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byte

Still Ill wrote: »

Also, if anyone from the station reads this.. Please, please please stop playing that Stereophonics song!

Jesus, you're not wrong. I assume it's royalty-free for them or something!

byte

byte wrote: »

Jesus, you're not wrong. I assume it's royalty-free for them or something!

I always suspected something fishy about the new music segments, maybe it's royalty-free or even payola.

Max Headroom

Karsini wrote: »

I always suspected something fishy about the new music segments, maybe it's royalty-free or even payola.

Who's eh yer one eh that reads out the eh "rock news" eh bit.....she really should learn to read her own eh handwriting...eh....painful...:rolleyes:

Ciaran_B

Their obsession with Stereophonics, Spoon and that new Lindsey Buckingham song is ridiculous. I'm finding myself listening less and less these days and only turning on for Pat James and John Clarke.

Max Headroom

Ciaran_B wrote: »

Their obsession with Stereophonics, Spoon and that new Lindsey Buckingham song is ridiculous. I'm finding myself listening less and less these days and only turning on for Pat James and John Clarke.

Get used to it...Kelly and the lads wont be here till march....hopefully they'll have a better track out by then..as for Spoon and Buckingham...:rolleyes:

Results of a survey about the introduction of new national FM licences.

http://radiotoday.ie/2017/09/radio-nova-releases-research-on-new-licences/

Max Headroom

Looks like Nova did a survey about Nova....:rolleyes:

Nova’s CEO Kevin Branigan told RadioToday: “This research shows that the licencing of specialist radio services, particularly Radio Nova, can and has added to overall radio listening...

Is he havin a laugh, i say is he havin a laugh...............

MikeyTaylor

zorro2566 wrote: »

Results of a survey about the introduction of new national FM licences.

http://radiotoday.ie/2017/09/radio-nova-releases-research-on-new-licences/

Looks like someone on change.org wants SPIN 1038/South West to get it!

MikeyTaylor

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Looks like someone on change.org wants SPIN 1038/South West to get it!

I have to ask why though. Kiddies are already well served by 2FM and now Today FM. We don't need yet another national youth station. If anything, these are the ones who wouldn't be listening to the radio, thanks to YouTube and Spotify.

MikeyTaylor

Karsini wrote: »

I have to ask why though. Kiddies are already well served by 2FM and now Today FM. We don't need yet another national youth station. If anything, these are the ones who wouldn't be listening to the radio, thanks to YouTube and Spotify.

SPIN have a bigger audience share than Nova.

endofrainbow

Kinda went off Peter devlin when I heard him refer to steely Dan as Donald Fagen and Walter beckeTT

Kyle More

I had a rare moment of excitement while listening to Nova this evening. Dee Woods (I think) announced that the classic album at midnight would be to mark Cliff Burton's 31st anniversary since his passing. I couldn't help but wonder, are Nova actually going to play Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning or Master of Puppets in its entirety? My mind was racing thinking good call, Nova, good call. Of course, my excitement was hastily vanquished when we were informed that the 'Black Album' was the album in question. I've nothing against the 'Black Album', but are Nova aware that it's not the band's only album? As they only ever seem to play tracks from that particular one. Also, if they wanted to mark Burton's anniversary, why not play one of the albums that he was actually involved in?

MikeyTaylor

Kyle More wrote: »

I had a rare moment of excitement while listening to Nova this evening. Dee Woods (I think) announced that the classic album at midnight would be to mark Cliff Burton's 31st anniversary since his passing. I couldn't help but wonder, are Nova actually going to play Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning or Master of Puppets in its entirety? My mind was racing thinking good call, Nova, good call. Of course, my excitement was hastily vanquished when we were informed that the 'Black Album' was the album in question. I've nothing against the 'Black Album', but are Nova aware that it's not the band's only album? As they only ever seem to play tracks from that particular one. Also, if they wanted to mark Burton's anniversary, why not play one of the albums that he was actually involved in?

I agree wholeheartedly. There's more to Metallica than the Black Album!

FanadMan

Kyle More wrote: »

I had a rare moment of excitement while listening to Nova this evening. Dee Woods (I think) announced that the classic album at midnight would be to mark Cliff Burton's 31st anniversary since his passing. I couldn't help but wonder, are Nova actually going to play Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning or Master of Puppets in its entirety? My mind was racing thinking good call, Nova, good call. Of course, my excitement was hastily vanquished when we were informed that the 'Black Album' was the album in question. I've nothing against the 'Black Album', but are Nova aware that it's not the band's only album? As they only ever seem to play tracks from that particular one. Also, if they wanted to mark Burton's anniversary, why not play one of the albums that he was actually involved in?

In my memory, that was the second time they played The Black Album as the classic. Someone needs to go to the local record shop and have a look at the back catalogue. There is so much better from Metallica. Bob Rock turned they from heavy to radio friendly pop rock with Black. Master or ....Justice are miles ahead of Black but not as popular

Max Headroom

FanadMan wrote: »

In my memory, that was the second time they played The Black Album as the classic. Someone needs to go to the local record shop and have a look at the back catalogue. There is so much better from Metallica. Bob Rock turned they from heavy to radio friendly pop rock with Black. Master or ....Justice are miles ahead of Black but not as popular

WHOOOOOOHHH Lads...BACK THE RIG UP.......this is nova we're talking about....dont want to offend the listeners ears....

Former Former

This is a commercial radio station, playing a full hour of Metallica, and all anyone can do is b*tch.

The problem is not Nova.

end of the road

Former Former wrote: »

This is a commercial radio station, playing a full hour of Metallica, and all anyone can do is b*tch.

The problem is not Nova.

yes it is . a little more from the back catalogues of artists goes a long way. if people are listening to nova, then they will know the artists being played from the actual classic rock genre.

hullaballoo

Classic rock isn't a genre thankfully. It's a radio format for people who can't understand music that came out after 1990 1992.

MikeyTaylor

hullaballoo wrote: »

Classic rock isn't a genre thankfully. It's a radio format for people who can't understand music that came out after 1990.

I would have thought 1992. I consider 1990 through 1992 to be the honorary years of the 1980s in all but number.
In my opinion:
00s: 2003 to 2012
90s: 1993 to 2002
80s: 1983 (maybe 1982) to 1992.

hullaballoo

I take your point.

Former Former

end of the road wrote: »

yes it is . a little more from the back catalogues of artists goes a long way. if people are listening to nova, then they will know the artists being played from the actual classic rock genre.

Well there you go. I'd have thought that this album marked their move from metal into classic rock. As posters here are so very fond of noting, Nova should (apparently) stick rigidly to classic rock and never deviate from it, no?

It was also by some distance Metallica's most popular album. The objective of radio is to get people to listen to it, so it might make sense to play the stuff people want to hear.

I'm wasting my time here, I know, because all you want to do is piss and moan, but your expectations are completely unrealistic.

MikeyTaylor

Former Former wrote: »

Well there you go. I'd have thought that this album marked their move from metal into classic rock. As posters here are so very fond of noting, Nova should (apparently) stick rigidly to classic rock and never deviate from it, no?

It was also by some distance Metallica's most popular album. The objective of radio is to get people to listen to it, so it might make sense to play the stuff people want to hear.

I'm wasting my time here, I know, because all you want to do is piss and moan, but your expectations are completely unrealistic.

If Nova were a strict classic rock station, no way in hell would they be playing pop singers like Jack Johnson.

cfuserkildare

The music being played on Nova has seriously gone Pop/Mainstream.
Hugely disappointed in the rubbish being broadcast in the last 2 years.
Especially the clowns on the Morning Glory thing.
If we wanted to listen to that tripe, we would listen to 2fm!!!

Former Former

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

If Nova were a strict classic rock station, no way in hell would they be playing pop singers like Jack Johnson.

That's precisely my point. People bitch when they play something other than classic rock, they bitch when they don't deviate. Nova playing the Black album and not something more metal is exactly what you all say you want.

Dravokivich

Karsini wrote: »

I always suspected something fishy about the new music segments, maybe it's royalty-free or even payola.

That wouldn't be it. If there's anything going on with it there's some sponsoring the frequent airplay of some songs. But it's more likely that they are just playing the same "new" songs so frequently because they are new songs of bands that would be associated with their target audience. That new U2 song is on the regular playlist now as well.

Unfortunately it seems to have fallen into the same setup as most other radio stations where someone has laid out a range of songs that have to be played at a certain rate.

Former Former wrote: »

That's precisely my point. People bitch when they play something other than classic rock, they bitch when they don't deviate. Nova playing the Black album and not something more metal is exactly what you all say you want.

People are arguing about the Black Album because the person Nova are commerating had nothing to do with it. You should expect to see question marks flying around on the back of that.

Avatar MIA

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

If Nova were a strict classic rock station...

TXFM! would have a companion on the scrapheap by now.

Infoanon

Avatar MIA wrote: »

TXFM! would have a companion on the scrapheap by now.

Excellent summary of the realities of commercial radio.

Infoanon

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

I would have thought 1992. I consider 1990 through 1992 to be the honorary years of the 1980s in all but number.
In my opinion:
00s: 2003 to 2012
90s: 1993 to 2002
80s: 1983 (maybe 1982) to 1992.

80's more mid '81 to mid '88

Kyle More

Former Former wrote: »

That's precisely my point. People bitch when they play something other than classic rock, they bitch when they don't deviate. Nova playing the Black album and not something more metal is exactly what you all say you want.

That's not really what I was getting at, Former Former. I actually like the Black Album. It's a good album and a staple of the hard rock/metal genre. But the point I was trying to make is that Burton wasn't involved with it, so why play it to commemorate his anniversary? Surely Lightning or Puppets (on which he made a significant contribution) would have been more appropriate?

newspower

Glad to see I am not the only one who has a problem with Nova. Playing a lot of poppy stuff lately and I just don't tune in much anymore. Sorry I cant deal with Pat anymore, he plays good tracks but talks too much S!!!!E. Over and under......really.