radio nova

salmocab wrote: »

You probably didnt know that one of the fellas on in the morning has a child with the woman he used to do the show with and that they are married because he never mentions it.

She moved back to evenings so she could spend more time with her. Conor Irwin is looking after her slot at the moment, but I don't see him staying permanently.

FanadMan wrote: »

Think I just heard my first Commitments song on Nova - In The Midnight Hour. Claiming (in the film) to be a "real" Dublin band I'd rather listen to them twenty times a day instead of the same from U2.

Except then you and the other two would be on here bitching that the Commitments isn't rock music, why are they playing soul etc.

FanadMan wrote: »

Nah - Davin, Deven, Daven.......something like that. He's on after Tony on Fri night. The Graveyard shift. 1AM to 6AM according to the schedule. He has a great voice for late radio - very smooth and calming until he plays something like AC/DC lol

Unless it's either Peter or Gavin Glass, I've no idea who you're talking about. According to nova.ie there is no presenter on 1-6am on Saturday mornings. Or else I can only assume that you're referring to Kevin Branigan (who presents the odd time) and getting his name wrong?

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

If they play more soul I'm out... The odd metal tune would be great

Even among the relatively small group of people here there is significant variation of what they want to hear.

A commercial radio station is going to have to appeal to as broad a selection of the population as possible (some might say the lowest common denominator ). That's unfortunate for really dedicated niche music lovers.

But, the station will first and foremost consider those that advertise (who may or may not like rock music) will they do so on this station? Music stations are very expensive to operate.

While everyone on here will have their own strategy, they most likely do not have any 'skin in the game' and think 'If Nova only played the music I like...'. However, a lot of self employed will know what it's like to run a business, and will know they'll have to make sacrifices from doing what they'd like to do.

Practically everyone in Nova and other radio stations love radio (if they've not become too jaded), but do so within a commercial world where they need to fund the radio industry AND compete with a government funded behemoth that are the RTE stations. The TV licence also funds state radio stations.

TL/DR give 'em a break :cool:

Max Headroom wrote: »

WARNING...you're going to hear too much U2 this week.....;)

Now that you mention it Max, I think Nova should play more of Gavin Friday's music. He's like Bono but cooler.

Nova in the sun today without beer still rocked it.