Adrian and Jeremy to leave 98fm

Beechwoodspark · 24-04-2021 5:05pm

the_real_one wrote: »

The lads spoke to the Mirror newspaper. With regards to what they're doing next, Jeremy says "Our aim is to be up and running in the next three weeks". Is it going to be with another radio station I wonder or are they going down the podcast route? Whatever the format, I'm looking forward to it. Best of luck lads.

https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/adrian-kennedy-jeremy-dixon-secret-23971709.amp

Best of luck lads

The_Dark_Lord · 24-04-2021 5:32pm

the_real_one wrote: »

The lads spoke to the Mirror newspaper. With regards to what they're doing next, Jeremy says "Our aim is to be up and running in the next three weeks". Is it going to be with another radio station I wonder or are they going down the podcast route?

Juding by his wording and the new banner on their Facebook page, it doesn't look like they're going to another station.

The_Dark_Lord · 24-04-2021 5:41pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Lads, do a podcast seriously

I can't see a podcast where it's just the two of them talking to each other being as good as a live show where they had callers to bounce off.

Beechwoodspark · 24-04-2021 6:13pm

The_Dark_Lord wrote: »

I can't see a podcast where it's just the two of them talking to each other being as good as a live show where they had callers to bounce off.

Speaking for myself and my wife we would def listen to the lads just shootin the breeze

But they could follow the Dunphy sort of format and have invited guests on the line or in studio

Big Gerry · 24-04-2021 7:40pm

I wonder was it any coincidence that a lot of the same callers appeared on both Adrian's show and Niall Boylan's show ?

archfi · 24-04-2021 11:07pm

Big Gerry wrote: »

I wonder was it any coincidence that a lot of the same callers appeared on both Adrian's show and Niall Boylan's show ?

There's one particular one called Niamh that does be on Kennedy's, Boylan's and Duffy's call-IN (...) shows.

Big Gerry · 24-04-2021 11:14pm

archfi wrote: »

There's one particular one called Niamh that does be on Kennedy's, Boylan's and Duffy's call-IN (...) shows.

For some people it seems to be their job to spend all day calling up talk shows with "controversial" opinions.

TallGlass2 · 25-04-2021 12:24pm

Jeez lads, for the folks that have an issue with Adrian/Jeremy, I would advise you to steer well clear of RTE Radio 1 at around 13:45- 15:00 weekdays, there is a guy called Joe on there. :pac:

Denny61 · 25-04-2021 12:33pm

Never heard of them. Nor the station..probably a few hundred listeners

archfi · 25-04-2021 12:56pm

TallGlass2 wrote: »

Jeez lads, for the folks that have an issue with Adrian/Jeremy, I would advise you to steer well clear of RTE Radio 1 at around 13:45- 15:00 weekdays, there is a guy called Joe on there. :pac:

I like both shows!
Most days I'm forced to listen to Liveline.

randy hickey · 25-04-2021 1:41pm

archfi wrote: »

I like both shows!
Most days I'm forced to listen to Liveline.

What's the weather like over there in North Korea?

archfi · 25-04-2021 1:42pm

randy hickey wrote: »

What's the weather like over there in North Korea?

Very good.
if you work at all you'll know what I mean!

California Dreamer · 26-04-2021 7:44am

Denny61 wrote: »

Never heard of them. Nor the station..probably a few hundred listeners

You found this thread and managed to comment easy enough!

TheLonelyOne · 26-04-2021 8:57am

Wonder if there is a possibility of them replacing Boylan? He was always the poor man's second choice to listen to and genuinely think Adrian and Jeremy would be a better choice.

All Duffy and Boylan talk about every day is covid, Boylan in particular seems to jump on EVERY anti lockdown/anti vaccine/anti everything bandwagon just to get more attention and after a year, it's more than taken it's toll. Management need to wake up and smell the coffee. There are other issue's to talk about. And don't even get me started on Duffy... Irish 'talk' radio has gone to the dog's.

Personally I think Adrian and Jeremy would be a breath of fresh air to replace Boylan.

peterobrien100 · 26-04-2021 9:16am

I can see them moving to social media and doing a live broadcast through Facebook or one of them mediums !

Really cant see what other station they can fit into at this present time !

Declan A Walsh · 26-04-2021 10:01am

Denny61 wrote: »

Never heard of them. Nor the station..probably a few hundred listeners

If you do not listen to and/or have no interest in phone-in talks shows on Dublin radio stations, then it's understandable that you might not have heard of them. As regards 98FM, it's been around since November 1989 and was the second licensed independent commercial radio station for Dublin.

MrStuffins · 26-04-2021 10:13am

Denny61 wrote: »

Never heard of them. Nor the station..probably a few hundred listeners

Classic Jude!

end of the road · 26-04-2021 12:07pm

California Dreamer wrote: »

You found this thread and managed to comment easy enough!

that's what a discussion forum is for.

California Dreamer · 26-04-2021 3:08pm

end of the road wrote: »

that's what a discussion forum is for.

I agree, but don't go and say you never heard of them, or the station and they only had a few hundred listeners. Pretty pointless tbh

Tork · 26-04-2021 3:40pm

Every man and his dog is doing podcasts now though. It makes me wonder where the tipping point is. There are only so many podcasts anybody can listen to and maybe only so much money to go around. Good luck to 'em (I haven't the foggiest who they are either) but they'd want to have a dedicated audience who are prepared to follow them.

Purple_Bear · 26-04-2021 4:00pm

Whether it's on another radio station or on the Web, I hope they return to the spirit of The Phoneshow. Having callers will be essential as they gave the lads constant material and variety. And bring back the scobies 'n' skangers for Jeremy to take the piss out of!

Leilak · 26-04-2021 5:18pm

TheLonelyOne wrote: »

Wonder if there is a possibility of them replacing Boylan? He was always the poor man's second choice to listen to and genuinely think Adrian and Jeremy would be a better choice.

All Duffy and Boylan talk about every day is covid, Boylan in particular seems to jump on EVERY anti lockdown/anti vaccine/anti everything bandwagon just to get more attention and after a year, it's more than taken it's toll. Management need to wake up and smell the coffee. There are other issue's to talk about. And don't even get me started on Duffy... Irish 'talk' radio has gone to the dog's.

Personally I think Adrian and Jeremy would be a breath of fresh air to replace Boylan.

Of course they would be 1000% better than you Niall.... but I’d say they’re for better things

Beechwoodspark · 26-04-2021 6:52pm

Am I missing something or why do U keep calling “the lonelyone” niall?

The_Dark_Lord · 27-04-2021 12:05am

TheLonelyOne wrote: »

Wonder if there is a possibility of them replacing Boylan? He was always the poor man's second choice to listen to and genuinely think Adrian and Jeremy would be a better choice.

All Duffy and Boylan talk about every day is covid, Boylan in particular seems to jump on EVERY anti lockdown/anti vaccine/anti everything bandwagon just to get more attention and after a year, it's more than taken it's toll. Management need to wake up and smell the coffee. There are other issue's to talk about. And don't even get me started on Duffy... Irish 'talk' radio has gone to the dog's.

Personally I think Adrian and Jeremy would be a breath of fresh air to replace Boylan.

Boylan is well established there and has his followers. I would've thought fm104 might have been interested in taking them back to revive the Phoneshow, which was enormously popular when they presented it.

radiotrickster · 27-04-2021 8:51am

The_Dark_Lord wrote: »

I can't see a podcast where it's just the two of them talking to each other being as good as a live show where they had callers to bounce off.

They did a Facebook live on Sunday and had a WhatsApp number for people to text in and send voice messages to. There was nobody to check the messages beforehand so they just played out whatever they were sent.

From what they said, it seems like they’ll be doing that regularly (and maybe ringing people from that WhatsApp number to have “on-air” on Facebook) and then they’ll podcast the audio version.

the_real_one · 27-04-2021 10:09am

I wonder if their producer Katie is joining them in this new venture?

Big Gerry · 27-04-2021 8:03pm

The_Dark_Lord wrote: »

Boylan is well established there and has his followers. I would've thought fm104 might have been interested in taking them back to revive the Phoneshow, which was enormously popular when they presented it.

As mush as I liked the phoneshow they seemed to have run out of ideas and kept repeating the same topics.

I think those kind of shows have a limited shelf life before people get sick of hearing the same topics over and over again.

The_Dark_Lord · 27-04-2021 9:27pm

Big Gerry wrote: »

As mush as I liked the phoneshow they seemed to have run out of ideas and kept repeating the same topics.

I think those kind of shows have a limited shelf life before people get sick of hearing the same topics over and over again.

I get what you're saying, but I don't fully agree with you. These shows offer a certain voyeurism that is always going to be popular, whether people like to admit it or not. And Adrian was the best at it, far better than Niall Boylan is. For me, when listening to Adrian's show on FM104, there was always a sense that something exciting could happen at any moment. Whereas with Niall Boylan's show, it's just a preachy ideologue who tries to browbeat callers who he doesn't agree with, there's no fun or excitement to his show. Also, Adrian has Jeremy, who is one of the funniest guys on Irish radio. I think most people listened just for the banter between them.

the_real_one · 29-04-2021 1:38pm

It seems like the new show will be internet based and a podcast. The show will be called All Opinions Matter so that suggests Adrian still intends it to be a talk show first and foremost. I hope people will be able to call in and speak with them "on air". WhatsApp messages alone won't suffice.

Hector Savage · 29-04-2021 5:31pm

The_Dark_Lord wrote: »

I get what you're saying, but I don't fully agree with you. These shows offer a certain voyeurism that is always going to be popular, whether people like to admit it or not. And Adrian was the best at it, far better than Niall Boylan is. For me, when listening to Adrian's show on FM104, there was always a sense that something exciting could happen at any moment. Whereas with Niall Boylan's show, it's just a preachy ideologue who tries to browbeat callers who he doesn't agree with, there's no fun or excitement to his show. Also, Adrian has Jeremy, who is one of the funniest guys on Irish radio. I think most people listened just for the banter between them.

Twerp Jeremy Dixon funny ????

Banned for this again. Don't call someone "twerp" or engage in name-calling, please.

30-04-2021 12:09am

I was reading today that Adrian thinks other top presenters will lose their jobs,because talk shows cost money,and he had sleepless nights because they had zero adverts on their show..He is talking about doing a podcast with a sponser...Is it possible to get enough from a sponser for a podcast,to earn a weekly wage for two presenters..Theres online radio stations,and podcasts popping up every where at the moment..

California Dreamer · 30-04-2021 7:37am

Deleted User wrote: »

I was reading today that Adrian thinks other top presenters will lose their jobs,because talk shows cost money,and he had sleepless nights because they had zero adverts on their show..

Yet all the stations are being propped up with agency stuff, all the big brands are continuing to advertise plus you have all the government stuff. Then there is the BAI funding with most of the stations picking up another 100k in the latest round of funding. But much like any business station management (who won't go without) will use it as an excuse to scale back further.

Big Gerry · 04-05-2021 11:50pm

Adrian and Jeremy's new show is on facebook.

It's interesting that Adrian said that they lost their jobs because of covid.

https://www.facebook.com/adriankandjeremyd/videos/1426122801072950/

Santan · 05-05-2021 12:22am

Big Gerry wrote: »

Adrian and Jeremy's new show is on facebook.

It's interesting that Adrian said that they lost their jobs because of covid.

https://www.facebook.com/adriankandjeremyd/videos/1426122801072950/

Is it going to be a daily show?

The_Dark_Lord · 05-05-2021 11:47am

Big Gerry wrote: »

Adrian and Jeremy's new show is on facebook.

It's interesting that Adrian said that they lost their jobs because of covid.

https://www.facebook.com/adriankandjeremyd/videos/1426122801072950/

This isn't their new show. They're doing these Facebook streams to stay in touch with their audience.

TheLonelyOne · 05-05-2021 12:14pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I was reading today that Adrian thinks other top presenters will lose their jobs,because talk shows cost money,and he had sleepless nights because they had zero adverts on their show..He is talking about doing a podcast with a sponser...Is it possible to get enough from a sponser for a podcast,to earn a weekly wage for two presenters..Theres online radio stations,and podcasts popping up every where at the moment..

I would say the axe will fall heavily in many station's. The majority of station's are being propped up by HSE adverts re Covid and staying safe etc. It's hard times for every business at the moment, but some may take this as an opportunity to make cutbacks.

California Dreamer · 06-05-2021 7:57am

TheLonelyOne wrote: »

I would say the axe will fall heavily in many station's. The majority of station's are being propped up by HSE adverts re Covid and staying safe etc. It's hard times for every business at the moment, but some may take this as an opportunity to make cutbacks.

Much like most radio station repetitive playlists I just said that exact thing 4 posts back!

L1011 · 06-05-2021 10:31am

Deleted User wrote: »

Is it possible to get enough from a sponser for a podcast,to earn a weekly wage for two presenters

Possible, yes.

Realistic for that show, no.

You need a huge audience, bigger than on radio basically.

Garzard · 06-05-2021 3:31pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

When was Chris Barry with East Coast FM? I know he was with Capital Radio/Rock104/FM104, 98FM and Sunshine 106.8. He also came back to FM104 for a little while, having been away from it for some years. Along the way, he was involved with temporary licensed stations Christmas FM, 949 The Rock and Real Radio.

But it's the first I heard of his involvement with East Coast FM. Although, at one stage, it was in the same building as 106.8. I'm not sure if it was in the same building when he was with the latter, but it's possible.

Don't know what happened to Chris Barry - he had to take sick leave from FM104 for a while in 2016, and haven't heard of him again since. The Phoneshow also faded from existence a while ago and seemed to have quite a turnover of presenters after Chris. It was inevitable though and it's a shame what happened to it as I loved listening in each night when Adrian Kennedy hosted it, but it just completely decayed in the months and years after Adrian and Jeremy left.

duffman13 · 06-05-2021 3:35pm

L1011 wrote: »

Possible, yes.

Realistic for that show, no.

You need a huge audience, bigger than on radio basically.

Not necessarily, the lads from second captains (off the ball previously) did it. They had a sponsored show from the Irish Times which kept 4 or 5 of them trucking, they then moved to Patreon and subscribers pay €5 a month. Nearly 13k subscribers. I doubt the target audience of these two would pay for content though

Faugheen · 06-05-2021 10:24pm

duffman13 wrote: »

Not necessarily, the lads from second captains (off the ball previously) did it. They had a sponsored show from the Irish Times which kept 4 or 5 of them trucking, they then moved to Patreon and subscribers pay €5 a month. Nearly 13k subscribers. I doubt the target audience of these two would pay for content though

I honestly think, with the following they have, they could absolutely go behind a paywall eventually. If they got 5k subscribers at a 5er a month it would be a decent chunk of change.

On top of that with podcasts, a lot of podcast hosting platforms will rollout ads on the podcast itself if it has enough of a following, which is a decent earner as well.

The_Dark_Lord · 07-05-2021 12:02pm

Whatever they're doing, I do hope that they drop the tedious "Good News Friday" segment. It's boring, hackneyed crap and the opposite of what made the Phoneshow so great.

L1011 · 08-05-2021 12:08pm

duffman13 wrote: »

Not necessarily, the lads from second captains (off the ball previously) did it. They had a sponsored show from the Irish Times which kept 4 or 5 of them trucking, they then moved to Patreon and subscribers pay €5 a month. Nearly 13k subscribers. I doubt the target audience of these two would pay for content though

That's why I said "for that show". Second Captains/OTB had a much bigger audience to begin with and got media partners nearly immediately.

Faugheen wrote: »

I honestly think, with the following they have, they could absolutely go behind a paywall eventually. If they got 5k subscribers at a 5er a month it would be a decent chunk of change.

On top of that with podcasts, a lot of podcast hosting platforms will rollout ads on the podcast itself if it has enough of a following, which is a decent earner as well.

5k paying subscribers will never happen for that show.

Pre-roll ads pay buttons.

TheLonelyOne · 09-05-2021 2:18pm

I see Niall Boylan is setting up a webpage for his podcasts in light of recent events.

No idea's of his own it appears.

end of the road · 09-05-2021 2:29pm

TheLonelyOne wrote: »

I see Niall Boylan is setting up a webpage for his podcasts in light of recent events.

No idea's of his own it appears.

i think that was set up some time ago.

billie1b · 09-05-2021 2:35pm

TheLonelyOne wrote: »

I see Niall Boylan is setting up a webpage for his podcasts in light of recent events.

No idea's of his own it appears.

Has been up a long time now

Big Gerry · 09-05-2021 3:18pm

I wonder would the Adrian and Jeremy show work for TV if they made a Jeremy Kyle style show ?

09-05-2021 8:05pm

Big Gerry wrote: »

I wonder would the Adrian and Jeremy show work for TV if they made a Jeremy Kyle style show ?

I sincerely hope not. We saw how that ended in tragedy.

Furthermore, this is not Britain, we are a small country with a good degree of cohesion; we are civilised; unlikely to sneer at family trouble in poorer households. If this country had much truck with that carry-on, this duo's radio programme would have never been cancelled. It was probably cancelled for good reason.

rolling boh · 09-05-2021 9:42pm

I would listen to hear what is on these phone shows but do not take them serious because a lot of the callers are either set up or just on to say something to get the other regular callers to phone in rinse and repeat the next show and so on .

Walking_Wolf · 10-05-2021 3:25pm

I hope 'get it off your chest' is brought back for the new show. And with the ambient sound of La Femme d'Argent playing in the background of course. https://youtu.be/U4U19zwFENs

Adrian and Jeremy to leave 98fm

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