Hector's Gone

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I think its very unfair that Hector alone got axed, About 80% of the 2fm presenters needed to be axed, why choose just Hector ?

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Or they could just, improve the quality of output?

Yes, obviously that is the most reasonable solution, it's hard to find a good mix on a station that covers such a large demographic, and geographical location though, but I don't understand people who don't like the station or certain shows/presenters but still listen each day then come here to moan about it, why listen if you don't like it?

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Lack of choice would be an issue. I mean, if you're outside Dublin your choices for music stations are Today FM, 2FM or whatever your local offering is. I can quite easily imagine people just flicking between all the stations during the day just because there's nothing worth getting invested in.

So, let's take Hector as an example. Someone could be driving to work, listening to Dempsey, Dempsey does a segment they don't like (lots of people don't like Paul Collins for example) and then flick to 2FM who might, at that time, be playing music. Song ends, Hector comes on and does something that annoys them.

I often think people on here get the impression that everyone who complains about a radio show is sitting down with a pen and paper noting every little transgression each time the show is on just so they can come on here and complain.

I wouldn't accuse anyone of that, most posters are constructive in here and have an interest in Irish Radio. I think though we have the problem of looking at the industry from the outside, we come up with idea's here that seem logical but there are always other factors at play behind the scenes.

Sometimes we need to think about what it is actually like in somewhere like RTE and 2fm. They can't just go to playing music at that hour because they will lose any sponsorship, they have to fulfill a certain talk and news output which could be another factor, then there are those listeners who actually like the comedy/music format, if they lose them and don't replace those listeners then they lose out to other competitors such as Today FM or regional stations. They don't have a ratings winner after breakfast now either so it's important to have a sustainable breakfast show, Hector wasn't working so they are trying something different, it's just a bit annoying that when the station actually takes action people are still complaining.

Everyone wants something different from radio at that hour it seems, even if there are 4 different types of listener, which one do 2fm go for?

statto25 wrote: »

Neil Delamare announced Hector was off due to "Unforeseen Circumstances" and would hopefully be back this week. Could be anything so no point in speculating. Prefer Neil anyway!

In his opening link he said he hoped he would be back soon. Not "this week" or are you referring too another link?