gardaí as "The Guards" , No wonder young people cant speak proper English (Including myself) from listening to this.

4FM seems good most of the time. They only serve a few counties that's why a lot of people receive it in some parts.

Its easy for all stations to make up this whole thing about the JNLR results, of course LIVE95FM is the most listened to station in limerick, because it is the only (Local) station in Limerick..
Same story with spin, Most listened station in south-west.. It is because it is the only (Regional) station that covers the South-West.

There is a lot to be said for pirate stations like RLO and GALTEE when they were operating. They served the community with what they wanted to hear.. The reason West Limerick 102 cannot do this is because they have to play a certain percentage of this and that at certain times of the day ect..
These stations didn't close down because they were illegal , they were closed down because they actually took a lot of listenership away from 95FM..

Many of the pirate wannabe's are currently streaming online 24/7 hassle-free. Limerick has 3 or 4 of these.

djman

Just want to clear up the JNLR thing

Everyone seems to think that because live95fm is the ONLY local station in Limerick that of course it's going to be number 1. Not true!
If Spin had more listeners than live95fm then they would be the number 1 station in LIMERICK, and that goes for all radio stations. So in fact if Radio 1 had more listeners than Live95fm then they would be the number 1 station in Limerick.
I don't want to bore ye with numbers but this is all freely available to look at on the BAI website.

All stations are going to put their own twist on it to make it seem like they are the best, it's a sales technique but it's also true. Spin are the number 1 station for 15 to 34 year olds in the SOUTH WEST because they cover Limerick, Clare Kerry etc but so do Todayfm, Radio 1, 2fm etc.,

Hope you see now how it works Seamus B

zuroph

nah sure we all know the reason live 95fm is number one was they bribed and brainwashed people to say "I listen to limericks live 95" whenever someone asked what station they listened to.

wnolan1992

zuroph wrote: »

nah sure we all know the reason live 95fm is number one was they bribed and brainwashed people to say "I listen to limericks live 95" whenever someone asked what station they listened to.

Ahaha!!!! Their evil plan has come to fruition then!! Feckin' genius in fairness!

Jimmy Garlic

I always thought spins target audience was shams and the ''modified'' sh1tbox honda civic/starlet etc fraternity.

wnolan1992

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I always thought spins target audience was shams and the ''modified'' sh1tbox honda civic/starlet etc fraternity.

You'd be right.

dr.fuzzenstein

I can't listen to either one (Spin or 95) for more than 5 minutes without vomiting blood.
If you hear an artist on 4FM, it means they are officially washed up.
In our office we mostly have Today FM in the morning (dire, but the best of a bad lot at that time), Newstalk and from 3 o'clock onwards it's Lyric. And Lyric is by far my favourite.

Check it out, The John Kelly Ensemble, the guy plays the weirdest, most out there, left of field, totally off your rocker stuff.
He especially seems to like Bjork, Tom Waits, Kate Bush, a lot of Jazz and the weirdest modern avant garde classic and alternative stuff you'll ever hear.
Even once a cover version of Kraftwerks The Robots by a string quartet.
It really is the ONLY thing on radio that isn't talk about the economy, mindless drivel by morons, sh*t music from Now! compilations or Mary talking about her cat to Joe.

And on the way home it's CD's all the way, where else do I get to hear AC/DC and Iron Maiden?
Irish radio is a relentless sea of beige vomit with very few exceptions.

wnolan1992

Lyric is actually really underrated. Really good presenters and good music (imo).

Liam Byrne

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I can't listen to either one (Spin or 95) for more than 5 minutes without vomiting blood.
If you hear an artist on 4FM, it means they are officially washed up.
In our office we mostly have Today FM in the morning (dire, but the best of a bad lot at that time), Newstalk and from 3 o'clock onwards it's Lyric. And Lyric is by far my favourite.

Check it out, The John Kelly Ensemble, the guy plays the weirdest, most out there, left of field, totally off your rocker stuff.
He especially seems to like Bjork, Tom Waits, Kate Bush, a lot of Jazz and the weirdest modern avant garde classic and alternative stuff you'll ever hear.
Even once a cover version of Kraftwerks The Robots by a string quartet.
It really is the ONLY thing on radio that isn't talk about the economy, mindless drivel by morons, sh*t music from Now! compilations or Mary talking about her cat to Joe.

And on the way home it's CD's all the way, where else do I get to hear AC/DC and Iron Maiden?
Irish radio is a relentless sea of beige vomit with very few exceptions.

Define "washed up", because I haven't heard much new from Kate Bush, Tom Waits, AC/DC or Iron Maiden in years - are they still recording ?

CiaranMT

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Define "washed up", because I haven't heard much new from Kate Bush, Tom Waits, AC/DC or Iron Maiden in years - are they still recording ?

Tom Waits released an album this week or last, Kate Bush released last year. The Maiden have approximately 1,000 albums out at this stage but couldn't tell ya when the last one was, and AC/DC released something in the last 2/3 years if I remember correctly?

Anyway, yeah, John Kelly knows his music.

Liam Byrne

CiaranMT wrote: »

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Define "washed up", because I haven't heard much new from Kate Bush, Tom Waits, AC/DC or Iron Maiden in years - are they still recording ?

Tom Waits released an album this week or last, Kate Bush released last year. The Maiden have approximately 1,000 albums out at this stage but couldn't tell ya when the last one was, and AC/DC released something in the last 2/3 years if I remember correctly?

Anyway, yeah, John Kelly knows his music.

And I've heard both KB & TW on 4FM, so that kinda scuttles your "washed up" argument.....if anything, the biggest irritation is their deviation toward this week's fad / soon-to-be-washed-up tripe.

Cheers for the heads up re TW though - I'm off to see if he's managed to surpass "Closing Time"

dr.fuzzenstein

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Define "washed up", because I haven't heard much new from Kate Bush, Tom Waits, AC/DC or Iron Maiden in years - are they still recording ?

The Thrills where played on 4FM the other day...;) (that's my definition anyway)
Eagles and Abba are not so much washed up, but it's right along a lot of other tunes that have been played 60 million times and make my ears bleed at this stage. They might not be bad tunes, but seriously overplayed, that can kill anything, Money by Pink Floyd and Stairway to Heaven are two tunes I can NEVER listen to again without having a fit.
Tom Waits, Kate Bush, Bjork, going strong and recording. They're just not played that much on mainstream radio, which is geared towards housewifes and teenagers.
Iron Maiden and AC/DC are part of the dinosaur graveyard that is my mp3 player, along with Isaac Hayes, Queen, Beatles, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, RHCP, Cream and so on, classics don't wash up.:p
And I don't mind them not being on radio, that's what CD's and mp3's are for.

edit:
When you say KB and TB on 4FM, they only ever play one or two tunes by most artists.
Point in case (for TodayFM at least): I'm sure Aretha Franklin recorded more songs than Say a Little Prayer and Think. Are they (her hundreds of other songs) ever played? No.

On Tom Waits: Check out Nighthawks at the Diner. great album.

wnolan1992

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

The Thrills where played on 4FM the other day...;) (that's my definition anyway)

The Thrills, are now, and forever shall be, fúcking awesome. End. Of.

dr.fuzzenstein

wnolan1992 wrote: »

The Thrills, are now, and forever shall be, fúcking awesome. End. Of.

Not arguing with you, maybe not my cup of tea, but not a bad little band.
It's more a shame they ended up on 4FM, it's a pity they disappeared from the radar.

Kess73

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I can't listen to either one (Spin or 95) for more than 5 minutes without vomiting blood.
If you hear an artist on 4FM, it means they are officially washed up.
In our office we mostly have Today FM in the morning (dire, but the best of a bad lot at that time), Newstalk and from 3 o'clock onwards it's Lyric. And Lyric is by far my favourite.

Check it out, The John Kelly Ensemble, the guy plays the weirdest, most out there, left of field, totally off your rocker stuff.
He especially seems to like Bjork, Tom Waits, Kate Bush, a lot of Jazz and the weirdest modern avant garde classic and alternative stuff you'll ever hear.
Even once a cover version of Kraftwerks The Robots by a string quartet.
It really is the ONLY thing on radio that isn't talk about the economy, mindless drivel by morons, sh*t music from Now! compilations or Mary talking about her cat to Joe.

And on the way home it's CD's all the way, where else do I get to hear AC/DC and Iron Maiden?
Irish radio is a relentless sea of beige vomit with very few exceptions.

Scream for me Dr Fuzzstein's car.

YEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!



Scream for me Dr Fuzzstein's car.


YEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsZjNxSJdic

Kess73

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Define "washed up", because I haven't heard much new from Kate Bush, Tom Waits, AC/DC or Iron Maiden in years - are they still recording ?

Kate Bush and Tom Waits had new albums out last year. Both are rumoured to be releasing more new material this year also.

The Mighty Maiden brought out their 15th studio album in 2010 and have a new live album out in a few months.

And for Springsteen lovers (and who with taste is not?) there is a new album out on the 2nd of March.

gaf1983

My own spin on it, if you pardon the pun, is that yes, the Live 95fm mainstream playlist is terrible (saying that there is other content on the station that is excellent). But on the other hand they top the local JNLR ratings consistently - see this week's Limerick Post for the latest figures. As they're a wholly commercial station, they have to have high listenership figures to attract advertisers. So the logic is why fix it if it ain't broken, because if you "fix" it, you risk frightening away listeners which will in turn scare away advertisers.

JerryHandbag

zuroph wrote: »

nah sure we all know the reason live 95fm is number one was they bribed and brainwashed people to say "I listen to limericks live 95" whenever someone asked what station they listened to.

What was it they used to offer people, 50 quid? They still do this?

I was always ready with a response for them if they ever stopped me on the street, and I wouldn't be 50 quid better off after it

joey tallaght

Gallee wrote: »

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?

I think if joe nash was a dog he would be a jack russell. his voice is so so so so so so so sooooooo annoying. but then again he is the ceo so perhaps no one will tell him his presenting style is utter ****e!

I think limerick needs a relay of the uk's bbc radio 1. Think of the amount of listeners that would tune in rather than listen to the monoselabic dribble of spin or the deaths/oldness of live 95. As for mark and catriona.... they remind me of my mom trying to be cool in front of my freinds... and failing miserably.

to finish on a positive Gary Connors is quite ok to listen to

joey tallaght

gaf1983 wrote: »

My own spin on it, if you pardon the pun, is that yes, the Live 95fm mainstream playlist is terrible (saying that there is other content on the station that is excellent). But on the other hand they top the local JNLR ratings consistently - see this week's Limerick Post for the latest figures. As they're a wholly commercial station, they have to have high listenership figures to attract advertisers. So the logic is why fix it if it ain't broken, because if you "fix" it, you risk frightening away listeners which will in turn scare away advertisers.

There is no where else for them to go... I mean 2fm/todayfm/4fm obviously isnt their cup of tea as they listen to live 95 (ref. jnlr figures). In theory live 95 cud broadcast someone taking a dump (before the deaths of course) once an hour with a limerick accent and the old biddies of limerick would listen. I think their target audience will all hit a certain age and die and then their will be no listeners as most/all are of a "certain age" (ie ancient)and only listen because they always have... they must have listened 20 years ago when there may have been better programming.

dr.fuzzenstein

I just wish there was ONE rock station to listen to!

Kess73

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I just wish there was ONE rock station to listen to!

Online radio is your friend.


As an example, Maiden's Charlotte The Harlot is playing right now on Real Radio XS.

http://www.realradioxs.co.uk/music



It's one thing I really like about when I take the car with me when going home. As soon as I drive off the ferry I can pick up good rock/metal/punk/alternative stations on FM or on DAB, so I have the choice of what I like on the radio or or sticking with CDs.

Over here the radio selection is generally pretty dire.

Kess73

Adrian Smith's band, Primal Rock Rebellion, are on now.

Kess73

Parlor Mob up next. They are a pretty cool band, heavily influenced by 70's rock.

Insect Overlord

Am I the only one who enjoys listening to Raidío Na Gaeltachta?

Kess73

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Am I the only one who enjoys listening to Raidío Na Gaeltachta?

No idea as to what it is like during the day, but have listened to Anocht FM a few times at night as some of the shows can be good.

mike65

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Check it out, The John Kelly Ensemble, the guy plays the weirdest, most out there, left of field, totally off your rocker stuff.
He especially seems to like Bjork, Tom Waits, Kate Bush, a lot of Jazz and the weirdest modern avant garde classic and alternative stuff you'll ever hear.
Even once a cover version of Kraftwerks The Robots by a string quartet.

caught my eye - the Balanescu Quartet of course, who have a line in Kraftwerk covers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAWt6RcaujY

Regional radio just sucks - its either Mom and Pop or the worst wanna-be mid-Atlantic drivel by and for congenital idiots.

Kess73

Ah what are you doing in the Limerick forum? ;)

mike65

you kept bumping this thread to the top of the new posts page so had to have a look

and now I'm playing live Kraftwerk on youtube when I should be thinking about bed :mad:

JerryHandbag

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Am I the only one who enjoys listening to Raidío Na Gaeltachta?

Nope, An Taobh Tuathail is a great show 9pm, havent listened in a while though

wnolan1992

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I just wish there was ONE rock station to listen to!

ULFM, Wednesday nights, 9pm-11pm. #station_plug :pac:

Insect Overlord

You can say what you like about 95 FM, but you still have to admit there's nobody better for commentary on local hurling. Liam Aherne is a magician. Come on Na Piarsaigh!

Liam Byrne

wnolan1992 wrote: »

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I just wish there was ONE rock station to listen to!

ULFM, Wednesday nights, 9pm-11pm. #station_plug :pac:

I thought that was called Weird or Wired ?

Insect Overlord

Liam Byrne wrote: »

I thought that was called Weird or Wired ?

Wired FM is Mary I and LIT. ULFM was only launched last year.

Chavways

Every time I listen to Spin South West I feel like I'm losing intelligence.The presenters are complete fools.

ZombieBride

I'm hooked on Niall Boylan on 4fm after 9pm, he is a professional sh!t stirrer, the people who ring in are fanatics or drunks.. either way it's entertaining.

seachto7

Insect Overlord wrote: »

You can say what you like about 95 FM, but you still have to admit there's nobody better for commentary on local hurling. Liam Aherne is a magician. Come on Na Piarsaigh!

Agreed. He also did a very good job (voluntarily) with West Limerick 102. I hope he gets a shot to go on to bigger and better things down the line.....

Speaking of which, what the heck happened to Conor McNamara?

Aidric

seachto7 wrote: »

Speaking of which, what the heck happened to Conor McNamara?

He has been commentating on football for BBC for a number of years now.

Mc Love

I nearly fell off my chair laughing at this:

wnolan1992

Mc Love wrote: »

I nearly fell off my chair laughing at this:

Fairly accurate!!! :pac:

daveob007

those 2 idiots on 95 in the mornings make me want to puke,,mark with that silly put on english accent,cant even pronounce places in limerick correctly,,mulgrave st and corbally are his worst its mul

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grave and core

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bally complete ****e...

brousuka

daveob007 wrote: »

those 2 idiots on 95 in the mornings make me want to puke,,mark with that silly put on english accent,cant even pronounce places in limerick correctly,,mulgrave st and corbally are his worst its mul

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grave and core

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bally complete ****e...

Totally agree. If they had brains they'd be dangerous.

seachto7

Every time I hear an English male presenter on Irish regional radio, and there seem to be A LOT around the country, I can't help but think of Alan Partridge....:D

Undercover FBI Agent

seachto7 wrote: »

Every time I hear an English male presenter on Irish regional radio, and there seem to be A LOT around the country, I can't help but think of Alan Partridge....:D

That would be legendary. Ahhhhhhhh Haaaaaaaaaaaa

FutureGuy

TodayFm on the way into work, 2FM in work (on the office radio), Newstalk any time after that.

Always hated SSW and their constant dumbing down of everything from news to weather, while making it sound like it was cool to be the same. The Government used to be "Cowens Crew" :rolleyes:

Live95 are pretty terrible in their own special way. Their playlists are woeful and most of their presenters are throwbacks to the 1980s. Do they still play the songs where they poorly dub "Limericks Live95fm" into the lyrics? *shudder*