What was or is your favourite radio show?

Kenny B · 31-10-2019 12:45PM

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Is it true that the Niall Boylan show is only for working class people? That's what one of my friends said.

It is, I tried listen at home once but it was Geo blocked, in work at in an Industrial Estate it's loud and clear,

DelBoy Trotter · 31-10-2019 12:53PM

Bobblehats wrote: »

You couldn’t beat the pirate stations. Real dedicated music fans with their bags of rare grooves broadcasting from their sheds. When they regulated that shít they killed radio

Agreed. Bring back Pulse 103.2 FM

FluffyTowel · 31-10-2019 01:00PM

Joe and Keith on Breakfast Express were brilliant. Such good banter in the morning.

conor222 · 31-10-2019 01:45PM

Used to listen to Pet Sounds with Tom Dunne every evening when I was younger,
Younger still, the top 40 on Sundays swapping between Today FM and Radio 1 (BBC) to record tracks onto cassettes

Won a few sets of tickets and stuff on Pet Sounds over the years, really liked the mix of music as well.

Declan A Walsh · 31-10-2019 02:12PM

I am enjoying the trips down memory lane here. Should this thread not be in the Radio forum?

harry Bailey esq · 31-10-2019 02:24PM

manbitesdog wrote: »

Moncrieff’s voice makes me want put my foot through the radio.

Em.. Crikey!

31-10-2019 03:44PM

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I am enjoying the trips down memory lane here. Should this thread not be in the Radio forum?

You leave my thread where you found it :P
Nah, much more fun having it in AH.

Brendan Balfe RTÉ 1 was great at compiling comedy sketches from around the world- Saturday midday would have you in stitches - long before there was the inter web or YouTube- that coupled with Scrap Saturday made for a very entertaining Saturday morning

branie2 · 31-10-2019 03:49PM

Deleted User wrote: »

You leave my thread where you found it :P
Nah, much more fun having it in AH.

Brendan Balfe RTÉ 1 was great at compiling comedy sketches from around the world- Saturday midday would have you in stitches - long before there was the inter web or YouTube- that coupled with Scrap Saturday made for a very entertaining Saturday morning

Pathetic News, putting you in the picture!

Lewis_Benson · 31-10-2019 04:03PM

Spotify.

31-10-2019 04:04PM

Mine will always be the Rock Show with Tommy Vance on BBC Radio back in the day. Used always tape it to play on my walkman.

endofrainbow · 31-10-2019 04:05PM

John Clarke's Biggest Jukebox in it's original format

its_steve116 · 31-10-2019 04:10PM

manbitesdog wrote: »

Moncrieff’s voice makes me want put my foot through the radio.

This Moncrieff's voice doesn't.

SEPT 23 1989 · 31-10-2019 04:19PM

Not a radio show but the Shipping Forecast literally transports you to other places especially in the winter months

FixdePitchmark · 31-10-2019 08:25PM

nullzero wrote: »

Moncrieff used to be a great listen.
Not the same since he ran off on the missus and got his producer pregnant.

This true.
:eek:

Private life, I suppose, but was kept well under wraps.

bodhrandude · 31-10-2019 08:32PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Mine will always be the Rock Show with Tommy Vance on BBC Radio back in the day. Used always tape it to play on my walkman.

Followed by Tom Russell's Rock Show on Radio Clyde if you lived in Glasgow, Scotland.

31-10-2019 09:40PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Not a radio show but the Shipping Forecast literally transports you to other places especially in the winter months

Just Like the theme music for seascapes, the maritime program

Dong, dang ding dong ding dang, la la la la la la la la la lah... ding, dang dong dong ding ding...la la la la la la la la lah...

Beechwoodspark · 31-10-2019 09:50PM

storker wrote: »

I don't know how Matt Cooper got a job in radio with that voice. When he's at his most indignant only dogs can hear him...

Matt the pigeon cooper as they say

Say Your Number · 31-10-2019 10:13PM

Is this the 'What is your favourite radio show' or 'Idle gossip about radio presenters lives' thread.

Lord Glentoran · 01-11-2019 09:10AM

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

The Strawberry Alarmclock back when it was Hayes and Nugent in around 2000 was funny radio.

Off The Ball on Newstalk was brilliant and is still good.

Different strokes. In 2000 I worked in a place where the Strawberry Alarm Clock was on every morning. Prank calls and silly voices meant I conceived a loathing for FM 104 that lasts to this day. Dublin’ sH*t Music Station indeed.

Wanderer78 · 01-11-2019 09:12AM

Deleted User wrote:

Watching Mark Cagney on TV right now, brings me back to 80's radio - Night Train with Cagney was a great show as he played mostly non-single album tracks and 12 inch versions - think he started around 11.30 or so and brought you nicely to sleep around 1.45am when 2FM or whatever it was called back then, went off the air -if I remember rightly.

2fm metal show in the 90's

pawdee · 01-11-2019 09:49AM

Harbour Hotel

Declan A Walsh · 01-11-2019 10:07PM

Favourite radio show? That's impossible for me to answer. Here are some contenders, though.

Pat James' Rock Shows on Radio Dublin (1978-79), ARD/Radio 257 (1979-80) and Southside FM (1988).

Dave Fanning's Rock Show on Big D (1978 - 79).

John Kenny's punk/new wave shows on Big D and/or Radio City and ARD / Radio 257 between 1979 and 1980.

The Anorak Hour, presented by Ger Rowe, on Coast FM (1995-96), on Q95 (1996 - Coast FM's transmitter being used by dance pirate), Spectrum FM (1996-1997), Phantom FM as a pirate (1997-2003), Phantom FM on temporary licences (2003 and 2004 - program called Media Beacon) and Phantom FM on permanent licence (2006- 2007).

Mark Cagney's Night Train during the 1980s on RTE Radio 2 / 2FM.

Matt Dempsey's weeknight show on Capitol Radio / Nitesky Radio in the late 1980s.
Miicheal Reade, aka Mike Reade, - his Sunday afternoon show on Capitol Radio in the mid-late 1980s.

Nikki Moss's new wave show in the late 1970s with similar sounding pirate Capital Radio.

Scrap Saturday on 2FM and Radio 1 at different times.

Neil O'Shea's Lite Jazz on Lite FM (2000-03).

I know there are loads of radio shows over the years I have enjoyed, but these are the ones that stand out for me at the moment. Others may well come to mind later.

endofrainbow · 01-11-2019 10:29PM

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Favourite radio show? That's impossible for me to answer. Here are some contenders, though.

Pat James' Rock Shows on Radio Dublin (1978-79), ARD/Radio 257 (1979-80) and Southside FM (1988).

Dave Fanning's Rock Show on Big D (1978 - 79).

John Kenny's punk/new wave shows on Big D and/or Radio City and ARD / Radio 257 between 1979 and 1980.

The Anorak Hour, presented by Ger Rowe, on Coast FM (1995-96), on Q95 (1996 - Coast FM's transmitter being used by dance pirate), Spectrum FM (1996-1997), Phantom FM as a pirate (1997-2003), Phantom FM on temporary licences (2003 and 2004 - program called Media Beacon) and Phantom FM on permanent licence (2006- 2007).

Mark Cagney's Night Train during the 1980s on RTE Radio 2 / 2FM.

Matt Dempsey's weeknight show on Capitol Radio / Nitesky Radio in the late 1980s.
Miicheal Reade, aka Mike Reade, - his Sunday afternoon show on Capitol Radio in the mid-late 1980s.

Nikki Moss's new wave show in the late 1970s with similar sounding pirate Capital Radio.

Scrap Saturday on 2FM and Radio 1 at different times.

Neil O'Shea's Lite Jazz on Lite FM (2000-03).

I know there are loads of radio shows over the years I have enjoyed, but these are the ones that stand out for me at the moment. Others may well come to mind later.

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JoeA3 · 02-11-2019 10:17AM

2FM around the mid 1990’s. It was excellent music radio. From Dempsey in the morning to Tony Fenton’s hotline, that day time line up was fantastic. Proper DJ’s. 20+ years since Dempsey left and they’re still faffing around trying to replace him.

Today FM of about a decade ago was almost up there too but it’s been in terminal decline in the last 5-6 years. Matt Cooper on TLW was fine for a long time but whether by his own choice or being forced to from above, that show has become a parody of its old self.

Pineapple1 · 02-11-2019 10:25AM

JoeA3 wrote:

Today FM of about a decade ago was almost up there too but itâ€™s been in terminal decline in the last 5-6 years. Matt Cooper on TLW was fine for a long time but whether by his own choice or being forced to from above, that show has become a parody of its old self.

Totally agree. TLW used to be very good, I still try to tune in whenever I can, but Matt has become so cringey and unimpartial (if thats even a word) and always seems to be hellbent on bringing his slightly irrational hatred of Donald Trump into everything.

its_steve116 · 02-11-2019 10:41AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Not a radio show but the Shipping Forecast literally transports you to other places especially in the winter months

torres9kop · 02-11-2019 10:47AM

Can anyone remember the show that used to come on after the fm 104 phone show was over around 12 or 1am? It was on for an hour and just these mad people cracking jokes and talking funny and silly. Was gas crack

torres9kop · 02-11-2019 10:47AM

torres9kop wrote: »

Can anyone remember the show that used to come on after the fm 104 phone show was over around 12 or 1am? It was on for an hour and just these mad people cracking jokes and talking funny and silly. Was gas crack

Think it was in the early 90’s

Ush1 · 02-11-2019 11:05AM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Does anyone remember in about 98/99 there was this totally out there mental show after Adrian Kennedy on FM104? I can't remember the name of the presenter but all kinds of absolute loons used to call up and it turned into this totally abstract off the wall show. I don't think it lasted too long but it was crazy.

Pretty sure that was The Overnighter with Greg Merriman. Remember Tony? He used to do songs and stuff. Mate of mine used to call in out of his head and be saying Donald Duck sexually abused him.

torres9kop · 02-11-2019 03:37PM

Ush1 wrote: »

Pretty sure that was The Overnighter with Greg Merriman. Remember Tony? He used to do songs and stuff. Mate of mine used to call in out of his head and be saying Donald Duck sexually abused him.

Yes it was mental stuff. Really funny though

What was or is your favourite radio show?

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