Anton Savage Radio Thread [Mod Note Post 1]

neris · 08-12-2016 11:24AM

buckfasterer wrote: »

So you know the way that Canadian Alison Curtis is from Canada? How many times does Canada have to mention Canada is from Canada in every show?

has she mentioned shes got a kid yet

Claude Burgundy · 08-12-2016 11:25AM

No but she had a 7th birthday shout out done but 9:07 :rolleyes:

Synode · 08-12-2016 11:32AM

I've switched to Newstalk this week. It's pretty ****e but I just can't stand Curtis.

Anyone any other recommendations. Is 2FM any use from 9 - 12?

Ayrtonf7 · 08-12-2016 11:50AM

I miss Anton so much. He had such a likable personality, very charismatic, genuine feel to him, going to be very hard to replace. I cant stand Alison's voice so I've completely tuned out of the time slot. Any ideas on where Anton will show his head again?

hullaballoo · 08-12-2016 12:56PM

Synode wrote: »

I've switched to Newstalk this week. It's pretty ****e but I just can't stand Curtis.

Anyone any other recommendations. Is 2FM any use from 9 - 12?

If you are someone who enjoys hate listening, go for it!

robo · 08-12-2016 01:17PM

We listened to TodayFM all day, every day in our office - today we changed the dial to Q102. Do TodayFM not realize that they are going to lose a lot more listeners.
I am guessing that Neil Delamare is in the running for the spot if its internal. Who are the other front runners?

Michael Weston · 08-12-2016 01:53PM

robo wrote:

We listened to TodayFM all day, every day in our office - today we changed the dial to Q102. Do TodayFM not realize that they are going to lose a lot more listeners. I am guessing that Neil Delamare is in the running for the spot if its internal. Who are the other front runners?

If it's Delamere I'll cut my ears off. He's total scutter always trying to shoehorn his fake laugh into every sentence

Utah · 08-12-2016 02:01PM

Michael Weston wrote: »

If it's Delamere

Yeah, I'll be definitely tuning out too.

Mc Love · 08-12-2016 02:35PM

robo wrote: »

We listened to TodayFM all day, every day in our office - today we changed the dial to Q102. Do TodayFM not realize that they are going to lose a lot more listeners.
I am guessing that Neil Delamare is in the running for the spot if its internal. Who are the other front runners?

Is there a way for them to check the daily figures, or do they have to wait for the JLNR ratings to come out?

I'd say the listenership has slumped dramatically since Friday

Buford T. Justice XIX · 08-12-2016 03:18PM

Synode wrote: »

I've switched to Newstalk this week. It's pretty ****e but I just can't stand Curtis.

Anyone any other recommendations. Is 2FM any use from 9 - 12?

I tuned into Turbridy this morning. It was OK I suppose but the music was fairly stale.

Synode · 08-12-2016 03:45PM

Totally forgot it's Tubridy at that time - no chance I'm listening to him. Might start listening to podcasts as I'm already listening to Spotify after D&D at 2:30pm

gazzer · 08-12-2016 04:18PM

neris wrote: »

has she mentioned shes got a kid yet

Could you imagine Alison Curtis interviewing Ray D'arcy

:D:D

F34 · 08-12-2016 06:04PM

gazzer wrote: »

Could you imagine Alison Curtis interviewing Ray D'arcy :D:D

I just shouted no at my screen reading that lol:(

nc6000 · 08-12-2016 08:13PM

Mc Love wrote: »

Is there a way for them to check the daily figures, or do they have to wait for the JLNR ratings to come out?

I'd say the listenership has slumped dramatically since Friday

I think the JNLRs are calculated by a survey so unless they've been carrying out a survey this week I don't think they can tell?

Big Nasty · 08-12-2016 08:30PM

I think there might be an up to the minute function that monitors people tuning in.

Ursus Horribilis · 08-12-2016 11:40PM

I've stopped listening and Spotify is my friend. I listened back a little earlier to a couple of the podcasts and they were painful. I used to enjoy Anton's banter with Niamh Fitzpatrick the agony aunt. Alison Curtis could barely read out the email from the listener. Her interview with Patrick Bergin was dreadful. She should've just let the man talk instead of interjecting with inane comments. I stopped bothering after that

Dub13 · 09-12-2016 04:19PM

Anton would be a good fit for 4fm, not sure if they would have that kind of a budget.

Ursus Horribilis · 09-12-2016 04:27PM

Are there not rumours that it's on the verge of going to the wall?

wnolan1992 · 09-12-2016 04:34PM

Dub13 wrote: »

Anton would be a good fit for 4fm, not sure if they would have that kind of a budget.

Anton would not fit in on 4FM at all unless they were to DRASTICALLY reformat.

retro:electro · 09-12-2016 04:54PM

4fm is gutter radio. Anton is more sophisticated than that.

prunudo · 09-12-2016 05:12PM

I think he'd fit in more on Nova, if they ever went down a magazine/music type show.

Ursus Horribilis · 09-12-2016 05:22PM

jvan wrote: »

I think he'd fit in more on Nova, if they ever went down a magazine/music type show.

It'd be a step down. Don't forget those of us living outside Dublin who can't pick up 4FM, Nova etc without faffing about with our phones :-(

Laois_Man · 09-12-2016 05:27PM

Big Nasty wrote: »

I think there might be an up to the minute function that monitors people tuning in.

No, there is no such function.

JNLR / MRBI interviews 16,000 individuals over the course of 50 weeks of the year. It is researching every week except the last 2 weeks of the year. They publish the latest numbers quarterly!

prunudo · 09-12-2016 05:43PM

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

It'd be a step down. Don't forget those of us living outside Dublin who can't pick up 4FM, Nova etc without faffing about with our phones :-(

Agree it be a step down alright, but at the same time I can't see him going to 2fm, maybe rte1 but where. Maybe newstalk but can't see that working. His options are quite limited if he wants to stay national.

wnolan1992 · 09-12-2016 05:44PM

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

It'd be a step down. Don't forget those of us living outside Dublin who can't pick up 4FM, Nova etc without faffing about with our phones :-(

Well, realistically, any move from here will be a "step down" unless he's parachuted into Radio 1, which is really unlikely.

Big Nasty · 09-12-2016 06:07PM

Interesting.

A number of weeks back when Phantom was finishing up a user was commenting on the amount of listeners for the hour before they closed. Pretty sure they quoted figures. I must look up that post out of interest.

ballsymchugh · 09-12-2016 06:23PM

Big Nasty wrote: »

Interesting.

A number of weeks back when Phantom was finishing up a user was commenting on the amount of listeners for the hour before they closed. Pretty sure they quoted figures. I must look up that post out of interest.

i think that was online listeners, which would be easy to keep an eye on.

heybaby · 09-12-2016 06:51PM

Whether he jumped or whether he was pushed Anton won't be stuck for a job. He'll probably juggle his time between the Communications clinic and corporate engagements.

Anywhere other than radio 1would be a step down certainly and even then he might only get a Marian style show intermittently. I think he'd be a great replacement for Mary Wilson who is a dreadful presenter.

The fluffier side of his show never really suited him although he had the skill and intelligence to pull it off. His strength is hard core serious interviewing on serious subject matter.

muggles · 09-12-2016 06:53PM

There's a slot on Newstalk breakfast I wouldn't mind hearing him on. Far preferable to the team of insufferables they've put in there since Ivan left.

Big Nasty · 09-12-2016 06:59PM

ballsymchugh wrote: »

i think that was online listeners, which would be easy to keep an eye on.

Looks like you're right:

Mount Point /TX
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Stream Title: Phantom 105.2
Stream Description: Phantom 105.2
Content Type: audio/mpeg
Mount Start: 25/Oct/2016:09:28:18 +0100
Bitrate: 128
Current Listeners: 1638
Peak Listeners: 1641
Stream Genre: Alternative Rock
Stream URL: http://www.phantom.ie
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