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The Parish priest

The Today fm ceo has announced major changes are coming in 17...Any predictions ? My guess cormac and daniella for breakfast, Chris and Ciara for mid morning and Ian Dempsey goes to drive time

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IUA14

Today FM has lost its place on the office radio...in favour of Nova...something I never thought I would say. If they could poach a few decent daytime presenters, if they ever get their national licence, they'd be set. Music has improved a good bit lately.

MikeyTaylor

Faugheen wrote: »

Gavan Reilly leaving now. Going to TV3

Shock! Shock! Horror!

wnolan1992

Faugheen wrote: »

Gavan Reilly leaving now. Going to TV3

That's a bit of a shame. I think he'd have been good to take over The Last Word.

pjohnson

Faugheen wrote: »

Gavan Reilly leaving now. Going to TV3

So is Delamare Matt's replacement now?

Faugheen

Gavan Reilly leaving now. Going to TV3

hullaballoo

Ed Smith in for Louise tonight!

wnolan1992

I listened to Ian briefly at the end of last year before I got an internet radio that I could set an alarm on so I could listen to BBC 5 and (later) Red FM.

I always felt when Shauna was filling in for Paula on that particular segment it was much more enjoyable. Not that I disliked Paula, it just felt like Shauna and Ian bounced off each other better.

Sebastian Dangerfield

I was a long-time listener of Today FM, and Ian Dempsey in particular. I switched because I couldnt take any more Gift Grub, it was putting me in a bad mood. I recently started listening again on the creche run and have the unfortunate timing to coincide with Paula McSweeneys section.

I remember reading criticism in here before but never minded her so much. Now though, all you get is constant references to the fact she has a boyfriend, and hes from Swords. Then the worst part - she has started doing these awful sound effects which no one except her think are funny. Youve got to listen to her laugh at her own cleverness, and repeat the "punchline" for added effect.

Back to Spotify for me.

djemba djemba

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Was Alison off today?

Yes and tomorrow

MikeyTaylor

djemba djemba wrote: »

Its worse when the regular host is on

Was Alison off today?

djemba djemba

channelsurfer2 wrote: »

I had the mispleasure of listening to Saturday Breakfast today having not heard the breakfast show in a couple of years. It really has changed I thought I could have been listening to iradio or Spin. (which I do like).

Its worse when the regular host is on

selous

Something I find odd with Muireann is she starts a sentence, stops someway into it, then starts again and finishes it, does it a lot.

Going on about microwaving her tea the other day really flogged it to death.

retro:electro

johnire wrote: »

I find him to be a very strange character.
For a start he's completely lost whenever his producer Ed Smith isn't in the studio with him.
He puts in a really weird voice sometimes when introducing a song or band. I don't know if he's trying to be "cool" or what but it just sounds ridiculous. There's no need for it. Why does he have to put on that voice?
It's toe curling stuff when he's interviewing a singer or group. He totally over ingratiates himself to the point where it's just embarrassing.
The weirdest thing I find though is the way he is constantly and I mean constantly reminiscing about his youth and growing up. He is always going on about growing up in the 80s and 90s. It's like he doesn't want to be the age he is now and he's going back in time to relive his youth....on the national airwaves!

The youth thing isn't new either. When he was on iradio he was constantly on about it, to the point my office renamed him Fergal "do ya remember when" D'arcy.
Pretty sure there is an illness associated with repeated referrals to your youth and the inability to let go of your past.

johnire

Couldn't agree more.
I have to say I do like Muireann but she can be a bit OTT.
Does she have to be sooooo enthusiastic about just about everything!!!
I do find her accent really weird though. I know she's from Limerick but I have never met anyone from Limerick who talks like that.
She definitely deserves her own show though and when you see the eejits who are getting shows she must feel very hard done by.

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

I quite like her after 12 but I find her a bit overpowering at 9, tbh. That's down to me being a slow starter in the mornings though so not really a criticism of her in that spot.

I also find myself turning over before 12, normally at 11.30, Al Porters voice just grates on me, and I wouldn't really return till 7pm.

If they were actively trying to jettison listeners, they have definitely succeeded.

johnire

I find him to be a very strange character.
For a start he's completely lost whenever his producer Ed Smith isn't in the studio with him.
He puts in a really weird voice sometimes when introducing a song or band. I don't know if he's trying to be "cool" or what but it just sounds ridiculous. There's no need for it. Why does he have to put on that voice?
It's toe curling stuff when he's interviewing a singer or group. He totally over ingratiates himself to the point where it's just embarrassing.
The weirdest thing I find though is the way he is constantly and I mean constantly reminiscing about his youth and growing up. He is always going on about growing up in the 80s and 90s. It's like he doesn't want to be the age he is now and he's going back in time to relive his youth....on the national airwaves!

leestone wrote: »

What's your views on Darcy ? Haven't been able to hear him for a while ?

channelsurfer2

I had the mispleasure of listening to Saturday Breakfast today having not heard the breakfast show in a couple of years. It really has changed I thought I could have been listening to iradio or Spin. Is Phil Calwey now the only relic left with his classic 9 at 11?(which I do like).

Buford T. Justice XIX

Synode wrote: »

They really should get rid of Porter and replace him with Muireann and Lenny. It's a nice easy listen from 12pm - 2:30pm. I've only listened to one of Porter's shows since he began and it's not for me. I switch over from Today FM at 12pm and I don't go back. I bet there's a lot of others like me. Very damaging in the long run for Today FM.

I quite like her after 12 but I find her a bit overpowering at 9, tbh. That's down to me being a slow starter in the mornings though so not really a criticism of her in that spot.

I also find myself turning over before 12, normally at 11.30, Al Porters voice just grates on me, and I wouldn't really return till 7pm.

If they were actively trying to jettison listeners, they have definitely succeeded.

MikeyTaylor

Synode wrote: »

They really should get rid of Porter and replace him with Muireann and Lenny. It's a nice easy listen from 12pm - 2:30pm. I've only listened to one of Porter's shows since he began and it's not for me. I switch over from Today FM at 12pm and I don't go back. I bet there's a lot of others like me. Very damaging in the long run for Today FM.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - Dara Quilty would be my choice to take over from Al. I'm not saying Muireann isn't good, but Dara Quilty has huge potential. I LOVE his show on 98FM - When I Was 17, 1 Note Guessing Game etc - and it has even surpassed Eoghan McDermott for me, who I used to listen to every evening on XFM. Dermot and Dave were promoted to Today FM from the very same slot so when Dara finishes up on 98FM, Today FM would be the natural promotion.

Synode

They really should get rid of Porter and replace him with Muireann and Lenny. It's a nice easy listen from 12pm - 2:30pm. I've only listened to one of Porter's shows since he began and it's not for me. I switch over from Today FM at 12pm and I don't go back. I bet there's a lot of others like me. Very damaging in the long run for Today FM.

MikeyTaylor

Does anyone remember the rumour that Dermot Whelan was going to join Bernard O'Shea to replace Hector on 2FM breakfast?

Ursus Horribilis

lambayire wrote: »

He does seem to be doing something right. I think his last JNLR's were up.
I might be wrong on this though.

Not for me, anyways.

It's hard to know how the JNLRs will gauge his show, seeing as he's away so much. It seems to be an Al/Muireann two-hander (oo-er) at this stage.

Trebor176

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Don't confuse "majority of people" with "majority of posters on an internet forum".

Add the likes of Facebook to the mix. I doubt a lot of those commenting are Boardsies. Though, it seems to be the women that favour Al. It's mainly the men that seem to have negative opinions of him and his show!

2fm has been changed already in the office. Maybe whatever colleague was first in heard a snippet of Breakfast Republic (assuming the gang are back), didn't like it, and switched off. I've never heard it, apart from last week, so I can't comment. Spin was on briefly, and a bit to my bemusement, I came back from lunch to find Q102 had been turned on. Apart from one or two current songs heard on any other station, the playlist was the same as it has been for yonks.

leestone

TheDavester wrote: »

Louise's show tanked - he's up from that but not when Fenton was on- I could be wrong about the Fenton part but Louise's show plummeted

Just listened painfully unfunny forced banter

TheDavester

lambayire wrote: »

He does seem to be doing something right. I think his last JNLR's were up.
I might be wrong on this though.

Not for me, anyways.

Louise's show tanked - he's up from that but not when Fenton was on- I could be wrong about the Fenton part but Louise's show plummeted

wnolan1992

davo2001 wrote: »

Well Al Porter is their and the majority of people think he is ****e.

Don't confuse "majority of people" with "majority of posters on an internet forum".

lambayire

He does seem to be doing something right. I think his last JNLR's were up.
I might be wrong on this though.

Not for me, anyways.

davo2001

leestone wrote: »

so whys he there then

Well Al Porter is their and the majority of people think he is ****e.

leestone

anna080 wrote: »

Fergal is very irritating but he played a clip from an old show the other day and I was like, wow! His voice was even worse. I remember him on I radio and his voice would be gone every second day- prob from talking sh!te all day long. It doesn't seem to be as husky or as forced sounding now.

so whys he there then

retro:electro

Fergal is very irritating but he played a clip from an old show the other day and I was like, wow! His voice was even worse. I remember him on I radio and his voice would be gone every second day- prob from talking sh!te all day long. It doesn't seem to be as husky or as forced sounding now.

lambayire

Dire.

We switch over to Nova bang on 2.29 each day.