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What sort or people listen to WLRFM

  • 13-08-2019 10:10am
    #1
    friendlyfun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭


    The amount of inane stupid opinions expressed there is incredible. People not wanting to relax drug laws and whinging about cannabis the other day. Then today a woman said Waterford Walls looked "cheap" and it "ghetto-ised"

    I'm tired of listening to crap opinions. How do people even listen to it?


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  • #2
    friendlyfun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭friendlyfun


    Many texts coming in from people saying it looks tacky and cheap. This is why we can't have nice things.


  • #3
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,461 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    You've listened to live line right?
    Just because the views expressed on such radio shows appear to outweigh other views doesn't for a second mean they represent a majority of the country/county.


  • #4
    fricatus
    Registered Users Posts: 5,081 ✭✭✭fricatus


    Empty cans and all that...


  • #5
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Some people don't even get what Waterford Walls is about.


  • #6
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users Posts: 4,421 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    I don't mind WLR FM but I'm not able for the ads, they're just so jam packed full of fake positivity that I have to turn off.


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  • #7
    Hello 2D Person Below
    Registered Users Posts: 13,755 ✭✭✭✭Hello 2D Person Below


    You'd swear 'GAZ WOZ ERE 2K15' was smeared all over the place. Waterford Walls was a fantastic addition to the city. Brought a bit of life back into it. It was a grim place to be not too long ago.


  • #8
    AAAAAAAAA
    Registered Users Posts: 251 ✭✭AAAAAAAAA


    old, conservative people, obviously enough. Local radio is utterly ****e across Ireland.


  • #9
    Muttley79
    Registered Users Posts: 295 ✭✭Muttley79


    ‘Local’ radio that advertises day out shopping trips to cork city with dublin bus,meanwhile our own city is on its knees,advertises cork airport and has sponsorship with their new blaster castor on the road,advertises some German kitchens every second minute.they keep it ‘local’ indeed


  • #10
    aziz
    Registered Users Posts: 723 ✭✭✭aziz


    Muttley79 wrote: »
    ‘Local’ radio that advertises day out shopping trips to cork city with dublin bus,meanwhile our own city is on its knees,advertises cork airport and has sponsorship with their new blaster castor on the road,advertises some German kitchens every second minute.they keep it ‘local’ indeed

    Yeah, love the "KK" Reg on the new mobile unit 😄


  • #11
    Max Powers
    Registered Users Posts: 3,510 ✭✭✭Max Powers


    friendlyfun wrote: »
    The amount of inane stupid opinions expressed there is incredible. People not wanting to relax drug laws and whinging about cannabis the other day. Then today a woman said Waterford Walls looked "cheap" and it "ghetto-ised"

    I'm tired of listening to crap opinions. How do people even listen to it?

    Have you seen some of inane stupid whinging comments on here.


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  • #12
    noby
    Registered Users Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭noby


    Firstly, I sometimes listen to WLR, usually in the car in the evening. I like The Shift, and green scene.

    Secondly, to the op, it's more a question of who goes on talk radio in general, rather than just a WLR thing.

    Thirdly, here you are talking about the content of that talk radio, so I guess it worked.


  • #13
    spankmemunkey
    Registered Users Posts: 2,017 ✭✭✭spankmemunkey


    There's a button on there for up and down to change what your listening to you do know that right??


  • #14
    friendlyfun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭friendlyfun


    spankmemunkey wrote: »
    There's a button on there for up and down to change what your listening to you do know that right??

    Very sarcastic.


  • #15
    debok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 814 ✭✭✭debok


    friendlyfun wrote: »
    Very sarcastic.

    He's right though


  • #16
    spankmemunkey
    Registered Users Posts: 2,017 ✭✭✭spankmemunkey


    friendlyfun wrote: »
    Very sarcastic.

    I agree with ye but that's the same with TV some of the complete ballcocks on TV make me wanna stick needles in my eyes but i don't i just change the channel, love island??? shudda just named it Ridin Island cos id hazard a guess its not about love its complete tosh, my opinion, opinions are subjective but the easiest thing to do is change channel, those types of radio shows are outlets for whingers so naturally enough your gonna get whingers tuning in listening and txting in and all the others just ignore it so its bias and one sided


  • #17
    Flow Motion
    Registered Users Posts: 465 ✭✭Flow Motion


    Tis a local station for local people. As another post alluded to : dont like? turn the dial!


  • #18
    alta stare
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭alta stare


    friendlyfun wrote: »
    The amount of inane stupid opinions expressed there is incredible. People not wanting to relax drug laws and whinging about cannabis the other day. Then today a woman said Waterford Walls looked "cheap" and it "ghetto-ised"

    I'm tired of listening to crap opinions. How do people even listen to it?


    Dont ever tune into Lifeline or Ciara Kelly on Newstalk. Some whingers on there.

    The death notices are quite popular though. My mothers turns the radio up full blast when they come on.


  • #19
    sitkaspruce
    Registered Users Posts: 278 ✭✭sitkaspruce


    friendlyfun wrote: »
    The amount of inane stupid opinions expressed there is incredible. People not wanting to relax drug laws and whinging about cannabis the other day. Then today a woman said Waterford Walls looked "cheap" and it "ghetto-ised"

    I'm tired of listening to crap opinions. How do people even listen to it?

    Well maybe we dont want to hear your crap opinions!!!

    WLR FM provides a great source of news and entertainment for the people of Waterford and surrounding areas, plus a lot of great people work there too.

    If you have a problem with that just switch the dial (I wouldn't recommend it - Andy Mac is mid way through another great lunchtime show)


  • #20
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 13,989 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    AAAAAAAAA wrote: »
    YOUNG and old conservative people, obviously enough. Local radio is utterly ****e across Ireland.

    I fixed that for ye!


  • #21
    friendlyfun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭friendlyfun


    sitkaspruce wrote: »
    Well maybe we dont want to hear your crap opinions!!!

    WLR FM provides a great source of news and entertainment for the people of Waterford and surrounding areas, plus a lot of great people work there too.

    If you have a problem with that just switch the dial (I wouldn't recommend it - Andy Mac is mid way through another great lunchtime show)

    Great source entertainment for everyone of 65 and inert to totally change


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  • #22
    Snorlaxx
    Registered Users Posts: 231 ✭✭Snorlaxx


    Didnt know Andy Mac had changed to WLR, must say I do miss him on Beat


  • #23
    Muttley79
    Registered Users Posts: 295 ✭✭Muttley79


    Snorlaxx wrote: »
    Didnt know Andy Mac had changed to WLR, must say I do miss him on Beat

    I think it's a trial run for him,here's a little secret but one of the afternoon presenters has handed in their notice


  • #24
    mooseknunkle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,427 ✭✭✭mooseknunkle


    Muttley79 wrote: »
    I think it's a trial run for him,here's a little secret but one of the afternoon presenters has handed in their notice

    One of the presenters on WLR or Beat?


  • #25
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Moving or retiring? :)


  • #26
    sitkaspruce
    Registered Users Posts: 278 ✭✭sitkaspruce


    Muttley79 wrote: »
    I think it's a trial run for him,here's a little secret but one of the afternoon presenters has handed in their notice

    I can only pray that it's the drive time show on WLR that will be Andy's new slot!


  • #27
    BlueFox90
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭BlueFox90


    I think the Drive time show is about the best of the shows on WLR. I imagine its hard to please everyone in local radio. Balance between content for your older listeners while still trying to attract new ones. Overall I think WLR does well with the budget and resources they have


  • #28
    spankmemunkey
    Registered Users Posts: 2,017 ✭✭✭spankmemunkey


    There's a one on Beat she does the news sport and entertainment bits, by jaysus she makes some clangers when shes reading the news, cant for the life of her get names right, I rang in to tell her one time how to pronounce a certain football team ha ha don't know if shes still on there cos couldn't listen to it anymore due to this


  • #29
    Snorlaxx
    Registered Users Posts: 231 ✭✭Snorlaxx


    Christ on a bike, we thought it was only us that noticed haha. At one stage we placed bets on how many mistakes there would b in a broadcast


  • #30
    spankmemunkey
    Registered Users Posts: 2,017 ✭✭✭spankmemunkey


    Snorlaxx wrote: »
    Christ on a bike, we thought it was only us that noticed haha. At one stage we placed bets on how many mistakes there would b in a broadcast

    Thank God someone else noticed it, I actually rang in one time and it was the one that was on the air that answered the phone, I was like sorry but your making some howlers with the names the way you pronounce things, she was like ok thanks, Capital City Names Football Teams names she just couldn't do it ha ha


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  • #31
    Chip Whitley
    Registered Users Posts: 1,428 ✭✭✭Chip Whitley


    The WLR job is being advertised.


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