2fm - New schedule coming

Journalists take note. Seems worthy of FOI request.

Is this the main thread to discuss 2FM? Anyway... another A to Z winner.

well, for the past month or so I've been listening to 2FM a fair bit and I have to say I think its a hell of a lot better and cleaner than it used to be. I got fed up/depressed by my long listening to Current Affairs programs, felt spin was too noisy and repetitive and TBH nobody on Today FM appeals to me anymore so I just listened to pods from around may till august which was why i stopped posting here as well. Needed some radio driving around on the holidays went to 2FM.

The Good

Having each show listing 3 hours works. Drivetime show with Doireen is actually to me the best one out there, no shouting and she works very well on (mostly) her own. New Music show is great, and the early afternoon show on the weekend is very good as well, the presenters mix well.

The not so good

The weekend morning show is a bit "you can open a can???!! oh mhayyyyy gaud! Fantastic" .Game On still veers from very good to appalling in presenter quality on any given evening.

The bad

The website/social media.

Whats the track of the week? They played it a few times yesterday, and for aul lads who cant remember you'd think its on the website. No. The Spotify Track of The Week? Not updated since 2020. The Twitter account? Not updated since August, only a few posts since March. Instagram? Nope.

There is someone running the Instagram account, cant that person not manage all of their SM?

Demi was in The Young Offenders.

Hugh Carr will be looking after weekend breakfast, while Helen Galgay and Benny Bracken are moving into Demi & Mikey's slot.

I am so out of touch with 2FM. I don't recognise any of those names apart from Doireann.

As i said above, i found Demi and Mikey good for the show they do Sat/Sunday afternoons, but there is a world of difference in carrying that "who cares" slot which is fun filled backgound noise mostly and the Drivetime slot. Hopefully then Doireann comes back from ML she will be back in there, she has been the best presenter of it in years.

Least its not Lottie - 40 in a few weeks - over a decade there and cant get a regular slot…youd be embarrassed if you were in her position

There was no announcement who taking over 9 to 12 weekend slot probably going be rotating presenters

Just looked there he was on Saturday Sunday was a girl so more then likely be rotating

Yea, And wonder with him been in front of an audience on the day would he have heard murmurs of the answers…

I know from time to time on BBC Radio 1 do seem to do a facetime or whatsapp call to people, Its far clearer and id imagine the contestant would hear the question far better…You'd think they would use that nowadays….

I know they have those type of calls on Game on with guests…Just an idea.

I was on Clockblocker ages back, and thought I had answered pretty quickly on some of the questions. On listen back there is definitely a bit of a delay. In person would 100% be advantageous.

Hugh carr has took over weekend breakfast Helen and Benny are on 12 to 3 from this weekend Helen presented Irish language show on fm104

why dont 2FM play an hour of well known 70s / 80s / 90s hits during this spare hour as a fun diversion from their new music playlists ? like a golden hour or something for commuters on the way home or those making the dinner ?

There does not need to be a presenter

If you want an indication of what 2FM listeners prefer, there was a vote this afternoon on whether to play Joe Smooth's classic "Promised Land" or some relatively non descript dance tune from the early 2000s which I hadn't heard before and can't remember what it was called, who sang it or what it went like.

Joe Smooth got 15% of the votes.

So I doubt there's much appetite for music from pre 90s

I liked Helen the other morning on her own, She was very good and then Benny on his own is very good also,

Always found it strange to be on the commute home and go from Bounce with Doireann to playing maniac 2000 to alot calmer talking show about sport. Don't get me wrong I like Game on but think its more suited on Radio 1 myself.

Did they ever give the jnlr's for Game on?