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JoeA3 · 01-06-2017 04:22PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

The news sounds like Matt having a random chat about what's happening today with some random person who walked into the studio rather than a polished factual statement on what is happening today.

Imo, it detracts from the authoritative account of an item that I would be used to, anyway.

I also don't understand why he has that guy Nick Webb on every bloody evening with the "business" update. Complete and utter drivel. The Last Word used to be a strong, authoritative show. Now it's akin to Xpose on the radio.

Trebor176 · 01-06-2017 06:29PM

I don't see the point of the 5 at 5 either. It's a current affairs show. It should have proper news bulletins. It's probably the only current affairs show not to have such as format. It's been dumbed down now just like the rest of the station. Everything worked so well before the current management took over!

marno21 · 01-06-2017 06:33PM

BPKS wrote: »

Do the same DJ have to play the same song on their show every day for weeks at a time?

Fine for something like Spin or those other type stations that 12 or 13 year olds listen to but I thought Today FM had a different target listener. Or used to have a different target listener I suppose.

Yes, all mainstream shows on commercial stations are playlisted. There would be usually songs at the top of the list, like Ed Sheeran's Shape of You/Castle on the Hill/Galway Girl that would be played on every show, maybe bar one.

JoeA3 wrote: »

I also don't understand why he has that guy Nick Webb on every bloody evening with the "business" update. Complete and utter drivel. The Last Word used to be a strong, authoritative show. Now it's akin to Xpose on the radio.

Buckets of cash.

flangemeistro · 01-06-2017 07:40PM

Trebor176 wrote: »

Everything worked so well before the current management took over!

I also don't like the new line up and I never listened to Matt cooper so I don't know what this 5 @ 5 is but not everything was Working before the new management took over.

They were hemorrhaging listeners from most of the shows so this isn't change for the sake of change it was done from necessity.

nice_guy80 · 01-06-2017 11:46PM

less news items and more content is needed in matt coopers show

Happy Happy · 06-06-2017 03:05PM

Dermot and Dave are crap not one bit of talent what are they supposed to be? Do they really believe they are funny?

More Music · 06-06-2017 06:04PM

GB FAN GALWAY 30 wrote: »

For Coopers production team the 5 @ 5 must be a bit like knowing you've got it wrong but can't admit it. It's a complete filler piece. Cooper says so "this happened today" and the newsreader says "thats right, this did indeed happen today" God be with the days when the content was strong and interviews would run over until after 5 and Cooper would just cut to news headlines with Laura Byrne.

Take a typical half hour:

5:00pm - news & sport
5:10pm - item
5:15pm - adbreak
5:18pm - traffic & competition
5:20pm - item
5:28pm - ad break
5:30pm - news

Yoy would be lucky to have 13 minutes of actual content. That's maybe 26 minutes out of 60 minutes of radio. Shocking. I know ads are a necessity, but c'mon.

Now to be fair, it's much the same on Newstalk and Radio 1.

Ash.J.Williams · 06-06-2017 06:46PM

pjohnson wrote: »

DJ's in playing popular song shocker.

Some popular things need to be killed

Ash.J.Williams · 06-06-2017 06:47PM

Happy Happy wrote: »

Dermot and Dave are crap not one bit of talent what are they supposed to be? Do they really believe they are funny?

And how old us Dermot pretending to be?

dxhound2005 · 06-06-2017 08:32PM

More Music wrote: »

Take a typical half hour:

5:00pm - news & sport
5:10pm - item
5:15pm - adbreak
5:18pm - traffic & competition
5:20pm - item
5:28pm - ad break
5:30pm - news

Yoy would be lucky to have 13 minutes of actual content. That's maybe 26 minutes out of 60 minutes of radio. Shocking. I know ads are a necessity, but c'mon.

Now to be fair, it's much the same on Newstalk and Radio 1.

I think that some of the content should be news and sport and you should count that. What do you want instead of news and sport?

Jobs OXO · 06-06-2017 09:31PM

Hiring Ruth Scott apparently

hufpc8w3adnk65 · 06-06-2017 09:42PM

Jobs OXO wrote: »

Hiring Ruth Scott apparently

Any source?

Probably for weekend/swing work ala Muireann currently

MikeyTaylor · 06-06-2017 09:59PM

Jobs OXO wrote: »

Hiring Ruth Scott apparently

Oh my days!
"Weekenders with Ruth Scott. 100-102, Today FM!"

More Music · 06-06-2017 10:16PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

... What do you want instead of news and sport?

More actual current affairs content. News and sport features throught the day on every progamme. It's not specific to The Last Word and it's not content generated by The Last Word. This is all filler to take the heat off finding content for the programme.

News and sport could be trimmed to 3 minutes per bulletin. Not approx 3 mins, exactly 3 mins. In and out, no messing. A news bulletin isn't about opinion or discussion.

From Today FM website:
"On Ireland’s most cutting edge current affairs show, Matt and his guests provide a running stream of intelligent opinions and heated debates on the issues that matter most to Irish listeners. You might not always agree, but you’ll never want to miss a Word."

As I already pointed out, the other stations are nearly as bad.

ford fiesta · 06-06-2017 10:26PM

Jobs OXO wrote: »

Hiring Ruth Scott apparently

Today FM must have more relief presenters than scheduled presenters..I have lost count at this stage.

hullaballoo · 07-06-2017 12:29AM

More Music wrote: »

From Today FM website:
"On Ireland’s most cutting edge current affairs show, Matt and his guests provide a running stream of intelligent opinions and heated debates on the issues that matter most to Irish listeners. You might not always agree, but you’ll never want to miss a Word."

djemba djemba · 07-06-2017 08:18PM

How do Today FM (Any Radio station) organizes who gets their holidays and when. This week Paula is off, Al is off and Louise is off and Ian just back.

07-06-2017 08:53PM

djemba djemba wrote: »

How do Today FM (Any Radio station) organizes who gets their holidays and when. This week Paula is off, Al is off and Louise is off and Ian just back.

Al is off every other week, i don't listen to Louise much but is she off regularly judging from her Instagram she's always off somewhere

Mc Love · 16-06-2017 04:46PM

Pretty much stopped listening to Todayfm bar the odd time I listen to D&D show. It's gone vastly down hill though and tired, the last word is too bloody predictable and gift grub is shocking. There's nothing good on Irish radio at the moment, bar Moncreif tbh.

I have changed to Breakfast republic on the car in the mornings though.

retro:electro · 16-06-2017 05:56PM

Cannot listen to Matt "what's that all about" Cooper anymore. He is actually Trump obsessed.

pjohnson · 16-06-2017 06:20PM

anna080 wrote: »

Cannot listen to Matt "what's that all about" Cooper anymore. He is actually Trump obsessed.

That Cal Thomas is hilarious tho.

Hard to blame Matt when Trump keeps making news. It is a news programme.

Trebor176 · 18-06-2017 07:28PM

Kelly-Anne Byrne is going to be filling in for Paul McCloone for the week. It must be her first time presenting on weekdays on Today FM, and her first weekday gigs since her slot on TXFM.

18-06-2017 10:29PM

Trebor176 wrote: »

Kelly-Anne Byrne is going to be filling in for Paul McCloone for the week. It must be her first time presenting on weekdays on Today FM, and her first weekday gigs since her slot on TXFM.

Wonder why Dave Couse isn't doing it, he's usually Pauls stand in

hufpc8w3adnk65 · 19-06-2017 09:19AM

Trebor176 wrote: »

Kelly-Anne Byrne is going to be filling in for Paul McCloone for the week. It must be her first time presenting on weekdays on Today FM, and her first weekday gigs since her slot on TXFM.

No she's been on bank holiday Monday a few times! Good choice tho

djemba djemba · 19-06-2017 10:59AM

Esme Faithful Locomotive wrote: »

Wonder why Dave Couse isn't doing it, he's usually Pauls stand in

Paul said last week after playing an A House song that Dave was standing in for him at some point over the summer.

NIMAN · 19-06-2017 08:46PM

Mc Love wrote: »

Pretty much stopped listening to Todayfm bar the odd time I listen to D&D show. It's gone vastly down hill though and tired, the last word is too bloody predictable and gift grub is shocking. There's nothing good on Irish radio at the moment, bar Moncreif tbh.

I have changed to Breakfast republic on the car in the mornings though.

.... and yet you move to Breakfast Republic???

Probably the least entertaining, infantile show on radio.

wnolan1992 · 19-06-2017 08:55PM

Mc Love wrote: »

Pretty much stopped listening to Todayfm bar the odd time I listen to D&D show. It's gone vastly down hill though and tired, the last word is too bloody predictable and gift grub is shocking. There's nothing good on Irish radio at the moment, bar Moncreif tbh.

I have changed to Breakfast republic on the car in the mornings though.

It's sort of telling that "Gift Grub" has been allowed to become synonymous with "The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show". I know I'm a broken record about this, but I really feel that they made a huge mistake by making it such an integral part of that show and then flogged it to death by having it be 10 segments a week. The show has no personality outside GG to be brutally honest.

NIMAN · 19-06-2017 10:55PM

But doesn't Dempsey have a financial stake in GG?
Always going to be a part of his show.

Despite it stopping being funny many years ago.

johnire · 20-06-2017 09:18AM

No that accolade belongs to the Al Porter show.

NIMAN wrote: »

.... and yet you move to Breakfast Republic???

Probably the least entertaining, infantile show on radio.

PhoneMain · 20-06-2017 10:57AM

NIMAN wrote: »

But doesn't Dempsey have a financial stake in GG?
Always going to be a part of his show.

Despite it stopping being funny many years ago.

I find his impressions have gone down very badly in the last few years as well. While sometimes he can nail a new impression, some of them are very poor. This Morgan Freeman one that he does for the GAA is neither remotely close nor remotely funny.

By way of comparisons, Dermot Whelan's impressions are brilliant I think! That has to come down to the irregularity that they're done. The only regular one now is Tony Cascarino.

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