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Yes, after the Adele song they played that Lizzo song they play every couple of hours and then straight into cash machine.

There's only going to be more competitions on these stations. They are probably making a killing out of them.

Rte are fond on the odd competitin too.

🤔 Absolutely none of what you've listed is a "money making shill", though? The competition is free to enter.

I mean, if I had a free competition to send someone all expenses paid to a huge gig in Hyde Park starring one of the biggest stars of the last decade, I'd kinda publicise it. Be stupid not to.

(Maybe the Gift Grub bit was too much, though, I agree with you there).

I stopped listening to this station months ago and switched to a local station. I heard today fm today for the first time in months and it was absolutely awful, I don't how people listen to it daily

I don't think Today FM have their own newsreaders these days. They would have the same as Newstalk and they would be syndicated across a number of stations.

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This isn't solely a rant at Todayfm, as rte are equally as guilty, but it's been refreshing to hear the excellent Kate Bush being played again on our mainstream radio shows.

Often followed of course by a dj telling us what an amazing artist she is.

Is that right? Well how come we have to wait for such music to be used in a trendy TV show before you stations actually decide to play such 'quality music'?

Surely it shows there is a desire to hear good songs, irrespective of their age?

But then, who decides what's "good". The yardstick since the dawn of radio is the IRMA charts, what's flying high there must be what everyone wants to hear. Kate Bush flew back in, Fleetwood Mack Dreams came back thanks to a TikTok video and a later cover. Elton John and Mariah Carey have had major covers recently. If you don't use the charts then what do you use?

Isn't that what Nova and, dare I say it, RTÉ Gold are for? Don't get me wrong, Ed Smith's Sunday show when he does an 80s or 90s night are my favourite radio, and jebus, I love the dance music Dec Pierce plays on Block Rockin' Beats even though it passed me by first time round, but outside of the likes of those shows and Claire Beck, Today FM is, with the rarest of exceptions, strictly a "charts" station.

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Jenny Greene was bad enough on her own

Unless Maria moves off Dermot & Dave or does a second stint on Last Word. Imagine that jingle on The Last Word.

Did bit of a passive aggressive tweet on her "Detractors"- amazed how she called herself a reviewer when she proudly claimed to never have watched Breaking Bad/The Wire - two of the highly rated shows ever and used to only go on her soapbox about how she only watches shows that met a diversity quota or some brain dead reality show....sure they'll have someone to do the similar rants as she did