Harry Palmr wrote: » WLR having a 'mare today. Or maybe it's just Eamon Keane.
er1983 wrote: » Yeah heard that myself. Signal went , sound was fuzzy and volume lowered
comeraghs wrote: » If some people think WLR is such a terrible station, why do they listen to it? & if it's that bad why not change over to whatever station ye think is better. or is it just negativity for the sake of it? I quite enjoy WLR's sports coverage. Matt Keane & Gavin Whelan are very good. Theresanne O'Reilly is very good in the evenings & also Maria McCann at weekends & I thought Eaman Keane was quite good on Deise AM. They are no worse than any other local station around and better than some.
91wx763 wrote: » Their Dungarvan ISDN studio connection is always giving trouble. Their tech stuff has been rubbish for years. Probably since "Trick of the Tail" of these boards stopped being involved..........:D
Wanderer2010 wrote: » Bar some awful presenters like Ollie and Rick Whelan, WLRFM does give good local news and Maria Macann is very good on Saturday. Beat FM is easily the worst radio station out there, due to their unrelenting insistence on hiring Jobbridge staff who don't know their ar*e from their elbow when they read out the news, absolutely woeful quality and usually some 18yr old spluttering and stammering over their words, its actually so distracting I often cant remember a single word they said such is their stupidity. Give them a test run before letting them on the air because they are crap with a capital C. Not to mention the Breakfast Show-Niall and Vinny still talking about teen issues and they both nearly 40, embarrassing!
iseegirls wrote: » For a youth channel, having the same breakfast hosts and exact same formula for over 10 years is tiring. Look at Spin 103.8 and they rotate their breakfast presenters every 2 to 3 years - using those which have been blooded in from late evening slots. But currently on Beat you have the 2 lads of breakfast, Andy McCloskey on between 4-7, hogging 2 of the biggest slots you can get in radio. No wonder others have left Beat like Emma Nolan, Terasanne, Luke F while others stay there for a lifetime and not giving others an opportunity
Johnboy1951 wrote: » It is difficult to know exactly what you mean by this. It reads as if you mean that people should leave their jobs so that others might get an opportunity to work at that same job ...... which would be a very strange (to me) concept.
mooseknunkle wrote: » I think what they mean is beat is ****e and it needs a new format,in radio or other media they wouldn't be leaving their job just stepping aside to give someone else a chance.
iseegirls wrote: » Not talking about leaving their jobs, they can easily move into different slots across the day, but they've been hogging the same and biggest slots on radio which means talented presenters and djs which they've built up to go to other stations bacuse they've no hope of getting those main slots. Niall Power is head of music there, so he's prob governor there, and wouldn't budge anyway. For a youth station, having the same breakfast presenters for 11 or so years, with the same daily dilemma, same quiz in exactly the same position every day is beyond tiring and lazy from the team. They're out of touch with what their target audience should be now.
Johnboy1951 wrote: » So it is more that 'others' are left there, in the same slots for years, by whoever is in charge, rather than anyone staying put and preventing others from opportunities. No doubt, radio stations, like other services, can benefit greatly from a 'shake up' ...... but if the gov. is not prepared to do so then there is not a lot others can do.
91wx763 wrote: » So basically we put up with the same old dross that's been going on since 1989. Sameish presenters blustering along. Timmy who was a saving grace is making gin and Geoff who goes on forever as a "hero" because he worked for RTE for 2 months in 1981 still incoherently rambles along.......... But we pat ourselves on the back when the JNLR figures come as in traditional Billy (RIP) style. But it's more noise than substance. Lies and statistics as someone once said....... But this scoundrel Eamonn bloke on Deise "today" shows up and immediately doesn't conform to the usual big deal about the old school ways. In his tenure the establishment has been challenged, the GAA, the HSE, Sinn Fein, (and he should have been harder on Deasy and Butler but I reckon Des told him off). So cheerio Eamonn. And welcome back to where we were. 1989 anyone...........
Wanderer2010 wrote: » Is Des Whelan Ricks father? That's a handy number for him if so.
aziz wrote: » Brothers
Wanderer2010 wrote: » Ah. Job for life so, I wondered how he got away with that crap slot he has for so long. Mystery solved!
mooseknunkle wrote: » Rick Whelan is the founder of WLR he set it up as a pirate station in 1978 hes been there since day one,and played the first song when it was licenced in 1989,you might not like him but a lot of people do like myself he's plays a good mix of music.
Teebor15 wrote: » Damien Tiernan left RTE today after 23 years. Taking over from Eamon Keane on WLR perhaps?
Captain Red Beard wrote: » Just checking, Billy McCarthy is still dead, yeah?
