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Ol' Donie · 23-01-2018 06:37PM

It's amazing how often I turn on The Hard Shoulder to hear the very thinly veiled ad for Bobby Kerr "business advice" segment.

Birneybau · 24-01-2018 01:51PM

I'm doing a sweepstake on how often Jess Kelly starts a sentence with 'So...' from next Monday to Sunday.

I'm taking every opening sentence.

Grolschevik · 24-01-2018 02:33PM

Birneybau wrote: »

I'm doing a sweepstake on how often Jess Kelly starts a sentence with 'So...' from next Monday to Sunday.

I'm taking every opening sentence.

Or anyone under 30 on radio...

southstar · 31-01-2018 01:47PM

artvanderlay wrote: »

Is this Ciara Kelly on Newstalk arguing with a vegan on Newstalk??? My god, what a repugnant, toxic, sociopathic c*nt! Go on Sandra give it to the toxic b*tch! How is she a radio presenter...my God. She should be kicked off the show...disgraceful behaviour for a host. She is a nasty piece of work.

Classy post

Birneybau · 01-02-2018 02:38PM

Was listening to Pat Kenny earlier, he covered hotels and rural broadband. Ciara Kelly came on talking about what's coming up on her show. I'll let you guess what the first 2 topics she was going to cover were. F'ing joke. I stopped listening to the good doctor a few weeks ago, thank God.

Loafing Oaf · 01-02-2018 02:44PM

artvanderlay wrote: »

Is this Ciara Kelly on Newstalk arguing with a vegan on Newstalk??? My god, what a repugnant, toxic, sociopathic c*nt! Go on Sandra give it to the toxic b*tch! How is she a radio presenter...my God. She should be kicked off the show...disgraceful behaviour for a host. She is a nasty piece of work.

Nice to see Barry Walsh still contributing to the national conversation after losing his FG gig...

Grolschevik · 01-02-2018 03:35PM

Birneybau wrote: »

Was listening to Pat Kenny earlier, he covered hotels and rural broadband. Ciara Kelly came on talking about what's coming up on her show. I'll let you guess what the first 2 topics she was going to cover were. F'ing joke. I stopped listening to the good doctor a few weeks ago, thank God.

There's a serious lack of joined-up producing across all of Newstalk.

Tell me how · 01-02-2018 03:57PM

Grolschevik wrote:

There's a serious lack of joined-up producing across all of Newstalk.

If you feel this, you must listen frequently throughout the day. If you listen frequently throughout the day, they're not doing too bad are they?

If someone listens to just Pat Kenny or say Ivan Yates, they'd be miffed if they didn't cover high interest items on that show. Can expect some overlap thought the day for this reason I'd imagine.

I agree though there should be some knowledge of what other shows have covered. Wouldn't be too hard to share run lists.

Grolschevik · 01-02-2018 04:09PM

Tell me how wrote:

If you feel this, you must listen frequently throughout the day. If you listen frequently throughout the day, they're not doing too bad are they?

Tell me how wrote:

I agree though there should be some knowledge of what other shows have covered. Wouldn't be too hard to share run lists.

Tell me how wrote:

If someone listens to just Pat Kenny or say Ivan Yates, they'd be miffed if they didn't cover high interest items on that show. Can expect some overlap thought the day for this reason I'd imagine.

All true. It's more noticeable some times than others. Doesn't seriously annoy me, as each show/presenter/team take a slightly different tack on each issue.

suicide_circus · 08-03-2018 10:15AM

Woops....

"In a broadcast, in the ‘Health Matters’ segment of Dr Ciara Kelly’s Lunchtime programme of the 2nd February 2018, Dr. Kelly interviewed Kate O’Connell TD in relation to proposed legislation concerning unproven cancer treatments.

In the course of that interview Dr. Kelly made reference to the medical treatment for heart problems which her late father received from a qualified doctor, being chelation therapy. In doing so, Dr. Kelly stated that the doctor in question had taken her father off his cholesterol and other medications and that her father had subsequently died of a heart-attack. Dr. Kelly stated that she thought her father’s death was caused by the treatment in question.

Newstalk and Dr. Kelly wish to take this opportunity to unconditionally withdraw the views expressed by Dr. Kelly and to apologise unreservedly to the doctor concerned."

http://www.newstalk.com/Apology-and-Clarification

Mr Snow · 11-03-2018 07:26PM

was newstalk ever a 24/7 talk station?

Loafing Oaf · 11-03-2018 07:49PM

Mr Snow wrote: »

was newstalk ever a 24/7 talk station?

Well it's never really broadcasted '24' but that aside Tom Dunne is the only presenter who plays any significant amount of music AFAIK, so I guess before he came along.

CatFromHue · 11-03-2018 11:46PM

Before Tom there was Fionn Davenport who had the show after Off The Ball so yeah I think back then it was all chat.

There was also another guy, who's name escapes me but he had Dr. Phil on, who had a political show that got very heated that used to be on at night too.

ballsymchugh · 12-03-2018 12:02AM

CatFromHue wrote: »

Before Tom there was Fionn Davenport who had the show after Off The Ball so yeah I think back then it was all chat.

There was also another guy, who's name escapes me but he had Dr. Phil on, who had a political show that got very heated that used to be on at night too.

the green room used to be on Mondays i think, then Mark Coleman on Tuesday and Weds, then Fionn Davenport and his sexy talk on Thursdays. he didn't do it for too long though, can't remember what was on before him.

Fann Linn · 12-03-2018 12:04AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

Woops....

"In a broadcast, in the ‘Health Matters’ segment of Dr Ciara Kelly’s Lunchtime programme of the 2nd February 2018, Dr. Kelly interviewed Kate O’Connell TD in relation to proposed legislation concerning unproven cancer treatments.

In the course of that interview Dr. Kelly made reference to the medical treatment for heart problems which her late father received from a qualified doctor, being chelation therapy. In doing so, Dr. Kelly stated that the doctor in question had taken her father off his cholesterol and other medications and that her father had subsequently died of a heart-attack. Dr. Kelly stated that she thought her father’s death was caused by the treatment in question.

Newstalk and Dr. Kelly wish to take this opportunity to unconditionally withdraw the views expressed by Dr. Kelly and to apologise unreservedly to the doctor concerned."

http://www.newstalk.com/Apology-and-Clarification

George was binned for less.

CatFromHue · 12-03-2018 12:17AM

ballsymchugh wrote: »

the green room used to be on Mondays i think, then Mark Coleman on Tuesday and Weds, then Fionn Davenport and his sexy talk on Thursdays. he didn't do it for too long though, can't remember what was on before him.

Mark Coleman, that's the one.

Jeez himself and Dr. Phil used to have a right cut off each other.

Loafing Oaf · 12-03-2018 11:03AM

CatFromHue wrote: »

Before Tom there was Fionn Davenport who had the show after Off The Ball so yeah I think back then it was all chat.

There was also another guy, who's name escapes me but he had Dr. Phil on, who had a political show that got very heated that used to be on at night too.

Can't remember if Tom used to play much music on his morning show. Couple of songs and hour maybe, similar to the late G Ryan...

Billgirlylegs · 08-04-2018 09:05AM

Thanks be toXXXX Bobby Kerr is off today.
Tom Dunne presenting.
Hope it is permanent

quintana76 · 08-04-2018 01:13PM

Fann Linn wrote: »

George was binned for less.

Wrong gender. Can't blame all ills and mistakes on the "patriarchy".

Harry Palmr · 10-06-2018 07:36PM

Just a bump to say how much better Newstalk is on an early Sunday morning than RTE.at 7 AM they have a decent documentary - libraries this morning and then a panel discussion about something current Between the Lines. Meanwhile RTE 1 is basically asleep with MOR music and then the useless World Report (a zero budget From Our Own Correspondent) and the appalling Bowman - Sunday- 8.30 bore-fest. Obviously it all goes to hell when Bobby starts babbling.

McDave · 11-06-2018 06:13PM

With all these T&C ‘changes’ popping up on opening apps these days (because of GDPR?), I decided to dump the NewsTalk app on my phone because it seems to want to use the change to renew me as a target for advertising.

Isn’t advertising through the broadcast enough without threatening to target me with more through the app? Well it is for me. So bye bye NT on my mobile phone.

Any other views on this?

Ol' Donie · 11-06-2018 06:40PM

McDave wrote: »

With all these T&C ‘changes’ popping up on opening apps these days (because of GDPR?), I decided to dump the NewsTalk app on my phone because it seems to want to use the change to renew me as a target for advertising.

Isn’t advertising through the broadcast enough without threatening to target me with more through the app? Well it is for me. So bye bye NT on my mobile phone.

Any other views on this?

I removed the app recently, but listening live on the internet kept cutting out. So I had to get the app again.

McDave · 13-06-2018 08:19PM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

I removed the app recently, but listening live on the internet kept cutting out. So I had to get the app again.

I’ve reverted to using an old mobile which has an inbuilt radio. Back to analogue. Don’t ever shut it down!

ghostdancer · 13-06-2018 08:21PM

the TuneIn radio app works grand. no Listen Back features etc. though.

benjamin d · 13-06-2018 10:08PM

I've used the specific radio apps for various stations, the Irish Radio Player app, and TuneIn and have found none of them to be reliable at all. I've given up trying to listen to the radio on my phone. Spotify all the way.

Tell me how · 01-08-2018 06:17PM

I've just popped in to the threads on Ciara Kelly show, Off the Ball and Ivan yates. So many posts are about how bad each show is or the presenter or the fill in presenter or whatever.

And yet JNLR figures show an increase right across all main shows on the station.

What is it about the internet that leads people to be so negative? Is it the anonymity? Is it begrudgery because some part of them thinks they could be hosting a radio show but haven't had the opportunity.

So few posts are actually discussing the shows content but are just complaining about some element of it. I genuinely don't understand it.

On the JNLR figures. Impressive results by Ivan to be so successful on that slot on his own. Now the most listened to show on the station.

tsue921i8wljb3 · 01-08-2018 07:09PM

Tell me how wrote: »

I've just popped in to the threads on Ciara Kelly show, Off the Ball and Ivan yates. So many posts are about how bad each show is or the presenter or the fill in presenter or whatever.

And yet JNLR figures show an increase right across all main shows on the station.

What is it about the internet that leads people to be so negative? Is it the anonymity? Is it begrudgery because some part of them thinks they could be hosting a radio show but haven't had the opportunity.

So few posts are actually discussing the shows content but are just complaining about some element of it. I genuinely don't understand it.

On the JNLR figures. Impressive results by Ivan to be so successful on that slot on his own. Now the most listened to show on the station.

The whole radio forum is a toxic ****hole full of malcontents. I suppose it gives them an outlet and keeps them occupied so best let them at it.

honeybear · 05-08-2018 08:51AM

I always enjoy the TV on the radio feature on Sean Moncrieffs show. I heard a new lady contributor this week. Along with the other two guys they are all very good.

CatFromHue · 05-08-2018 03:04PM

honeybear wrote: »

I always enjoy the TV on the radio feature on Sean Moncrieffs show. I heard a new lady contributor this week. Along with the other two guys they are all very good.

yeah that's my favorite of all his regular slots.

i liked hearing them talk about the Kardashians this week too. I know very little to nothing about the show and it's sooooo big so was good to hear them discuss it.

honeybear · 05-08-2018 03:08PM

CatFromHue wrote: »

yeah that's my favorite of all his regular slots.

i liked hearing them talk about the Kardashians this week too. I know very little to nothing about the show and it's sooooo big so was good to hear them discuss it.

Her description of The Game was super too

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