Today FM Megathread Mod warning post #1 / #1401

Chip Whitley

Has Louise Cantillon been out more than she's been in, since taking over lunchtimes. I'm sure that's not the case, but just feels like that anyway.

its_steve116

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122137782#Comment_122137782

When the station you work for doesn't have a studio in the city you live in it's always going to be hard to commit.

fire_man

She has been on TV with Daithi some days.All bits of irish on that too!

Neg10

It’s an interesting one, on the one hand, she’s right to try as much as she can and get the station the added boost from that, but from a jnlr point of view; you’d imagine it will affect the recall if she’s not there!

radiotrickster

It’s possible she booked the work before getting her Today Fm gig. You wouldn’t know how far in advance they book these things.

ford fiesta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122137925#Comment_122137925

I am sure on her contract is place of work is marconi house, digges lane, dublin 2 and was aware of this

EveryoneKnowsNobodyCares

2FM's is better. Also, there's been some big hits that Today FM just never ever put on their playlist for whatever, and still haven't, like Lovin On Me by Jack Harlow, or Sprinter by Central Cee and Dave which spent 10 weeks atop the UK Singles Chart. I don't understand the rationale there. Even Seventeen Going Under by Sam Fender didn't see the light of day until early 2022 despite being in the top 10 the previous autumn. (It even featured as a question a lot on the Grand National despite its total absence from the station)

EveryoneKnowsNobodyCares

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122104179#Comment_122104179

...in response to that ☝🏼

EveryoneKnowsNobodyCares

I see Today FM are doing another poll of songs, but this time it's a Top 1000. Now, I never saw the voting page for the Top 500, but is it the same? Cos in this one, you can:

1. nominate your own choice of up to 5 songs, anything you want, and
2. pick up to 5 songs that they provide you.

For number 2, they've provided a total of 50 acts, mostly today's most popular acts (Ed Sheeran, Beyonce, etc) with one or two longer lasting ones thrown in (e.g. Westlife, Madonna, Dolly Parton), and for each one there are three songs available.

So it seems you can pick up to 10 songs, although you don't have to pick any of the ones they feed you. But undoubtedly they'll get a boost, particularly if you mistakenly think you have to vote for them, but also just by being there.

TaurenDruid

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122148767#Comment_122148767

I wonder, might it be a music publisher thing, like Bauer not letting them play artists signed with certain labels? Thinking about it, I've never heard Fontaines DC or CMAT on during the day - don't think I've ever heard Fontaines, even on Ed's show - and both are charting/award-winning Irish acts who are big draws at festivals.

waywill1966

had the misfortune to tune into today fm in the car yesterday morning, just for curiosity and had to switch it off after a few minutes. Talking about bins for those few minutes ffs, thought my brain was about to bleed. This station was last good over twenty years ago and sounds like any other bland contemporary station now! Back to Planet Rock and Spotify for me!

ford fiesta

yesterdays (fri) 7pm news has just been aired. does this happen often ?

EveryoneKnowsNobodyCares

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122153085#Comment_122153085

It's cropped up before on this thread how the sports news from the previous evening has often been aired! They must record the news and/or sport and just play it again if nothing's changed and then occasionally play the wrong one by mistake.

EveryoneKnowsNobodyCares

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122152256#Comment_122152256

Probably. Does CMAT get a run-out often on 2FM? I think she might have been played a little on Ed's National Anthems

EveryoneKnowsNobodyCares

And speaking of adhering to the set playlist, does Ray Foley deviate from it a lot? I'll often hear him play something and realise I haven't heard it in quite the while.

Say Your Number

I remember CMAT complaining on Twitter about a year ago, that apart from John Creedon very few DJs play her songs.

NIMAN

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122155348#Comment_122155348

She needs to remember that Irish day time radio plays "the music we love" apparently. There must be no room for artists like CMAT or Fontaines DC, as we all prefer Girls Aloud, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Ed Sheerin and Dermot Kennedy.

TaurenDruid

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122154517#Comment_122154517

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122155348#Comment_122155348

Yeah, I would have heard her on Ed's show before it became the Blink 182, Coldplay and Imagine Dragons playlist. Dunno about 2fm, I've not listened in years.

If I won the euromillions and could buy the station and hire who I want, I'd have John Creedon, Ed Smith, Dec Pierce, Kelly-Ann Byrne, Claire Beck, Paul McLoone, Dave Couse, and Tom Dunne on in the evenings. With Alison Curtis doing her Last Splash show. Creedon is great - you never know what to expect next!

paddylonglegs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122155348#Comment_122155348

this why txfm was such a loss to Irish artists. Bands splitting up because they couldn’t get exposure to sell gigs. Txfm was great at this and the sound presenters wanted to push this. I still really miss that station

its_steve116

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122156861#Comment_122156861

Have you heard The DJ Bambi Show on Mixcloud? On a break now but plays a lot of emerging Irish artists.

pjohnson

I'm fairly sure Claire Beck plays CMAT

hold my beer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122160212#Comment_122160212

Yeah I've heard her play her on her Sunday morning show All Irish.

Tom Dunne plays CMAT on Newstalk a bit.

corcaigh07

Stuck on Today FM Rocks with Ed Smyth last night, nothing wrong as such with the music but the picks were all incredibly safe, it could have been a recorded show. It'd be nice to see Ed move onto a more suited radio station, wasted now at Today FM.

First thing I heard jumping back into the car this morning was Cash Machine drivel so off to podcasts I went.

xxyyzz

CMAT gets a lot of airtime on the evening slots on 2fm. To be fair to 2fm, there is a good variety of music in the evenings. Beta Da Silva's show is poppy but eclectic. After that the Greene room and Dan Hegarty's show is all alternative music.

paddylonglegs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122160341#Comment_122160341

all the Irish songs get wedged into Claire’s show on a Sunday morning at 8am. Obviously the station has to play a quota of Irish songs, and damned if they’re going to be playing them on their “prime time” slots. God help us all…

its_steve116

Beta played Cmat's new one "Ah, Shoot!" last night if I remember correct.

ford fiesta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122160645#Comment_122160645

Ed has been with Today FM since 1998, so just like Will and Rick over at RTE Gold - an easy job for life, with no hard sell and he doesnt even have to mention the cash call !!!.

He would be very foolish to move to another station to keep listeners and bands happy.

Shan Doras

It was funny when Liveline were covering the cash machine a few weeks ago because RTE were the ones who stated the whole text a premium rate number to win cash back in the day with Mooney's Money

EveryoneKnowsNobodyCares

Update on this: even if you pick five songs from the first section (i.e. anything you like), you then have to pick at least one of the ones you're spoonfed in section 2. Which makes a farce of the whole thing.

Shan Doras

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122172127#Comment_122172127

That chart is already decided