Anton Savage Radio Thread [Mod Note Post 1]

If everyone liked the same thing, the world would be an incredibly boring place

you know what bugs me, this looking for a younger audience crap. i'm 41 and have more disposable income now than I ever had in my 20s and 30s.this 18 to 35 advertising mecca is a load of crap .why do advertisers never consider the spending power of over 35s .I miss anton terribly

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

All of which is a symptom of the dysfunctional media ownership situation in this country. It's not right that one organisation owns two national radio stations and the best-selling newspaper. And there's no willingness for the government to change the law on this. They could if they wanted to, I'm sure.

I don't really have a problem with DOB owning 2 national stations. My big issue would be that it's nigh on impossible for anyone else to provide competition, because the BAI aren't going to award a second national talk licence, and even if they did, the licencing restrictions would cripple a small-player to the point where there'd never even get going.

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Oh I know, it's just wishful thinking on my part. I used to love The Sunday Show where Shane Coleman would just pose the questions, step back and let the guest answer. Healy is just unbearable. He can't ask one simple question without garnishing it with his own opinions and biases.

I like Johnathan Healy at times, but I concur with your entire post there. Anton doing the Sunday Show would be great, just like it was great when he was doing it on Today FM.

Alison Curtis is absolutely horrific, the fake laughing is unbearable.

ballsymchugh wrote: »

did you not hear about Joan at all??

was wedged into the conversation before 9.10.

don't know if she kept that up, i switched off.

Snap, same here, switched to 2FM for about ten minutes until Rosanna Davison came on, then had to switch again, to Newstalk where I ended up listening to a very heavy piece about ISIS harvesting organs of their execution victims, and felt deeply unsettled arriving to work.... not sure whether it's more so about the state of my radio options or global terrorism...

Today FM has been going down hill for a while now. I do enjoy Dermot and Dave but never really liked Anton savage. I think it all began when Sam Smyth got the boot from the Sunday show (hasn't been the same since) and was replaced by Anton savage. Just felt like mammy and daddy got him the job and he didn't earn it. When he took over from ray I listened for about 2 weeks but just felt he was unable to connect with the listeners. As for his replacement? Actually enjoy Neil delamare when he's standing in. Never enjoyed Alison Curtis and can't stand Louise Duffy or Paula McSweeney.

ectoraige wrote: »

While having the mammy and daddy he had probably wasn't a hindrance, I don't think he can be accused of not earning it. He was the go-to stand-in presenter for a number of shows and he always filled the slots professionally. He never sounded like he hadn't done the legwork and always appeared to have prepared diligently.

Have to say that I initially thought that he got the jobs cos of Mammy & Daddy but after hearing him do more shows on The Last Word etc, he came into his own. He deserved his own show.
I also liked the air of mystery - where you didn't know anything about his personal life really, unlike the moaning we do on here about Ray Darcy talking about his family & Alison telling us all about her child etc...I liked that we didn't have that with Anton even though his parents are in the public eye