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Dub Ste · 18-10-2017 12:33PM

I think Nova and the station it shares the building with now use the same pile of cd's.

Duran Duran and George Ezra in the last half hour..................over and under............I'm out....

MikeyTaylor · 18-10-2017 12:35PM

Dub Ste wrote: »

I think Nova and the station it shares the building with now use the same pile of cd's.

Duran Duran and George Ezra in the last half hour..................over and under............I'm out....

Hey dude, you're a year late. Radio Nova was six years old a year ago.:D:D:D:D

Former Former · 18-10-2017 12:40PM

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

This very thread starts with a post saying "radio nova is 6 years old today".

??? Does that limit every subsequent post to discussion of Nova's sixth birthday and nothing else??!

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Hey dude, you're a year late. Radio Nova was six years old a year ago.

Riiiight.

This is an absolute Twilight Zone of a thread. Utterly mental.

MikeyTaylor · 18-10-2017 12:46PM

Former Former wrote: »

??? Does that limit every subsequent post to discussion of Nova's sixth birthday and nothing else??!

Riiiight.

This is an absolute Twilight Zone of a thread. Utterly mental.

1. He probably should have titled the thread "radio nova is 6 years old today" but there have been other threads about the station before. I would merge this with the first Nova thread but I don't know how it works.
2. That "hey dude, you're a year late" reply was a jokey, light hearted one, with four laughy faces at the end.

DavidLyons_ · 20-10-2017 08:02PM

Absolutely aghast today. One of those idiots on the morning show attempted to get listeners to vote in so he could play D-Ream, Things Can Only Get Better. He was so enthusiastic too. I do not know what the outcome was, I tuned out (never to return) and switched to Spotify. The station has serious problems.

prunudo · 20-10-2017 08:17PM

DavidLyons_ wrote: »

Absolutely aghast today. One of those idiots on the morning show attempted to get listeners to vote in so he could play D-Ream, Things Can Only Get Better. He was so enthusiastic too. I do not know what the outcome was, I tuned out (never to return) and switched to Spotify. The station has serious problems.

It feels like some djs or maybe the playlist in general lately is being pushed away from the orginal rock format to the see how much they can get away with from the listenership, or certainly the ones who engage with them via text/social media etc.

MikeyTaylor · 20-10-2017 08:30PM

jvan wrote: »

It feels like some djs or maybe the playlist in general lately is being pushed away from the orginal rock format to the see how much they can get away with from the listenership, or certainly the ones who engage with them via text/social media etc.

Did you know that it was Prof Brian Cox who produced that D:Ream song? He's the short haired guy in the video playing the keyboard

By the way, happy sixth - sorry, seventh - birthday Nova :-):-):-):-)

cdeb · 20-10-2017 08:48PM

Had a nice afternoon driving around Norway today with P6 on the radio. A sample -

Crazy Train
Holy Diver
Enter Sandman
The Trooper
Radio Gaga
Pretty Fly For A White Guy
When September Ends
Summer of 69
Roxanne
Heart-Shaped Box
Living After Midnight
Black Hole Sun
Africa
With Or Without You
Today
God Gave Rock And Roll To Me
Another One Bites The Dust
The Unforgiven
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Poison
Money For Nothing
Starlight
Walk This Way

Some local rock as well of course.

I've generally defended Nova on here (generally), but it would be great to have a station with a play-list like that. Nova is maybe half-way there, but that still leaves the other half...

ford fiesta · 20-10-2017 11:59PM

I've noticed that Nova is playing a lot of Annie Lennox early 90's solo singles and Eurythmics too !!

FanadMan · 21-10-2017 02:27AM

cdeb wrote:

I've generally defended Nova on here (generally), but it would be great to have a station with a play-list like that. Nova is maybe half-way there, but that still leaves the other half...

That is a proper playlist!

Think the robot is back on but strange that he's on late Fri night. Where the feck is Davin?

Max Headroom · 21-10-2017 09:51AM

cdeb wrote: »

Had a nice afternoon driving around Norway today with P6 on the radio. A sample -

Crazy Train
Holy Diver
Enter Sandman
The Trooper
Radio Gaga
Pretty Fly For A White Guy
When September Ends
Summer of 69
Roxanne
Heart-Shaped Box
Living After Midnight
Black Hole Sun
Africa
With Or Without You
Today
God Gave Rock And Roll To Me
Another One Bites The Dust
The Unforgiven
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Poison
Money For Nothing
Starlight
Walk This Way

Some local rock as well of course.

I've generally defended Nova on here (generally), but it would be great to have a station with a play-list like that. Nova is maybe half-way there, but that still leaves the other half...

You realise if nova were to play all of those tracks , you would need to be listening for about 5 hours to hear them all...and anyways 75% would'nt be on their playlist...:P

Kyle More · 21-10-2017 10:42AM

jvan wrote: »

It feels like some djs or maybe the playlist in general lately is being pushed away from the orginal rock format to the see how much they can get away with from the listenership, or certainly the ones who engage with them via text/social media etc.

They're definitely conducting 'litmus tests' to see how far they can push the more radio friendly pop rock, or 'pock' as I like to call it. In fact, some of the stuff I've heard on there lately doesn't even fall into the rock spectrum at all ie: Alice Merton's No Roots. At this stage listening to the station is like playing a lucky dip. They can surprise you with a great track from time to time, but the remaining content is either overly repetitive or incongruous.

selous · 21-10-2017 09:48PM

Where's the squeaky news reader?
I noticed her missing, but haven't missed her, if you get my meaning.

Trebor176 · 21-10-2017 09:57PM

selous wrote: »

Where's the squeaky news reader?
I noticed her missing, but haven't missed her, if you get my meaning.

Siobhain McDonnell? She's gone to Newstalk, I think. She's been gone from Nova for a couple of months at least now. Elaine Stenson has replaced her.

21-10-2017 10:09PM

Trebor176 wrote: »

Elaine Stenson has replaced her.

Only found out recently that she's the sister of Paul Stenson, the guy who runs the White Moose Café and gives out dogs abuse on Facebook.

adox · 21-10-2017 10:13PM

Jesus if I hear that fùcking “Thunder” from Imagine Dragons or whoever it is again I’ll put my fist through the radio.

Have Nova on for the car commute into and out of work for the last couple of years after getting sick of all the bad news on Newstalk.

They’ve gone to hell, being neither one thing or another. They have lost their identity but haven’t gained another.

It’s their prerogative I suppose but it makes their smug self congratulating ads all the more galling when they are playing so much sh.

22-10-2017 09:22AM

adox wrote: »

Jesus if I hear that fùcking “Thunder” from Imagine Dragons or whoever it is again I’ll put my fist through the radio.

Marty Miller described it as "lyrically challenged" during a link last week. I get the impression that he doesn't like it either.

I started listening in the morning for similar reasons. Morning Ireland was dragging me down and the other morning shows were full of acting the maggot, which I wasn't interested in either. But that's all I listen to on Nova anyway. If I get the chance I'll tune in to John Clarke but I spend every second weekend in Arklow where I can't get Nova anyway, so often don't have the time.

prunudo · 22-10-2017 12:04PM

Karsini wrote: »

Marty Miller described it as "lyrically challenged" during a link last week. I get the impression that he doesn't like it either.

I started listening in the morning for similar reasons. Morning Ireland was dragging me down and the other morning shows were full of acting the maggot, which I wasn't interested in either. But that's all I listen to on Nova anyway. If I get the chance I'll tune in to John Clarke but I spend every second weekend in Arklow where I can't get Nova anyway, so often don't have the time.

Does the 95.7 transmitter not reach Arklow?

Max Headroom · 22-10-2017 01:43PM

jvan wrote: »

Does the 95.7 transmitter not reach Arklow?

The residents of Wicklow have a barrier set up to stop it getting that far...you're welcome..:P

prunudo · 22-10-2017 03:25PM

Max Headroom wrote: »

The residents of Wicklow have a barrier set up to stop it getting that far...you're welcome..:P

Or the residents of Greystones don't want to share.

22-10-2017 03:32PM

jvan wrote: »

Does the 95.7 transmitter not reach Arklow?

Tried again here, nothing on my pocket radio. Might get something on a better radio though.

Max Headroom · 22-10-2017 04:41PM

Karsini wrote: »

Tried again here, nothing on my pocket radio. Might get something on a better radio though.

..stop picking at that scab....:p

MikeyTaylor · 22-10-2017 06:31PM

Requested Ace's "How Long" on last nights Nova Saturday Nights. They didn't have it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ2ZNCip9YM

MikeyTaylor · 22-10-2017 06:32PM

Requested Ace's "How Long" on last nights Nova Saturday Nights. They didn't have it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ2ZNCip9YM

Tis a tune though.

prunudo · 22-10-2017 09:03PM

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Requested Ace's "How Long" on last nights Nova Saturday Nights. They didn't have it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ2ZNCip9YM

Tis a tune though.

How do they not have that on their system

Max Headroom · 22-10-2017 09:29PM

jvan wrote: »

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Requested Ace's "How Long" on last nights Nova Saturday Nights. They didn't have it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ2ZNCip9YM

Tis a tune though.

How do they not have that on their system

Because they don't have it on "their" system..;)

FanadMan · 23-10-2017 01:08AM

Max Headroom wrote:

Because they don't have it on "their" system..

All depends on what show you make the request. Ask PJ or Tony or Davin and they'll play almost anything you ask. But think the rest are stuck to whatever the heads think is appropriate.

selous · 23-10-2017 06:07PM

Did I hear Scritti Politti this morning or someone that sounded like them about 9.30am?

Max Headroom · 23-10-2017 06:13PM

Wouldn't surprise me..caught a bit of GG today....very 80's......it's like the playlist is taken from last week's TOTP on BBC4.....

prunudo · 23-10-2017 07:19PM

selous wrote: »

Did I hear Scritti Politti this morning or someone that sounded like them about 9.30am?

Was it part of Conor's 'megamix' during when the feck. Think it was a year from the 80s this Morning?

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