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Wanderer2010 · 07-09-2020 10:03pm

91wx763 wrote: »

Boss's brother.....

Hes shocking. What kind of a weird, accent less voice is that? Also Ollie Caroll hes certainly not from Waterford with an accent like that..

friendlyfun · 08-09-2020 10:05am

I find the play the same playlist every day. Is this common for every radio station? Groundhog day comes to mind.

91wx763 · 08-09-2020 11:52am

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Hes shocking. What kind of a weird, accent less voice is that? Also Ollie Caroll hes certainly not from Waterford with an accent like that..

Ollie came from a WLR broadcasting foundation course, yeah he does remind you of Rick, wonder why he got the job

Gardner · 08-09-2020 12:27pm

noby wrote: »

Can you point me in the direction of another local/regional station with OTB and Second Captains level of coverage? Or are we really comparing like for like here?

where do you think most of these lads started out???? local radio and small sports websites.

hardybuck · 08-09-2020 9:43pm

I see that WLR in their news story today have put Carrickbeg's Sam Bennett down as being from Carrick on Suir. Good work lads - thorough.

Harry Palmr · 08-09-2020 11:33pm

Carrickbeg is in Tipp though and is merely that bit of Carrick on Suir that happens to be on the other side of the river - just like Ferrybank. Bennett himself was born in Flanders so is a blow in anyway!

Quigs Snr · 08-09-2020 11:46pm

Sean Kelly said the other day that Tipp would try to claim him, like they did Kelly himself... but that Sam was a Waterford man through and through. And if the king said it, thats the end of it.

Wanderer78 · 09-09-2020 6:29am

Quigs Snr wrote:

Sean Kelly said the other day that Tipp would try to claim him, like they did Kelly himself... but that Sam was a Waterford man through and through. And if the king said it, thats the end of it.

Heard he was from kilkenny

hardybuck · 09-09-2020 8:29am

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Heard he was from kilkenny

No that's John O'Shea you're thinking of.

Gardner · 09-09-2020 8:54am

Quigs Snr wrote: »

Sean Kelly said the other day that Tipp would try to claim him, like they did Kelly himself... but that Sam was a Waterford man through and through. And if the king said it, thats the end of it.

ha! Kelly is a drug cheat and has lied about it several times so i wouldn't trust him as far as i would throw him.

Wanderer78 · 09-09-2020 8:55am

Gardner wrote: »

ha! Kelly is a drug cheat and has lied about it several times so i wouldn't trust him as far as i would throw him.

thought that was roche?

91wx763 · 09-09-2020 10:19am

Gardner wrote: »

ha! Kelly is a drug cheat and has lied about it several times so i wouldn't trust him as far as i would throw him.

I bet he has a great opinion of you too.

But he seems to be still making a living, he was falsely accused by a no-hoper (Kimmage) and a convicted drug pusher (can't remember his name). Do you think he'd still be in business if he wasn't clean.

Quigs Snr · 09-09-2020 12:16pm

Gardner wrote: »

ha! Kelly is a drug cheat and has lied about it several times so i wouldn't trust him as far as i would throw him.

He is also a mentor of Bennetts, who took him out for spins as a young lad in the local league races etc... rode club spins with him every weekend, took him into the An Post Sean Kelly team early in his career.. and also lives quite close to him, so whatever about Kellys credentials elsewhere, I will trust his knowledge of the local geography around Carrick and whether a fella is Waterford or Tipp... and whether that fella - who he has known most of his adult life, considers himself Waterford or Tipp.

Now back in your box troll.

Gardner · 09-09-2020 1:03pm

91wx763 wrote: »

I bet he has a great opinion of you too.

But he seems to be still making a living, he was falsely accused by a no-hoper (Kimmage) and a convicted drug pusher (can't remember his name). Do you think he'd still be in business if he wasn't clean.

nothing false about it whatsoever. He returned an adverse doping result for a product called Stimul in Paris-Brussels in 1984 and he tested positive for codeine in a doping test at the Tour of the Basque Country in 1988.

Gardner · 09-09-2020 1:04pm

Quigs Snr wrote: »

He is also a mentor of Bennetts, who took him out for spins as a young lad in the local league races etc... rode club spins with him every weekend, took him into the An Post Sean Kelly team early in his career.. and also lives quite close to him, so whatever about Kellys credentials elsewhere, I will trust his knowledge of the local geography around Carrick and whether a fella is Waterford or Tipp... and whether that fella - who he has known most of his adult life, considers himself Waterford or Tipp.

Now back in your box troll.

Blue Peter badge for the drug cheat :rolleyes:

Wanderer78 · 09-09-2020 1:51pm

Gardner wrote: »

nothing false about it whatsoever. He returned an adverse doping result for a product called Stimul in Paris-Brussels in 1984 and he tested positive for codeine in a doping test at the Tour of the Basque Country in 1988.

codeine would have been common enough in over the counter products then, still is to a degree

iseegirls · 09-09-2020 5:52pm

No idea what this has got to do with WLR. The quality of debates on this and the rest of the Waterford threads have gone diabolical. Are these not being moderated anymore?

sitkaspruce · 09-09-2020 6:17pm

iseegirls wrote: »

No idea what this has got to do with WLR. The quality of debates on this and the rest of the Waterford threads have gone diabolical. Are these not being moderated anymore?

Here here!

We don't care about the cycling, we want to hear all the gossip from the broadcast centre.

hardybuck · 09-09-2020 6:34pm

iseegirls wrote: »

No idea what this has got to do with WLR. The quality of debates on this and the rest of the Waterford threads have gone diabolical. Are these not being moderated anymore?

I think I'm to partly to blame. I criticised them for repeated stating in a recent news story that a Waterford athlete was actually from a town in Tipperary.

Bradley Wiggins tried to claim him for Britain on Eurosport yesterday, while WLR are trying to give him away to Tipperary!

Wanderer2010 · 09-09-2020 10:18pm

sitkaspruce wrote: »

Here here!

We don't care about the cycling, we want to hear all the gossip from the broadcast centre.

Yeah, what happened with Liz and the news editors? She was quite good reading out the news and sports, and unless i missed it there was nothing said about her departure. Seems odd.

shockwave · 10-09-2020 7:29am

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Yeah, what happened with Liz and the news editors? She was quite good reading out the news and sports, and unless i missed it there was nothing said about her departure. Seems odd.

Its all a big secret very hush hush

friendlyfun · 10-09-2020 9:26am

iseegirls wrote: »

No idea what this has got to do with WLR. The quality of debates on this and the rest of the Waterford threads have gone diabolical. Are these not being moderated anymore?

On reasons to be positive there's nothing but negativity atm.

Gardner · 10-09-2020 9:29am

wasn't there a story years ago about someone from local radio (not sure which station) was caught robbing in town?

enniscorthy · 10-09-2020 2:44pm

sitkaspruce wrote: »

Here here!

We don't care about the cycling, we want to hear all the gossip from the broadcast centre.

you and me both mate come on then lets have it who want dish the dirt add me on facebook whatsapp instagram and tell me if not say here

blacksuir · 15-09-2020 10:33pm

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

Good Luck to Liz in whatever direction she chooses to point her career. She was a staple of the station for years and her news editorials were well rounded and very professional, in my opinion.

I had noticed she was missing and I find I've moved my listening to Radio One for the most part now, but I think that's more a reflection of my age than anything else.

I think a lot of people have moved over to Radio 1 and maybe Newstalk in recent times, but the JNLR figures wont show this because they use a lot of spin when they come out.

blacksuir · 15-09-2020 10:41pm

Gardner wrote: »

The sports coverage on it is shocking. Tell me of one decent interview any of them did that was newsworthy, informative or hard hitting? When was the last time you recommend to a mate of a decent interview/podcast to listen back to on WLR? It was probably Kevin Casey with Maurice Shanahan.
OTB and Second Captains is where the standard is at and not one of the so called local journalists would lace their boots in any shape or form.

The owners of WLR dont care about sport. Everyone knows that. They must be the only local radio station in the country that does not have a propper sports programme running through Saturday and Sunday afternoon. This is the case since Catherine Power left. Instead we have a show from 12 noon to 1pm, minus the time allocated for News, death notices and adverts suring the hour. In total this is about 40-45 minutes.

As for the last great interview in relation to sport on WLR, it must be the Late Kevin Casey's interview with Maurice Shanahan.

blacksuir · 15-09-2020 10:43pm

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Hes shocking. What kind of a weird, accent less voice is that? Also Ollie Caroll hes certainly not from Waterford with an accent like that..

Wexford.

Jonybgud · 16-09-2020 12:15am

blacksuir wrote: »

I think a lot of people have moved over to Radio 1 and maybe Newstalk in recent times, but the JNLR figures wont show this because they use a lot of spin when they come out.

Can see that all the time.

PTH2009 · 20-09-2020 2:43pm

Wish Damien Tiernen would stop that stupid country accent

kayevajo · 21-09-2020 2:09am

Gardner wrote: »

wasn't there a story years ago about someone from local radio (not sure which station) was caught robbing in town?

yes and true

ArtVandelay76 · 21-09-2020 2:29pm

Gardner wrote: »

wasn't there a story years ago about someone from local radio (not sure which station) was caught robbing in town?

Silk shirts?

shockwave · 21-09-2020 6:26pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Wish Damien Tiernen would stop that stupid country accent

It could be worse imagine if Paul Collins was still there

blacksuir · 21-09-2020 10:49pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Wish Damien Tiernen would stop that stupid country accent

And the false laugh. Maybe a few live interviews might also be handy. At least when Billy McCarthy did the show because he done much of it live he was able to put listeners questions to the guests.

PTH2009 · 21-09-2020 11:13pm

blacksuir wrote: »

And the false laugh. Maybe a few live interviews might also be handy. At least when Billy McCarthy did the show because he done much of it live he was able to put listeners questions to the guests.

Sometimes it feels like DT is taking the mick out of some people's comments and that interview with the lads on the quay showed that

'Ah having a few cans are ye'

91wx763 · 22-09-2020 9:16am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Sometimes it feels like DT is taking the mick out of some people's comments and that interview with the lads on the quay showed that

'Ah having a few cans are ye'

Is that all ya can come up with......

deise08 · 22-09-2020 10:23am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Sometimes it feels like DT is taking the mick out of some people's comments and that interview with the lads on the quay showed that

'Ah having a few cans are ye'

Well I stopped listening to him after the whole Mary butler/ David Cullinane.
One comment was read out about him being like 'a dog with a bone' with regards Cullinane. His next guest was in studio, Damien started barking on air and they both laughed.

Wanderer2010 · 22-09-2020 3:18pm

I think Damien Tiernan is easily the best thing that has ever happened to WLR fm. Hes fearless when he is interviewing all manner of people from the local shop owner right up to Leo Varadkar. He wont back down or accept brush offs and he puts the questions of his listeners right to the ears of his guests. His interviews with Butler and Cummins stuck out for me in terms of skill and professionalism. He wont give anyone an inch to hide.
However, on more occasions than I would like, i noticed an unpleasant side to his character where he will hone in on a particular person, like that lad with the cans, and present the idea of a random interview with ordinary people whereas in reality he is laughing at them and not at all with them. Its subtle but its there in his body language and slightly hidden sneers. There is almost a touch of the school bully in him at times like that which is a shame as overall hes an excellent journalist.

dzilla · 22-09-2020 3:25pm

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

I think Damien Tiernan is easily the best thing that has ever happened to WLR fm. Hes fearless when he is interviewing all manner of people from the local shop owner right up to Leo Varadkar. He wont back down or accept brush offs and he puts the questions of his listeners right to the ears of his guests. His interviews with Butler and Cummins stuck out for me in terms of skill and professionalism. He wont give anyone an inch to hide.
However, on more occasions than I would like, i noticed an unpleasant side to his character where he will hone in on a particular person, like that lad with the cans, and present the idea of a random interview with ordinary people whereas in reality he is laughing at them and not at all with them. Its subtle but its there in his body language and slightly hidden sneers. There is almost a touch of the school bully in him at times like that which is a shame as overall hes an excellent journalist.

I feel the same, find it hard to articulate how i feel about him but you have hit nail on the head. I think the thing that happened on the Quay was just not needed.

enniscorthy · 23-09-2020 5:14pm

dzilla wrote: »

I feel the same, find it hard to articulate how i feel about him but you have hit nail on the head. I think the thing that happened on the Quay was just not needed.

he want be ashamed of himself in my opinion

Wanderer2010 · 23-09-2020 5:36pm

Still no closer to what happened to Liz..at this stage maybe she has been abducted by aliens and is reading out the hourly news headlines on Mars with her unique and recognizable voice.
Whatever came to pass, she was great on the news ill give her that. Very little stuttering and faffing about like most of them in that building!

91wx763 · 24-09-2020 10:34am

DT is on day 2 of unexplained absence. Self isolation or something else ? He's gone quiet on soshall mediall too.

That squawking Maria wan would blow the bulb off Hook Head lighthouse.

Harry Palmr · 24-09-2020 11:12am

He's working undercover at Granny meat plant!

friendlyfun · 24-09-2020 11:38am

91wx763 wrote: »

DT is on day 2 of unexplained absence. Self isolation or something else ? He's gone quiet on soshall mediall too.

That squawking Maria wan would blow the bulb off Hook Head lighthouse.

That's gas

mooseknunkle · 24-09-2020 1:21pm

Was a politician on this morning talking about the property tax increase and he was going on about people spend more in Burgerland each week?

Harry Palmr · 24-09-2020 1:23pm

No exactly, someone in a union was going predictably socialist about a comment spoken by some councilor (I think), 2 quid a month. Sure we'll be the poorhouse.

mooseknunkle · 24-09-2020 1:31pm

I just heard it on in the background something about burgerland sure that place is closed 30 odd years

jimbojazz · 24-09-2020 1:56pm

mooseknunkle wrote: »

I just heard it on in the background something about burgerland sure that place is closed 30 odd years

He meant to say the Wimpy

dzilla · 24-09-2020 3:09pm

Yeah Joe Conway said people spend their bobs in burgerland etc so why are they moaning about the increase in property tax.

That obvious isnt word for word.

Wanderer78 · 24-09-2020 3:28pm

mooseknunkle wrote: »

Was a politician on this morning talking about the property tax increase and he was going on about people spend more in Burgerland each week?

wouldnt be worrying about property tax, if something like the nq gets the go ahead, we ll be worrying even more about property and rental prices, or should i say, the younger folks will be

Harry Palmr wrote: »

No exactly, someone in a union was going predictably socialist about a comment spoken by some councilor (I think), 2 quid a month. Sure we'll be the poorhouse.

de-unionisation has worked out well, hasnt it!

friendlyfun · 24-09-2020 3:30pm

mooseknunkle wrote: »

Was a politician on this morning talking about the property tax increase and he was going on about people spend more in Burgerland each week?

I heard that. I was like Burgerland? Is this stuck stuck in 1990 or something

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