radio nova

endofrainbow

AlgerShane wrote: »

Couldn't disagree any more. Pete and I are pals and he's a great guy with incredible taste and knowledge .

I'm quite sure a lot of the *jocks* are great guys and gals, but I too, find PD's presenting style boring. He may have incredible taste and knowledge but it's very much polarized whereas PC has a much wider range of musical knowledge.

Max Headroom

endofrainbow wrote: »

I'm quite sure a lot of the *jocks* are great guys and gals, but I too, find PD's presenting style boring. He may have incredible taste and knowledge but it's very much polarized whereas PC has a much wider range of musical knowledge.

Due to the fact that he's twice as old.....:p

PD is sound....he doesn't try to be funny..tbh he's too good for Nova in its current guise as a pop station....

Just something I noticed on here..Welsh megaman commented on the John Creedon show about The Specials version of Dirty old town (cringy) and guess what Morty plays today....The Pogues version...coincidence....?....just be careful what you say about them lads..they're watching...:D

Salmon Leap

Nova have obviously updated their playlist this week. How many more times will we hear Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush or Roxy Music’s Oh Yeah to name but two.......

Max Headroom

I tuned into 2XM ,only because i was near a telly, ....i found it quite good, very 6music tho....definately not PR..but some stuff on there that i never heard....made me think of Phantom/TXFM a bit.....:o

Still Ill

Is anyone else getting increasingly worried for Ben Dunne's mental health? The ads are bizarre.

Salmon Leap

Salmon Leap wrote: »

Nova have obviously updated their playlist this week. How many more times will we hear Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush or Roxy Music’s Oh Yeah to name but two.......

12:24 Wuthering Heights, that didn’t take long 😧

Max Headroom

Salmon Leap wrote: »

12:24 Wuthering Heights, that didn’t take long ��

Struggling stations tend to do that...they choose an artist that was popular and play the sh1t out of them to try and attract the passing listener....desperation..:)

If i've said it a million times..its not really the music thats the problem with nova, although it could be wayyy better...imo

FreudianSlippers

Max Headroom wrote: »

I tuned into 2XM ,only because i was near a telly, ....i found it quite good, very 6music tho....definately not PR..but some stuff on there that i never heard....made me think of Phantom/TXFM a bit.....:o

Is 2XM also available on DAB in cars?

Ash.J.Williams

Wuthering heights is one of the greatest songs ever written

FreudianSlippers

Max Headroom

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

+1........................:P

Homer

Salmon Leap wrote: »

Nova have obviously updated their playlist this week. How many more times will we hear Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush or Roxy Music’s Oh Yeah to name but two.......

Easy to know that Greg is not looking after music selection anymore... Colms taste in music about as bad as most of his attempts at humour.. :rolleyes:

Ash.J.Williams

Homer wrote: »

Easy to know that Greg is not looking after music selection anymore... Colms taste in music about as bad as most of his attempts at humour.. :rolleyes:

i dont know much about autism but i believe it can be horrendous for a child to be in a noisy environment ....no insult intended to those who experience such a thing but it's EXACTLY how i feel listening to the breakfast show...sttttttooooopppppppp

L1011

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

Is 2XM also available on DAB in cars?

Location dependant but should be within all of Nova's service area

Max Headroom

Haye you ever heard quality like this on nova...in just a half hour...with practically no talk..

• 5:03
  
  
  Blue Light David Gilmour
• 14:54
  
  
  Go With The Flow Queens Of The Stone Age
• 14:52
  
  
  Fanfare For The Common Man Emerson Lake and Palmer
• 14:47
  
  
  From Out Of Nowhere Faith No More
• 14:38
  
  
  Even Flow Pearl Jam
• 14:35
  
  
  Young City Hearts

prunudo

Its such a shame its not easier to pick up here. Its great listening to at home via sky but i find the app hit and miss

Max Headroom

jvan wrote: »

Its such a shame its not easier to pick up here. Its great listening to at home via sky but i find the app hit and miss

Still worth it tho...;)

Happened to be on a job this morning they had nova on, theyre definately going the alternative/indie route..like TXFM...and look what happened to them...

AlgerShane

Is anyone else a bit concerned that the addition of Gerry Healy there recently is a potential replacement for The Friday Night Rock Show?

I mean, come on. Hayes has done voice-over ads for all the other shows and hasn't remotely mentioned Tony at all. Surely I'm not the only one to have noticed??

Aska

AlgerShane wrote:

Is anyone else a bit concerned that the addition of Gerry Healy there recently is a potential replacement for The Friday Night Rock Show?

I mean, come on. Hayes has done voice-over ads for all the other shows and hasn't remotely mentioned Tony at all. Surely I'm not the only one to have noticed??

I cannot warm to Tony, tried and tried but he has ruined the show for me, maybe me coming from a more Heavy Metal based background am just getting tired of the tokenistic Gary Moore, Rory & Thin Lizzy tracks ohh and ACDC 'the jack'.

It's great to hear them Irish guys but a little more variety in the material would go along way imo.

FanadMan

Aska wrote: »

I cannot warm to Tony, tried and tried but he has ruined the show for me, maybe me coming from a more Heavy Metal based background am just getting tired of the tokenistic Gary Moore, Rory & Thin Lizzy tracks ohh and ACDC 'the jack'.

It's great to hear them Irish guys but a little more variety in the material would go along way imo.

You really need to listen more. Both Phillo and Garys anniversaries are close together so they are going to be played more.

Did you listen to last Fridays show? Go onto the site and listen to the first hour. Good new Irish music being played.....live in studio.

Post-midnight there was plenty of classic Ozzy and Priest played in honour of the upcoming (and subsequently re-scheduled) gig.

Pat James has been booted to online only and John Clarke plays the same as he ever has. Tony is really the only one left on Nova mainstream that can play what he wants, ie doesn't have a playlist dictated by Hayes/Branners/whatever child producer is in that day.

Aska

FanadMan wrote:

Did you listen to last Fridays show? Go onto the site and listen to the first hour. Good new Irish music being played.....live in studio.


Pat James has been booted to online only and John Clarke plays the same as he ever has. Tony is really the only one left on Nova mainstream that can play what he wants, ie doesn't have a playlist dictated by Hayes/Branners/whatever child producer is in that day.

FanadMan wrote:

Post-midnight there was plenty of classic Ozzy and Priest played in honour of the upcoming (and subsequently re-scheduled) gig.

You really need to listen more. Both Phillo and Garys anniversaries are close together so they are going to be played more.


Did you listen to last Fridays show? Go onto the site and listen to the first hour. Good new Irish music being played.....live in studio.

You are probably right, I am more than likely nit-picking it's good to hear them guys at anytime, the only other plave you are likely to hear them is on Ronan Collins show, even the adds for the Metallica gig on other radio shows just play clips of 'nothing else' & 'the unforgiven'

I am got to move with the times and accept that this is not the John Kenny Metal show. Yes the Valhalla guys wasnt it? Caught about half it.

Max Headroom

Aska wrote: »

You are probably right, I am more than likely nit-picking it's good to hear them guys at anytime, the only other plave you are likely to hear them is on Ronan Collins show, even the adds for the Metallica gig on other radio shows just play clips of 'nothing else' & 'the unforgiven'

I am got to move with the times and accept that this is not the John Kenny Metal show. Yes the Valhalla guys wasnt it? Caught about half it.

Try to get hold of Planet Rock somehow if you can..you wont be dissapointed....;)

Example, just now..nova had Hall and Oates....PR had Procol Harum......no contest..

AlgerShane

Yes, Tony does indeed have a big love for the heavy music too, but Nova have a strict line when it comes to HOW heavy , which in a sense, is a good thing. In my ears, there comes a point where metal is nothing but muzak. Noise. BUT, Tony well and truly loves, and knows, his rock and roll. As someone said, he's the only DJ who doesn't have to fully abide by the mainstream, which is a blessing. But one can't help but worry as Hayes wants to try and make the station as mainstream as he possibly can. If Tony's out, with the exception of Peter, Kieran, and Clarkie, I'm out. 'Nuff said.

Lovenova

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

That's more than a tad hyperbolic - just looking at 2fm for example today, The Chainsmokers, Taylor Swift, Picture This, Jax Jones, RAYE, Ariana Grande...

I'm not seeing anything on the list which has ever been played on Nova... maybe Hozier and George Ezra?

Look, I agree that Hozier and George Ezra don't belong on Nova before people latch on to that

Wow, clearly I got under someone’s skin - so much so that they listened to 2fm on a single day . The fact remains that Nova is indistinguishable from anyone else on the dial - it’s certainly not the station that received a rock music licence.

And as for the assumption here that Nova never made money - does anyone seriously think that any private business could afford to run at a loss for as long as they have ?

In my opinion, not one on air decision they made in last year and a half has been positive . I no longer listen.

Max Headroom

Lovenova wrote: »

Wow, clearly I got under someone’s skin - so much so that they listened to 2fm on a single day . The fact remains that Nova is indistinguishable from anyone else on the dial - it’s certainly not the station that received a rock music licence.

And as for the assumption here that Nova never made money - does anyone seriously think that any private business could afford to run at a loss for as long as they have ?

In my opinion, not one on air decision they made in last year and a half has been positive . I no longer listen.

Read this............oh, and the stab at Pat James and his ilk...;)

https://radiotoday.ie/2018/04/revealing-qa-with-nova-ceo-kevin-branigan/

"presenters with a singular obsession about music warbling on about artists and gigs they’d been to, trying to show off their musical knowledge to a small bunch of very loyal listeners".

Lovenova

"presenters with a singular obsession about music warbling on about artists and gigs they’d been to, trying to show off their musical knowledge to a small bunch of very loyal listeners".[/quote]

It’s no secret that more than one current & previous on air staff found the remarks offensive

Max Headroom

Lovenova wrote: »

"presenters with a singular obsession about music warbling on about artists and gigs they’d been to, trying to show off their musical knowledge to a small bunch of very loyal listeners".

It’s no secret that more than one current & previous on air staff found the remarks offensive[/QUOTE]


God love him he hasnt a clue, thats why he put that moron Hayes in charge of everything...it seems to be a negative thing on nova to love music....:rolleyes:

terrydel

Is Pat James no longer on Nova? Used to listen every Sunday and he was brilliant.

FanadMan

terrydel wrote: »

Is Pat James no longer on Nova? Used to listen every Sunday and he was brilliant.

He was booted to the digital side. Can get him on the website player or the mobile app under the Classic Rock stream. Is on from 9pm to 1am as usual. The upside to being on the digital stream is that there is no ads or news, just 4 hours of Pat and his music.

FreudianSlippers

Lovenova wrote: »

Wow, clearly I got under someone’s skin

Again, super hyperbolic. There's absolutely no evidence that you've gotten under anyone's skin tbh.

- so much so that they listened to 2fm on a single day .

You can do that, or you can just do what I did and look on their website for 30 seconds at the playlist from the day.

The fact remains that Nova is indistinguishable from anyone else on the dial - it’s certainly not the station that received a rock music licence.

I'm not a die-hard fan of Nova; all I pointed out was that the earlier statement (and in fact this one) is just untrue if you look at the music played on the likes of 2FM for example.

In fact, in traffic today I stuck on 2XM and there was a lot more current pop than Nova plays.

And as for the assumption here that Nova never made money - does anyone seriously think that any private business could afford to run at a loss for as long as they have ?

I don't particularly care enough to purchase an updated report for Classic Rock Broadcasting Ltd. to check their profit/loss, but if this report is anything to go by I doubt they're suddenly in the black

https://fora.ie/radio-nova-losses-licence-3162180-Dec2016/