Dermot & Dave on Today Fm

threein99 · 23-01-2017 11:41AM

Is that really Matthew McConaughey ?

mikep · 23-01-2017 11:41AM

Their music choice has me worried...Today FM is becoming Atlantic 252 by playing the same track at least 4 times between 7 and 4:30

IUA14 · 23-01-2017 12:08PM

It's grand so far, toned down from lunchtimes a little bit. It will take them a while to get into the swing of things...judging them on day 1 is a bit ridiculous. It's essentially an extra hour of a show when you take into account they had the national lunchtime news in the middle of their show so will take a while to get things into a rhythm.

As for music it hasn't been anything different than McLoone, Curtis, and Anton were playing before them...a mix of new and what I would see as Today FM tracks.

Laois_Man · 23-01-2017 12:19PM

I don't get why these were chosen for this slot in the first place. They lost 25% of the listnership KC had in the lunchtime slot before them. In 2016, they lost 10% of their own listnership compared to 2015 and they've effectively landed a promotion. I know it will evolve over time but I just don't get the thinking. It's a lunchtime show at 9am at the moment and it's very music heavy. I don't want this at 9am. After the 9am news, I actually do want to hear what's in the morning papers for example. No sign of it this morning.

As I say, it will evolve but nobody has to listen while it's finding its groove. Personally I'll do no more than dip in from time to time and see how it is evolving which I'm sure it will but my expectations are low.

_feedback_ · 23-01-2017 12:29PM

IUA14 wrote: »

It's grand so far, toned down from lunchtimes a little bit. It will take them a while to get into the swing of things...judging them on day 1 is a bit ridiculous. It's essentially an extra hour of a show when you take into account they had the national lunchtime news in the middle of their show so will take a while to get things into a rhythm.

As for music it hasn't been anything different than McLoone, Curtis, and Anton were playing before them...a mix of new and what I would see as Today FM tracks.

Find it hard to agree with this sentiment in this particular situation..

It's the flagship slot on one of the biggest radio stations in the country. These guys are supposed to be the best in the business and were chosen to bring this slot back to life.

It has been really stale this morning

Journal.ie Jan 3rd wrote:

Today FM’s CEO Keith McCormack says their show will begin on Monday 23 January and will be “a brand new show”.

(link)

There has been absolutely no new features, unless I have missed something?

IUA14 · 23-01-2017 12:31PM

Laois_Man wrote: »

I don't get why these were chosen for this slot in the first place. They lost 25% of the listnership KC had in the lunchtime slot before them. In 2016, they lost 10% of their own listnership compared to 2015 and they've effectively landed a promotion. I know it will evolve over time but I just don't get the thinking. It's a lunchtime show at 9am at the moment and it's very music heavy. I don't want this at 9am. After the 9am news, I actually do want to hear what's in the morning papers for example. No sign of it this morning.

As I say, it will evolve but nobody has to listen while it's finding its groove. Personally I'll do no more than dip in from time to time and see how it is evolving which I'm sure it will but my expectations are low.

I would agree with the first point. The lunchtime slot has lost 30,000+ since Foley left, KC dropped listeners and D&D have continued that trend.

As for the show direction, they won't be doing papers and that sort of stuff...it's not simply them taking over Antons slot, Today FM have completely scrapped the format of that 9-12 slot...whether it works or not time will tell, I have my reservations.

prunudo · 23-01-2017 12:49PM

Very strange mix of music. McClone is a music dj so can understand his mix but it's just odd. The Kinks, The smiths and Justin beider, not sure who it's aimed at?

thesaurus2 · 23-01-2017 01:05PM

Didn;t hear any of it as working outside. Any idea who's behind the scenes? Is Lenny still involved?

johnire · 23-01-2017 01:26PM

I really like the two guys but I have to say I found that show so lacklustre.
I really do wish they would stop going on about an Irish slant to everything. They are not alone in this annoying trend-lots of presenters do it-its just a bit tired at this stage.They did it during the Matthew McConaghy interview. Is just not funny at this stage going on and on about Irishisims.

ILikeBoats · 23-01-2017 01:27PM

Did notice it was a bit sanitised. Not sure why they'd need to though. I'm going to ask Dave about the email address tomorrow!

hullaballoo · 23-01-2017 02:06PM

Just tweeted Dave there to see will he spill on the email address.

FWIW, TodayFM has nothing else. They have exhausted the pool of viable options for the mid-morning magazine show in reality and D&D are their best hand at this point so what else can they do?

Also, I like them as presenters even if their music is mostly shite.

hullaballoo · 23-01-2017 02:10PM

https://twitter.com/DaveTodayFM/status/823517346400792576

AnneFrank · 23-01-2017 02:11PM

unfunny d heads

_feedback_ · 23-01-2017 02:17PM

hullaballoo wrote: »

https://twitter.com/DaveTodayFM/status/823517346400792576

Really don't get the thinking process behind this

Why would they be going half arsed at the first show and introducing this email back later in the week?!

Mr Tickle · 23-01-2017 03:15PM

thesaurus2 wrote: »

Didn;t hear any of it as working outside. Any idea who's behind the scenes? Is Lenny still involved?

Nah, He's on with Muireann in the afternoons now.
They'll need to come up with something fresh for that slot. It's too much to have her just continue the same type of show as those two.

IUA14 · 23-01-2017 03:57PM

_feedback_ wrote: »

Really don't get the thinking process behind this Why would they be going half arsed at the first show and introducing this email back later in the week?!

The email they used for the show at lunchtimes was live@todayfm.com, that has always been the lunchtime email address for as long as I remember! Davehasnofriends email was for Dave's World etc. Dave saying it will be back later in the week means he will still use it for Daves World but there is a need for a show email too hence [email]dermotanddave@todayfm.com...really[/email] minor thing to get hung up on.

thesaurus2 · 23-01-2017 03:59PM

Mr Tickle wrote: »

Nah, He's on with Muireann in the afternoons now.
They'll need to come up with something fresh for that slot. It's too much to have her just continue the same type of show as those two.

And therin lies one of the problems with Today FM. As someone said on the Today FM 'changes' thread, they basically have the same show now 3 times in a rown after the increasingly jaded Ian Dempsey.

Hard for the same old producers to come up with something fresh. As well as a presenter sweep, they need to get some fresh production/research talent in.

hullaballoo · 23-01-2017 04:03PM

IUA14 wrote: »

The email they used for the show at lunchtimes was live@todayfm.com, that has always been the lunchtime email address for as long as I remember! Davehasnofriends email was for Dave's World etc. Dave saying it will be back later in the week means he will still use it for Daves World but there is a need for a show email too hence dermotanddave@todayfm.com ...really minor thing to get hung up on.

Welcome to the Internet!

DopeTech · 23-01-2017 04:56PM

IUA14 wrote: »

The email they used for the show at lunchtimes was live@todayfm.com, that has always been the lunchtime email address for as long as I remember! Davehasnofriends email was for Dave's World etc. Dave saying it will be back later in the week means he will still use it for Daves World but there is a need for a show email too hence [email]dermotanddave@todayfm.com...really[/email] minor thing to get hung up on.

I remember foley used to use his own.

Bargain Blake · 23-01-2017 06:33PM

IUA14 wrote: »

I would agree with the first point. The lunchtime slot has lost 30,000+ since Foley left,

Are you ever going to get over the love in you for the failed experiment that is Ray Foley. He was not he be all and end all for Irish radio.

hufpc8w3adnk65 · 23-01-2017 06:40PM

Bargain Blake wrote: »

Are you ever going to get over the love in you for the failed experiment that is Ray Foley. He was not he be all and end all for Irish radio.

That's your opinion and your welcome to it. For me and many other posters here Foley was the best and most entertaining show in recent memory on any national station and he's been severely missed by us. Same as I don't agree he's a "failed experiment" you don't have to agree with me on my points! That's the beauty of the Internet

Bargain Blake · 23-01-2017 06:41PM

MrMac84 wrote: »

That's your opinion and your welcome to it. For me and many other posters here Foley was the best and most entertaining show in recent memory on any national station and he's been severely missed by us. Same as I don't agree he's a "failed experiment" you don't have to agree with me on my points! That's the beauty of the Internet

Oh yeh I forgot what a roaring success Foley was on 98FM.

I suppose nothing to do with the fact that he was 'promoted' or 'reassigned' from the national to the local radio market.

Winning radio right there!!

hufpc8w3adnk65 · 23-01-2017 06:45PM

Bargain Blake wrote: »

Oh yeh I forgot what a roaring success Foley was on 98FM.

First off we're a million miles of topic.
Secondly we're talking about lunch time on Today FM not brekkie on 98
Thirdly I specifically mentioned NATIONAL radio do you just conveniently ignore that part or just not bother readying my reply?

Buford T. Justice XIX · 23-01-2017 06:46PM

MrMac84 wrote: »

That's your opinion and your welcome to it. For me and many other posters here Foley was the best and most entertaining show in recent memory on any national station and he's been severely missed by us. Same as I don't agree he's a "failed experiment" you don't have to agree with me on my points! That's the beauty of the Internet

Have to agree on Foley, I really enjoyed his show and would be delighted to see him back again.

Bargain Blake · 23-01-2017 06:52PM

MrMac84 wrote: »

First off we're a million miles of topic.
Secondly we're talking about lunch time on Today FM not brekkie on 98
Thirdly I specifically mentioned NATIONAL radio do you just conveniently ignore that part or just not bother readying my reply?

It was part of the larger discussion that everytime someone has a pop at any other presenter, it always the same 6 people that champion the Ray Foley campaign to have him back on air. He was a failed news reader, a failed radio presenter, and a failed tv presenter! When will you all let it go and move on?

Faugheen · 23-01-2017 07:11PM

Ray Foley's lunchtime show was a roaring success, and it was quite a popular show. I don't see how a failed format on 98 and the fact he's still a tv presenter makes him a failure in either department, either.

You may not like Foley, and that's fine, but his lunchtime slot on TodayFM was very popular. That's not opinion, that's fact.

loumasry · 23-01-2017 08:56PM

Bargain Blake wrote: »

He was a failed news reader, a failed radio presenter, and a failed tv presenter!

That sounds like a personal axe grinding to me... and most of your posts are about Ray Foley. Do you know him?

Back on topic, Dermot and Dave's listenership figures at lunch are at 113,000 for 12pm to 2.30pm which is an all-time low for the timeslot since it was created when Ray D'arcy was moved into the 9am-12pm slot, and they are down 10,000 in the year. The next figures at the beginning of February will show whether this promotion of Dermot and Dave was a good/bad idea.

farmerjj · 23-01-2017 10:17PM

loumasry wrote: »

That sounds like a personal axe grinding to me... and most of your posts are about Ray Foley. Do you know him?

Back on topic, Dermot and Dave's listenership figures at lunch are at 113,000 for 12pm to 2.30pm which is an all-time low for the timeslot since it was created when Ray D'arcy was moved into the 9am-12pm slot, and they are down 10,000 in the year. The next figures at the beginning of February will show whether this promotion of Dermot and Dave was a good/bad idea.

Its getting very like 2fm now, nothing you "cant" miss anymore, i listen to Ian that,s it really, cant stand the chuckle brothers and moved to talk stations for the afternoon now.

IUA14 · 24-01-2017 01:44AM

Bargain Blake wrote: »

It was part of the larger discussion that everytime someone has a pop at any other presenter, it always the same 6 people that champion the Ray Foley campaign to have him back on air. He was a failed news reader, a failed radio presenter, and a failed tv presenter! When will you all let it go and move on?

Em...what a load of bullsh1t! I think when talking about D&D and the lunchtime slot they left while losing listeners its natural to talk about previous shows...same way when talking about 9-12 people talk about Anton and D'arcy etc. But don't let sense stop you and your bitter idiocy.

mikep · 24-01-2017 10:16AM

Bloody hell...10 mins in and rerunning the Matthew Mc interview again..

Dermot & Dave on Today Fm

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