WMT wrote: » steveaustin wrote: » Not to sound pedantic or anything, but my handle Steve Austin, refers to The Six Million Dollar Man and not stone cold the wrestler. It does bother me when people say Stone Cold. I don't like wrestling but I am of that vintage age of early 30s who remembers fondly as a kid the good old 70s and 80s TV shows. Either Steve Austin or Steve or 6 Million Dollar Man is acceptable in terms of people knowing my handle name. But once people recognise its not Stone Cold, that is all that matters. "AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE" ," 'COS STONE COLD SAYS SO " Sheer Class :D:D
steveaustin wrote: » Not to sound pedantic or anything, but my handle Steve Austin, refers to The Six Million Dollar Man and not stone cold the wrestler. It does bother me when people say Stone Cold. I don't like wrestling but I am of that vintage age of early 30s who remembers fondly as a kid the good old 70s and 80s TV shows. Either Steve Austin or Steve or 6 Million Dollar Man is acceptable in terms of people knowing my handle name. But once people recognise its not Stone Cold, that is all that matters. "AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE" ," 'COS STONE COLD SAYS SO "
j walsh wrote: » Ok stone cold , the ace card is right i'll admit that.......
Daysha wrote: » Why admit to something I know nothing about?
abouttobebanned wrote: » Unless you admit that the station is in an awful lot of financial trouble...than it's not that laughable.
alinton wrote: » Guys, don't you understand? The promo wasn't a failure at all! The SOLE purpose of it was to get the station publicity and listeners, right at the perfect part of a JNLR survey period! And it succeeded in that! A.
Daysha wrote: » No you weren't. You were laughed at because you slyly suggested that Beat workers care more about the correctness of it's name than the financial security of the radio station. Which, with all due respect, is laughable.
abouttobebanned wrote: » The reason I asked about the debt situation is because i was laughed at when I said that the station needed to do something before it faded into obscurity.
robtri wrote: » another big crowd puller... worked very well it did for them, but again this has been done before many radio stations.... they need to do something big and ORIGINAL
gscully wrote: » I got to thinking about this over the weekend...don't know why, but anyway... As bad as we may think the whole 'two weddings and a stranger' thing was, anything has got to be better than that f***ing beat fugitive!
j walsh wrote: » djsupreme or Niall if its you, I commend beat on what you've achieved with the whole wedding thing even though its being done before in other countries it still took balls,Waterford people are great for "begrudging and knocking there own" if it happened somewhere like Galway and it got loads of press, i could hear people saying "we would never thing of something like that" so congrats and you got the result you wanted. I personally enjoyed it as it was something different, i also enjoy beat breakfast and Andy Mc who's a mate so i'm baised.:D
Also i ran a Muay Thaiboxing tournament a couple of months ago and e-mailed you about an interview or a plug but to no avail i never got a reply, shame on you:mad:.
Apart from that little rant a big thumbs up to beat from me.
djsupreme wrote: The "A or B" quiz was an attempt to add a little bit of fun and lightness into what was otherwise a serious business. It was only 60 secs long, and if you're a regular listener to Beat Breakfast, you'll know the crew try to bring a bit of fun to every situation. And if I can be cheeky, you say that you turn to Ray D'Arcy every day at 9am - but that quiz went out about half nine every day
abouttobebanned wrote: » @DJsupreme - How much debt are beat currently in?
j walsh wrote: ....Waterford people are great for "begrudging and knocking there own"
merlante wrote: ....Two strangers 'making a commitment to each other' happens numerous times every weekend in Ruby's, Muldoons, etc., without all the rigamarole.
merlante wrote: » The real reason why this was a farce, imho, was that there was no marriage. Isin't that the whole reason why this sort of thing is interesting? Two strangers 'making a commitment to each other' happens numerous times every weekend in Ruby's, Muldoons, etc., without all the rigamarole.
djsupreme wrote: » Hey guys, I have responded to some of the gripes in the radio forum, and I thought I should try to do the same here. I am connected with Beat, so I'd like to say a couple of things. Firstly, we were all quite aware from the start that this radio event would stir up some strong feelings. We're quite happy to accept some criticism from the religious side, the moral side, etc. But we realise that we will also deal with criticism from the usual non-Beat fans who will use Two Strangers as a stick to beat us. To put things in perspective, the main reason we did this was to provide a distraction for Beat listeners from the constant 100% doom and gloom that has dominated the Irish media for the last six months. Maybe you personally aren't into 2 Strangers, but we reckoned a good chunk of the audience would like to follow a love story on air in the old fashioned courting sense. The workload was huge, and we were aware that so many things could go wrong. I think we prepared counter plans for about 18 situations. Some of them much worse than what happened. The couple married. Or at least "made a decision to commit". That was all we wanted. Or expected. We thought at the worst, they would not get on, but be friendly.... come home and it would fizzle out. But they really didn't get on. Which is unfortunate. But in reality, it made the story a whole lot more interesting for the listener and the national media. You may think it was a farce/failure/whatever. Beat's goals were achieved. We set out to get two strangers to make a commitment to each other. That happened. What we didn't expect was national media coverage worth hundreds of thousands of euro, which has lead to a big increase in advertising and sponsorship. The fact that so many people are talking about it here and in the radio forum, and elsewhere, makes us believe that the listenership figures will be pretty good (although we won't know that for about 6-9 months). All in all, we're pretty happy. I'd now like to respond to a few of the comments posted in this thread....@Galagumas: TCH are delighted that any of their companies are increasing revenue at such a difficult time. I don't know what Beat websites you've been looking at, but the official Beat website, the Bebo, and the Facebook are pretty much covered in 2 Strangers stuff. And as regards Billy Mc, it's a general rule of radio that you don't talk about what the competition are doing, even if you disapprove. @Ziedth: Thanks for the nice comments about Beat. You mention it's been done a few times before. It's actually been done about 24 times. Every time produces different results. That was what excited us about the project. Neither us, nor the listener could predict how it turns out. If every couple who took part in 2 Strangers fell in love and stayed together forever after, it wouldn't have the same impact. RE: Beat FM. Interesting debate. It does bother us when people say FM. It's like adding "TV" to the end of every television station name because ITV/UTV etc do it. Either Beat 102 103 or Beat are acceptable in terms of selling ourselves. But once people recognise the brand, that is all that matters. @steveaustin: The "A or B" quiz was an attempt to add a little bit of fun and lightness into what was otherwise a serious business. It was only 60 secs long, and if you're a regular listener to Beat Breakfast, you'll know the crew try to bring a bit of fun to every situation. And if I can be cheeky, you say that you turn to Ray D'Arcy every day at 9am - but that quiz went out about half nine every day :P @abouttobebanned: Not sure what your particular issue is, but I can assure you that your assertion that Beat needs to be rescued from "certain obscurity" is slightly off the mark. As I mentioned elsewhere, Beat received it's highest ever listenership in the last JNLRs - and is the most listened to independent youth or regional radio station in Ireland - with more adults (85% of Beat's audience is aged 20-34) listening in the South East than 2FM or Today FM. A far cry from obscurity. They are the facts. Genuine non-biased reaction is always welcomed and listened to.
@abouttobebanned: Not sure what your particular issue is, but I can assure you that your assertion that Beat needs to be rescued from "certain obscurity" is slightly off the mark.
djsupreme wrote: » Beat's goals were achieved. which has lead to a big increase in advertising and sponsorship. The fact that so many people are talking about it here and in the radio forum, and elsewhere, makes us believe that the listenership figures will be pretty good (although we won't know that for about 6-9 months). All in all, we're pretty happy.
Cabaal wrote: » two chances, bob hope and no hope and bob just left town :pac:
Xyo wrote: » I hooked up with her before..
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