Lyric fm's Breakfast show presenter - Marty Whelan.

doomed · 25-12-2012 7:11pm

Yvonne23R wrote: »

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Why does Marty Whelan lower himself to this?

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I'm sort of struggling with this concept. Seems like a contradiction.

Yvonne23R · 28-12-2012 10:09am

Friday morning and no sign of Neven Maguire on the Breakfast Show on Lyric. Just good music. Thank you Trish!

mbur · 29-12-2012 2:49am

born2bwild wrote: »

Haven't read through the thread but I listen to Marty every morning going to work in the car.

I really like his style - his taste in music is terrible but I really get a positive start to the day listening to him.

What else is there at that time of the day? Coke fuelled mouthpieces, gift-grub-style morons and hoity toity pro-establishment w@nkers?

I love Marty in the Morning.

For some of us there was a time when Lyric was a welcome refuge from these lovable loudmouths. Sadly with the arrival of 'El P' tis no more.

Methinks himself would fit well with any of the personages you describe.

Yvonne23R · 31-12-2012 10:07am

Trish Tailor presented Marty's programme this morning and it was good. The music was nice and light with Gershwin; the Jurassic Park Suite and Only Men Allowed / Only Boys Allowed - the double Welsh choir. When she announced that she was going to end with a great Welsh singer I knew it couldn't be Shirley Bassey but I guessed Katherine Jenkins! It turned out to be Bryn Terfel. She pronounced his name Brian Tervelle, but you can't get everything right I suppose.

If Trish had a little bit more of Marty's personality for the morning she could be very good if he decides to hang us "his cans". But maybe on the day the listeners were not getting onto the programme in the same way as usually.

PODboy · 31-12-2012 10:10am

I dont listen to Lyric anymore - Classic FM is where my ears are now - and what a station - excellent quality recordings and no yes no inane, banal eighties style banter - oh yes no Marty

Knutsack · 31-12-2012 11:09am

Haven't read through the thread but I listen to Marty every morning going to work in the car.

I really like his style - his taste in music is terrible but I really get a positive start to the day listening to him.

What else is there at that time of the day? Coke fuelled mouthpieces, gift-grub-style morons and hoity toity pro-establishment w@nkers?

I love Marty in the Morning.

If,born2bwild, you had shown the courtesy to other posters of reading the often thoughtful contributions on the subject of MITM or 'EL Prat', it might have occured to you that whether you like it or not is really immaterial to the greater debate.
Is it not the case that this load of crapola could be on any station and you would still listen?
Would you still feel all positive and warm and fuzzy wuzzy inside if he was giving you his Grade A 'banter' on 98FM or Radio One?

The real point is that in an ideal Public Service Broadcasting environment, Whelan, the production staff who feed this monster and management who allow it to happen wouldn't even be let in to Lyric to clean the toilets.

At some point, there must be a minimum standard imposed on the broadcasters, production staff and management at Lyric.
No more three hour infomercials for cook books for Neven Maguire, no more 'hilarious' letters and observatons from random eejits and no more Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers duets.

Public money is running this thing and it was set up to do something different to commercial radio.
The arts and quality classical music is not for everyone and unfortunately probably will never have mass appeal. That doesn't mean it should not be aspired to.

So,born2bwild, I suggest that you and the other Marty lovers pass round the hat, raise a million euro and ask the BAI for a commercial licence for a format based on Marty's unique selling point and see how ye get on. Or maybe Denis O'Brien could find a place for him on one of his stations, if it's so great.
I'm really glad he gives you a positive start to the day, but it is at the cost of the very fabric of Public Service broadcasting and it is nothing less than a shameful rip off by RTE that MITM is broadcast every morning on Lyric FM.

doomed · 31-12-2012 11:09am

Yvonne23R wrote: »

If Trish had a little bit more of Marty's personality for the morning she could be very good if he decides to hang us "his cans". .

Don't wish that on Trish please. She seems both professional and intelligent as well as having some musical taste. Why change?

Dirigent · 31-12-2012 1:54pm

I heard a plug for a New Years Day special where El Prat will stroke egos with (sorry, interview) Andre Reiu, we can of course expect a large number of mentions of his new DVD, "Johann Strauss and the Prancing Violinist"

Yvonne23R · 31-12-2012 2:10pm

I think I started this so I'd better finish it. The only thing wrong with Marty Whelan is that he can let himself get used by outside people. Neven Maguire is all very well in his place. And just because Marty CAN do something well does not mean that he should have to do it. Having a cookery spot makes sense with Mary Kennedy on Live at 3 on TV, but it makes no sense on radio. It really makes no sense at all on a music radio show at all.

But the rest of programme appals to most people. He interviews the stars when they're coming to Dublin. I would not have heard a lot of this music without him. Sure there are snobs but Andre Rieu is really good - and he's good fun. And there is Vladimir from Russia who Marty spotted even before he hit the bigtime. And I had never even heard of the Australian girl who makes those funny yodelling records without Marty Whelan. The contact with the listeners is important too by email and text. Most normal people love the jokes, stories, poems, and letters that he gets in and makes up. The lunatic listeners bring the show to life. It's like Terry Wogan or Les Dawson or Dick Emery at that time of the morning and it gets us out and happy. (But please if you're watching Marty, no more Neven Maguire?)... And! Marty Whelan knows his stuff about opera. He's involved with the Met Opera showings so he's no musical fool and he's no snob either.

Dirigent · 31-12-2012 2:14pm

Yvonne23R wrote: »

He's involved with the Met Opera showings so he's no musical fool and he's no snob either.

One of our esteemed fellow posters summed it up very well when he pointed out that El Prat doesn't know his Tesco from his Tosca.

born2bwild · 31-12-2012 2:38pm

Knutsack wrote: »

If,born2bwild, you had shown the courtesy to other posters of reading the often thoughtful contributions on the subject of MITM or 'EL Prat', it might have occured to you that whether you like it or not is really immaterial to the greater debate.
Is it not the case that this load of crapola could be on any station and you would still listen?
Would you still feel all positive and warm and fuzzy wuzzy inside if he was giving you his Grade A 'banter' on 98FM or Radio One?

The real point is that in an ideal Public Service Broadcasting environment, Whelan, the production staff who feed this monster and management who allow it to happen wouldn't even be let in to Lyric to clean the toilets.

At some point, there must be a minimum standard imposed on the broadcasters, production staff and management at Lyric.
No more three hour infomercials for cook books for Neven Maguire, no more 'hilarious' letters and observatons from random eejits and no more Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers duets.

Public money is running this thing and it was set up to do something different to commercial radio.
The arts and quality classical music is not for everyone and unfortunately probably will never have mass appeal. That doesn't mean it should not be aspired to.

So,born2bwild, I suggest that you and the other Marty lovers pass round the hat, raise a million euro and ask the BAI for a commercial licence for a format based on Marty's unique selling point and see how ye get on. Or maybe Denis O'Brien could find a place for him on one of his stations, if it's so great.
I'm really glad he gives you a positive start to the day, but it is at the cost of the very fabric of Public Service broadcasting and it is nothing less than a shameful rip off by RTE that MITM is broadcast every morning on Lyric FM.

Keep your precious, self-righteous accusations of 'discourtesy' to yourself, pal.

What makes you think that you know what 'the very fabric of Public service broadcasting' is?

I pay my TV licence and I say Marty in the Morning is fine by me - moreover he's fine as a Lyric FM broadcaster.

His taste in music is awful - I can't defend him there but I'd rather listen to his positive inanities than your pathetic whinging and thinly-veiled elitism.

PODboy · 31-12-2012 5:41pm

Look how many people listen to Lyric - 10.000 - why don't they just divide the cost of the station by the number of listeners - and give them all an Internet Radio = this would mean the FM transmitters could be used for a BBC Radio 2 style MOR Radio station =do the same with the 2.850 Rna G listeners and we could have another National FM Channell. Its time to realise that less and less are listening to these stations and as they are structured at the moment they are going nowhere. How can Classic FM in UK have 5 million listeners - almost as many as BBC Radio Five Live? Does anyone on these boards ever listen to R naG?

Knutsack · 01-01-2013 9:13am

born2bwild wrote: »

Keep your precious, self-righteous accusations of 'discourtesy' to yourself, pal.

What makes you think that you know what 'the very fabric of Public service broadcasting' is?

I pay my TV licence and I say Marty in the Morning is fine by me - moreover he's fine as a Lyric FM broadcaster.

His taste in music is awful - I can't defend him there but I'd rather listen to his positive inanities than your pathetic whinging and thinly-veiled elitism.

Let me just paraphrase your attitude towards MITM for a second, born2bwild:

'I couldn't give a crap about this debate or what it's really about but I'd like to say that Marty in the Morning is great. The music (95% of the show) is awful but he's so positive, it's worth it. And he's just great for Lyric FM. I pay my licence fee, so it's a valid view.'

Now, read it out aloud and listen to yourself. Mad stuff isn't it?

Then from you, I get the predictable and lazy, lazy accusation 'thinly veiled elitism'
Ah yes, just like the person who criticises Israeli serurity policy is an anti-semite, the person who points out that Whelan can't say the names of many composers or works after 5 years on Lyric is a snob.

Whelan will be able to tell you what Nelson Riddle had for breakfast on a given recording day or the colour of Ennio Morricone's underpants the day he wrote The Mission (thanks to Wikipedia) but he chooses not to give even the most basic flying fcuk about classical music.

How's about I pay your licence fee next time it's due if you promise not to share your astonishing 2 cents on this topic or listen to Lyric anymore?
I'll also throw in a mix tape of Marty's greatest Tesco ads to keep you positive in the mornings.

Knutsack · 01-01-2013 9:20am

PODboy wrote: »

Look how many people listen to Lyric - 10.000 - why don't they just divide the cost of the station by the number of listeners - and give them all an Internet Radio = this would mean the FM transmitters could be used for a BBC Radio 2 style MOR Radio station =do the same with the 2.850 Rna G listeners and we could have another National FM Channell. Its time to realise that less and less are listening to these stations and as they are structured at the moment they are going nowhere. How can Classic FM in UK have 5 million listeners - almost as many as BBC Radio Five Live? Does anyone on these boards ever listen to R naG?

Where did ya get the listening numbers, PODboy, from your rectum?

Last time I checked Lyric has a weekly audience of around 250,000 and R na G is not in the JNLR.
If you want to get an anorak hard on for a BBC Radio 2 style FM service, listen to 4 FM, that's what it billed itself as. IF you're not happy with this, ask the BAI why it rolls over and allows it's belly to be tickled so easily by commercial radio operators and when the licence next comes for renewal, be sure you're in there with your consortium and many hundreds of thousands of euro and you do it. Coz it's not RTE's business.
A properly run R na G and Lyric is RTE's business.

Ceslovas · 01-01-2013 1:49pm

Knutsack wrote: »

Where did ya get the listening numbers, PODboy, from your rectum?

Last time I checked Lyric has a weekly audience of around 250,000 and R na G is not in the JNLR.
If you want to get an anorak hard on for a BBC Radio 2 style FM service, listen to 4 FM, that's what it billed itself as. IF you're not happy with this, ask the BAI why it rolls over and allows it's belly to be tickled so easily by commercial radio operators and when the licence next comes for renewal, be sure you're in there with your consortium and many hundreds of thousands of euro and you do it. Coz it's not RTE's business.
A properly run R na G and Lyric is RTE's business.

To Clarify:

"RTÉ lyric fm has stabilised its seven day weekly reach at 8%, with year-on-year growth for key programmes. This book sees year-on-year gains for Marty Whelan, The Lyric Concert, Trish Taylor's Daybreak, The Lyric Pitch with Cynthia Morahan, The Blue of the Night (Sat/Sun) and Aedín Gormley's Sunday Matinée. Meanwhile there were book-on-book gains for George Hamilton's Full Score and The Blue of the Night (Sat/Sun).

Says Aodan Ó Dubhghaill, Head of lyric fm: "We're delighted to gain 1 percentage point year on year to 8% weekly reach. That alongside other year-on-year gains is encouraging once again for lyric. Noteworthy is the wonderful gain for The Blue of the Night, up 8000 listeners on Sunday."

Quote: http://www.liveradio.ie/rte-lyric-fm

PODboy · 01-01-2013 4:25pm

This information Ceslovas is not accurate - lets go to the book on an hour against hour basis - Lyric's audience is down - please do not try to confuse posters - even though we should be impressed that someone in RTE is actually taking note. I have studied the JNLR's forensically and I can assure you that Lyric' audience is continuing to fall. A question for Ceslovas how many listeners has Marty Whelan on average in the hour 7.30am to 8.30am each weekday morning?

born2bwild · 01-01-2013 6:34pm

Knutsack wrote: »

Let me just paraphrase your attitude towards MITM for a second, born2bwild:

'I couldn't give a crap about this debate or what it's really about but I'd like to say that Marty in the Morning is great. The music (95% of the show) is awful but he's so positive, it's worth it. And he's just great for Lyric FM. I pay my licence fee, so it's a valid view.'

Now, read it out aloud and listen to yourself. Mad stuff isn't it?

Then from you, I get the predictable and lazy, lazy accusation 'thinly veiled elitism'
Ah yes, just like the person who criticises Israeli serurity policy is an anti-semite, the person who points out that Whelan can't say the names of many composers or works after 5 years on Lyric is a snob.

Whelan will be able to tell you what Nelson Riddle had for breakfast on a given recording day or the colour of Ennio Morricone's underpants the day he wrote The Mission (thanks to Wikipedia) but he chooses not to give even the most basic flying fcuk about classical music.

How's about I pay your licence fee next time it's due if you promise not to share your astonishing 2 cents on this topic or listen to Lyric anymore?
I'll also throw in a mix tape of Marty's greatest Tesco ads to keep you positive in the mornings.

You're full of it - how you manage to get the Arab-Israeli conflict into your last post I can't say.

Here's my latest two cents:

I'd bet Marty knows more about classical music than you do.

I'd bet you know more about hysterical ranting than he does.

Go on, pay my licence fee, please.

'Every little helps'.

:P:P:P:P

Yvonne23R · 01-01-2013 6:37pm

What I would love to know is if Marty Whelan's audience goes above or falls below 8% of the population in the hours when Neven Maguire is his guest? The problem with Marty Whelan is that he is trained as a broadcaster and is "the willing horse" for whatever inappropriate tasks The Producers force on him. He is perfectly suited to spinning discs and chatting to the listeners at our own level but this other thing with cooking dinners on the radio at breakfasttime is like DanJoe's old Dancing on the Radio. Moreonic!

born2bwild · 01-01-2013 6:39pm

Who is this Neven Maguire? I've been listening to Marty for at least a year now and I have not heard him being mentioned - I drive to work between 7.30 and 8.00 am.

Frank Grimes · 01-01-2013 6:44pm

born2bwild wrote: »

Who is this Neven Maguire? I've been listening to Marty for at least a year now and I have not heard him being mentioned - I drive to work between 7.30 and 8.00 am.

He's a chef, I think he has/had a programme on RTE. I've heard Marty going on about him a couple of times, I've heard him on Lyric once too (talking to Whelan).

Knutsack · 02-01-2013 10:11am

Yvonne23R wrote: »

What I would love to know is if Marty Whelan's audience goes above or falls below 8% of the population in the hours when Neven Maguire is his guest? The problem with Marty Whelan is that he is trained as a broadcaster and is "the willing horse" for whatever inappropriate tasks The Producers force on him. He is perfectly suited to spinning discs and chatting to the listeners at our own level but this other thing with cooking dinners on the radio at breakfasttime is like DanJoe's old Dancing on the Radio. Moreonic!

Marty's audience as far as I can tell - and I could be wrong - never rises above 1% of the available audience in each quarter hour. A looong way off 8% of the adult population of the State. In fairness this seems to be the same all day on Lyric, with maybe the execption of a quarter hour or two during drivetime.

The point being bringing in a very well known and TV profiled presenter and throwing out a balanced music policy in favour his daily dogs breakfast of ****e has made NO DIFFERENCE to Lyric's audience.

I see Yvonne, you're blaming the producers for the crapola music and items on MITM. I sense it might be the other way round. That in fact his producers are the best paid runners in Irish media for their master.

There is no other explanation for people who can make programmes of the quality of Gloria or Nova or Lyric Features and then be responsible for Daniel O Donnell and Dick Van Dyke tracks and off course the awful beyond words letters from Hugo. Maybe you know him Yvonne?

Yvonne23R · 02-01-2013 6:19pm

I suppose you mean do I know Marty, and No I don't but I would like to meet him some day? I like his "Hugo" letters and Marty writes them. They're really funny / amusing although they don't seem to be on every day anymore. There is a lot of "Double meaning" in them like Brendan Grace or Frank Kelly's and I think I don't get it all always. But it's very good to have it and I think he does it very very well. It was never on when Liz Nolan or Paul Herriott did the morning show. And Trish Tayler doesn't have them her days wither.

I thought someone said here that Lyric gets 8% of the country turning in? It has to be one thing or the other. It gets me off to a flying start, especially on school days I can tell you. But I'm hoping to listen on Friday to see if Trish Taylor has Neven Maguire on.

Dirigent · 02-01-2013 7:02pm

Yvonne23R wrote: »

But I'm hoping to listen on Friday to see if Trish Taylor has Neven Maguire on.

Sadly the Xmas season of goodwill to all men is over, El Prat is back in the chair tomorrow. Probably dying to tell us how long it takes Andre Reiu to play the Minute Waltz.

born2bwild · 02-01-2013 9:08pm

Ok - Andre Reiu - is he respected in the world of classical music? I watched this concert on tv over the break where he was the conductor...

Now, the only reason why I even stopped flicking the remote at that point was because....Marty had been talking about him.

Some of you may not like Marty but surely he's doing his 'public service' duty by bringing the likes of me to listen to classical music.

Almaviva · 02-01-2013 9:56pm

born2bwild wrote: »

Ok - Andre Reiu - is he respected in the world of classical music?

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

born2bwild · 02-01-2013 10:09pm

Almaviva wrote: »

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Is that yes or no?

Come on, I hate google.

Almaviva · 02-01-2013 10:20pm

born2bwild wrote: »

Is that yes or no?

Come on, I hate google.

That would be a he's not in the world of classical music in the first place.

Great hair though. Great grin too.

doomed · 02-01-2013 10:35pm

born2bwild wrote: »

Is that yes or no?

Come on, I hate google.

I think that would be a no.

Actually Andre Rieu is an interesting example. Like EP he is pretty cheesy but with a much greater musical appreciation and can play an instrument. If you were looking for a CD of Strauss music though you wouldn't touch him with a 40 foot pole, not when you can have the Vienna Philharmonic playing the same repetoire way way better. However he could bring people into classical music as a halfway house and his concerts are very successful in their own way and good luck to him.

All of that said, no major Orchestra would for a moment consider Andre Rieu as its principal conductor any more than a self respecting classical station would offer the likes of EP a gig as a presenter.

born2bwild · 02-01-2013 11:04pm

doomed wrote: »

I think that would be a no.

Actually Andre Rieu is an interesting example. Like EP he is pretty cheesy but with a much greater musical appreciation and can play an instrument. If you were looking for a CD of Strauss music though you wouldn't touch him with a 40 foot pole, not when you can have the Vienna Philharmonic playing the same repetoire way way better. However he could bring people into classical music as a halfway house and his concerts are very successful in their own way and good luck to him.

All of that said, no major Orchestra would for a moment consider Andre Rieu as its principal conductor any more than a self respecting classical station would offer the likes of EP a gig as a presenter.

Looking at that concert I was thinking Andre Rieu was the 'Simply Red' of the classical world. It looked hideous, to be honest: the Maastricht bourgeoisie sitting on their fat arschen smugly enjoying their classical 'greatest hits'.

Doodah7 · 03-01-2013 8:53am

born2bwild wrote: »

Looking at that concert I was thinking Andre Rieu was the 'Simply Red' of the classical world. It looked hideous, to be honest: the Maastricht bourgeoisie sitting on their fat arschen smugly enjoying their classical 'greatest hits'.

I was thinking he is more the James Last of the last few years. However if he encourages more people to listen and enjoy classical music, then I have absolutely no issue with him continuing with his 'cheese'...

Yvonne23R · 03-01-2013 3:33pm

Someone asked if I had met Marty. I wish I had :on Winning Streak!!!

He was back with a bang today.

I saw Andre Rieu and the Vienna Phil Orch at the New Year and they were the same, both playing games, jokes and music: exactly like Marty!

I got to know Andre Roei through Marty. he reminds me of our own Sir Jimmy Galway, or Lennie Bernstein!

Dirigent · 03-01-2013 3:39pm

Why did Marty not interview Gerhard Markson, who conducted the two New Years Day concerts in the NCH? After all, why does he want to promote a foreign commercial orchestra instead of an Irish one?

Probably because Masetro Markson would expect intelligent questions and a basic knowledge of music from an interviewer!

Yvonne23R · 03-01-2013 3:45pm

Well, I suppose Marty Whelan was on his hols at the New Year. and he was AT the Andre Rieu recital, so he was qualified to comment. AS were maybe 10,000 others who enjoyed the gigs in the Point. Does the man you mentioned have good English for radio? I've never heard of him. on RTE or anywhere else!

Dirigent · 03-01-2013 3:57pm

Yvonne23R wrote: »

Well, I suppose Marty Whelan was on his hols at the New Year. and he was AT the Andre Rieu recital, so he was qualified to comment. AS were maybe 10,000 others who enjoyed the gigs in the Point. Does the man you mentioned have good English for radio? I've never heard of him. on RTE or anywhere else!

He was Principal Conductor of the NSO for about 8 years. Now just an occasional visitor. Speaks perfect English (albeit with a distinct Germanic accent).

Yvonne23R · 03-01-2013 4:51pm

Well then you've answered your own question. Haven't you? For the morning we don't want to be struggling with foreign accents. That kind of thing is fine for the eveningtime when people have the chance to concentrate. From next week I have to get the family out to school, work and college. I don't want my listening to be hard work.

And! I will be listening tomorrow to see if Marty Whelan's producers have taken notice of people here and dropped Neven Maguire for the New Year. Unless he proposes to give us tips on how to make curry from the carcase of a turkey!! That is!

Dirigent · 03-01-2013 5:00pm

Yvonne23R wrote: »

For the morning we don't want to be struggling with foreign accents. That kind of thing is fine for the eveningtime when people have the chance to concentrate.

Does Andre not have an accent? :-)

Yvonne23R · 03-01-2013 5:11pm

Very good! That's very good!:D But I thought you mean the accent on his name: Andre with the accent acute. (It's peculiar that he has that name Andre Rieu when he comes from Holland. If he came from Belgium in self I would not be surprised, but Holland is strange!)

Yvonne23R · 04-01-2013 9:15am

He's on! So, obviously, he's off! (Neven Maguire has been switched off on the radio here.) I'm beginning to think that he's actually not as "nice" as he pretends to be. I think now that he's totally false & grasping, and that Marty Whelan is being used by a sharper operator. There is No Way today's one is live, but he's pretending to have "the Christmas" behind him, and talking about Amelda and the twins. Probably recorded last October.

Marty: this is sickening. please make it stop for God's sake!!!!!

Dirigent · 04-01-2013 10:40am

Yvonne23R wrote: »

Marty: this is sickening. please make it stop for God's sake!!!!!

:rolleyes:

Aidric · 04-01-2013 7:14pm

Aidric wrote: »

If you don't mind me saying you seem to have an obsession with Mr Maguire.

Yvonne23R wrote: »

I don't have any obsession with Neven Maguire

Yvonne23R wrote: »

Neven Maguire

Yvonne23R wrote: »

Neven Maguire.....Neven Maguire

Yvonne23R wrote: »

no sign of Neven Maguire

Yvonne23R wrote: »

Neven Maguire

Ok.

Yvonne23R · 05-01-2013 12:11am

I guess from the swishy way you go on you are a thwarted individual used to laying down the law and getting your own way, maybe as a school teacher. I am only a parent and license payer. :mad:

I hoped that people with an interest in music on radio would gather if they though that what the Production people were forcing into Marty Whelan's programme could be stopped. Either they think it can't be stopped or they don't care or they think it is a good thing to have Neven Maguire on the programme every Friday of the year talking receipes like there's no tomorrow.

This has nothing to do with a music radio station. It is madness. If I though for definite he was being paid for it I would write to RTE HQ in Dublin to tell them it was wrong.

Does nobody care?

Why should Marty Whelan's abilities be misused like this on Lyric???:mad:

doomed · 05-01-2013 8:04am

Yvonne23R wrote: »

I hoped that people with an interest in music on radio would gather if they though that what the Production people were forcing into Marty Whelan's programme could be stopped. Either they think it can't be stopped or they don't care or they think it is a good thing to have Neven Maguire on the programme every Friday of the year talking receipes like there's no tomorrow.

This has nothing to do with a music radio station. It is madness. If I though for definite he was being paid for it I would write to RTE HQ in Dublin to tell them it was wrong.

Does nobody care?

Why should Marty Whelan's abilities be misused like this on Lyric???:mad:

Yvonne, I think complaining about Nevin being on the El Prat show is like finding graffiti on your house and objecting to the grammar.

The fact is that neither EP nor NM has any business being on a specialist music station. What we have is a cheesy sub-2FM magazine show with celebrity chefs, bad music choices, embarrising witless banter and loyal listeners doing a turn.

Writing to RTE will have no effect. Do it anyway but the answer will read as follows "I am glad you like Marty's Programme and sorry that the Nevin Maguire segment is not to your taste. However it has proved popular with other listeners". While you are on why not ask them to move it to 2 FM where it belongs.

By the way I doubt that the production people are forcing this. Have you noticed that when EP is away most of the rubbish goes with him?

Knutsack · 07-01-2013 11:53am

Yvonne23R wrote: »

Someone asked if I had met Marty. I wish I had :on Winning Streak!!!

No Yvonne. I asked you if you knew Hugo - the writer of tiresome letters to Marty in the Morning.
He is the same Hugo Brady Brown who posted on this thread for some time until he was banned.

Yvonne23R · 08-01-2013 6:35pm

Sorry I misunderstood you. I’m fairly sure Marty Whelan writes Hugo or a lot of it anyway. But yesterday he was laughing during it, so maybe he didn’t write that one. Actually I think the program has turned into a kind of a “Stock Exchange” where people all over share jokes and funny stories. I love it and the children love it and bring the jokes with them into school! And it means we don’t have to watch Breakfast TV.

And to get back to Neven. Have you noticed all the messages that come into Lyric from listeners giving praise to the show and for the work Marty is doing. The only thing that does not ever get any praise from the listeners ever is Neven Maguire. Rebecca Horan and the other presenters on AA Road Watch. The Hugo plays. The “What ARE We Talking About?” The stars of stage and screen that Marty Whelan has in to interview and perform. Marty himself. Even Trish. Marty reads out cards, texts and e-mails from listeners about them. And thanking Marty for how he is helping people forget the recession. (And some of the listeners are sending him in chocolate and cakes and drinks etc etc.) I wouldn’t go that far.

But nobody even gets on to the Show to thank Marty for having Neven Maguire on. This should be enough for RTE to see that it doesn’t belong on a music program like this.

Dirigent · 08-01-2013 6:46pm

I'm not in a position to discuss Hugo or Neven, never having heard anything they say.

However, I did flick over to Lyric this morning to avoid endless bad news. A nice violin concerto was being played. I (against my better judgment) decided not to instantly flick at the end, as I always do to avoid El Prat. I chose to listen for a second to hear who was the soloist and the orchestra (you can call me a music snob, I don't care). What I heard was something on the lines of "well, he's almost got the hang of that one". Needless to say I heard no more.

Obviously RTE management are complicit in this buffoonery that you wouldn't hear on the cheapest, nastiest pop station.

Yvonne23R · 08-01-2013 6:51pm

You missed something else then that I missed too. Marty had the new Bowie single on after I had gone to work, but I'm not able to listen to Marty at work. My husband said Marty said it was the first time it was played on radio. If I have time later on I'm going to hear it on the "RTE player". You should have stuck around.

Yvonne23R · 11-01-2013 11:42am

Turned off this morning as soon as Marty Whelan started off with Neven Maguire. Gave it a few minutes, and soon he was having a really interesting and relevant interview with Julian Lloyd-Weber the cellist. I wish he had more of this and less of the other and it would be a perfect show. Lloyd-Webber is touring Ireland with his cello these days. (And the AA man told us that Springsteen is playing Cork, Limerick & Belfast in his upcoming tour.)

Dirigent · 11-01-2013 11:45am

Yvonne23R wrote: »

Turned off this morning as soon as Marty Whelan started off with Neven Maguire. Gave it a few minutes, and soon he was having a really interesting and relevant interview with Julian Lloyd-Weber the cellist. I wish he had more of this and less of the other and it would be a perfect show. Lloyd-Webber is touring Ireland with his cello these days. (And the AA man told us that Springsteen is playing Cork, Limerick & Belfast in his upcoming tour.)

JLW's show is a most enjoyable evening, strongly recommended. Even El Prat shouldn't put you off. :cool:

Yvonne23R · 17-01-2013 10:06am

Lovely story this morning on Marty from a customer who met Ennio Morricone in Antwerp because of Marty's programme. He got his photograph taken with Ennio (enclosed) because he had come across him from the programme. Even Marty himself hasn't got to meet Ennio yet. He has got within a few yards of him though. Lovely tale to hear on a cold and miserable morning.

Dirigent · 17-01-2013 11:09am

Yvonne23R wrote: »

Even Marty himself hasn't got to meet Ennio yet.

I'm sure Ennio is waiting with bated breath. :eek:

Lyric fm's Breakfast show presenter - Marty Whelan.

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