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The hidden gems of Irish radio
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17-03-2019 5:19pm#1
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Deleted User wrote: »I like Marty Whelan on lyric in the mornings..
God, I'm getting old..
I've loved Marty in the morning for years and I'm only a 38yr old pup
He is perfect for that show and time of the day.
No ego about himself. Doesn't pretend to understand the music in depth.
Ed's Songs of Praise looks great musically. I never get to listen to it much but always catch his playlist on social media and nod approvingly. Some songs you'd never expect to hear on Today FM etc.. He puts them in there.
+1 For John Creedon.
I've affiliations with Dublin's NEAR Fm 90.3. And would highly recommend Thursday evenings. 7-8pm 'The Electric Wave'. And 9-10pm 'Top Tunes'.
Two great shows.:)0 -
Agree with a lot of the boardsies on this topic....
My "spot the nerd" personal faves that might be lesser known / spoken about are:
1.The TED radio hour on Newstalk....I know, I know, it's actually NPR really but I'm still happy that it pops onto the radio on a weekend evening. I'm usually in the car after work but they do a one-hour themed programme and depending on the theme the hour can be absolutely fascinating.
2. Splanc - Gaelgóir here and it's so refreshing to have a show that is both in Irish and actually relevant...so often shows are in Irish as an act of tokenism such that even for those who can understand them, they are immeasurably boring. This show, however, is a well timed, free-flowing magazine style show, with interviews, reviews of tv / musics / gigs and discussions of current events / topical issues. The presenter, Cuán Ó Flatharta also has a lovely tembre and an easygoing way about him. A great show for fluent speakers / learners alike.
3. Newstalk theme here but mostly because I listened to a combo of radio 1 and today fm for years so anything new I'm discovering is on there....The Picture Show. Yes, the presenters tone was weird, yes, sometimes the shows were pretty off the wall....but I liked the range of books / ideas discussed and the depth to which topics were explored freely with the author. Often the music played throughout was wonderful as well.
My parents house was (and is) still very much a "radio" house. So it was something I grew up with and find very comforting. The different jingles and shows all punctuate different times of the day
I miss waking up to the slow-paced gravelly tones of Ciarán MacMathúna at 8am on a Sunday morning. It was a lovely show to hear snippets of while dozing in and out of sleep 
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I guess the whole Marty debacle splits a lot of opinion.
He's certainly not hidden even if it's on Lyric FM
The elements that people like him for, such as not been snuffy and not really knowing much about the music and the music of lyrics in general seems to be the reason a lot of "die hard" lyric listeners can't stand him.
My opinion on it flips and flops.
I wasn't expecting him to show up on this thread though 0 -
Stargazer7 wrote: »Agree with a lot of the boardsies on this topic....
My "spot the nerd" personal faves that might be lesser known / spoken about are:
1.The TED radio hour on Newstalk....I know, I know, it's actually NPR really but I'm still happy that it pops onto the radio on a weekend evening. I'm usually in the car after work but they do a one-hour themed programme and depending on the theme the hour can be absolutely fascinating.
2. Splanc - Gaelgóir here and it's so refreshing to have a show that is both in Irish and actually relevant...so often shows are in Irish as an act of tokenism such that even for those who can understand them, they are immeasurably boring. This show, however, is a well timed, free-flowing magazine style show, with interviews, reviews of tv / musics / gigs and discussions of current events / topical issues. The presenter, Cuán Ó Flatharta also has a lovely tembre and an easygoing way about him. A great show for fluent speakers / learners alike.
3. Newstalk theme here but mostly because I listened to a combo of radio 1 and today fm for years so anything new I'm discovering is on there....The Picture Show. Yes, the presenters tone was weird, yes, sometimes the shows were pretty off the wall....but I liked the range of books / ideas discussed and the depth to which topics were explored freely with the author. Often the music played throughout was wonderful as well.
My parents house was (and is) still very much a "radio" house. So it was something I grew up with and find very comforting. The different jingles and shows all punctuate different times of the day I miss waking up to the slow-paced gravelly tones of Ciarán MacMathúna at 8am on a Sunday morning. It was a lovely show to hear snippets of while dozing in and out of sleep
Great post. Loved Ciaran on a Sunday and the great Donal Broughan on the Saturday before him on Weekend On One. Donal was “the voice” for me, such a crisp and authoritative delivery. Terrible shock to see him go so young, still missed terribly in my household.0 -
Stargazer7 wrote: »
....... I miss waking up to the slow-paced gravelly tones of Ciarán MacMathúna at 8am on a Sunday morning. It was a lovely show to hear snippets of while dozing in and out of sleep
Half the nation was conceived during this programme. The radio was on in the parents room to mask the shenanigans!0 -
Half the nation was conceived during this programme. The radio was on in the parents room to mask the shenanigans!
:eek: That brings a whole other element to the programme!
I tend to do a similar thing with Sunday Miscellany also (the dozing...not the shenanigans :pac:) but I think Ciarán's lovely tone makes me especially intolerant of overly cheerful / hyper presenters on morning radio aka anyone on 2fm, maxi when she used to do rising time and Alison Curtis. Though the Alison Curtis show just makes me smile now after a mate of mine said he is used to it after his little girl arrived as it is effectively radio for kids and overtired parents 0 -
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I guess the whole Marty debacle splits a lot of opinion.
He's certainly not hidden even if it's on Lyric FM
The elements that people like him for, such as not been snuffy and not really knowing much about the music and the music of lyrics in general seems to be the reason a lot of "die hard" lyric listeners can't stand him.
My opinion on it flips and flops.
I wasn't expecting him to show up on this thread though
He's one of Ireland's best known TV personalities with a large TV audience on 'Winning Streak' - in the hundreds of thousands. He has a radio audience somewhere between 40 and 45 thousand each morning- local radio levels.
That's okay for the other nobodies on Lyric playing Classical music in a fairly informed way but this chap is supposed to use his star power to bring in an audience. It hasn't worked.
Now in the morning, Lyric has the famed "banter", discussions about 'Dancing with the Stars" on Mondays (at the same time as Radio 1) and cooking with Nevin Maguire on Fridays.
He seems to have heard of a few operas and arias by Puccini and Verdi and everything else after that is a struggle for him.
Off to Gold with him where his "banter" will, I'm sure, be loved. And he won't have to pretend to like the few pieces of Classical he's forced to play.0 -
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