thebigcheese22 wrote: » I am absolutely sick to death of the duopoly of 96 FM and Red FM...Aside from pirate radio stations of course and the scarcely listened to Loopy-Life FM, these are both as bad as each other! I'm sure its a pre-requisite that you have to have had a lobotomy to listen to 96 FM, such is the mixture of bad,outdated, cheesy music and their inane and annoying presenters - Nick Richards, that fake American sounding guy and the just plain infuriating Prendeville. I am amazed that there is such a high listenership for such a poor-quality station. Just three words to settle the argument - Oldies. And. Irish. Red FM is in the other extreme, a station that shamelessly tries to be 'hip' and just alienates everyone in the process. You could just imagine someone in a marketing department there coming up with 'Green/Black/Pink on Red' thinking its genius! They basically just play the top 40 and other crap consistently, which would be grand for a 2/3 hour slot but its for the whole day! The breakfast show just plays dance and r n b music all the time with those idiots in between,that is not a breakfast show! And don't get me started on Vic Barry and cork talks back...:mad: /rant I never switch now from Today FM, which has at least some variety, 2FM (which has excellent music at night) and Newstalk which has interesting presenters and incisive reporting(and granted some tabloid trash too!) Anyways, does anyone agree with me here? Do we have piss poor local radio, or is it a case of the people getting what they want? (in which case the population must be 60 year old biddies or 15 year old scobes listening to 96/Red Fm respectively)
kielmanator wrote: » You hit the nail on the head there big cheese! Neil Ponderville is the biggest koke ever yet compares himself to the likes of Jerry Ryan. Do you see Neil presenting a TV show? NOPE! I remember a while back there was a huge debate on the show about the pay the Defence Forces get and that it should be cut. I was livid!:mad::mad: I was really tempted to ring up the place and tell them to get their facts right. I was just so peeved off because I serve myself nad they have no idea what the rigours of our training are. It's funny aswell how they never seem to get the music cues for the news right and their headlines are funny out. I just listen in the mornings because it cheers me up that I'm by far not the slowest person around! RED FM? Give me R Na G anyday it's so bad!:D
trotter_inc wrote: » Moved to Cork about 4 years ago now and I have been complaining about the quality of the radio stations down here since I arrived 96 FM, Red FM and County Sound are all dire, from the music to the DJs. Neil Prenderville's voice is depressing, he should be in the Dail!! But, by far the worst show of all is 'Cork talks back with Victor Barry', they really are scraping the bottom of the barrel. Have always been a Today FM fan, won't be switching to any Cork stations anytime soon
wiseolsham wrote: » But TodayFm play the same music as 96 or Red.
wiseolsham wrote: » Why is Cork talks back scraping the bottom of the barrel?
wiseolsham wrote: » Cheers for the reply. Different strokes for different folks I suppose!
PaintDoctor wrote: » Ninty Sh*t FM has been deprogrammed from all my radios for a long time, I still have to listen to it from time to time though, which reminds me just how amateurish the station is. Just a few examples, why Bin Laden could choose 96 for his next target, and I wouldn't be worried : Ken Tobin. He can't go more than 3 words without saying 'eh'. I'd love to record his show and just edit out everything but the eh's. I reckon there's a full hour of him saying eh, and laughing like a moron. The voiceover guy. He sounds like a paedophile. Voiceovers like that went out in the 80's, not to mention the cheesy dance beat he has in the background on every jingle, and of course he has to say "Cuuuuuurks 96fm", not "Corks 96fm". And there's at least 2 self promoting jingles every ad break to brainwash you into believing that 96 is great, and not banal. Then there's the choice of names for competitions and slots. They always have to rhyme, or use aliteration. Ken's Weekly Whacky Question, the Cash Call, the Street Fleet, Wayne in the Plane - a child could be more imaginative. Then there's the music. It's a time warp to the past. Are they afraid of chart music, or alternative genres? Colin Rae, Van Morisson and the Lighthouse Family are not the cutting edge of musical taste. And then there's the DJ choice. Nick Richards in the morning is about as annoying as one person can get, he's 200% british, which I don't have an issue with, but the british elite/toff sense of humour isn't funny. And not at 8 in the morning either. Ken's a moron, and don't even get me started on Seamus who sounds like a GAA coach. Piss poor station, with shocking music, childish marketing and jingles, and possibly the worst choice of DJ's I've ever heard. They're worse than RTE for hanging onto dead wood.
pablomakaveli wrote: » I hate 96fm, absoulute ****e. That presenter with the put-on american accent really irritates me as well. I remember when my dad drove me to school in the morning he'd have 96fm on and i swear they would play the same songs every morning and these were'nt songs in the chart some of them were 80's and 90's songs. As for Red fm i think it's alright. I like the Red Rooster but i hate Stevie G (he's like the irish tim westwood) and Retards Talk back with Victor Barry is nearly always brutal.
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