It's a cancer death. As is pointed out Today FM has a strong female presence, most of those women would have grown up on Girls Aloud and be in the same age bracket as Sarah. Women, particularly in Ireland, have drawn a short straw when it comes to cancer detection, treatment and care. So when a cancer death like this occurs, women want to highlight to other women to not let it happen to them and get checked.
Music is secondary.
Not Tom Drennin but so much coverage on Sarah Harding's death. RIP Sarah but she's hardly a a legend in the music industry
Because Pamela Joyce is their flavour of the month at the moment so they had to find some daily slot for her. When you remember how quickly they discarded previous flavours of the month, Louise Duffy and Muranne O'Connell, she should enjoy it while it lasts.
AFAIK Ed also has a desk job in Today FM, so he's probably happy out.
I still don't get why they moved Ed on Sunday (& week nights), cos I would say a good few listeneres kept listening after 10pm when his show finished. I see his playlists but its too late to listen in. I imagine the number of texts/tweets etc that he gets for the new time has gone down.
Yes he is one of the best djs on the radio, he plays a great mix of music & his mannerism is just lovely to listen to. Its such a fecking shame!
This. I'm a very regular listener, but while ESOP was perfectly timed for Sunday evening, the late start, with work on the Monday morning, means that more often than not I'll miss the last half hour or so. I saw from his playlist posted on social media I'd missed another couple of Lee Scratch Perry songs there last night towards the end. (And RIP Lee)
from a music selection point of view, he was the best DJ on the national airwaves. I still can't believe they moved him to 10 O clock or whatever hour that no one listens to the radio. His thing on a Sunday was great and usually coincided with me in a car driving back home after being down the country visiting parents.
Some other station should snap him up, they'd gain a large listenership through hiring him.
Ed was filling in for Fergal yesterday it was nice to hear him on in the afternoon but I actually miss his evening slot I still can’t get over they got rid of songs of praise it was perfect for a Sunday evening to just sit down and relax and enjoy some great music , I got a chance to listen to all of his new show Sunday last and while it was very good its just on too late.
I'd say if he stayed within the Comunicorp or whatever it's called now umbrella, he'd have been moved to Newstalk by now.
So I am wondering.... 🤔
Ah I think Darcy saved himself by moving to RTE cos I wonder would TodayFM let him go anyway, cos he was becoming a paradoy of himself & so opinionated in his interviews. I am not saying he is great in RTE, but 1.5 hours on radio a day rather than 3 hours. It was time for him to do something new.
Anyone else got any thoughts on would he have moved to a different slot on TodayFM?
Do you ever wonder how would things be right now if Ray Darcy never left Today FM?
Uptown Funk, at this stage Today FM play this song so much Bruno Mars is considering buying a another house.
wrecks my head
How they manage to squeeze it in between all the Dua Lipa tracks is impressive in fairness though.
Yeah but if Tom Drennin (spelling?) or some other of the various indy-voiced Lewis Capaldi clones died, then I'm sure she'd be all over that...
I think Dannyman was saying if Ed was on at 7 there'd be a lot of Rolling Stones and mentions of Charlie (which there was at 10) but because it's Pamela at 7, there was no mention of him
Eds on later?
There was on The Last Word, but yeah, not anything on Pamela Blake at all, unless I've missed it. You'd think there'd be some mention.
Missing Ed for 7 tonight, not a single mention of Charlie Watts or the Rolling Stones
Are Dermot & Dave not a midmorning magazine show?
It was already noted a few weeks ago that Savage had popped up on Newstalk as a fill-in. The reason he is back is the communicorp suits that he was on bad terms with have left the building, I can't see Today FM reinstating a midmorning magazine show but I reckon he will fill in for Cooper in the future and get a weekend show on Newstalk.
I heard Anton this evening on The Last Word. I was wondering the same thing.
I hear Anton Savage on with Matt for a segment this past few weeks, wonder is this him starting a comeback? Loved his show when he took over from Ray.
That's the stations daytime playlist in a nutshell tbh.
I'm a recent convert over to Dermot & Dave in the mornings now after the 10-12 slot on Radio 1 became prime hairdresser radio. While I enjoy the lads they really have a limited music selection, lot of frequent repeats generally early 2000's (guess thats the demograph that listens) but they have Destiny's Child and Beyonce on repeat it seems; whats the addiction?
I've gone to 8radio for now.
My 8-10 listening slot is now, yes, John Creedon, possibly Radio Nova (except Nova is... "safe"? You'd never hear a song on Nova that you wouldn't expect to hear on Nova, if that makes sense?), or, on Thursday nights at least, Blindboy Boatclub livestreaming on Twitch.
just like the pamelas and the paulas - -how many are there?
One of each?
I started listening to John Creedon on radio 1 last night in the car just by chance. Never listened to him before, he's very good. Definitely an option for the 8-10 slot.
seems to be on today fm a lot (just like the pamelas and the paulas - -how many are there?)
does she need to be on bbc r1?
This!
Her evening show is... well, it's the same as her daytime show, pretty much (ok, she was playing clips of D&D and doing the "B is B" thing) and it was... grand, like. I'm a big fan of D&D in the morning slot and missed them - I find them genuinely funny. But her show was... fine. However, the same stuff from 7 to 10 in the evening? Jebus, no! I just wanna relax a bit then, here some decent tunes, a change in music from what's been played all day, with Ed's understated links. Replacing that with Pamela Joyce, the same music I've been listening to all day and "Here's this interesting topic I'll talk about in between the next five songs!" - nah! Her evening show just grates on me now.
Credit to Pamela Joyce doing well covering for d&d this week. Shows that her and Ed were both shafted by that slot change as she is obviously more suited to day time radio.
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