Dublins Q102

Liam Coburn is a great jock and doing it a hell of a long time but when I heard him on brekkie this morning he sounded like he was forcing himself to be happy. It can't be easy, you work with someone directly/indirectly for so long and then you lose your job through no fault of your own, that can't be easy on him or the overall morale.

Incidentally, there has still been no company announcement of the job losses which is really poor form by senior management. The changes to the website were the first indication to many that something was happening.

I was surprised about Conor Clear, I thought Johnny Bowe would have gotten the fill in. It might be 6-12 but 10-12 is VT'd. Should dump Love Zone, a very tired format with the same 200 songs.

Have you seen the Mid West Radio schedule in Mayo ?

Only one female presenter on the schedule with her own full time show, on saturdays and sundays

yeah well MWR is stuck in a time warp

what is also unique about a real local station such as MWR is that it's not playlisted and remains HUGELY successful, holding onto listeners from neighbouring western and midlands counties who in an ideal world would be expected to tune into Ocean FM in Sligo, GB FM in Galway, Shannonside in Roscommon…but are loyal to MWR in Mayo.

As I type MWR, are live on air giving storm updates with the presenter in their main studio in Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo with the power out and the studio building is in darkness (as is most of the county), using the back up generator only for on-air power - while the other stations are on robojock or repeating this mornings talk show.

Now that's how local radio should be !!

aren’t you the same lad who loved Atlantic 252 with its 25 minute rotations and wacky wacky jock names? And you’re giving out about rinse and repeat playlists? Here’s Kiss from a Rose .. again. Don’t go anywhere in case you miss Wayne Kerr and the morning fun bunch playing another loooong wave of Lisa Loeb

I can't see Kathryn Thomas wanting to work outside of RTÉ.

When will I, will I be faaaaaamous?

No, you're supposed to say "I can't answer, I can't answer that..."

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The domain name Virginradio.ie is a thing. Registered last year, but modified a few weeks ago.

Looks unconnected, possibly someone squatting it.

Its not registered using the domain registrar that Wireless use, nor is its email config the same. Its using Blacknight and Cloudflare as email MX.

All other Wireless domains are registered by Tibus and use Proofpoint as their email MX

It would make it much easier to network if the station name is similar.

I’d guess if they were doing that, it would be gradual, station by station over a year.