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SPIN SOUTH WEST - worst radio in Ireland ??

  • 15-06-2012 1:23pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭


    Has anybody actually tuned into SPIN South West lately?

    I must say the station has actually gone dire over the last 6 months.

    Although the station is independently managed from it's sister station SPIN 1038 in Dublin they have pretty much copied everything, show names, voice over artists , some shows are networked ( hit 30 na h-eireann, club educate with John Gibbons) and in the past week they have the news networked down from Dublin station, which is absolutely ridiculous as it's Dublin people reading out Dublin news for the South West. Nobody wants to know about what happened in Blanch!

    Also the new jingles they have in the last 2 weeks, sound like a child made them on a casio keyboard.

    Some of the on air "Talent", wouldn't even be qualified to listen to a radio.
    There is Bridget who spent an hour of a show thinking her microphone was on high but it was at, I'd say 10% volume.
    Don't even get me started about Nessa Harney or self proclaimed Horny Harney. That woman, supposed to be doing a "most music " request show (TRL) spends more than adequate time bullsh**ting about how she shaved her armpits that day and they were really smooth. Also referenced a text to "say hi to the lads" asked them to text back in and if "they were wearing much clothes".

    Finally anybody who has managed to actually listen to a full show on SPIN south west will know that it's like if SPIN has the latest NOW! That's what I call music in their computer and just randomly play songs off that, repeating them all after about 2 hours.
    I think it's a sorry excuse for a radio station and would be better if they just went off air.

    Opinions???


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭Prop Joe


    They have a market and they are actively perusing it...I dont like listening to Spin but i respect their business model


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭Ryan2me


    Prop Joe wrote: »
    They have a market and they are actively perusing it...I dont like listening to Spin but i respect their business model

    At the start of their license July 2007, they were a brilliant station, even up to 2011 they were brilliant. But since then, their standards have declined.
    And with their business model, I don't think their doing much business. They have at most, 12 adverts in an hour. 7-8 of these are station promos, which leaves 5 paid for adverts, which, as you can guess isn't great/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,009 ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    Ryan2me wrote: »
    I must say the station has actually gone dire over the last 6 months.

    With the benefit of hindsight, it was always pretty dire.
    Although the station is independently managed from it's sister station SPIN 1038 in Dublin they have pretty much copied everything, show names, voice over artists ,

    It's a franchise, and this has been the same since the station began, there is no reason that they would have different names.
    some shows are networked ( hit 30 na h-eireann, club educate with John Gibbons)

    Hit 30 na H-Eireann (if it's the same one I'm thinking of with Donál Ó Dábhín) is the official Irish chart that a lot of regional stations use at the weekend for two hours of virtually free content.

    For a station of Spin's type, I'm really surprised that more of their shows aren't syndicated. Considering the major draw of the station is its music and not its presenters, it'd be a lot cheaper just to be producing one version of a lot of their shows.
    and in the past week they have the news networked down from Dublin station, which is absolutely ridiculous as it's Dublin people reading out Dublin news for the South West. Nobody wants to know about what happened in Blanch!

    If they're reading out local Dublin news, then yes it's a problem, but if they're just doing the national headlines then it really makes no difference. (haven't listened to Spin's news in ages, and not in the last week).

    And if it was at the weekend you heard it, then it may have been the generic news bulletins that regional and local stations use so as not to have to pay a weekend newsreader.
    Finally anybody who has managed to actually listen to a full show on SPIN south west will know that it's like if SPIN has the latest NOW! That's what I call music in their computer and just randomly play songs off that, repeating them all after about 2 hours.

    Pretty much. Presenters don't get to choose their playlist, and the station's audience wants Top 40 stuff. They know the majority of their audience will listen to, at most, about 2-3 hours in a row, so they work around that.
    I think it's a sorry excuse for a radio station and would be better if they just went off air.

    I don't. It clearly serves it's market, which is 12-25 (25 being the maximum age you really should even consider listening to the station unless you have serious problems :P). It's not to my tastes, but it's not aimed at me. I listened back when I was in secondary school and twas what I wanted.
    Opinions???

    To sum up, I don't like the station. I don't like the DJ's, I don't like the playlists. So I don't listen. Simple. There're enough 16 year old's out there to give them decent listenership figures. :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭Ryan2me


    wnolan1992 wrote: »


    And if it was at the weekend you heard it, then it may have been the generic news bulletins that regional and local stations use so as not to have to pay a weekend newsreader.

    Nope not at the weekend, it's the whole time now.... check wikipedia, apparently it's cost saving

    I don't. It clearly serves it's market, which is 12-25 (25 being the maximum age you really should even consider listening to the station unless you have serious problems :P). It's not to my tastes, but it's not aimed at me. I listened back when I was in secondary school and twas what I wanted.

    I'm 20 now and actually find I can't listen, I find that I can listen to SPIN 1038 no bother but South West it's just a sorry excuse for a station,


    Oh and another complaint I have is.. the transitions from songs -jingle-song...

    the song basically fades to silence, there is about half a second of dead air, then a jingle that echoes south west..south west ( which i presume the echo is supposed to be played over the intro of the song) then half a second of dead air again then the next song starts.

    End of rant,,, for now :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,683 ✭✭✭Kensington


    Haven't the news scripts always come from the central Communicorp news office? Just now, instead of having a local newsreader reading the centralised script, they have their centralised newsteams reading the centralised script (98FM/Spin1038 being one team, Today FM/Newstalk being t'other).

    I'd say if it wasn't for the 20% N&CA conditions layed down by the BAI, there wouldn't be a minute of news on Spin ever, just pure music. They're literally only doing lip service to meet that condition by doing the news bulletins and that mid-afternoon talk show so it's no great surprise they're trying to cut back on it tbh!

    But yeah, they seem to be doing fairly OK in their target market, I guess the older we get the worse it sounds to us :(


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 76 ✭✭jimmy2flutes


    Ryan2Me, so you didn't get a job on the station? Massive chip me thinks!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Chavways


    Ryan2Me, so you didn't get a job on the station? Massive chip me thinks!!!

    Spin South West should be taken off the air and never spoken about again,it is so bad. Truly horrible. Have you ever listened to it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭Ryan2me


    Ryan2Me, so you didn't get a job on the station? Massive chip me thinks!!!


    Hilarious! I'd rather poke my eyes out with metal skewers that work on that station if I was even into radio work that is. I just like listening to the radio and can't stand the utter SHI!TE that is broadcast on SPIN


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭Ryan2me


    Chavways wrote: »
    Spin South West should be taken off the air and never spoken about again,it is so bad. Truly horrible. Have you ever listened to it?

    Listened the other day and that Nessa Harney one was talking about how she shaved her armpits that day and they were really smooth, she then went on to burp on air and say she was "scarleh and mort" then thankfully played a song. I turned off the radio very very quickly


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,009 ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    Chavways wrote: »
    Spin South West should be taken off the air and never spoken about again,it is so bad. Truly horrible. Have you ever listened to it?

    Elaborate as to why it should be taken off the air? It's serving a market that very few, if any other stations in the region cater for. People listen to the station for music, nothing else.
    Ryan2me wrote: »
    Hilarious! I'd rather poke my eyes out with metal skewers that work on that station if I was even into radio work that is. I just like listening to the radio and can't stand the utter SHI!TE that is broadcast on SPIN

    It's simple then, just listen to something else. Spin is a teen station. If enough people stop listening, then they'll be forced to improve quality. If, as I suspect is the case, the majority of their listener base couldn't give a toss what the presenters are like as long as they can hear the latest David Guetta song and get their text read out about how the Junior Cert is the hardest exam in the world, then it'll carry on.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭Ryan2me


    wnolan1992 wrote: »
    . If, as I suspect is the case, the majority of their listener base couldn't give a toss what the presenters are like as long as they can hear the latest David Guetta song and get their text read out about how the Junior Cert is the hardest exam in the world, then it'll carry on.

    You're dead right there I think... and if Mary can text in about the fella she shifted last night,

    So SPIN is a station of utter ****e for people who don't give ****e :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,059 ✭✭✭Squarewave


    Peter Curtin's show is very good, I wouldn't listen to anything else on it though. It has a target audience and it offers that target audience what they want. If you don't fit into that target audience then don't listen.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭Ryan2me


    well apparently I do fit their 15-34 year olds ( I'm 20), I just find that the station has crap presenters who have the personality of a leaf.
    Spin 1038 in Dublin has the same target audience and I could listen to them no bother, it's just the South west one is actually useless, the presenters have no enthusiasm


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,618 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    wnolan1992 wrote: »
    Hit 30 na H-Eireann (if it's the same one I'm thinking of with Donál Ó Dábhín) is the official Irish chart that a lot of regional stations use at the weekend for two hours of virtually free content.

    The one that Spin SW broadcast is customised for Spin SW cause the presenter (Daithi O Daibhin) makes on air references to the Spin SW website. Seeing as Daithi presents his own show on Spin1038, it makes sense that a customised one is made for both stations.

    The other one (Top 40 Oifigiuil na hEireann), that's syndicated across other stations is a seperate show, and is identical across stations like RedFM and Beat, and no station references are made.
    Chavways wrote:
    Spin South West should be taken off the air and never spoken about again,it is so bad. Truly horrible. Have you ever listened to it?

    Spin SW has a market to cater for and caters for it pretty well. Its a music based station and its listeners want music, which it provides.

    If it was taken off the air tomorrow, the majority of its service area would have no service to cater for the 15-34 market.

    If you don't like Spin SW, simple, don't listen. There are several stations being broadcast in each area for a reason.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Chavways


    I'm 18 and every time I listen to it I feel like I'm losing intelligence.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,009 ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    marno21 wrote: »
    The one that Spin SW broadcast is customised for Spin SW cause the presenter (Daithi O Daibhin) makes on air references to the Spin SW website. Seeing as Daithi presents his own show on Spin1038, it makes sense that a customised one is made for both stations.

    The other one (Top 40 Oifigiuil na hEireann), that's syndicated across other stations is a seperate show, and is identical across stations like RedFM and Beat, and no station references are made.

    Ah fair enough, cheers for that. :) Have to admit I've only ever heard the Top 30 in passing on Spin.


    One thing I will praise about Spin SW, whatever they use to transmit provides way more bass than most other stations. And their dance music shows are pretty good to give them their dues.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭Skuxx


    Ryan2me wrote: »


    Don't even get me started about Nessa Harney or self proclaimed Horny Harney. That woman, supposed to be doing a "most music " request show (TRL) spends more than adequate time bullsh**ting about how she shaved her armpits that day and they were really smooth. Also referenced a text to "say hi to the lads" asked them to text back in and if "they were wearing much clothes".

    I'm not a big fan of the station, but I have to admit I love listening to Nessa Harney, she's about the only one on any of the radio stations who is bubbly and a bit of craic! She might not talk about the most complex issues, but if that's what I want I'd listen to Rte 1!!
    That Spin talk show on weekday lunchtimes is completely dire, Id rather have the radio off than listen to that sh1t!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭Ryan2me


    .
    alan1990 wrote: »
    I'm not a big fan of the station, but I have to admit I love listening to Nessa Harney, she's about the only one on any of the radio stations who is bubbly and a bit of craic! She might not talk about the most complex issues, but if that's what I want I'd listen to Rte 1!!
    That Spin talk show on weekday lunchtimes is completely dire, Id rather have the radio off than listen to that sh1t!!

    There's complex issues and there's talking about shaving her armpits, burping on air, telling the listeners she loves notebooks then preceding to count them out on air.. she got to 7. Her conversation is base at best.
    And that spin talk show.. by God it's car crash radio, instead of having a topic that would be beneficial for the listeners they discuss, "what have you found behind the back of the couch" or " do you shave your body hair", not that I want upper class RTE topics discussed but, seriously they could have something that is a little more riveting.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭Ryan2me


    Chavways wrote: »
    I'm 18 and every time I listen to it I feel like I'm losing intelligence.
    Couldn't have put it better myself ! !


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,618 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    wnolan1992 wrote: »
    Ah fair enough, cheers for that. :) Have to admit I've only ever heard the Top 30 in passing on Spin.


    One thing I will praise about Spin SW, whatever they use to transmit provides way more bass than most other stations. And their dance music shows are pretty good to give them their dues.

    Spin SW's audio is processed differently to many other stations, it's processed to be VERY loud, which is beneficial in parts of Cork (where I am), where the weaker signal isn't a susceptible to noise and sounds cleaner.

    The award for the best processing among the youth stations has to go to Beat 102 103, in North Cork it's relatively hard to pick up but sounds very nice.
    And that spin talk show.. by God it's car crash radio, instead of having a topic that would be beneficial for the listeners they discuss, "what have you found behind the back of the couch" or " do you shave your body hair", not that I want upper class RTE topics discussed but, seriously they could have something that is a little more riveting.

    I agree with that statement, and the fact is that they'd get rid of that show in an instant if they could, but as long as the BCI speech rule applies, they will have to have a talk show like that, and by the looks of it, they don't really give a toss about it and it's scheduled for when the majority of listeners are in school etc.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    Spin has become truly awful as of late. They seem to have a few new presenters on who seem to do an awful lot of humming and hawwing over the names of the same few songs they play over and over.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭Ryan2me


    Spin has become truly awful as of late. They seem to have a few new presenters on who seem to do an awful lot of humming and hawwing over the names of the same few songs they play over and over.

    Ya agree with that


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,453 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    they have club educate on at the weekends, that and their other dance shows are okay musically all though their presenters are good. the rest is carcrash radio, i'm in their targit audience but technically not in their broadcast area but can pick up their transmitter on 94.7 very clear.

    I'm very highly educated. I know words, i have the best words, nobody has better words then me.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭Ryan2me


    Yeah , a lot of people tend to like those type of shows but personally, not my cup of tea.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 612 ✭✭✭smurfs5


    I can't understand why they don't take Indie Disco from SPIN 1038. I think it is the best specialist show on 1038 and the presenter, Claire O' Dowd is excellent at finding great new music for the show.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 MyOpinion


    Ryan2me wrote: »
    well apparently I do fit their 15-34 year olds ( I'm 20), I just find that the station has crap presenters who have the personality of a leaf.
    Spin 1038 in Dublin has the same target audience and I could listen to them no bother, it's just the South west one is actually useless, the presenters have no enthusiasm

    You were the same guy giving out about news, dublin accents etc. then you say you prefer listening to dublin???
    Yes they have the same target audience but they are different markets (so in a way its a different audience)
    Then you say the presenters have the personality of a leaf? Dude, go listen to some local radio around ireland. you'll soon take that comment back.
    They have bags of personality-your just pissed that your not working there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,453 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    MyOpinion wrote: »
    your just pissed that your not working there.
    or maybe he just doesn't like the presenters. doesn't mean he is jealous or pissed because he isn't working there.

    I'm very highly educated. I know words, i have the best words, nobody has better words then me.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 MyOpinion


    or maybe he just doesn't like the presenters. doesn't mean he is jealous or pissed because he isn't working there.

    he sounds like he has a chip on his shoulder.
    either he didnt get a job there or they didnt play his song and he's still annoyed!
    There's lots of choice out there. if you dont like it then turn off!!
    what's funny is for a boy who HATES the station so much, he sure listens quiet a bit with his quotes of various presenters and indepth views on everything relating to spin south west.

    If you hate it then why do you listen TW?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 173 ✭✭madmuffin


    MyOpinion wrote: »
    he sounds like he has a chip on his shoulder.
    either he didnt get a job there or they didnt play his song and he's still annoyed!
    There's lots of choice out there. if you dont like it then turn off!!
    what's funny is for a boy who HATES the station so much, he sure listens quiet a bit with his quotes of various presenters and indepth views on everything relating to spin south west.

    If you hate it then why do you listen TW?

    Haha I have to say Im enjoying these posts, Sur if he didn't listen he would have nothing to give out about, for someone who hates it he looks like he has done a project on SPIN.

    TBF SPIN SW is a station for 15 to about 30 not 15-90 whether ya like it or not the Stations figures seem to be doing quite well, presenters sound fine to me can't really say anything much about that and as for the music is that not what SPIN is about Chart no??


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 goldensyrup


    I don't really know where i stand on spin SW. On one hand I actually think Antoinette Gleeson was quite good as a presenter. but then on the other hand i HATED the 5 word weather, irritating american accents, and the news, last week Aras an Uachtaran was actually referred to as "the presidents big gaff", also I have to turn of the radio anytime nessa harney comes on. I listened to a few of her shows and found her presenting style to actually be nauseating. the pitch of her voice is very irritating. the first 5-10 minutes of the show is usually a round up of her day where she says things like "God I had such a craving for curry today....so I got a takeaway.....I ate it all *suppressed burp*...... Now i feel very bloated and gassy........*another burp, unsuppressed this time* God im so embarrassed...Im blushing....


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,618 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    I was wondering how long it would be before "Hi I'm Rory here's the story" hit the South West. Is the news now networked with 1038?

    Spin was off the air in Kerry for most of today so I didn't get much of a chance to listen


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 Willowk


    What bothers me most about the negative comments regarding Spin SW is the apparent lack of awareness that - you may not like the station - but thousands of others do. Look at their JNLRs.


    As for Nessa Harney - she may not be your cup of tea - but, if her PPI Award nomination from last year is anything to go by, EXPERTS in the industry believe she has lots of potential.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,227 ✭✭✭Sam Mac


    Willowk wrote: »
    What bothers me most about the negative comments regarding Spin SW is the apparent lack of awareness that - you may not like the station - but thousands of others do. Look at their JNLRs.


    As for Nessa Harney - she may not be your cup of tea - but, if her PPI Award nomination from last year is anything to go by, EXPERTS in the industry believe she has lots of potential.

    ^^^ Hey Nessa! 1 post and you joined yesterday, how handy!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 Willowk


    Sam Mac wrote: »
    Willowk wrote: »
    What bothers me most about the negative comments regarding Spin SW is the apparent lack of awareness that - you may not like the station - but thousands of others do. Look at their JNLRs.


    As for Nessa Harney - she may not be your cup of tea - but, if her PPI Award nomination from last year is anything to go by, EXPERTS in the industry believe she has lots of potential.

    ^^^ Hey Nessa! 1 post and you joined yesterday, how handy!

    :) That's an understandable assumption, but you're wrong.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭Ryan2me


    Funny thing is even though Nessa irritated me I love her show, i think i listen to give out about her.. it's like a love hate relationship lol.
    I think she has great potential but her chitchat lacks substanec


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 281 ✭✭Conor556


    I always listen to spin SW or beat 102-103, nothing better in the middle of summer savage hot day and all the fella's texting in saying well spin flatout at silage in the big M and say well to all the other silage boys hard at work! And then its nothing but texts coming in about silage for the evening.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 298 ✭✭Cookie Policy


    The station itself has lots of potential if they did the right things with it.

    I was actually on my way back to Dublin a couple of weekends ago, and they've roped in a few new weekend DJ's who have a lot of potential also!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    Ryan2me wrote: »
    Has anybody actually tuned into SPIN South West lately?

    I must say the station has actually gone dire over the last 6 months.

    Although the station is independently managed from it's sister station SPIN 1038 in Dublin they have pretty much copied everything, show names, voice over artists , some shows are networked ( hit 30 na h-eireann, club educate with John Gibbons) and in the past week they have the news networked down from Dublin station, which is absolutely ridiculous as it's Dublin people reading out Dublin news for the South West. Nobody wants to know about what happened in Blanch!

    Also the new jingles they have in the last 2 weeks, sound like a child made them on a casio keyboard.

    Some of the on air "Talent", wouldn't even be qualified to listen to a radio.
    There is Bridget who spent an hour of a show thinking her microphone was on high but it was at, I'd say 10% volume.
    Don't even get me started about Nessa Harney or self proclaimed Horny Harney. That woman, supposed to be doing a "most music " request show (TRL) spends more than adequate time bullsh**ting about how she shaved her armpits that day and they were really smooth. Also referenced a text to "say hi to the lads" asked them to text back in and if "they were wearing much clothes".

    Finally anybody who has managed to actually listen to a full show on SPIN south west will know that it's like if SPIN has the latest NOW! That's what I call music in their computer and just randomly play songs off that, repeating them all after about 2 hours.
    I think it's a sorry excuse for a radio station and would be better if they just went off air.

    Opinions???

    The same crap music every hour-sometimes more than once in the space of an hour,the same ****ty songs over and over again continuously,the annoying djs,who try to be cool and clever with "the story","the inside story" and "the five word weather forecast".....it really is a station just for teenagers,and tis the most irritating,ridiculous station around.Tis often on at work and it drives me and others nuts-until one of us changes it if we get a chance-and then Sunday comes and the part-timers change it back again!!

    "Here's Spin's 5 word weather forecast.....
    Oh my god,it's freezing.

    Or...

    Bring brolly just in case.

    Or.....

    Fluffy clouds in the sky."

    Eejits.

    Siúl leat, siúl leat, le dóchas i do chroí, is ní shiúlfaidh tú i d'aonar go deo.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,301 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    Its sh!te, id rather listen to George Hook.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭iverjohnston


    Almost as bad as Northern Sound up here in Cavan, then.
    A few presenters when think they are Joe Duffy.(lord help us ) and who have a serious fixation with the tripe which passes as Country music in this country.
    Lots of "dead air" time, and the unique system of keeping music playing in the background while adverts are read out, with the music volume swelling up between sentences. Although they do, in fairness, read out the local death notices 3 or 4 times a day. Only good thing, the evening programming as a syndicated music pre-recording, and can be great while Newstalk have their 150 minutes of sports reporting.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    Does anybody remember Atlantic 252 on long-wave?
    When it came to playing the same songs repeatedly that was nearly as bad as Spin.But I'd say Spin is a lot worse.

    Siúl leat, siúl leat, le dóchas i do chroí, is ní shiúlfaidh tú i d'aonar go deo.



  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 76 ✭✭jimmy2flutes


    How old are you Seasan?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    How old are you Seasan?

    35.

    And you?

    Siúl leat, siúl leat, le dóchas i do chroí, is ní shiúlfaidh tú i d'aonar go deo.



  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 76 ✭✭jimmy2flutes


    Well my age isn't relevant as I'm not a spin listener, and I'm certainly not in their target demo, and frankly neither are you!

    Do you think you can relate to some mid teen boy or girl? I would seriously doubt. You and I may not like what spin do but in its market it holds it's numbers and plays the hits.

    2 final points. They 'spin' the news for their audience. They only have news for their 20% news and current affairs requirement by the bai. So I forgive them if they don't want to give me the wind speeds, pollen count and a detailed weather.

    People don't go to spin for news and weather. They go for the music which brings me to my last point. You think you hear songs twice an hour but in reality you don't. Most A list songs will be played every 2 hours. IIRC, Atlantic rotated their songs every 90 mins.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,618 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    Spin's music and current affairs works well with their demographic. Death notices and business wouldn't really fit in on Spin.

    The main problem with their playlist is not playlisting enough up to date music, and relying on a limited range of old songs to fill up the time when they don't play new songs, e.g. 212, My My My (Armand van Helden) (can't think of any more at the moment)

    If they took some playlisting advice from 103.8 they could form a better playlist, at the moment songs such as The Wire, Changing of the Seasons, Lose Yourself to Dance etc.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 152 ✭✭chargerman


    Spin SW is utter crap, which is a pity.


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    marno21 wrote: »
    Spin's music and current affairs works well with their demographic. Death notices and business wouldn't really fit in on Spin.

    Yeah I agree. Death notices would definately not fit their audience. Not that anyone listens to them, usually causes me to turn off the radio.

    As a station what they play is not really my cup of tea, the music is crap but for others it wouldn't be I guess.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭The_Captain


    Seasan wrote: »
    The same crap music every hour-sometimes more than once in the space of an hour,the same ****ty songs over and over again continuously,the annoying djs,who try to be cool and clever with "the story","the inside story" and "the five word weather forecast".....it really is a station just for teenagers,and tis the most irritating,ridiculous station around.Tis often on at work and it drives me and others nuts-until one of us changes it if we get a chance-and then Sunday comes and the part-timers change it back again!!

    "Here's Spin's 5 word weather forecast.....
    Oh my god,it's freezing.

    Or...

    Bring brolly just in case.

    Or.....

    Fluffy clouds in the sky."

    Eejits.


    It is, and you realise this, so why does it upset you? I don't like it myself, but I know it's a niche for 15 year old girls rather than general audience listening


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 388 ✭✭maudgone


    Seasan wrote: »
    The same crap music every hour-sometimes more than once in the space of an hour,the same ****ty songs over and over again continuously,the annoying djs,who try to be cool and clever with "the story","the inside story" and "the five word weather forecast".....it really is a station just for teenagers,and tis the most irritating,ridiculous station around.Tis often on at work and it drives me and others nuts-until one of us changes it if we get a chance-and then Sunday comes and the part-timers change it back again!!

    "Here's Spin's 5 word weather forecast.....
    Oh my god,it's freezing.

    Or...

    Bring brolly just in case.

    Or.....

    Fluffy clouds in the sky."

    Eejits.
    MadYaker wrote: »
    Its sh!te, id rather listen to George Hook.
    Almost as bad as Northern Sound up here in Cavan, then.
    A few presenters when think they are Joe Duffy.(lord help us ) and who have a serious fixation with the tripe which passes as Country music in this country.
    Lots of "dead air" time, and the unique system of keeping music playing in the background while adverts are read out, with the music volume swelling up between sentences. Although they do, in fairness, read out the local death notices 3 or 4 times a day. Only good thing, the evening programming as a syndicated music pre-recording, and can be great while Newstalk have their 150 minutes of sports reporting.
    Seasan wrote: »
    Does anybody remember Atlantic 252 on long-wave?
    When it came to playing the same songs repeatedly that was nearly as bad as Spin.But I'd say Spin is a lot worse.
    chargerman wrote: »
    Spin SW is utter crap, which is a pity.
    Mr. G wrote: »
    Yeah I agree. Death notices would definately not fit their audience. Not that anyone listens to them, usually causes me to turn off the radio.

    As a station what they play is not really my cup of tea, the music is crap but for others it wouldn't be I guess.

    Yis are all some shower of fkn whingers & moaners. If ye don't like the station, just try pressing a few buttons, or turning that little round thing in the corner, I think it's called a tuning knob, to change channels. There are a huge amount of people who love this station. By the way, I'm not a 15 year old teenager with puberty problems. I'm a 54 year old school bus driver with 2 dodgy hips, and my favorite station is SPIN SW, which is also the station that all the kids on the bus want to listen to, from 4 up to 18. Yis can shove yere Joe Duffy's & Marion Finucane's, I'm sticking with Spin SW. End of rant. Now if I could only remember where I left them fkn walking sticks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    maudgone wrote: »
    Yis are all some shower of fkn whingers & moaners. If ye don't like the station, just try pressing a few buttons, or turning that little round thing in the corner, I think it's called a tuning knob, to change channels. There are a huge amount of people who love this station. By the way, I'm not a 15 year old teenager with puberty problems. I'm a A54 year old school bus driver with 2 dodgy hips, and my favorite station is SPIN SW, which is also the station that all the kids on the bus want to listen to, from 4 up to 18. Yis can shove yere Joe Duffy's & Marion Finucane's, I'm sticking with Spin SW. End of rant. Now if I could only remember where I left them fkn walking sticks.

    As I said,tis on where I work,and once it is we cant change it over.

    Are you just being a smart-arsed troll,by any chance?

    Siúl leat, siúl leat, le dóchas i do chroí, is ní shiúlfaidh tú i d'aonar go deo.



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