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Schedule changes at BBC 6Music

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    Same here. I'm guttes to see R&M being demoted like this.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 903 ✭✭✭twinklerunner


    Lauren Laverne taking over the weekday breakfast show.

    Shaun Keaveny moving to weekday afternoons, 1 to 4pm.

    Radcliffe and Maconie moving to weekend breakfast.

    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/aug/09/lauren-laverne-named-as-6-musics-new-breakfast-show-host


    I enjoy R&M in the afternoon, gutted that they are being replaced by Keaveny...I find him to be painfully unfunny. :(

    I’m not a big fan of Laverne or Mary Ann Hobbs. I quite like Keaveny but I will really miss R&M - their show is entertaining, enjoyable and the music is great.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭MikeyTaylor


    Good luck to Lauren she deserves the breakfast show.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75,447 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    No more ‘Teatime Themetime’?

    :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47 WDR


    7am at weekends is too early for banging donks to be placed, no? Seriously disappointed with this.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 903 ✭✭✭twinklerunner


    WDR wrote: »
    7am at weekends is too early for banging donks to be placed, no? Seriously disappointed with this.

    For all fans of R&M: https://youtu.be/CxVjtb6ZBIE


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47 WDR


    For all fans of R&M: https://youtu.be/CxVjtb6ZBIE

    I would love the instrumental version of this. Unable to find it online, sadly.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75,447 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    RadMac’s final weekday afternoon show :(

    Mark back in the studio for the last one :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 903 ✭✭✭twinklerunner


    RadMac’s final weekday afternoon show :(

    Mark back in the studio for the last one :)

    Gonna really miss their show. Fantastic entertainment.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,397 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    To be honest, I use the Bbc iPlayer radio app and usually create my own schedule.

    Can't stand Keaveny, so usually start with Lauren, then the previous evening's Marc Riley, and then usually the Gideon Coe show (not mad about Lamacq, the guy is painfully stuck in the 90s).

    So, when all changes, my schedule will be Lauren, Rad Mac (Monday and Tuesday), Riley and Coe. And I throw in Iggy Confidential when I get the chance.

    And Tea Time Theme Time will live on in the weekend shows


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,137 ✭✭✭Genghis


    Forgive me this is slightly OT.
    Increasingly I hear more across BBC shows about the BBC Sounds App. Not available here last time I checked.

    I wonder if the BBC radio iPlayer app might in the future of BBC Sounds be discontinued ... And with it our access to 6Music via a BBC app.

    (I know there are other ways, BBC website, TuneIn, satellite to listen 'live' but like previous poster I love to create my own schedule from previous shows, would hate to lose that)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75,447 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    :(


    Time for Larry Gogan’s 60s show on RTE Gold. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,779 ✭✭✭BandMember


    Genghis wrote: »
    Forgive me this is slightly OT.
    Increasingly I hear more across BBC shows about the BBC Sounds App. Not available here last time I checked.

    I wonder if the BBC radio iPlayer app might in the future of BBC Sounds be discontinued ... And with it our access to 6Music via a BBC app.

    (I know there are other ways, BBC website, TuneIn, satellite to listen 'live' but like previous poster I love to create my own schedule from previous shows, would hate to lose that)

    Might it be a case that while the BBC Sounds App is for UK residents only (for the moment anyway) that they will continue to made the Radio iPlayer available for "worldwide" residents? Like yourself, I know there are other ways available to listen but they are all live only - none of them offer the same type of on demand/playback option, which I would use a lot.

    So, what are people making of the first day of the new lineup then???


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 422 ✭✭deecom


    BandMember wrote: »
    Might it be a case that while the BBC Sounds App is for UK residents only (for the moment anyway) that they will continue to made the Radio iPlayer available for "worldwide" residents? Like yourself, I know there are other ways available to listen but they are all live only - none of them offer the same type of on demand/playback option, which I would use a lot.

    So, what are people making of the first day of the new lineup then???

    The new line up is dreadful!

    Mary Ann Hobbs is ok, Shaun Keaveny shockingly bad!

    Just bring back Rad Mac!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,779 ✭✭✭BandMember


    I like Keaveney to be honest, but miss Rad Mac in the afternoons.

    Lauren Laverne is dreadful. Mary Anne used to be fine on the weekends, but her playlist in her new morning slot is rubbish.

    Chris Hawkins should have got the breakfast show, he's long overdue a "promotion" to a better slot....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    I like Zoe...disappointed that the first track was Aretha Franklin..Respect......i thought she was better than that...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,779 ✭✭✭BandMember


    I like Zoe...disappointed that the first track was Aretha Franklin..Respect......i thought she was better than that...

    She really isn't. Without her connections, she'd probably be on local radio. Sara Cox would have been a better choice than her, been filling in for holiday cover for years and never did anything wrong....

    Anyway, this is the 6Music thread - we're all hip, cool and edgy here so we don't listen to mainstream BBC Radio 2. ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,932 ✭✭✭yosser hughes


    I wish they'd replace Cerys Matthews. Not a fan. Mark Reilly is a bit annoying too.
    Radcliffe and Maconie are great but I believe Mark is quite ill now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,779 ✭✭✭BandMember


    I wish they'd replace Certs Matthews. Not a fan. Mark Reilly is a bit annoying too.
    Radcliffe and Maconie are great but I believe Mark is quite ill now.

    I think Cerys prepares for her shows by typing "coolest most obscure hipster playlist" into Google.... I don't mind her as a presenter most of the time, but the music is not for me. Marc Riley is there for a specific task for a specific audience (much like Cerys really), but I don't really listen to him to be honest.

    RadMac are one of the best radio co-presenters I've heard and are completely wasted in their new slot. Thankfully, there is a playback option and I would imagine that this how most people will listen to them from now on. Unfortunately, that is true about Mark but hopefully he will pull through and come back to us soon fit as a fiddle with a clean bill of health. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    Mark and Lard were far better than with Maconie imo....Riley is a funny guy I think...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75,447 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    Caught some of Stuart’s show on the weekend, entertaining as ever. :)

    Never plan to listen to one second of Keaveney :mad:

    Larry Gogan on RTE Gold will have my afternoon covered :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Max Headroom



    Larry Gogan on RTE Gold will have my afternoon covered :D

    shock shock horror horror ........no Pat Courtenay for you then....:eek:





    ...either...;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,885 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    shock shock horror horror ........no Pat Courtenay for you then....:eek:





    ...either...;)

    Or me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,397 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    I wish they'd replace Cerys Matthews. Not a fan. Mark Reilly is a bit annoying too.
    Radcliffe and Maconie are great but I believe Mark is quite ill now.

    Marc Riley and Gideon Coe are my go to shows, fit other stuff in if I can.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,397 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    BandMember wrote: »
    I think Cerys prepares for her shows by typing "coolest most obscure hipster playlist" into Google.... I don't mind her as a presenter most of the time, but the music is not for me. Marc Riley is there for a specific task for a specific audience (much like Cerys really), but I don't really listen to him to be honest.

    RadMac are one of the best radio co-presenters I've heard and are completely wasted in their new slot. Thankfully, there is a playback option and I would imagine that this how most people will listen to them from now on. Unfortunately, that is true about Mark but hopefully he will pull through and come back to us soon fit as a fiddle with a clean bill of health. :)

    With regards to Mark Radcliffe, think he's already presenting his folk show on maybe BBC4?

    He's back with Stuart in February. Rang in the first day of new RADMAC on Saturday gone.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,822 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Steve Lamacq is the worst thing about BBC 6 Music, that Roundtable hour long slot sounds like local radio.

    I miss Keavney in the morning, but suspect it might just be Stockholm Syndrome...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,539 ✭✭✭ghostdancer


    BandMember wrote: »
    I like Keaveney to be honest, but miss Rad Mac in the afternoons.

    Lauren Laverne is dreadful. Mary Anne used to be fine on the weekends, but her playlist in her new morning slot is rubbish.

    Chris Hawkins should have got the breakfast show, he's long overdue a "promotion" to a better slot....

    that's just the general 6Music playlist though, isn't it? extremely repetitive and predictable. she probably can't really get away with playing her weekend stuff now that she's catering to the daytime lot.
    her weekend shows had great music, as did her XFM and Radio1 shows.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,681 ✭✭✭facehugger99


    I think Keaveney really suited the breakfast show. His deadpan, half-asleep delivery suited my mood that time of the morning. I don't really get to listen to the radio most weekday afternoons so I haven't heard his new show yet at all.

    Lauren Laverne I can take or leave, her breakfast show isn't terrible by any means. I'm sure it will grow on me eventually.

    Radcliffe and Maconie - don't share the love that most people seem to have for them. They're only ok IMO.

    As long as Iggy is still on Friday evening, Huey is on a Saturday, Guy does a finest hour on a Sunday, I'm happy enough.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,397 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    Steve Lamacq is the worst thing about BBC 6 Music, that Roundtable hour long slot sounds like local radio.

    I miss Keavney in the morning, but suspect it might just be Stockholm Syndrome...

    He is painfully, embarrassingly stuck in the 90s


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75,447 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    Birneybau wrote: »
    He is painfully, embarrassingly stuck in the 90s

    You mean Carter USM and Ride aren’t cool anymore? :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,779 ✭✭✭BandMember


    Birneybau wrote: »
    With regards to Mark Radcliffe, think he's already presenting his folk show on maybe BBC4?

    He's back with Stuart in February. Rang in the first day of new RADMAC on Saturday gone.

    His folk show is on BBC Radio 2, can be quite good sometimes, although sometimes it's just really dreary English folk...

    Delighted to hear that he's back on air soon! :) I think he's a great presenter, really knowledge with a good taste in music and the sort of fella you'd love to go for a pint with as he'd have loads of great tales that he could never tell on air!
    Tabnabs wrote: »
    Steve Lamacq is the worst thing about BBC 6 Music, that Roundtable hour long slot sounds like local radio.

    I miss Keavney in the morning, but suspect it might just be Stockholm Syndrome...
    Birneybau wrote: »
    He is painfully, embarrassingly stuck in the 90s

    Wouldn't be a great fan of Steve Lamacq, very hit and miss. The roundtable can be a good way of keeping up with new releases though. Sometimes, it's like they've put on a recording of a show from 1994, but some of us love some of the indie music that was made in 1994... ;)
    that's just the general 6Music playlist though, isn't it? extremely repetitive and predictable. she probably can't really get away with playing her weekend stuff now that she's catering to the daytime lot.
    her weekend shows had great music, as did her XFM and Radio1 shows.

    I think it's more to do with the type of music assigned to that mid-morning slot to be honest, very dance/synth commercial with the few obscure tunes of that genre thrown in. I'd agree that the BBC6 playlist in general though is changing from what is used to, and not for the better...
    I think Keaveney really suited the breakfast show. His deadpan, half-asleep delivery suited my mood that time of the morning. I don't really get to listen to the radio most weekday afternoons so I haven't heard his new show yet at all.

    Lauren Laverne I can take or leave, her breakfast show isn't terrible by any means. I'm sure it will grow on me eventually.

    Radcliffe and Maconie - don't share the love that most people seem to have for them. They're only ok IMO.

    As long as Iggy is still on Friday evening, Huey is on a Saturday, Guy does a finest hour on a Sunday, I'm happy enough.

    I used to like Keaveney on the breakfast show and his style really suited it. However, the playlist over the last year or so was changing and I found myself not really liking a lot of it. It's a lot different on his new afternoon show and I'm really enjoying it.

    Laverne is getting a big thumbs down from me to be honest, it's a terrible show so far.

    What's not to love about RadMac??? :eek: They're excellent!

    Huey is great alright, but he went down a lot in my estimation the day they were doing a NYC theme show. Listeners were sending in suggestions and requests for tunes and he told them to STFU as nobody knew more about NYC than him! He apologised after the next track though, must have got a word in his ear from a producer.... Still listen to him though as it's a great show.

    Guy Garvey is great too, very eclectic playlist and so suited to presenting on radio - especially a show like this.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,932 ✭✭✭yosser hughes


    I do enjoy Huey I must say. Iggy, Guy Harvey, Jarvis are great too. A real music education sometimes.
    Craig Charles of course.

    It's a great station really. It's great to have access to it.
    The offering in Ireland is appalling. For a country that's supposed to be in to music, what's on offer is bland,biriy and conservative.
    8 radio is at least trying. They're a bit lazy though. Updating ' now playing' on the website for a start.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 307 ✭✭kellso81


    I'm enjoying the new schedule, think Lauren Lavern is great, don't understand all the hate for her here. She's pretty inoffensive, good at what she does and is knowledgeable about the music.

    I don't like Keaveney or any other dj for that matter who tries to be a wannabe comedian and fails miserably, something rife in irish radio, although i do still listen because i like the music he plays.

    As much as I love Mark Radcliffe I can't stand stuart maconie, smug wee muso pr*ck from the nme era. I would listen to Radcliffe on his own if he had his own show.

    As other people have said here, guy garvey is my favorite 2hrs of radio in the week


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,681 ✭✭✭facehugger99


    I'm also a big fan of the Worldwide show on a Saturday afternoon, despite not knowing any of the songs and Giles Peterson referring to himself as 'GP' - which always makes me cringe.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,932 ✭✭✭yosser hughes


    kellso81 wrote: »
    I'm enjoying the new schedule, think Lauren Lavern is great, don't understand all the hate for her here. She's pretty inoffensive, good at what she does and is knowledgeable about the music.

    I don't like Keaveney or any other dj for that matter who tries to be a wannabe comedian and fails miserably, something rife in irish radio, although i do still listen because i like the music he plays.
    I hadn't noticed any ' hate' for Lauren?, I think she's good anyway. I agree with you on DJ's trying to be funny.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 307 ✭✭kellso81


    I hadn't noticed any ' hate' for Lauren?




    I’m not a big fan of Laverne
    BandMember wrote: »

    Lauren Laverne is dreadful.
    Lauren Laverne I can take or leave
    BandMember wrote: »

    Laverne is getting a big thumbs down from me to be honest, it's a terrible show so far.


    There's a few there


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,932 ✭✭✭yosser hughes


    kellso81 wrote: »
    There's a few there

    Fair enough.' Hate' is a tad strong no? She's inoffensive enough.
    Each to their own I suppose.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,681 ✭✭✭facehugger99


    kellso81 wrote: »
    There's a few there

    Bit of a reach.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    I like Lauren....she knows her stuff..love her voice...:o


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