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Newstalk Drive

tommytee

Never thought I would actually mutter these words but
Come back George Hook all is forgiven....

this Newstalk Drive is absolute garbage,can someone please tell Sarah McInerney to stop laughing at her jokes they are simply not funny.

Moncreiff is the only show i will be listening to.. Yes i've moved the dial alright

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Loafing Oaf

mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

The Political Editor title is a bit of a fudge in my opinion - while Coleman is a political journalist by trade he previously had the title and spent more time covering for other presenters rather than reporting specifically on politics.

I think his official title was initially 'political analyst', which is a better description of the job he was meant to be doing than political editor, but everyone called him the latter so they stuck with it for the short time was actually doing that job...

Ol' Donie

What were the figures for Drive like? Was it struggling?

Seems a bit unfair to give Chris & Sarah such a big show in the suffle last year just to pull the rug out from under them when they get a bit settled.

Jobs OXO

Ol' Donie wrote: »

What were the figures for Drive like? Was it struggling?

Seems a bit unfair to give Chris & Sarah such a big show in the suffle last year just to pull the rug out from under them when they get a bit settled.

But there were hopelessly out of their depth. It was there for all to see

Loafing Oaf

Ol' Donie wrote: »

What were the figures for Drive like? Was it struggling?

Seems a bit unfair to give Chris & Sarah such a big show in the suffle last year just to pull the rug out from under them when they get a bit settled.

I guess it's a case of what Ivan wants Ivan gets. I'm pretty sure NT needs him a lot more than he needs them...

alchemist33

Can't stand Yates so I'll be avoiding this one now. I might even *shudder* occasionally listen to RTE 1

foxtrot101

Ol' Donie wrote: »

What were the figures for Drive like? Was it struggling?

Seems a bit unfair to give Chris & Sarah such a big show in the suffle last year just to pull the rug out from under them when they get a bit settled.

Around 130,000, which was decent enough compared to Hook, but it is distorted by the half hour robbed from Moncrieff. The thing is, Yates will get more and that's all that matters to Newstalk in the end.

Jobs OXO

foxtrot101 wrote: »

Around 130,000, which was decent enough compared to Hook, but it is distorted by the half hour robbed from Moncrieff. The thing is, Yates will get more and that's all that matters to Newstalk in the end.

A €1 for every listener.....

Five Green Bottles

Sarah is truly insufferable and wholly ignorant and very rude, she is totally out of her depth and her bitchy attitude to her guests is intolerable. Her attitude is what got the show canned, her totally incoherent rants regarding women's rights in the workplace removed any credibility that she ever had. She is slowly destroying Chris's credibility too and I imagine he did a legger in the end.
This country has Mary Wilson, Collette Fitzpatrick, Claire Byrne, Audrey Carville and many other wonderful female presenters on radio and television I'm sure Sarah won't be missed, and hopefully we won't ever have to hear the rotten unmannerly woman's voice again

small town girl

I was warming a little to Chris and Sarah as a duo, but it was more resignation than admiration I suppose.

I think Chris is top class but he needs the right co-anchor. He and Ivan have good chemistry no doubt, and I think their re-pairing would ensure solid and entertaining show.

Main problem for me is that there are so few stations I could enjoy/tolerate for my commute. I like to be informed while entertained but a balance of both. RTE1 is too po-faced I think and Today FM is too light in the morning and I find Matt Cooper a bit too scripted or something, just doesn't do it for me anyway.

So I'll be happy to have Ivan with me for the drive home and will hope that my morning companions will improve in the near future. He probably wouldn't consider the early morning slot but I'd like Pat Kenny first thing in the morning, so to speak!!

Harry Palmr

Not shocked at this, it was poor - annoyingly one note insight free fluff. At least with Yates you know he knows the people and the questions to ask. He's an insider but with an outsiders attitude regarding Kildare Street's workings.

SimonMaher

Whatever about peoples views on the personalities involved, I do think that this latest move continues a slightly unsettling trend. This involves major programming changes being made, no particular effort made to tweak or improve formats/styles/presenter-inputs and then shows being dropped again to be replaced at short notice by another programme which will probably meet the same fate.

It's interesting (to a radio nerd like me at least) that Today FM's success came from a continuity and commitment to a particular group of presenters and backroom staff and once that ceased, the audience started to drop and continues to do so. Be interesting to see what happens to Newstalks figures with all this chopping and changing. If JNLR has taught us anything, it's that listeners are creatures of habit so it takes them time to adapt to change and both they and the programmers and staff need that stability too. Interesting that where that stability is being pursued elsewhere, audience has at least stabilised and is starting to grow.

Instability breeds instability. Sometimes the sword of Damocles needs to be put away for a while.

Simon

constitutionus

Great news tbh

I just couldn't warm to them and they came off as amateurish next to cooper and RTÉ. Yates. Will at the very least. Make the programme feel "weighty" again like the slot used to be.

Chris was far too pc for me but he's put his dues in so I wish him well. Sarah just always felt like a gender quota filler. I can see her in the morning with Coleman. It would not be the best but it'd be a start to sorting out the car crash the breakfast shows. Become.

Thing is though I reckon she's got the Vinny b gig. There were rumours floating about in relation to that a while back so the timing seems fit.

Either way a good move for a station that's been a right mess the last year.

Five Green Bottles

neris wrote: »

Good that Yates is going up against last word. Matt coopers getting to soft and becoming an easily offended snowflake so we might get some proper no BS from newstalk

There's nobody anywhere using Matt Cooper as a measuring stick for success, if your aim as a presenter is Matt your already doomed, he went stale on radio many years ago, he's probably the only one in Ireland that I know more about GAA than. He isn't very good on TV, his radio program needed an adrenaline injection a long time ago, I'd say said injection wouldn't even save it now

foxtrot101

https://twitter.com/chrisrdonoghue/status/898163459732496384

More news...interesting.

Murt10

rodders999 wrote: »

While not full time, Dr. Ciara Kelly seems to be on 24/7. Trying to get an appointment in her surgery must be a nightmare!

I really wish she would feck off back to being a full time GP.

ThisRegard

Five Green Bottles wrote: »

There's nobody anywhere using Matt Cooper as a measuring stick for success, if your aim as a presenter is Matt your already doomed, he went stale on radio many years ago, he's probably the only one in Ireland that I know more about GAA than. He isn't very good on TV, his radio program needed an adrenaline injection a long time ago, I'd say said injection wouldn't even save it now

He's not a sports reporter so his knowledge of GAA is pretty much irrelevant as that's what he gets guests on for. For everything else he's pretty good and knowledgeable.

If people don't agree with his opinions on those things then they'll obviously think he's not a good host.

Some people think that unemotional robots should be presenting such shows, or else someone with the exact same opinions as themselves.

PeterTheNinth

Five Green Bottles wrote: »

This country has Mary Wilson, Collette Fitzpatrick, Claire Byrne, Audrey Carville and many other wonderful female presenters on radio and television I'm sure Sarah won't be missed, and hopefully we won't ever have to hear the rotten unmannerly woman's voice again

You know I was with you until this sentence. Colette Fitzpatrick was far more of a pain than Sarah. If it rained on her head, she thought it was God discriminating against her for being a women.

ThisRegard

We get it Peter, you're perpetually outraged when anything, or anyone, left of centre is on radio.

Mr Starman

If don't like it then 'turn the dial', I do on a daily basis between 12-2.

Murt10

Mr Starman wrote: »

If don't like it then 'turn the dial', I do on a daily basis between 12-2.

Hook should never have been given the lunchtime gig. Way past the time he was permanently retired.

I would love to see them poach Keelin Shanley from RTE. Top notch journalist.

run_Forrest_run

Murt10 wrote: »

Hook should never have been given the lunchtime gig. Way past the time he was permanently retired.

I actually enjoy him more on this time slot than the Right Hook. I think when he's given time to discuss the less serious stuff he's quite fun to listen to. I do however wish Ciara Kelly would go back to being a doctor

Vunderground

foxtrot101 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/chrisrdonoghue/status/898163459732496384

More news...interesting.

This is terrible news on a lovely sunny morning :eek:

meeeeh

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

I actually enjoy him more on this time slot than the Right Hook. I think when he's given time to discuss the less serious stuff he's quite fun to listen to. I do however wish Ciara Kelly would go back to being a doctor

I think Hook's slot improved from car crash it was at the beginning.

Anyway I think Yates is brilliant but I think he works better with co-presenter. And Yates can be we weak on certain subjects too, he had bad interviews where you know he knows nothing about not even enough to ask the right questions. I think one of current presenters should be kept with him.

everlast75

foxtrot101 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/chrisrdonoghue/status/898163459732496384

More news...interesting.

I think that's a little patronising by Chris. If people are expressing concern that he may not be on the slot, the least he could do is say "thanks for contacting me - I appreciate it" rather than telling people to give over

Beechwoodspark

meeeeh wrote: »

I think Hook's slot improved from car crash it was at the beginning.

Anyway I think Yates is brilliant but I think he works better with co-presenter. And Yates can be we weak on certain subjects too, he had bad interviews where you know he knows nothing about not even enough to ask the right questions. I think one of current presenters should be kept with him.

He is strongest on politics and sport (soccer, rugby, gaa, horse racing). He takes a cliched right wing view on most issues seemingly for the entertainment and also I suspect it genuinely is his view but he adds a bit of emphasis for effect.

Beechwoodspark

everlast75 wrote: »

I think that's a little patronising by Chris. If people are expressing concern that he may not be on the slot, the least he could do is say "thanks for contacting me - I appreciate it" rather than telling people to give over

Chris...patronising...never !!

Tell me how

everlast75 wrote:

I think that's a little patronising by Chris. If people are expressing concern that he may not be on the slot, the least he could do is say "thanks for contacting me - I appreciate it" rather than telling people to give over

Beechwoodspark wrote:

Chris...patronising...never !!

And this why I think radio stations and presenters can never win. No matter what you do there's someone to say you were wrong.

Have an opinion? You're a loudmouth.
Don't have one? You're bland.

mattser

alchemist33 wrote: »

Can't stand Yates so I'll be avoiding this one now. I might even *shudder* occasionally listen to RTE 1

+1 on that. The best part of radio is the dial.

Five Green Bottles

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Five Green Bottles wrote: »

This country has Mary Wilson, Collette Fitzpatrick, Claire Byrne, Audrey Carville and many other wonderful female presenters on radio and television I'm sure Sarah won't be missed, and hopefully we won't ever have to hear the rotten unmannerly woman's voice again

You know I was with you until this sentence. Colette Fitzpatrick was far more of a pain than Sarah. If it rained on her head, she thought it was God discriminating against her for being a women.

Yes maybe a little but her class and ability outweighs her occasional little bitch moaning rants. She also had the ability to make Paul Williams less of an asshole than he actually is and that's not easy,
Newstalk DOB simply have a a poor record in selecting women, its as if they pick them off tinder on looks and propose marriage before even dating at all.

Mr Starman

I actually respect Hook for holding a view and having a personality. Better to stand for something rather than nothing. And he is able to laugh at himself, I reckon he is a decent skin off the radio. But every day I have had too switch him off to the words 'what a load of sh*te George, f*cks sake!'

I liked Chris and Sarah on Drive time, youthful feel to the show. It's difficult to find serious shows with younger presenters. I mean its all ould fellas on Newstalk now apart from 'Off the Ball' and Moncriffe. And Today FM is a total cringefest.....unfunny people thinking they are funny.

Ivan Yates though, total bluffer!