Radio presenters. What a waste of space. They should play songs and do nothing else.

AMKC

All they talk is gibberish and rubbish. I was having a listen to that Clown Ray Foley on Today FM. My god he talks such rubbish. Honestly you would go stupid listening to him. Must really love himself. These idiots get paid for doing this? What a joke. They should stick do just doing what radio was invented for playing songs and keeping there stupid mouths closed.

Allinall

Radio was invented for playing music eh?

That's a doozy.

Jim_Hodge

Radio existed long before it became the norm to play music. Where do you get such notions?

There's a plethora of stations out there and nobody is forcing you to listen to any of them let alone any in particular. There's a huge choice, so tune in somewhere that doesn't rile you.

Leg End Reject

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058316458/radio-presenters-what-a-waste-of-space-they-should-play-songs-and-do-nothing-else

Honestly you would go stupid listening to him.

Indeed.

They should stick do just doing what radio was invented for playing songs and keeping there stupid mouths closed.

Gregor Samsa

OP, there's a variety of music screaming services that will play you random, curated or indeed selected music all day long without a presenter.

Yours is a problem that you yourself can solve.

Galwayguy35

Louise Duffy has a voice I could listen to all day.

Lucy Kennedy and that gobdaw that does be on with her are the total opposite but I like the old school music they have on that station so its a bit of a trade off putting up with D4 accents.

Lewis_Benson

This has to be the 9th worst thread on boards.......ever.

pgj2015

its true though, most Irish radio presenters are torture to listen to, they seem simple and are very unfunny but yet they act like the are hilarious.

Viscount Aggro

These are people that did not study hard or achieve anything in school, never mind 3rd level.

They are not needed in society.

Why do they constantly have to announce after playing a song, the obvious, as if people are halfwits.

example - " That was Come on Eileen, by Dexys"

Tell me how

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058316458/radio-presenters-what-a-waste-of-space-they-should-play-songs-and-do-nothing-else

keeping there stupid mouths closed.

One of the greatest self owns seen on Boards right they're/their/there OP.

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121189379#Comment_121189379

most people are halfwits though.

elperello

OP you inspired me.

To find out how many radio stations in the World 🌎

43,773

https://groups.ischool.berkeley.edu/archive/how-much-info/broadcast.html#:~:text=There%20are%2043%2C773%20active%20radio,stations%2C%20and%201%2C500%20shortwave%20stations.

Photobox

Im reminded of The Smiths song Panic with the famous lyric.. Hang the DJ when I read this.

orourkeda1

mod

cop on— warning issued

gameoverdude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121186201#Comment_121186201

Do you know what a d4 accent is? You can find it in Galway and theirs isn't "d4"

Terry

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121185510#Comment_121185510

Yep.

Radio is free, but for only €10.99 per month, you can add to your ever increasing bills.

I know it's an extra charge on top of the ever increasing costs of petrol, insurance, NCT (not including the stuff you have to get fixed between checks on your 2021 car), and tax that you pay for your car, but you won't have to listen to someone talking for a couple of minutes between songs.

For an extra Euro, you can listen ad free.*

*Some ads may be played.

I do have another idea, but this only works if you're being forced to listen to it in work.

Tell your boss that the DJ is a coke head, and you don't want to listen to him/her because of that. Cite Gerry Ryan as a reference.

This idea may come across as radical, but that's only because I'm a rad 47 year old.

Buy some music that you like.

I know it might sound strange to a kid like you, but before the internet, we had to pay for music.

Do you know what's even crazier? Digital copies of albums cost about the same (or less) now than they did in the 1980's and 90's.

Yep. Roughly a tenner in punts (€12.70) for an entire album. With 30 or 40 years of inflation, you're getting a bargain.

Or just change the station yourself. I don't care. Isn't there a radio forum?

Gregor Samsa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121191706#Comment_121191706

You’re all over the place. You start off lambasting the idea of paying a small monthly fee for unlimited access to millions of tracks, then bizarrely end up recommending that they spend even more on just one album! Very odd post.

Barcley

Probably only a matter of time before a lot of radio presenters will be replaced by AI programs with banter options etc.

Quantum Erasure

just came across this on Twitter...

https://twitter.com/NiallGray/status/1703846985197920607

Gregor Samsa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121191817#Comment_121191817

“Well hot dog! We have a wiener!”

https://youtu.be/fnGaf0p9x1U?si=n2ALEX6yo0jF3Fqu

Rothko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121190157#Comment_121190157

Dr.?

Galwayguy35

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121191360#Comment_121191360

Yeah I do and yes there is is, its called G4 and its just as bad if not worse.

gameoverdude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121193748#Comment_121193748

Never heard of g4 and had a good laugh.

It's not a Dublin accent though.

Rubberchikken

Op is right though.

Radio presenters are absolute crap.

Imo all they love is the sound of their own voices.

I only hear radio now.under duress..i.e. in part of workplace or in some shops.

I've Spotify so plenty of choice and no blah blah.

Guarantee in years to come there'll be no call for.radio as it's now. Young people don't want to hear the pointless $hite the stations currently peddle.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121194134#Comment_121194134

Thank you.

Allinall

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121194134#Comment_121194134

Young people never wanted to listen to the pointless $hite peddled, but they become older people, who do want to listen.

Radio is going nowhere.

dxhound2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058316458/radio-presenters-what-a-waste-of-space-they-should-play-songs-and-do-nothing-else

Thank you for your honesty. You have gone stupid.

Galwayguy35

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121194087#Comment_121194087

Never said it was, sounds the same though.

Hyperbollix

I generally avoid anything on radio that isn't of a current affairs persuasion. The 'phone-in for a whinge' shows or the music request shows that are common on weekends are just the worst things ever broadcast.

Was on the road Sunday and it's staggering to me that in today's day and age with all the social media bragging going on, people are STILL calling into national radio stations to tell the presenter they are travelling between Muff and Nobber with all the family after a wild weekend hiking or canoeing.

dxhound2005

More likely to be social dancing in Muff than canoeing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LstTF_qToEQ

Stephen_Maturin

Lucy Kennedy has single-handedly stopped my listening to Classic fm

She’d actually make you want to put your finger through your eye into your brain and swirl it around

Thinks she’s gas as well which makes it even worse

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121194787#Comment_121194787

When I was up around Muff diving was popular.

Dunno about Nobber, I never had the pleasure.

gormdubhgorm

OP must not have much of music collection.....

There is the occasional radio presenter that adds detail to a song, snippets of info before or after.

Tom Dunne (Newstalk), Pat Courtenay (Nova), John Creedon (RTE) - really know their stuff IMO

Jack Daw

I haven't listened to the radio by choice in years now.

When I used to have to drive to the bus stop for work every day at around 6 am the overnight auto DJ was still on on Midlands Radio 3 and it was heaven, they just had songs and then the Ads (to pay the bills) and it was a pure joy, if you needed to find out what songs was played you could check it on the website.

For the life of me I don't understand what benefit DJ's bring any more to radio particularly the ones who spend ages talking crap about how many sausage rolls they eat in a week and other pure nonsense topics.If they just played songs and gave them an introductions with a small bit of info you could tolerate them but they seem to be obsessed with talking sh1te with their co-presenters.The one benefit radio has over Spotify is that with Radio if there is a good dj they can expose you to songs and artists you've never heard of before, with Spotifiy you get stuck in a cycle of listening to alot of the same stuff over and over again.

gameoverdude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121194740#Comment_121194740

So it's but it is?

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121194227#Comment_121194227

You must be a radio presenter. Your job is doomed. Enjoy it while it's lasts. The machines will take over. I never did understand the concept of enjoying work. Its something a person does because they have to not because they want too. All that time could be spent being much more productive at other things but we just need robots everywhere first doing the menual things.

howsshenow

The eejit on Radio 1 before 7:00 in the morning just loves the sound of his own voice, talking shite.

windowcills

Not a fan of Foley, his silyness is more aimed at teenagers

I love Ian Dempsey, 2 johnnies & sean moncreef

Montage of Feck

the music that they constantly play

It says nothing to me about my life

Galwayguy35

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121195916#Comment_121195916

Maybe you have nothing else to do only talk about an accent but I'm getting tired of it.

I've said what I think and don't care if you agree with me or not.

gameoverdude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121197020#Comment_121197020

Nah. Plenty of other crap I can spout.

Think what you want but don't be surprised if people comment on what you post.

Galwayguy35

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121197199#Comment_121197199

Grand.

Go away an annoy someone else.

gameoverdude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121197211#Comment_121197211

I'll have to have a think about that.

Tombo2001

I'd also extend this to a lot of Sports Analysts on TV

RTE are bad for this, big match finishes....do we see the teams celebrating, the crowds singing, the lap of honour? No, we cut to the ads and then we do 'analysis'.