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Newstalk - Breakfast Show

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I heard about 10 minutes of the Newstalk Breakfast show this morning and wasn't too impressed. First off, Ivan Yeats was interviewing some guy from Donegal about the upcoming local/EU elections and would have given Boo Boo from Yogi Bear a run for his money in the yappy, excited, annoying stakes. The whole thing was far too animated and excited for that hour of the morning. I felt I was in work already with various people breathing down my neck looking for things to be done.

Next up was Chris with his exquisitely, painstakingly perfectly pronounced T's, rambling on about some court case in his drab D4 accent like it was actually important but it all ended up sounding very drab and forgetable.

I exited just before the sport and, while Christ was talking to the court reported, they obviously slipped some downers into Ivan's coffer because he sounded depressed and all tapped out when introducing the sports guy.

It's a fairly rubbish station in general. Not sure why anybody would want to listen to a bunch of middle aged guys drone on all the time. Nothing like some music to lighten the tone I always find.

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ThisRegard

Just switch on and hear Williams, yet again, comment about where a colleague is from. Pretty juvenile.

jooksavage

ThisRegard wrote: »

Just switch on and hear Williams, yet again, comment about where a colleague is from. Pretty juvenile.

That seems to be the only note of levity that he knows. Otherwise it's scumbags-this and sinners-that.

DeanAustin

Fair play to Coleman when they were talking about driverless taxis in the US.

"Sure what's the big deal, we have driverless buses in Dublin."

pc7

I got to listen to drive yesterday and Chris and the new presenter seem to work well (bar having Henry McKeen on, how does he get work!). Would have been better to have them do breakfast and he job sharers do drive as George always had a hodge podge on with him. This breakfast set up stinks!

vkid

That's me done anyway. Its just too bad. Williams is a joke as a presenter and just cannot warm to Coleman at all. Gave it a week but not for me.

Cazale

Just started listening to it two minutes ago for the first time. Williams talking about the special criminal court and Sinn Fein when I tuned in. Broken record.

wandatowell

Williams is a weird fit for morning radio. I get that he will be a big asset with his particular type of journalism but I think the decision makers behind the scenes got caught up in the gangland thing and shoehorned him in as it's the big news story of the moment.

Collette Fitzpatrick was good the other daym. She a very competent broadcaster.

PeterTheNinth

wandatowell wrote: »

Collette Fitzpatrick was good the other daym. She a very competent broadcaster.

She is a good presenter, but she is absolutely zero fun. She would be perfect for something like RTE's News At One, but not for the morning show that is meant to be fun and light. Coleman tried a joke with her on Tuesday morning and we saw how that ended.

delta_bravo

Ridiculous introductory question from Williams to the nbru union rep asking about 'pissing off ordinary people'. Surprised the union rep didn't just end the interview. Ridiculous language for a morning show

sheep?

Oh man this is so cringe.

The attempt at a forced rapport between the two is so bad.

Ivan was a blow-hard, but himself and Chris were great together.

Saying that, it is still only day 5, so it may take them a few weeks to bed in properly.

Cazale

Are you a Beatles fan Paul? Yeah of course. My favorite is A long days night.

pc7

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

She is a good presenter, but she is absolutely zero fun. She would be perfect for something like RTE's News At One, but not for the morning show that is meant to be fun and light. Coleman tried a joke with her on Tuesday morning and we saw how that ended.

I was listening to her the other morning and went to change to Newstalk, thought I was on rte1, then realised it was Newstalk! Also with the whole job share or whatever they are at you don't know who'll be on

Lester Freamon

I really find this new lineup so strange and would LOVE to know the reasoning of the Newstalk management and decision makers for it. You would have to assume that Williams, Quinlan and Fitzpatrick were approached to do this show. But what was the logic of management?

- Williams: he might increase the listener share of red top readers? Perhaps Newstalk feel gangland sells so what harm to throw him in there even though he has never presented a radio show in his life....never mind a prime time live show?

- Quinlan: I am totally at a loss with this one given the amount of decent sports broadcasters in NT. Rugby is now the sport not just popular with the private school set but also now extremely popular for the ambitious middle/lower middle class - this would be a newstalk target audience for sure. Rugby tends to be VERY popular with females - especially from the ambitious demographic just mentioned. Quinlan is a handsome bloke. Perhaps they feel he will help increase the female listenership?

- Fitzpatrick: this one I can somewhat understand. She is quite capable on TV3 but what made NT go after her and convince her to get up at 4am everyday over what she was doing already? Gender balance?

PeterTheNinth

Hi Lester, I find it bizarre too. Alan Quinlan is an expert rugby player, but a complete amateur broadcaster. And that's not to criticise him, he's spent the last twenty years playing rugby when Coleman was working in radio, how could you expect him to be an expert broadcaster? But the question is why you would put a complete amateur in to a job that requires a complete professional. I kind of feel a bit sorry for Oisin Langan to be honest. He must feel a bit like all those professional actors who sent in their CVs to Coronation Street for years with no success, only to switch on the TV and find Keith Duffy walking down the cobbles saying "Howyra buddies".

PeterTheNinth

you know, I dont think anybody doesnt have some sympathy for drug users and people who are from bad backgrounds who have had troubles. But for me, all that sympathy goes out the window when I see that they dont even have the respect for the public and children to dispose of their (free, paid for by the taxpayer) needles, so that they at least don't infect somebody else.

ghostdancer

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

you know, I dont think anybody doesnt have some sympathy for drug users and people who are from bad backgrounds who have had troubles. But for me, all that sympathy goes out the window when I see that they dont even have the respect for the public and children to dispose of their (free, paid for by the taxpayer) needles, so that they at least don't infect somebody else.

it's almost like they're trying to open needle exchange centres so the needles can be safely disposed of....

jam83

Lester Freamon wrote: »

I really find this new lineup so strange and would LOVE to know the reasoning of the Newstalk management and decision makers for it. You would have to assume that Williams, Quinlan and Fitzpatrick were approached to do this show. But what was the logic of management?

- Williams: he might increase the listener share of red top readers? Perhaps Newstalk feel gangland sells so what harm to throw him in there even though he has never presented a radio show in his life....never mind a prime time live show?

- Quinlan: I am totally at a loss with this one given the amount of decent sports broadcasters in NT. Rugby is now the sport not just popular with the private school set but also now extremely popular for the ambitious middle/lower middle class - this would be a newstalk target audience for sure. Rugby tends to be VERY popular with females - especially from the ambitious demographic just mentioned. Quinlan is a handsome bloke. Perhaps they feel he will help increase the female listenership?

- Fitzpatrick: this one I can somewhat understand. She is quite capable on TV3 but what made NT go after her and convince her to get up at 4am everyday over what she was doing already? Gender balance?

Quinlans looks aren't gonna pull in many female listeners when he's on the radio! Unless his deep unenthusiastic tones do it for them....

Brock Turnpike

pc7 wrote: »

I was listening to her the other morning and went to change to Newstalk, thought I was on rte1, then realised it was Newstalk! Also with the whole job share or whatever they are at you don't know who'll be on

The job share thing is the most baffling piece for me. Not sure what the thought process is behind it.

Not disappointed to see the back of Langan though. That's not to say Quinlan is much use though.

Ol' Donie

Where does this all leave Oisin Langan? And Cian Murtagh, come to that, if Ger or whoever is doing the sport on the drivetime show?

wnolan1992

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Where does this all leave Oisin Langan? And Cian Murtagh, come to that, if Ger or whoever is doing the sport on the drivetime show?

Oisin is in Rio atm, so I'd assume he's becoming a reporter for them.

gimmick

Why the Langan hate? I think he is a very good and enthusiastic presenter. He also seems very well researched. He knows his stuff.

He also plays junior b hurling. He may have mentioned that. Once or twice maybe.

Declan A Walsh

Lester Freamon wrote: »

- Williams: he might increase the listener share of red top readers? Perhaps Newstalk feel gangland sells so what harm to throw him in there even though he has never presented a radio show in his life....never mind a prime time live show?

You're not the first to make that mistake! He used to present a programme on the north-west station Ocean FM. It was an opt-out for the Leitrim area.

Ol' Donie

gimmick wrote: »

Why the Langan hate? I think he is a very good and enthusiastic presenter. He also seems very well researched. He knows his stuff.

He also plays junior b hurling. He may have mentioned that. Once or twice maybe.

Hate? Eh?

Good old Ush. He's annoying, but I'm quite fond of him, in an odd way. Defo want him to stick around.

jooksavage

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Hate? Eh?

Good old Ush. He's annoying, but I'm quite fond of him, in an odd way. Defo want him to stick around.

Dunno if he still does this but I think on the weekends he used to moonlight on WLR and perhaps Tipp FM, doing live commentary of games. Pretty sure it was him. He might be a bit annoying but he has a genuine interest in his subject at least.

DeanAustin

gimmick wrote: »

Why the Langan hate? I think he is a very good and enthusiastic presenter. He also seems very well researched. He knows his stuff.

He also plays junior b hurling. He may have mentioned that. Once or twice maybe.

He is a terrible interviewer. He won't ask a hard question or express and opinion without prefacing it with some sort of disclaimer.

Seems a nice lad and is far better than Alan Quinlan but he's just not very good.

constitutionus

thank jesus they got shot of henry mckeens slot today.

looks like its highlights of pat kennys now instead. i can live with that.

PeterTheNinth

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

You're not the first to make that mistake! He used to present a programme on the north-west station Ocean FM. It was an opt-out for the Leitrim area.

And he's been doing a podcast this year, so he obviously fancies himself as a bit of a Michael Parkinson.

https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-paul-williams-podcast/id1110206885?mt=2

sheep?

constitutionus wrote: »

thank jesus they got shot of henry mckeens slot today.

looks like its highlights of pat kennys now instead. i can live with that.

I think it's been that way for a while now. Henry's Under The Covers is on late on Sundays iirc.

ghostdancer

haven't heard any of the show yet, but presume it's Quinlan on the current ad who sounds like a robot saying "and all the news from the big game in Croker" at the end?
he sounds like he couldn't care less about being there.

pc7

ghostdancer wrote: »

haven't heard any of the show yet, but presume it's Quinlan on the current ad who sounds like a robot saying "and all the news from the big game in Croker" at the end?
he sounds like he couldn't care less about being there.

I came on to post about the promo, heard it this afternoon out driving. It's just so so so so bad!!!