Local radio = The history channel

veryangryman

Usually I dodge local radio like a diseased wasp. As Dylan Moran says

"Do you know why its local? Cos it's sh1te".

Anyway im on a bus today and Midlands 103 is on. Something about these radio stations putting on music that should be long forgotten and highlights that there has been little worth remembering musically since the early 200s.

Pop music has its place but god it's like remembering a bad haircut or forgettable tattoo that sounded like a good idea at the time.

Right to be forgotten 101 this is.

Mint Sauce

veryangryman wrote: »

Usually I dodge local radio like a diseased wasp. As Dylan Moran says

"Do you know why its local? Cos it's sh1te".

Anyway im on a bus today and Midlands 103 is on. Something about these radio stations putting on music that should be long forgotten and highlights that there has been little worth remembering musically since the early 200s.

Pop music has its place but god it's like remembering a bad haircut or forgettable tattoo that sounded like a good idea at the time.

Right to be forgotten 101 this is.

Old people need their death notices! On a side note though, most of that 80s music is class, so much better than today's one hit wonders.

Ocean only gets airings in the car though, as some of the National Stations are no longer much better.

EmmetSpiceland

To be honest, before Newstalk came on the scene I found the “regional” stations to be far superior to the more Dublin/national stations.

CKR (now KFM), Eastcoast Radio and LMFM all had great weekend “shows” and you could be sure to hear some decent tunes during the week too.

I had high hopes of Q102 and then Radio Nova to really corner the “market” but they were both massive disappointments.

Where these stations fall down is when they try to “ape” the Dublin/National stations’ morning shows. Forced fun with idiot presenters. Dreadful stuff.

Haven’t listened to any of them in a few years at this stage so can’t comment on their “standard” today.

mikemac2

On 97.1 & 103.9 Golden memories greatest hits Tipp FM

If it wasn’t around how will the locals know who has died ??

JohnnyFlash

Local radio is great for extremely biased and partisan GAA commentary.

Local radio is far better than national imo.

whisky_galore

Halle Small Sawhorse wrote: »

Local radio is far better than national imo.

If you're into cuntry n Irish and finding out who died or which cow just calved I guess it is.

What abot sunshine 106, which I like in small doses as an alternative to talk raido. The world stopped in the 1980s

Edgware

Halle Small Sawhorse wrote: »

Local radio is far better than national imo.

"The ref, the bollix, what would you expect from a Borris ****?"
Classic

RhubarbCrumble

Limerick's Live 95fm. Is that Toto's "Africa" I hear again? And again, and again, and again?

JohnnyFlash

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

Limerick's Live 95fm. Is that Toto's "Africa" I hear again? And again, and again, and again?

Toto are class.

Wayne Jarvis

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

Limerick's Live 95fm. Is that Toto's "Africa" I hear again? And again, and again, and again?

I LOVE that song. Absolutely love it! I wouldn't even attempt to try and count the amount of times I participated in a horrible drunken off tune singalong of it with my friends.

You can never hear that song enough Rhubarb.

Church on Tuesday

veryangryman wrote: »

Usually I dodge local radio like a diseased wasp. As Dylan Moran says

"Do you know why its local? Cos it's sh1te".

Anyway im on a bus today and Midlands 103 is on. Something about these radio stations putting on music that should be long forgotten and highlights that there has been little worth remembering musically since the early 200s.

Pop music has its place but god it's like remembering a bad haircut or forgettable tattoo that sounded like a good idea at the time.

Right to be forgotten 101 this is.

Christ that's going back.

Snails pace

whisky_galore wrote: »

If you're into cuntry n Irish and finding out who died or which cow just calved I guess it is.

Give me Johnny Barry over Jenny Greene any weekend night. Nice to hear all the old ladies asking for some Big Tom to celebrate Mary's 80th birthday.

andekwarhola

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Local radio is great for extremely biased and partisan GAA commentary.

Football as well to be fair. Have enjoyed some fairly rabid local commentaries down the years when unable to make games.

whisky_galore

whisky_galore wrote: »

If you're into cuntry n Irish and finding out who died or which cow just calved I guess it is.

Most local stations only have a few slots a week with county and western. I generally find they play a good mix of music and I just prefer the local orientation of everything etc particularly news and talk shows I like to hear local issues etc. It’s easy to get national news on the news in the evening etc. They also have much more detailed traffic reports and cover local sport.

Many local stations don’t do death notices though one I listen to does and I don’t see the issue it’s helpful to hear who has died Incase it’s a funeral you should attend.

Your Face

Galway Bay FM can be good craic when theres a local match on.

WesternZulu

Halle Small Sawhorse wrote: »

Most local stations only have a few slots a week with county and western

Not Mid West Radio!
Country and Western takes up 90% of it's content, only to be broken by the 'Hot Hits Hour'.

Mehaffey1

Spin Southwest still on the go in Kerry direction? Remember it was class down for a weekend a decade ago

JohnnyFlash

andekwarhola wrote: »

Football as well to be fair. Have enjoyed some fairly rabid local commentaries down the years when unable to make games.

I hear the commentator on Ocean FM can get very emotional if the Bit o’ Red are being beaten by any of the teams from the Pale.

dxhound2005

Is this another thread where Boardsies want to censor things and close them down? What is wrong with people? Let whoever wants to listen listen.

Tow

mariaalice wrote: »

What abot sunshine 106, which I like in small doses as an alternative to talk raido. The world stopped in the 1980s

It did :-) Why do you think we now have Sunshine, Nova and Q102? The people who listened/worked as kids in the original stations in the 1980s grew up and started their own version of their favorite childhood station.

LirW

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Is this another thread where Boardsies want to censor things and close them down? What is wrong with people? Let whoever wants to listen listen.

They're about to take LyricFM away from me, the only good thing that ever came out of RTE. If they go down you might aswell delete radio with all stations.

veryangryman

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Is this another thread where Boardsies want to censor things and close them down? What is wrong with people? Let whoever wants to listen listen.

If only we succeeded sometimes.

ToddyDoody

With local radio you get the death notices, high tide times and mart report in one bulletin.

EmmetSpiceland

LirW wrote: »

They're about to take LyricFM away from me, the only good thing that ever came out of RTE. If they go down you might aswell delete radio with all stations.

I thought it was granted a “reprieve”? Marty Whelan’s show is excellent and would be a real shame to lose.

The Master

whisky_galore wrote: »

finding out who died .

I was coming home on the bus from Mullingar one morning after playing a gig in the town the night before.
Forgot my earphones and the driver had the local radio station on with the full death notices for the month being read out.
Almost added my own name to the list

El Weirdo

The Master wrote: »

I was coming home on the bus from Mullingar one morning after playing a gig in the town the night before.
Forgot my earphones and the driver had the local radio station on with the full death notices for the month being read out.
Almost added my own name to the list

The whole month? Like a local deaths review of September or something? Or predictions!?

The Master

El Weirdo wrote: »

The whole month? Like a local deaths review of September or something? Or predictions!?

Yes, every death that had occurred for the entire month
Like a fuckin macabre top of the pops countdown

JohnnyFlash

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

I thought it was granted a “reprieve”? Marty Whelan’s show is excellent and would be a real shame to lose.

I didn't have you down as a fan of Marty in the Morning, Emmet.


I was a keen Marty man, but since the imperious Bryan 'Dobbo' Dobson joined Morning Ireland I've gone back to serious 'current affairs' as I drive to work.



There's a lot of criticism of RTÉ out there, but they do damn good radio.

ToddyDoody

The Master wrote: »

Yes, every death that had occurred for the entire month
Like a fuckin macabre top of the pops countdown

I hate to break it to you but you'll be on the list someday too.

whisky_galore

ToddyDoody wrote: »

I hate to break it to you but you'll be on the list someday too.

You must be some craic at parties.

EmmetSpiceland

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

I didn't have you down as a fan of Marty in the Morning, Emmet.

I was a keen Marty man, but since the imperious Bryan 'Dobbo' Dobson joined Morning Ireland I've gone back to serious 'current affairs' as I drive to work.

Ah, I’ve been a Marty fan for a few years now. I won’t lie, it was my “better half” who turned me on to his show.

If I’m available for it, or out driving, I’d put on Pat Kenny at 9am

JohnnyFlash

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Ah, I’ve been a Marty fan for a few years now. I won’t lie, it was my “better half” who turned me on to his show.

If I’m available for it, or out driving, I’d put on Pat Kenny at 9am

Pat is the finest radio broadcaster of about 3 generations at this stage. If I have any criticism of the chap; it's that he appears almost too intelligent, and tends to ask questions of his guests that assumes he already knows all the answers. Which is the most minor of criticism. The dude is a clever guy.

The man is a legend of insightful radio journalism.

ToddyDoody

whisky_galore wrote: »

You must be some craic at parties.

Not really no, but thankfully after hours is no party.