What radio shows & stations do you like / hate? (e.g. Morning shows, afternoon, etc)

whirlpool · 30-04-2014 08:44AM #1

I listen to the radio only twice a month or so, so when I do want to listen to it I have no idea which station is going to be good. Morning radio is the biggest difficulty in my quest for interesting listening, since every station just seems to be broadcasting ****e.

What radio stations and shows do you like in which do you hate?

Any suggestions for morning listening? i.e. before 9am?

So much of the morning listening seems to be absolute head-wreckers playing Rihanna and Katy Perry in between their sessions of wrecking heads. Surely nobody actually enjoys that amount of head wrecking first thing in the morning??

Alf. A. Male · 30-04-2014 08:51AM

Before this gets shunted to the radio forum, I want to say I hate Ray Foley and Ray Darcy. Ok, take it away.

whirlpool · 30-04-2014 08:54AM

Aww! But I want to know about AH-ers! I'm not interested in that guy who uses the Radio forum.

Matt_Trakker · 30-04-2014 08:54AM

Get yourself the TuneIn app for your phone and you can listen to far better radio stations from around the world.

Although, I'm a sports nerd so I go between BBC 5 and Talksport

kneemos · 30-04-2014 09:01AM

Newstalk is the default station.
Steve Allen can be entertaining in the early hours on London's LBC,gets old quick though.

everlast75 · 30-04-2014 09:03AM

Alf. A. Male wrote: »

Before this gets shunted to the radio forum, I want to say I hate Ray Foley and Ray Darcy. Ok, take it away.

not forgetting Ian "brings nothing to the table" Dempsey and Tony f*cking Fenton!

whirlpool · 30-04-2014 09:08AM

Tried it. Didn't like it. Over it now. I'll try again in another two weeks.

LizzieJones · 30-04-2014 09:11AM

I like the old time radio shows. You know the ones they had before tv (telly) was invented and everyone gathered around the radio in the evenings to listen to them.

maguic24 · 30-04-2014 09:11AM

All the Dublin radio stations are a dose of sh*te in the mornings. (the only time I listen to the radio)

I end up flicking from station to station.

suicide_circus · 30-04-2014 09:12AM

How Bobby Kerr gets air time is a pure mystery.

upstairs for coffee · 30-04-2014 09:13AM

Derek Mooney's radio show is very dull. Quite like Sean O'Rourke.

keano_afc · 30-04-2014 09:17AM

Avoid the soapbox midget that is Ray D'Arcy. If he's not pontificating at us and ridiculing anyone who has an opinion different to his, he's giggling like a schoolgirl when someone might inadvertently use an innuendo like "ring" or something similar. He also has an array of uber-annoying co hosts.

Shiraz 4.99 · 30-04-2014 09:17AM

Ray Darcy that brought us the Den & Blackboard Jungle = a broadcasting legend.

Ray Darcy that pontificates on his morning soapbox believing himself to be the heartbeat of our nation = vile detestable worthless scrote of a human

Shiraz 4.99 · 30-04-2014 09:19AM

I'm a big fan of everyones favourite bankruptcy tourist, Ivan Yates, I could listen to him all day.

Hope he gets the drivetime slot once Hook packs it in.

shockwave · 30-04-2014 09:19AM

2FM is dire especially the morning shows.

The Backwards Man · 30-04-2014 09:21AM

If you're from Donegal and you're not listening to the Shaun Doherty Show of a forenoon seek medical attention immediately. You are most likely dead or deaf.

Pherekydes · 30-04-2014 09:23AM

George Hook and Ivan Yates are worth listening to.

They're both hilariously stupid.

Mostly listen to Lyric or 5Live.

IK09 · 30-04-2014 09:25AM

That guy on 4fm around lunch time that's always arguing with someone is funny enough. Mainly because he really doesn't care about the argument at all, if someone staunchly says something is black, he takes up the white argument.

Barely There · 30-04-2014 09:32AM

My favourite station is BBC Radio 6.
I spend hours at the weekend listening to it while cooking or doing stuff around the house.

Most of their DJ's seem really into their music without being annoyingly hipsterish about it and you get exposed to a load of new artists.

I hate the generic chart pop ****e that gets pumped out by TodayFM/98FM/2FM etc.

SouthTippBass · 30-04-2014 09:34AM

Radio Nova usually, but I'm so ****in sick of hearing that stupid Nova noise competition they are running at the moment. Seriously lads, wrap that **** up.

Davarus Walrus · 30-04-2014 09:36AM

Mostly listen to Newstalk. Yatesy in the morning, then Pat Kenny. Moncrieff most afternoons, and George Hook's show is pretty much the only one of the drivetime shows that I listen to these days.

Can't stand that hamster-faced bore, Ray D'Arcy. His middle-aged 'man of the people' schtick is really tedious. Fúcker thinks he has captured the zeitgeist amongst his listeners.

Titzon Toast · 30-04-2014 09:38AM

SouthTippBass wrote: »

Radio Nova usually, but I'm so ****in sick of hearing that stupid Nova noise competition they are running at the moment. Seriously lads, wrap that **** up.

I can't stand the screechy voice of that wagon Joan first thing in the morning. She has single handedly ruined Nova for me. Good tunes during the day though.

farmerjj · 30-04-2014 09:42AM

What a negative bunch!

On the positive, I like ian Dempsey in the morning then ray d,arcy, news at one and in the evening George hook and sometimes off the ball.

kneemos · 30-04-2014 09:44AM

Beat FM seems to just play music without any of the annoying gibberish or endless competitions.

maguic24 · 30-04-2014 09:46AM

kneemos wrote: »

Beat FM seems to just play music without any of the annoying gibberish or endless competitions.

Beat FM, what counties do they cover? Never heard of them.

Celly Smunt · 30-04-2014 09:49AM

Moncreiff should be on 24/7.

Also must say I enjoy pat kennys slot since he's moved over to newstalk, the show is a lot more fluid than his old one. For all the flack Pat Kenny gets he's a grade A broadcaster, especially in current affairs.

kneemos · 30-04-2014 09:51AM

maguic24 wrote: »

Beat FM, what counties do they cover? Never heard of them.

Southeast.

maguic24 · 30-04-2014 09:52AM

kneemos wrote: »

Southeast.

Ahhhh...that's why I've never heard of it.

PaddyCar · 30-04-2014 09:55AM

Moncrief would be my choice. Especially the Movies and Booze slot

caustic 1 · 30-04-2014 09:58AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

If you're from Donegal and you're not listening to the Shaun Doherty Show of a forenoon seek medical attention immediately. You are most likely dead or deaf.

Not dead or deaf but would be if I listened to highland sweet jeez and all that is sacred it would put years on ye and then when Donal ah em eh Cavanagh reads the news and obituaries it just doomed we are.

80s Child · 30-04-2014 10:08AM

Hate: the new/old guy on 2fm form 16.30. Colm or JimJim or whichever one of them it is; 'You're not Matt Cooper so don't try to be, just play a @#$*ing song for the love of god!!!!'

Like: Newstalk in the morning, Yates and the other guy whose name nobody knows.

Love: Off the ball! Coming home from training I've about 20 miles to do and they're always good craic and informative. Fridays are the best though, when Wooly gets battered in the quiz and throws a bit of a hissy fit while the rest laugh at him!!

The rest... anything but Eye Radio... that Fergal Darcy is cruel! 'You're soooo sound.....' F*$ k off!

What radio shows & stations do you like / hate? (e.g. Morning shows, afternoon, etc)

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