Colm and Lucy

MikeyTaylor · 20-04-2018 10:19pm #1

Started on Radio Nova this week on breakfast. What did you think of their show?

Kyle More · 21-04-2018 9:33am

They're completely wrong for Radio Nova. In the beginning, people tuned in to Nova to get away from that type of generic chatter in the mornings. At this stage, I'd have more respect for the station if they re-branded and ceased peddling the illusion that they're still a 'rock' station.

Elmo · 21-04-2018 9:39am

Didn't listen will during the week but really feel that nova is just becoming a retirement home for 2fm presenters.

Max Headroom · 21-04-2018 9:44am

Kyle More wrote: »

They're completely wrong for Radio Nova. In the beginning, people tuned in to Nova to get away from that type of generic chatter in the mornings. At this stage, I'd have more respect for the station if they re-branded and ceased peddling the illusion that they're still a 'rock' station.

LQ was doing a good job as i've said,and Greg , i could tolerate Dee too...that was most of the working day sorted...Now, just like the other pair in the morning i wont listen, nor to Miller as i find him annoying....and Dee loses out as i will have Zenith,TodayXM or PR on.....so theres nothing to entice me back to listen....

The whole thing just stinks of Hayes ego now...and it seems theres no one with the balls to stand up to him...

Kyle More · 21-04-2018 10:01am

Max Headroom wrote: »

LQ was doing a good job as i've said,and Greg , i could tolerate Dee too...that was most of the working day sorted...Now, just like the other pair in the morning i wont listen, nor to Miller as i find him annoying....and Dee loses out as i will have Zenith,TodayXM or PR on.....so theres nothing to entice me back to listen....

The whole thing just stinks of Hayes ego now...and it seems theres no one with the balls to stand up to him...

True, he has been systemically destroying, sorry, transforming the station for quite a while now. It was never perfect, but it's gotten noticeably worse in recent years in terms of music policy. This new breakfast show is the final nail in the coffin of what was once a decent station.

thegreengoblin · 21-04-2018 10:28am

The whole thing is a cringefest. I've no idea what Kennedy brings to it, no idea. Heard Hayes and Horan pathetically trying to outdo each other yesterday. Lots of false laughter, etc. Did my head in.

The other two, aka Marty and Conor, were by no means the worst. They sounded like they got on with each other and the 'banter' seemed natural. Marty's 'hey man' shtick was a bit headwrecking. But compared to the new lot...:rolleyes:

As someone said just rebrand it and be done with it. RIP Nova.

MikeyTaylor · 21-04-2018 12:51pm

Kyle More wrote: »

They're completely wrong for Radio Nova. In the beginning, people tuned in to Nova to get away from that type of generic chatter in the mornings. At this stage, I'd have more respect for the station if they re-branded and ceased peddling the illusion that they're still a 'rock' station.

I actually agree.

neris · 21-04-2018 3:03pm

heard 2 minutes thrusday and turned it off then turned it on yesterday and seems lucys on a 4 day week and who ever was her stand in was about to start ****eing on about kids so turned off. ended up listening to Paudgies tv guide on fm 104 its so bad. id nearly be chuffed if they brought marty back

22-04-2018 9:50am

I’m a fan of Nova, let’s face it there is nothing else on the airwaves that is interesting enough for me(in Sligo) to change over, I listen on an Internet Radio! That’s changed this week with the new presenters, too much chat from them, his forced humour and her detachment from the music, so I’m out of nova till 10am. I listen to Pr now in the mornings, at least they are real rock!

Max Headroom · 22-04-2018 2:38pm

zorro2566 wrote: »

I’m a fan of Nova, let’s face it there is nothing else on the airwaves that is interesting enough for me(in Sligo) to change over, I listen on an Internet Radio! That’s changed this week with the new presenters, too much chat from them, his forced humour and her detachment from the music, so I’m out of nova till 10am. I listen to Pr now in the mornings, at least they are real rock!

And they dont drone on about babies..!!!

cardwizzard · 22-04-2018 2:44pm

Its pretty poor, and thats putting it midly. Like others have said, it could be any station now. No harm to Lucy but shes not a good fit. Talking about her past tv shows, westlife, babies etc etc. Be quiet and stick on a few tunes there

_feedback_ · 23-04-2018 9:31am

zorro2566 wrote: »

I listen to Pr now in the mornings, at least they are real rock!

What is PR?

neris · 23-04-2018 9:44am

planet rock

Rochelle · 23-04-2018 9:51am

Haven't listened and never will, but in general, what is the obsession with this male/female double act? Has there ever been one that was anything better than dreadful?

Max Headroom · 23-04-2018 10:27am

_feedback_ wrote: »

What is PR?

Proper rock...........:)

neris · 23-04-2018 12:14pm

Rochelle wrote: »

Haven't listened and never will, but in general, what is the obsession with this male/female double act? Has there ever been one that was anything better than dreadful?

2 lads on FM104 breakfast and theyre just as bad

mloc123 · 23-04-2018 12:18pm

Why does every station think breakfast radio needs a double act?

I heard about 20mins of it this morning... in that time they played one song.

Wheety · 23-04-2018 12:27pm

Lucy going on about her tv show again today and then moved onto one of the Royal's going into labour today.

I'll be tuning out too. It's awful.

LQ just seemed to play songs when he was on. Didn't talk much and the show was better for it.

Also, why do they keep asking people to send in photos? Doesn't really work on radio.

MikeyTaylor · 23-04-2018 3:41pm

neris wrote: »

2 lads on FM104 breakfast and theyre just as bad

One of those two lads used to do shows with Colm. Colm never returned to FM104 after 2007

Max Headroom · 23-04-2018 7:15pm

Can you imagine the boll0x talk in the morning about the royal baby....tsssshhh..:rolleyes:

MikeyTaylor · 24-04-2018 10:44am

Over three quarters of voters reckon that this show is rubbish.

whiskeyman · 24-04-2018 4:23pm

Max Headroom wrote: »

Can you imagine the boll0x talk in the morning about the royal baby....tsssshhh..:rolleyes:

There was lots of it!!

Max Headroom · 24-04-2018 5:40pm

whiskeyman wrote: »

There was lots of it!!

Whats tomorrows chat..."Name the royal baby".....

Adiaga 2 · 25-04-2018 6:57pm

i tuned in this morning just after 6 expecting utter muck and it didn’t disappoint. One of the best bits was when he said that Hank Azaria was dead. And not just dead, but dead about 3 years.

Irish radio is so bad.

Cominatcha · 25-04-2018 11:52pm

Adiaga 2 wrote: »

i tuned in this morning just after 6 expecting utter muck and it didn’t disappoint. One of the best bits was when he said that Hank Azaria was dead. And not just dead, but dead about 3 years.

Irish radio is so bad.

That will be news to Mr Azaria and cast of The Simpson’s

Birneybau · 25-04-2018 11:56pm

Cominatcha wrote: »

Adiaga 2 wrote: »

i tuned in this morning just after 6 expecting utter muck and it didn’t disappoint. One of the best bits was when he said that Hank Azaria was dead. And not just dead, but dead about 3 years.

Irish radio is so bad.

That will be news to Mr Azaria and cast of The Simpson’s

And Mrs. Azaria

Jzot · 26-04-2018 9:14am

Absolutely terrible.

I listened to Nova from day one and enjoyed both Pat and Marty (except the run with Ruth) programs in the morning.

This new guys are just plain boring. It feels like they have nothing to talk about, and their interactions feel so forced. Also, we get it Lucy, you have kids. Please talk about something else for 5 minutes. They are the radio equivalent of those friends on Facebook that you hide because you can't bring yourself to unfriend.

Kyle More · 26-04-2018 6:03pm

Their 'Celebrity Loose' segment is the final straw for me. If I wanted to hear about Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, I'd switch on Spin 1038 (or whomever it is that caters to that market). Many long time listeners like myself originally turned to Nova to avoid such ubiquitous drivel on breakfast time radio.

MikeyTaylor · 26-04-2018 6:25pm

Kyle More wrote: »

Their 'Celebrity Loose' segment is the final straw for me. If I wanted to hear about Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, I'd switch on Spin 1038 (or whomever it is that caters to that market). Many long time listeners like myself originally turned to Nova to avoid such ubiquitous drivel on breakfast time radio.

I could hardly agree more Kyle.

Max Headroom · 26-04-2018 6:34pm

Bringing Hayes in was the single biggest mistake (imo) Branigan has made to the station, and Hayes bringing in LK was the second...the whole idea is tired

Deusexmachina · 27-04-2018 2:38pm

Max Headroom wrote: »

Bringing Hayes in was the single biggest mistake (imo) Branigan has made to the station, and Hayes bringing in LK was the second...the whole idea is tired

Lucy Kennedy. No personality. No charisma. No sense of humour. No talent. No engagement. No warmth. Nothing interesting to say, ever.

Gets lots of jobs in the media.

Why?

mloc123 · 27-04-2018 2:42pm

Deusexmachina wrote: »

Lucy Kennedy. No personality. No charisma. No sense of humour. No talent. No engagement. No warmth. Nothing interesting to say, ever.

Gets lots of jobs in the media.

Why?

I assume she knows where somebody has a bunch of bodies buried... It has been a long mystery over on the Television forum, how does she keep managing to get the number of jobs she does.

Max Headroom · 27-04-2018 4:25pm

Deusexmachina wrote: »

Lucy Kennedy. No personality. No charisma. No sense of humour. No talent. No engagement. No warmth. Nothing interesting to say, ever.

Gets lots of jobs in the media.

Why?

She has what every good radio presenter needs....looks...:rolleyes:

...Oh...and babies x3

Jzot · 27-04-2018 5:22pm

Kyle More wrote: »

Their 'Celebrity Loose' segment is the final straw for me.

Wasn't NOVA mocking those very same radio stations in an ad?

Max Headroom · 27-04-2018 5:51pm

Jzot wrote: »

Wasn't NOVA mocking those very same radio stations in an ad?

Yeah...but thats what the Nova listeners want......:rolleyes:

I hope the rebrand excludes the word "NOVA" from the station name......let it R.I.P

mloc123 · 27-04-2018 5:53pm

Jzot wrote: »

Wasn't NOVA mocking those very same radio stations in an ad?

They also had an ad mocking JNLR figures and yet today are pushing them out as positive spin.

MikeyTaylor · 27-04-2018 6:00pm

Jzot wrote: »

Wasn't NOVA mocking those very same radio stations in an ad?

When was this ad? I can't say I remember it.

Jzot · 27-04-2018 6:32pm

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

When was this ad? I can't say I remember it.

Pretty sure they had something about only talking about Real musicians, and something on the line of "if you are interested in Rhianna you are on the wrong station" or something like that.
It has gone a while.

BTW, thanks for suggesting Planet Rock. Tried it out for a few minutes and got Metallica, Gary Moore, Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Thin Lizzy...
I hope I wont eat all of my Mb on the commute now

Max Headroom · 27-04-2018 6:35pm

Jzot wrote: »

Pretty sure they had something about only talking about Real musicians, and something on the line of "if you are interested in Rhianna you are on the wrong station" or something like that.
It has gone a while.

BTW, thanks for suggesting Planet Rock. Tried it out for a few minutes and got Metallica, Gary Moore, Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Thin Lizzy...
I hope I wont eat all of my Mb on the commute now

Zenith is another good one..but i do miss a human voice...:)

I was listening to LQ on the "Colm and Lucy breakfast show" today.......funny that, its sooo bad you cant listen back....

Kyle More · 28-04-2018 1:58am

Jzot wrote: »

Wasn't NOVA mocking those very same radio stations in an ad?

That's correct, it was still being played up until very recently. It went something like this:

'Guess what the Kardashians are up to now? Wrong station! If you want real news about real musicians..........' apologies, I can't remember the exact wording, but you get the gist.

Fast forward to Colm & Lucy's first week on air, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian were featured topics on their 'Celebrity Loose' segment.

MikeyTaylor · 28-04-2018 2:01am

Kyle More wrote: »

That's correct, it was still being played up until very recently. It went something like this:

'Guess what the Kardashians are up to now? Wrong station! If you want real news about real musicians..........' apologies, I can't remember the exact wording, but you get the gist.

Fast forward to Colm & Lucy's first week on air, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are featured topics on their 'Celebrity Loose' segment.

What a difference "very recently" makes.

Kyle More · 28-04-2018 2:29am

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

What a difference "very recently" makes.

Nova has now become another face in the crowd as far as breakfast shows go, Mikey. Unoriginal, uninteresting and unbelievably conceited. I hope they cop on and realise that they're trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. But I doubt they'll back down unless the figures are so woefully unacceptable that they'll be forced to review their position.

Max Headroom · 28-04-2018 9:10am

Kyle More wrote: »

Nova has now become another face in the crowd as far as breakfast shows go, Mikey. Unoriginal, uninteresting and unbelievably conceited. I hope they cop on and realise that they're trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. But I doubt they'll back down unless the figures are woefully unacceptable to the point that they'll be forced to review their position.

Thats not going to happen unless Hayes comes up with another great idea..."Hey, maybe we should concentrate on playing more music"....

Thin line between arrogance and ignorance....

whiskeyman · 28-04-2018 1:10pm

Funny that 2 people like it.
I never knew Lucy and Colm were on boards.ie

:pac:

Kyle More · 28-04-2018 1:25pm

whiskeyman wrote: »

Funny that 2 people like it.
I never knew Lucy and Colm were on boards.ie

:pac:

Ha ha! Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.

Big Nasty · 28-04-2018 3:53pm

Has Lucy had elocution lessons? She sounds far more D4 than when she was on Podge & Rodge.

Cominatcha · 28-04-2018 8:42pm

Max Headroom wrote: »

Bringing Hayes in was the single biggest mistake (imo) Branigan has made to the station, and Hayes bringing in LK was the second...the whole idea is tired

It’s perfectly understandable - - has he forgotten even 2fm ditched him? I can’t see that CH has had a single positive effect in docklands but believe me the management don’t want to hear it ! Will it help with a national licence application ? Personally I’d have thought the polar opposite - again Bay have taken a niche licence and totally upended it - Nova is no more a rock station than 98fm

Big Nasty · 28-04-2018 9:40pm

Cominatcha wrote: »

Nova is no more a rock station than 98fm

Don't you mean Classic Hits 98fm?

KildareP · 28-04-2018 9:52pm

Big Nasty wrote: »

Don't you mean Classic Hits 98fm?

Is it more of a rock station than Rock 104 though?

Big Nasty · 28-04-2018 9:58pm

KildareP wrote: »

Is it more of a rock station than Rock 104 though?

Touche Dude! :pac:

Max Headroom · 29-04-2018 9:52am

Big Nasty wrote: »

Touche Dude! :pac:

Ah lads dont start this "..my dads rock is bigger than your dads rock.."....:P

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