I was listening to Micky Mac’s 70’s this morning and it actually is worth a listen..
He played Bob Seger Dan Fogelberg Bread Elton and Christopher Cross..etc
Is there a reason he only gets an hour?
Is the show ‘ live ‘ as it seemed not to be voice tracked?
I only recently realised he is the same guy who larged it up on 2 FM in the 90’s.
5th of MAY!!
The Top 100 this Monday 5th May at 11am are question songs - such as 'Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?', 'What’s Love Got to Do With It?' ….etc etc
I've been reliably informed that Eric Moore is not the v/o for Mid West Radio in Mayo !
There was .... "Don't look back in anger" was in there.
listening to the top 100 piano songs from last Monday. Not a bad list. Bit obvious having Billy Joel, Queen and Elton John at the top of the list but I suppose the positions don’t really matter, it’s a list of 100 songs that could be in any order. Only one Ray Charles song though! On the plus side no bloody Oasis
I was too lazy to check.
At one stage, the Radioplayer app had live track info when nothing else did. But I just tried it now and it didn't.
Why is there no track info on RTE Gold when most other Internet stations have this ?
I thought the same when John C said it just there - it wouldn't sound out of place on ABC to XTC and by the way it's Kon Kan !!
Slagging off Con Can..... I beg your pardon?
I would be fairly certain that Aidan, Will, Rick, Michael Cahill, Amanda, Erik Threlfall and Carol Moran are RTE staffers.
I would doubt that many of the presenters are staffers.
Erik is in for Amanda again on "All 80s Saturday" playing the brilliant Ofra Haza - Im Nin'Alu (where else would you hear this on Irish radio in 2025)
On a side note, I wonder will any of the Gold presenters take up the RTE redundancy later this year and will there need to be a re-shuffle of schedule ?
I am listening to ABC to XTC on the player and John Connolly has done it again. He thanked Amanda Farrelly for All 80s Saturday, and even complimented her on her selection!! At least he is playing the sublime and rarely played You Did Cut Me by the under-rated China Crisis, so I cannot be too hard on him.
Erik is is for Amanda again on the "All 80s Saturday" - as he is an 80s music aficionado he plays a much better selection.
it usually is each day from 9am until 1pm.
wouldn’t be surprised if everything from 9am onwards was. The tell was probably the emergency tape kicking in.
Rick sounds voicetracked today
Dave would be MUCH better suited to 8pm to 10pm (like his Rock Show mostly was on 2FM), though my guess is that RTE Radio don't want the similar enough audiences diverting from John Kelly on Lyric or John Creedon on Radio 1.
Same here .
I have a problem with the XTC slot as well
I’d be the same. Not questioning his pedigree but I’d prefer Drivetime til 7 and not Fanning at 6pm
will Dave Fanning actually decrease the audience? a lot of those travelling home at that time probably were used to the generic mix of the autoplayer and not the genre he "plays". i listened but probably not for me tbh.
It's great that there are presenters up til 8pm now daily.
Rick, Carol, Dave, it's a good mix for the afternoon/evening.
I'd love if there was a later slot as well, something similar to Late Date on RTE1, but I can always just listen to Late Date on RTE1 😀
Have you heard "Dance the Night Away" by Divine Comedy? What a tune.
yes sorry. Don’t know I keep mixing those 2 up in my head.
Didn’t get a chance to listen beyond the 1st song to his show and didn’t get a chance to listen yesterday either. I’m guessing it’s done in a similar way to Ronan Collins show - a few features, a lot of songs back to back and a few long links in between these music sets?
you mean The Divine Comedy ?? In fact the first 3 songs on his Monday show were The Divine Comedy.
It's not a standard RTE Gold playlist - it is Dave's usual Rock and Indie.
last nights 1st song was The Maverick’s- National Express so it’s seems like the standard playlist
Fanning is 69 so presumably he’s doing something similar to Ronan Collins. Collins is doing 15 hours a week, Fanning will be doing 12. Presumably he will record them all in a single day
Yes rick promoting it but not saying hes live. Must be doing his links then autotrack playing music. I dont think dave is rte staff despite all the years service so probably just doing it for a few auld shillings unless im wrong
