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No the cash machine and song choice the main reason.

Maybe they feel bereft because the corporate playlist algorithm has replaced a once great station with machine-driven monotony and the presenters lack autonomy and/or engaging content.

Let's not get carried away, 12 years ago people around here were complaining about Today FM, at least it's talked about I guess. https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2056854951/today-fm

Looks like this is fixed, although I haven't tried it yet.

Had her show on for a few mins yesterday (the station I was listening to was going through static so had to switch) and she was going on about the high heels she was wearing to work giving her the 'ick', as if she was forced into wear them.

Quality radio I must say.

My wife, usually passive to radio DJs, even said 'you give me the ick Louise'.

Oh and she completely talked over possibly the best ending going at the minute (Gigi Perez), cardinal sin.

They should swap her out for Quilty

I gave up on it a while back. It's really bad.. was there literally no one else available?

Fair enough, I appreciate the role had to go to a female presenter…but surely there has to be someone better than Louise? It's a really bad show. I'm barely clinging on listening to Dave, but the station is definitely switched at midday.

Quilty is easily one of the best presenters they have, he’s in a completely different league to Cantillon. It can only be of his own choosing that he isn’t in a regular daytime slot. He seems to spend a fair bit of time state side.

I took that to be a joke but I must have a listen back.

I did hear her asking what you were manifesting for Monday. Only a month or two back, she was asking what people were manifesting as well.

Has she really already run out of things to talk about?

Ya she's inoffensive for the most part. Her show is just fluff with the usual mix of Today FM music thrown in. She doesn't have a thing as such eg Dave's Bad Jokes, Music Master etc.

today fm did have a lot of these features on most shows going back a few years. Always some one from sports going through more in depth reports, another talking about finance, music, movies (Ciara king is a regular with foley now), the “mind yourself now” section on d&d, even live bands playing in studio is gone. So much of these have been dropped and I would say were a real benefit to solo presenters who needed to bounce off people. These contributors also don’t get a single bean of payment for their appearance so it’s not like it’s costing the station. I’m sure they’ve milked absolutely everything from the Carlow Weather chap considering the impending storm on Friday.

John Gibbons showed his true colours on The Last Word this evening. It sparked the most furious response I've ever heard to a contributor on a radio show.

Well worth a listen back to his comments and the dozens of messages read out after it.

I'd say there might be some Green companies shying away from using John for PR or lobbying after that.

can’t stand him giving his anti farmer beliefs but my god he was such a person this evening.utterly scandalous that he’s allowed on to peddle such nonsense and nasty statements.

Who’s funding gibbons and his green bull stuff.

So you agree that the texts that were coming in from people who either made up the stories they were telling or were from bots? Cos that's what John told the listeners.

You obviously don't know what your talking about either. If the power went out in your A rated house last Friday at 2.30am, with temperatures in low single digits and wind chills below -5, do you think it would still be warm 72 hours later, nevermind a week later.