Newstalk Megathread Nov 2022

O M G! Ciara Kelly at 16:00-19:00 🤐 😩 😩

February 2026, move the Dial to anywhere else

He's brilliant, I view him as the heir to Pat Kenny.

Anton Savage has the personality of a robot and about as sincere as Tubridy. He's also heavily compromised when interviewing politicians due to his connection to the Communications Clinic.

It's actually bizarre that he has a broadcasting career at all.

He's at his most animated when talking about cars. He has no apparent interest in music, books, or the arts in general. A complete philistine.

Tell that to Kate Fitzgeralds parents

I can see Matt Cooper being the big winner out of all of this.

Maybe Shane and Ciara will be better without having to talk crap about whatever inane survey was dreamed up that morning

Just imagine next time terry cant get a plumber shell be onto anton first thing in the morning whinging and we will be getting constant "Now our next story this morning is my mammy cant get a plumber for her 3rd houses 5th smallest bathroom that she wants to renovate"

And for those unaware this literally happened with Kelly and Coleman last year, where they gushed for a minute about how great terry prone is and then had her on for 5 minutes complaining she cant get an electrician to do work in her house…..

Shane Coleman batting furiously on behalf of Michael Martin this morning

Who cares if he made a monumental balls up of the presidential.elecrion 🙂?? People have moved on apparently and FF should forget about the debacle (According to Shane Coleman, Dermot Ahearne's brother-in-law)

That's incredibly naive, no offence. You thought wrong.

Terry and CC are embedded like a weed in all parts of Irish media thats how.

totally agree with you about Coleman.constantly wrong with the way the great unwashed think.all his articles are wrong.facts never right.well suited to Irish radio where thankfully most people have stopped listening too.

I just don’t listen to Newstalk anymore not planned or anything just happened - naturally. Slowly went off OTB. Used to occasionally listen to Moncreiff as I enjoyed listening to the left field stuff. There was nearly always a guaranteed daft American, on some odd topic.

But I drifted away from that too. If there was a live match on Newstalk and I happened to be in the car I would listen then.
Honestly in a non live sport context I think the last time I deliberately sought out Newstalk was Pat Kenny doing the Presidential debates.

Like you I find Kelly irritating, Coleman I can see how he could rub people up the wrong way. But he at least seems to have some core beliefs. Whether you agree with them or not. Kelly is just commentary for the sake of commentary.

I find myself listening to RnaG for news Irish language/soort . RTE radio 1 for news Irish language sport. Digital radio for music and a bit of radio Nova for music when I want “background noise”. Newstalk doesn’t even feature now barring a live match. Many years ago I would have been an avid OTB listener. But if no live match - not anymore.

I think it was a combination of them ruining what used to be a quality product. To one that is self congratulatory in tone, and just aimed at clicks and likes. Just the way of the world. A very competitive marketplace these days where any gobdaw with a mic and an opinion can become a “celebrity” no media training required - podcasts. Noise and outrage are much more important than actual quality production as a result.

Maybe I am just getting old!?

100%. I listen to Pat Kenny and then switch off till Ciara Doherty comes on, she is doing a good job, balanced, impartial, articulate, can think on her feet, no screeching or cackling, no "gotcha" moments.

I won't be listening to Ciara Kelly or Shane Coleman. I've said enough above about Coleman (!) and Ciara Kelly makes EVERYTHING about her. NOPE!