Newstalk Megathread 22/08/16 to date

Ol' Donie

Deadly, Hook & his doctor friend talking about health issues is sooo much better than Moncrieff doing clever and interesting interviews.

Especially at lunchtime.

Owryan

Great bit of free advertising for Dunnes Stores new range of bedding by that Brennan fella on the Pat Kenny show. He got to plug his sheets, his hotel, his tv show and mentioned he will have a new book coming out.

snubbleste

Owryan wrote: »

Great bit of free advertising for Dunnes Sores new range of bedding by that Brennan fella on the Pat Kenny show. He got to plug his sheets, his hotel, his tv show and mentioned he will have a new book coming out.

I heard that. He's a good salesman, you gotta hand it to him.

risteard7

Might sound petty but Sarah mcinerney has the most irritating voice & accent.

Exeggcute

Sarah and Chris harping on about Trump's tax returns and not a single mention that Clinton used the exact same tax avoidance loophole.

Surprise, surprise.

Grolschevik

Exeggcute wrote:

Surprise, surprise.

Think it's really down to poor preparation and research rather than a systematic agenda.

Sarah clearly thought that Trump had actually been in a porno rather than just being in a 13 second intro clip of rich guys spraying champagne...

Ol' Donie

Is Newstalk gone a bit all over the place regarding doing the news on the hour? Or is it that I'm listening on the app?

Five past nine and they're still talking to Eddie O'Sullivan before the ads before the 9pm bulletin (and, more importantly, the football show).

Noticed this last week too.

Ol' Donie

risteard7 wrote: »

Might sound petty but Sarah mcinerney has the most irritating voice & accent.

Can't agree with this at all. Quite the opposite, in fact.

Ol' Donie

While I'm at it, does anyone know why the Newstalk app keeps sending me notifications for stories which, when clicked on, bring me to either a blank page or a different story altogether?

ThisRegard

The Newstalk notifications never worked on any device I tried the app on, I always got the same behaviour you get, clicking on one never brought up the story.

kneemos

Ol' Donie wrote: »

While I'm at it, does anyone know why the Newstalk app keeps sending me notifications for stories which, when clicked on, bring me to either a blank page or a different story altogether?

The app has always been a pile of crap.

run_Forrest_run

anyone know what was wrong with the reception yesterday morning, I tuned in at 6:30am and it kept cutting in & out.

pc7

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

anyone know what was wrong with the reception yesterday morning, I tuned in at 6:30am and it kept cutting in & out.

The frequency has become self aware and is trying to self destruct as things have gotten so bad

Ol' Donie

pc7 wrote: »

The frequency has become self aware and is trying to self destruct as things have gotten so bad

That's ridiculous.

It's God taking revenge on humanity for f*cking things up so badly.

Cazale

run_Forrest_run wrote:

anyone know what was wrong with the reception yesterday morning, I tuned in at 6:30am and it kept cutting in & out.

I had this in the car in Kildare today at lunch time. Meant I only had to listen to half of Hooks rants fortunately!

SarahMollie

Is anyone else finding Paul Williams insufferable on the morning show?

Ivan being a curmudgeon used to be entertaining to a point, which Chris (who I must say is a bit of a drip) providing balance to Ivans ridiculousness.

I like Collette, Shane and the new sports guy whose name escapes me but Paul Williams is just like a walking tabloid newspaper - always first in there to make the obvious crude joke or pun. He's seriously ruining my morning radio routine!

kneemos

SarahMollie wrote: »

Is anyone else finding Paul Williams insufferable on the morning show?

Ivan being a curmudgeon used to be entertaining to a point, which Chris (who I must say is a bit of a drip) providing balance to Ivans ridiculousness.

I like Collette, Shane and the new sports guy whose name escapes me but Paul Williams is just like a walking tabloid newspaper - always first in there to make the obvious crude joke or pun. He's seriously ruining my morning radio routine!

Downright obnoxious. No idea who they're aiming at with this guy,I'm back to Radio 1 anyway.

run_Forrest_run

once the breakfast show starts at 7am I switch over to Morning Ireland, actually I rarely listen to the station any more, the presenters annoy me. It seems more about the egos of the presenters than it does about content.

ghostdancer

Oisin Langan on again this morning thankfully. it really does just highlight how poor Quinlan is.


just have Coleman, Fitzpatrick and Langan every morning, and get rid of Williams and Quinlan completely.

pc7

They are using Williams as the main promo piece this week I just don't get it. I flick back and forth now on my commute between breakfast and rte1. Finding myself staying longer and longer with rte1.

SarahMollie

pc7 wrote: »

They are using Williams as the main promo piece this week I just don't get it. I flick back and forth now on my commute between breakfast and rte1. Finding myself staying longer and longer with rte1.

He's actively turning me off Newstalk, and rapidly too. I'm also unhappy wiht them shortening the Moncrief show - why? I thought that was one of the best things on Newstalk.

I don't want to go to Radio1.... to me thats what my parents listen to, and I don't feel I should be in that demographic yet.

Typer Monkey

SarahMollie wrote: »

I don't want to go to Radio1.... to me thats what my parents listen to, and I don't feel I should be in that demographic yet.

I'm in the exact same position. I don't want to listen to rte 1 but I want current affairs professionally presented so I have little choice at breakfast and lunchtime since the changes to the schedule. I'm especially stuck at half 1. I used to listen to Sean at half 1. I can't abide George and won't even tolerate Joe Duffy at 1.45 so I turned off the radio til Sean comes on at 2.

What have you done newstalk???!!!!!!

gimmick

Its a complete mess. And showing zero signs of improvement either. I can just about tolerate Quinlan in that he is just a vacuum, but Williams is too much.

The Drive show is terrible also. Chris, while out of his depth as main anchor, looks a seasoned pro next to the hopelessly green Sarah McIninery. She just smacks of amatuerism and a colelge radio presenter who has notions. Doing this against Matt Cooper is only going to have one result.

SarahMollie

gimmick wrote: »

Its a complete mess. And showing zero signs of improvement either. I can just about tolerate Quinlan in that he is just a vacuum, but Williams is too much.

The Drive show is terrible also. Chris, while out of his depth as main anchor, looks a seasoned pro next to the hopelessly green Sarah McIninery. She just smacks of amatuerism and a colelge radio presenter who has notions. Doing this against Matt Cooper is only going to have one result.

While breakfast is my main bugbear, Drive is also bit of a disaster. Its so unimaginative.

Chris is a drip and Sarah is a bit dreary. Neither of them are exactly heavy hitters.
Theyre too alike and a bad pairing. Chris was ok playing the straightman character against Ivan Yates, who was funny as he was such a liability. Now he's with a female version of himself and its just Yawnapoloza.

I've never really listened to Matt Cooper but perhaps I'll give it a try.

Ol' Donie

The worst bit is giving an absolute hypocrite an opinion based show.

Nothing Hook says can or should be taken seriously.

Remember the black armband on tv because rugby was going to Sky? Worn by a man who would actually be the face of an ad campaign for Sky inside a couple of years?

Remember the tears of emotion when the first black president was inaugurated? This from a man who now uses his show to openly support a candidate running on an openly racist platform?

rodge68

gimmick wrote: »

Its a complete mess. And showing zero signs of improvement either. I can just about tolerate Quinlan in that he is just a vacuum, but Williams is too much.

The Drive show is terrible also. Chris, while out of his depth as main anchor, looks a seasoned pro next to the hopelessly green Sarah McIninery. She just smacks of amatuerism and a colelge radio presenter who has notions. Doing this against Matt Cooper is only going to have one result.

I dont think much of the personnel or schedule changes..I actually like Sarah McInernys voice but she just seems too nice lacks any aggression, never asks any probing questions with any conviction IMO..she would do ok on another show..

Richard Hillman

Is it just me or does drive have an excessive amount of medical/pharma news? Maybe Hooky had that too but managed to make it entertaining. Now it's just "bleh", can't be listening to this at this hour of the day

Ol' Donie

No way! They're discussing How Did This Get Made?

Best non fotball podcast in the world, I recommend everyone listen to it.

(Instead of, say, Hook tomorrow).

ThisRegard

Cheers, I didn't get the name of it at the time.

pc7

Jebus turned the radio off driving home.
Newstalk - mattress mick and Henry McKeen
Matt Cooper - the Kardashians
Rte 1 - a poor little boy misdiagnosed