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The Parish priest

The Today fm ceo has announced major changes are coming in 17...Any predictions ? My guess cormac and daniella for breakfast, Chris and Ciara for mid morning and Ian Dempsey goes to drive time

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mugsymugsy

Watching the football then will switch on today fm at 10. Hoping Ed has a few subtle digs with his music choice this evening.

zetecescort

When did Ed move to the early evening on a Sunday. I must be one of the few who likes that he is gone back to a later slot tonight

swingking

Absolute sh1*e playing on today fm this evening. ESOP badly missed

xxyyzz

Same here, I was doing my usual drive down from Galway to Kerry this evening and forgot that Ed Smith was moved. I usually intentionally leave late so I don't have to listen to Phil Cawley but it might as well have been him for all the bland purile sh*te that was being played.

Rustyman101

mugsymugsy wrote: »

I tuned into radio nova. No Ed songs of praise but better than the generic today fm playlist with generic dj interjecting every so often.

FFS bland inoffensive ****e ! Ed banished to late night, I'm one of Leos dopes that get up early in the morning ! ESOP was my wind down for the weekend! Bye bye todayFm ...tossers

Yoghurt87

It’s ESOP on Spotify in my kitchen this evening and for the foreseeable future. I wish Pamela well and she has certainly earned her own show but she would have been a much better replacement for Fergal Darcy IMO.

mugsymugsy

I tuned into radio nova. No Ed songs of praise but better than the generic today fm playlist with generic dj interjecting every so often.

Gremlinertia

I'm listening and it is fluffy so far.

djemba djemba

BPKS wrote: »

And I just looked on the app and all the old episodes of ESOP are gone.

My idea to play some old shows gone up in dust too.

He has his playlists on Spotify.

BPKS

And I just looked on the app and all the old episodes of ESOP are gone.

My idea to play some old shows gone up in dust too.

TaurenDruid

BPKS wrote: »

I should be winding down listening to Eds Songs of Praise now.

I turned on Today FM just now out of curiosity and Cheaps Trills was being played.

So Spotify for me wind down on a Sunday evening from now on.

Yup, same here, but i'll be switching back on at 10 for Ed.

TaurenDruid

Ok, so the new Pamela Joyce show is just her usual inoffensive banter and the standard daytime playlist. No "here's the music I like" or anything to differentiate it from any of the preceding shows.

Can't believe Ed's Songs of Praise got cut for three hours of more bland same old.

BPKS

I should be winding down listening to Eds Songs of Praise now.

I turned on Today FM just now out of curiosity and Cheaps Trills was being played.

So Spotify for me wind down on a Sunday evening from now on.

TaurenDruid

johnire wrote: »

I listened to Today FM today for the first time in ages. They played Katy Perry,Ella Henderson and Ed Sheerin and when I switched on 3 hours later another Katie Perry song was playing!! It was like time had stood still- they’re playing the same songs today that they were back in March 2020!!
Who on earth is that Jessica Maciel one? What sort of accent has she got? Utterly bizarre.

So it's bad when they play the top songs of the minute all the time, but it's also bad when they intersperse that with songs from one to two years ago from top selling albums?

Can't win, really, can they.

statto25

After the travesty of Fred Cooke and his wife last week I'm not surprised

nc6000

The "Whose show is it anyway" hour on Sunday must have been dropped already.

ford fiesta

johnire wrote: »

Who on earth is that Jessica Maciel one? What sort of accent has she got? Utterly bizarre.

I honestly cannot tell the difference between most of the female presenters on Today FM.
shauna, claire, paula, jessica, pamela (btw..is there another pamela??) all sound the same to me.

johnire

I listened to Today FM today for the first time in ages. They played Katy Perry,Ella Henderson and Ed Sheerin and when I switched on 3 hours later another Katie Perry song was playing!! It was like time had stood still- they’re playing the same songs today that they were back in March 2020!!
Who on earth is that Jessica Maciel one? What sort of accent has she got? Utterly bizarre.

TaurenDruid

The Princess Bride wrote: »

For anyone missing Kelly Anne Byrne, she's on The Face Radio from 7pm to 9pm every Friday, and it's really brilliant.
I listen on The Radio Garden app.

https://twitter.com/TheFaceRadioBK/status/1403411736795963393?s=19

Block Rockin' Beats is my go-to on a Friday evening, but I see the website has at least five archived shows. Excellent, thanks for sharing!

The Princess Bride

For anyone missing Kelly Anne Byrne, she's on The Face Radio from 7pm to 9pm every Friday, and it's really brilliant.
I listen on The Radio Garden app.

https://twitter.com/TheFaceRadioBK/status/1403411736795963393?s=19

Tork

https://twitter.com/clairebeck1052/status/1403105464171257857?s=20

Claire Beck and just about every other presenter on the radio should take this week's schedule changes as (yet) another sign that they should have more than one iron in the fire. All it takes is a new owner or program director to come in, decide your face doesn't fit and out you go. I hope Paul McLoone finds another radio gig but unfortunately, there are a lot of DJs out there fighting for a finite number of slots.

Reversal

ford fiesta wrote: »

I meant what does a USP mean?..So I googled and its probably a "Unique Selling Point"??.
Excuse my ignorance...too many acronyms these days !!

Sorry yeah I just meant not another show of gavin James screeching down the radio and other bland drivel.

ford fiesta

ford fiesta wrote: »

What is a "USP" in this context?

I meant what does a USP mean?..So I googled and its probably a "Unique Selling Point"??.
Excuse my ignorance...too many acronyms these days !!

swine

ford fiesta wrote: »

What is a "USP" in this context?

3 hours without Dermot Kennedy

Nnothing wrong with him or his music per se, but the axed shows are about the only places on the station you wouldn't have heard him.

robo

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Re Alison Curtis, I too enjoyed her on Phantom, on the odd occasion I heard her. I also liked The Last Splash, when I got to hear it. Occasionally, I have heard a bit of her weekend breakfast show, but it would not be my cup of tea. I have no issue, though, with her style.

Agree with that Declan - her weekend show is aimed at families with kids - the little reader and all the different things on it and most of the segments suit who Alison is now as opposed to the gal she was back in Phantom/Last Splash shows - sometimes I hear her, but I usually turn it over to something else as I am not a fan of the music or the things she does nowadays. But I still think that she is a good presenter for the type of show she does.

I think Ian & Alison are similar - ask Mario the same leading questions for Gift Grub and interviews that are just asking people what they are on to sell (book/movie/album/show), nothing hard hitting and all family friendly with competitions that require happy go lucky competitors

ford fiesta

Reversal wrote: »

This is all extremely disappointing, and Today FM have wiped out a number of their USPs with Ed and Pauls shows in one clean sweep.

What is a "USP" in this context?

Reversal

This is all extremely disappointing, and Today FM have wiped out a number of their USPs with Ed and Pauls shows in one clean sweep.

The only "logic" I can see here is that Mairead Ronan was the only female presenter with a prime time slot during the week. Wall to wall male presenters otherwise, and you can see why the execs would want to change that. However as a result they have torn out the only shows that made them different, and the only radio shows I or others I know would make a point if listening too. Everything else the have is just bland background noise radio, and now they'll have that right up to 10pm.

They could have addressed the gender balance by removing that clown Darcy.

ford fiesta

TaurenDruid wrote: »

Or Phil Cawley - he has or had a show on Nova recently, and is still on Today FM.

Going the way radio is at the moment, Phil was lucky to get a daytime slot (3pm to 6pm) on South East radio, Wexford....he is no longer covering or doing weekends on Nova.

Phil is also still hanging in on Today FM 4pm to 7pm Sundays.

Declan A Walsh

Re Alison Curtis, I too enjoyed her on Phantom, on the odd occasion I heard her. I also liked The Last Splash, when I got to hear it. Occasionally, I have heard a bit of her weekend breakfast show, but it would not be my cup of tea. I have no issue, though, with her style.

TaurenDruid

TheDavester wrote: »

She’s other shows eg Dempseys before and quite a poor cover so I’m entitled to say she’s good or not shock horror

Ah your just a passive aggressive white knight for Alison..you seem to be fixated on me as well as there are others who do the same with her and presenters like Ferg/D&D/Mairead etc and oddly doesn’t trigger you like I do for some reason …well good luck I won’t be engaging with you so you can target someone else

I've never heard her standing in for Ian (I listen to news before 9) so can't comment on that. The only other music shows I have heard of hers were years ago on Phantom, and then The Last Splash on Sunday evenings (even that's going back a good few years now), but that's a show that had an excellent reputation and laid the groundwork for Ed Smith and co, so...