RTE considering future of Lyric FM

what is replacing Sean Rocks on Sunday? final show today.

I bought one in 2008, but they day when it would work in Bray never arrived. Of course stations never took an interest.

Clap trap.

It's nearly the only worthwhile division in RTE.

The vast majority of the shows are excellent.

The more "discerning" listener creaming themselves because someone spun Kalinnikov and only you and the presenter know who they're.

That's not what Radio is about. As was mentioned above. You have John Kelly, Liz nolan, Niall Carroll for example. All excellent.

I get it, Marty is not for everyone. But it's one show and it suits the time of the slot.

Sure, but as I mentioned previously. People are not turning on Marty or probably any other station at 7am for a critical listening session.

One could argue no really turns on the radio at anytime for a critical listening session.

It's mostly background noise while you're doing something else be it getting ready for work, commuting etc. So at this time a nice friendly personality is perfect. Someone mentioned Classic FM manage to do it without offending the sophisticated listener. But the vast majority of their broadcasters couldn't hold a light to Marty in terms of his personality and their breakfast show is no less cringe most of the time, while there's more cohesion to the playlist it's often not delivered very well.

There's nothing wrong with them playing something obscure now and again. It would be very rare I would come away from mystery train for example without been introduced to numerous artitsts/albums etc I've never heard. But you can't or at least it's very difficult to build a whole radio station around it. Carl Corcoran similar. One of the saddest days in lyric fm was when he left imo. But would I want him back on the breakfast show? Not really. As he doesn;t suit that time or that type of show imho.

Lyric does a lot right. Could it be better? of course. But the whole "it's a shame how shite it is" is a bit over the top.

Not directed at you, but there's a lot of hatred towards RTE and the old guard so the opinions are often not very objective.

Hamilton scores is a perfect example.

If you didn't know George Hamiliton and what he did before and just looked at the playlists the vast majority would have no issues with the show at all.

I'd say George has more musical knowledge than most of our boards "discerning" listener group

Marty suffers similarly and the bias is clear to see.

And what, get a KUSC drone on in the morning so we can all have an air of superiority and exclusivity while eating our Happy Pear fancy porridge.

Happy in the knowledge that the dross of society are where they should be.

It's this sort of nonsense that generates the barriers to arts and culture Lyric's remit should be breaking down.

You can get your baton out at 10 am

Kelly was shoehorned into Lyric after losing his Radio 1 gig. If it was down to him he wouldn't be sullenly plodding away in radio no-man's land.

To think - he was once a "top ten" talent in RTE!

That Clarke fella has lost the plot altogether. Every time I turn it on, it's Mississippi delta blues or Led Zepplin or sommat.

When you consider what a multi-genre gem Blue of the Night used to be in the days of Paul Herriott, the place is dying on it's arse.

As for Whelan, crappy WhatsApp voice messages, bad "jokes" and the sound of the 70's and 80's etc. is just not what Lyric was meant to be about. It's a gross dereliction of Public Service Broadcasting duty.

Along with Porridge promotions, free cars, free hair plugs, golden handshakes, Toy Show the Musical etc, Marty in the Morning is part of RTE's shame.

You're borderline trolling here.

Kelly is one of the few reasons to pay the license fee.

@limnam

If fairness with good reason. I think RTÉ might need to be a bit more objective when it comes to the services that they provide.

In fairness, I don't think Lyric is currently in the firing line. This is an old thread having a second wind.

Yes, I agree that it's hard to justify spending a single penny of license fee on 2FM. If it was at least holding it's own again the similar, regional youth music stations, there might some justification. But it's not. It's hopelessly compromised by poor, not popular presenters from the Noel Kelly stable of "talent".

After everything that has gone on in that place, it's not a good look for RTE.

That and an hour's sports talk each evening is as incongruous to me as Marty in the Morning on Lyric.

Blue of the Night is a bit of a mess alright. Clarke was good in previous roles but the seemingly endless desire to play 60s blues rock is not appropriate for the slot. He seems to have misinterpreted the show’s title

Why aren't the Lyric FM shows promoted on RTE, especially the shows (apart from Marty, Lorcan, John Kelly and George) ?

RTE are really gaslighting now with News that washed up actor Simon Delaney is to host an new "crossover" Sunday show playing classical mixed with jazz and early Rock&roll, So "cash strapped" RTE take off staffer Sean Rocks and bring in another contractor.