Colm and Lucy

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 am so relieved to see this thread & to learn that I am not alone in my feelings about how awful this new show is. I tuned in to NOVA when Phantom became TXFM. Well, not immediately, I tried for a while to adjust but TXFM couldn't hold a candle to Phantom to the point I ended up hating it. While expressing this feeling to a friend, one day, they suggested trying NOVA.

I liked the songs NOVA played and I didn't mind some of the presenters and while Dee & Marty irritated me with their squabbling-couple ways, by the time it became Marty & Conor, I was happy enough with the station.

I knew from the first mention of this new show that I wasn't going to like it but I told myself to give them a chance. I tried but it was too difficult to do because there isn't a single redeeming quality. I find them totally intolerable.

I'm looking for a new radio station to listen to in the morning but so far they're all as awful as each other. I still have NOVA on at weekends & some evenings and now I keep hearing NOVA congratulate themselves on how many new listeners they have. Shouting at the radio that they've recently lost one (granted, so far only in the morning time) is not much of an outlet for venting my frustration. This thread is a much better platform - thank you for starting it

daheff wrote: »

I actually like Conor & Marty (even Ruth scott when she stood in too). I'd have preferred if they were kept on...but maybe ditched the when the feck segment.

Dee isnt too bad either....plays some decent retro music

I liked Marty & Conor too. They were entertaining in a natural way, just two people having a conversation, slagging each other and having a laugh.

dan1895 wrote: »

Dug through the attic and brought a pile of old cds out to the car so I wouldn't be subjected to that rubbish on the morning commute.

Similar story here. I recently bought a new radio/cd player combo because the ancient & very cheap radio I'd been using for years finally died. When I got the new player I decided to dig out old CDs to listen to. Usually listened to them when I was cooking or sitting out the back or on the weekends but now I'm gonna be listening in the morning before work too. I've changed my clock radio, the one that wakes me up on work days, to some other generic station out of protest but will keep the one in the kitchen tuned to NOVA for the time being under the instruction that it will not be switched on during the hours of 6am & 10am.

Kyle More wrote: »

You most certainly aren't alone. Posters on the 'radio nova' thread (myself included) sometimes disagree in regards to Nova's output and overall direction in recent years. However, I think most of us are in agreement that the Colm & Lucy Show is completely unsuitable for the station and a humdrum show in general.

What is interesting is that Nova are currently basking in the glory of their recent increase in listeners following the release of the latest JNLR figures. One could be forgiven for thinking that the Colm & Lucy Show played a part in that. What they're not telling you is that the latest figures cover up until March 2018, before Colm & Lucy went on the air.

Thanks, Kyle More, knowing the feeling is fairly unanimous makes me more hopeful their days will be numbered. I've no idea how regularly radio stations look to see what their listening figures are but hopefully they'll notice a drop in listeners since Colm & Lucy started. I used to have NOVA playing on two radios in the morning (upstairs & downstairs) & now it's not on at all, so that's a drop of two straight away. Slim pickings but hopefully more than me have tuned out.

As I said in my first post, I'm relieved to learn it's not just me being cantankerous & the general consensus is that they're no good. Hopefully the ratings will drop & they'll be replaced so I won't have to have Lyric Through The Night waking me up in the mornings (!) for too long - it's been fun pretending I'm in an episode of Inspector Morse but it's starting to wear thin. Very difficult to find a station that doesn't make me want to hurl the radio out the window.

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Don't think it will last very long. Think it would work better if Colm was on his own.

In a soundproof box maybe.

Absolutely dire show. Listened to it for the past two weeks and honestly don't know what they are aiming to do with it. Bland conversation, inane sh*t talk about trivial topics that go nowhere, and LK has brought her kid on to do a segment that involves describing some person with lip gloss and boobies!! That was the nadir for me..... so.......I'm out. Shame too as I found Conor and Marty to be bearable in the mornings on my way to work.

Irish radio for the most part is ****e.
Most shows have 2 to 3 presenters , one must be female.
It's in house humour at its worse .
"Text us in " ... Fxxk off you twat your job is to entertain us .
Thank god for Spotify or I would have lost it a long time ago .

Fizzlesque wrote: »

Not me. I haven't listened to NOVA in the morning since a week or so after they started. I've inadvertently discovered that being gently woken by Lyric Through The Night's classical tunes is a lovely way to start the day. My radio alarm was previously set on NOVA but I had to find something else when Colm & Lucy took over. I've become quite fond of feeling like I'm in an episode of Inspector Morse for that first half an hour of the day.

I now play CDs in the kitchen, while preparing breakfast and getting ready for work, instead of listening to radio NOVA. That's been quite enjoyable too except for the discovery that many of my previously neglected CDs are scratched.

In a way, Colm & Lucy have been a positive force in my life. Such was the need to find an alternative to their mulch, I've reinvented my mornings. Now each day, my return to the world of being awake is gentle & peaceful and my breakfast preparations are energetic and full voiced (that'd be me - singing along)....well, until the CD gets stuck I'm singing along. By the time I'm ready to leave the house, I've been soothed & then energised. Mornings never felt so good

me too! we now listen to planet rock at work. i start at 530, alice cooper is on. then at 6 paul anthony. life is great. thanks to colm and lucy