Breakfast Republic on 2fm thread

Wichita Lineman · 27-02-2014 6:04pm

Gave it another few minutes this morning and to be fair yer man Bernard did make me laugh - once - when he said he was going to get his wife to go on twitter and defend criticism of 'this show' a la Michael Carricks wife who had a pop at Roy Keane the other day

dulpit · 27-02-2014 6:22pm

I heard another snippet, it's really coming across as "breakfast show by numbers". What really grates is the 'Oh look how stupid Bernard is, he keeps giving the answer of the competition away' bit they seem to do.

Dargull · 28-02-2014 9:47am

Decided to give this a go this morning and it's just horrible. As mentioned in the thread the personas they've created for themselves on tv just don't translate to radio at all. Is Bernard gonna keep up his big country thicko shtick forever? It's already wearing very thin.
Your man Keith seems to be trying his best to keep it all together but the other two just seem to blurt out the first thing that comes into their head anytime they feel like it. He was about to go into the news and sport this morning when Jennifer decided it was time to address some ****e that was written about her in the papers. He was like like "eh, eh can we do the news first"
Do they not even talk to each other during the songs or discuss the next link?
Overall a very poor show.

dulpit · 28-02-2014 12:44pm

Heard another bit of this show, and I have to give up now. Today's 'breakfast show by numbers'™ moment was Jen discussing her prospective mother in law, because everyone knows mothers in law are awful and hilarious. :rolleyes:

Also, they used the term mother in laws multiple times, it's actually mothers in law. FFS :pac:

Anyway, that's it with that show, back to Newstalk/Radio 1/Podcasts/Google Music/Spotify/silence for me.

calendarqueen · 28-02-2014 1:00pm

I tuned in again this morning for a few mins to see if things were any better.

Heard Jen pretend to be surprised to learn that Nicky Byrne was a professional footballer for a while. 2nd time this week she's pretended to be shocked by this news. It was horrible. Like a kindergarten teacher interacting with small kids.

Also, the bit where she wanted to interupt the news slot to talk about stuff in the papers! Horrible. Made me think that Keith must be climbing the walls with this pair.

Tabnabs · 28-02-2014 1:07pm

I tuned in a couple of times just to see if it was a bad as people on here are making it out to be. It took all of 15 seconds (when Bernard chimed in) to confirm it is. Sadly it wasn't even a case of 'so bad it's funny'. I feel for Keith, you could hear the despair in his voice as the other two wittered on.

Slutmonkey57b · 28-02-2014 6:37pm

Since Keith is responsible for the shuttering of phantom, 20 people losing their jobs, and clearly used his inside knowledge at both stations to jump before his disasters came home to roost, I don't think anyone should feel sorry for him at all.

Diabhal Beag · 28-02-2014 6:41pm

Had to listen myself just to see if the previous posts were over-exaggerations. They were not.

vince · 28-02-2014 7:09pm

Its pretty poor amature radio

robtri · 28-02-2014 9:41pm

The Breakfast Republic is appalling.....
the level of how amateurish it is, is mind blowing.
I was really looking forward to this new slot, love Bernard and Jen from other stuff they did.. don't know keith but it sounded good
how wrong was I.
Keith comes across as having no personality and like he is just reading a script.. he makes the "Plank" Kenny look good.
Jen sounds like she is lost and hasnt a clue whats going on and Bernard is like that kid every class had, thick as two shot planks and tries to be funny with his one liners... and all that happens is everyone cringes cause they suck..

soc160 · 01-03-2014 1:17am

Slutmonkey57b wrote: »

Since Keith is responsible for the shuttering of phantom, 20 people losing their jobs, and clearly used his inside knowledge at both stations to jump before his disasters came home to roost, I don't think anyone should feel sorry for him at all.

I don't want to single you out here because it's not fair as others are making the point too so don't take it personally, but to solely pin the blame the on Keith Walsh is ridiculous, Phantom was failing before he came in and was being propped up by Communicorp for a long time. It wasn't turning a profit with or without him. No doubt he has to take some responsibility but he didn't stop people listening to the station on his own.

Slutmonkey57b · 01-03-2014 5:57am

He sacked the weekend dj's and lost 35,000 listeners out of an average of 45,000. Phantom went from a struggling station with high overheads to a dead station which actively drove away its audience and had no chance to pick up a new one.

So yes, he is responsible. The numbers and the cliff-like drop in quality speak for themselves.

bbability · 01-03-2014 11:11am

The big question is will they last longer than Rick and Ruth? I listened to one link yesterday morning whilst The Strawberry Alarm Clock was on a break and even the song choices sound poor. Anyway only time will tell if listeners like to hear them in the morning.

hufpc8w3adnk65 · 01-03-2014 11:47am

bbability wrote: »

The big question is will they last longer than Rick and Ruth? I listened to one link yesterday morning whilst The Strawberry Alarm Clock was on a break and even the song choices sound poor. Anyway only time will tell if listeners like to hear them in the morning.

How long did rick and Ruth get?

Turn the radio on · 01-03-2014 11:52am

MrMac84 wrote: »

How long did rick and Ruth get?

6 months.

soc160 · 01-03-2014 10:01pm

Slutmonkey57b wrote: »

He sacked the weekend dj's and lost 35,000 listeners out of an average of 45,000. Phantom went from a struggling station with high overheads to a dead station which actively drove away its audience and had no chance to pick up a new one.

So yes, he is responsible. The numbers and the cliff-like drop in quality speak for themselves.

It's not really the place for it, and I'm not picking on you it's just your post was a trigger really.

The weekend show's don't represent the weekday output, which stayed the same really. He moved to breakfast but they frequently said they had improved listeners, now I cant find evidence for that because the general public don't get detailed JNLR's like a station would. But he would not have been solely in charge of programming decisions, any changes to the schedule would need to be approved by people above him. He will obviously take responsibility but not all of it. If phantom had 45,000 potential listeners now the chances are Communicorp would have done the same thing.

Slutmonkey57b · 02-03-2014 1:51am

Well you're right in that it's somewhat off topic, however I was disturbed by the thought that in the face of incompetence by the other hosts, Keith might be perceived as a competent professional whose career is in jeopardy.

He isn't. He's a talentless Muppet who has put other people's careers in jeopardy with his incompetence.

This won't be the first time these presenters have sat in the studio doing this programme. They will have rehearsed and planned it out beforehand. So it's not a coincidence that it's crap and unprofessional. All the previous shows he was involved with had similar problems.

Temaz · 03-03-2014 1:33pm

I like Jennifer so I tolerate it!

ThisRegard · 03-03-2014 2:19pm

robtri wrote: »

he makes the "Plank" Kenny look good.

When it comes to radio broadcasting, Pay Kenny is pretty good at it so he looks good compared to everyone in fairness.

DT100 · 03-03-2014 9:13pm

It may be just me,but I thought the Republic of Telly was tripe,and the Republic of radio is no different...This is national radio for gods sake...Ballymagash is alive and well.

mini homer · 04-03-2014 1:30am

its really poor so far this show wont last long.. even worse than hectors show now that's saying something.

Trebor Gluck · 04-03-2014 9:47am

Ah this is terrible terrible radio lads. Listened today for the first time it's like transition year students have taken over !!

jezzer · 04-03-2014 11:37am

this is the worst radio i have ever heard, i tuned in for a few minutes one morning and they persistently went on with the old gag about going for chips and asking the wife if she wanted chips.....it was painful listening, keith is the only one who sounds like he knows what he is doing, keith and bernard used to be on i radio and they werent too bad so i dont know what is going on here, jen is no radio head so she has to go and leave the two lads to try make something of the show, bernard is trying to do a stand up routine on radio and it doesnt work, its hard to believe i am saying this, but the show is worse than hector and he was awful

Ash.J.Williams · 04-03-2014 11:39am

welcome aboard!

Turn the radio on · 04-03-2014 11:43am

Probably hector and his family singing up to give the show bad reviews

jezzer · 04-03-2014 11:46am

i dont think the show needs hector to give it bad reviews, speaking of hector, why the heck to rte persist in using hector on tv with the same old routine, he is so one dimensional, the guy is a buffoon, it was a novelty once but now is just stupid and he is embarrassing to watch, are we that starved of talent in this country??

The_Wanderer · 04-03-2014 8:21pm

Turn the radio on wrote: »

Probably hector and his family singing up to give the show bad reviews

and you my friend are Dan Healy.

ghostdancer · 04-03-2014 10:24pm

jezzer wrote: »

i dont think the show needs hector to give it bad reviews, speaking of hector, why the heck to rte persist in using hector on tv with the same old routine, he is so one dimensional, the guy is a buffoon, it was a novelty once but now is just stupid and he is embarrassing to watch, are we that starved of talent in this country??

Mrs.Browns Boys and Killinascully are among the most watched TV programmes in Ireland, people love lowest-common-denominator TV with buffoons making the same stupid jokes over and over again.

lufties · 05-03-2014 9:42am

God this is awful muck, is it supposed to be funny? Trying way to hard.

jezzer · 05-03-2014 9:43am

ah ghostdancer, you cannot seriously compare mrs brown and killinascully to bloody hector???? i'm not personally a fan of mrs brown but i can see why people are interested as its a show about an average dublin woman and her family and has humerous moments around that, i am a big fan of killinascully and again its a show about your typical village in ireland and its inhabitants, however hector, what does he represent? i lad trying to look younger than he is, putting on a big country thicko personality, pretending he is mad craic, going rahoo rahoo rahoo, keep her lit keep her lit, come on, its so embarrassing at this stage, he is one dimensional at best, an idiot if you like and rte persist in using him, honestly bosco would do a better job.
I think dave mcsavage got him spot on, he goes around pretending to be full of craic whilst all he is really doing is annoying people

jezzer · 05-03-2014 9:44am

lufties wrote: »

God this is awful muck, is it supposed to be funny? Trying way to hard.

i couldnt listen to it, i am embarrassed for them

lufties · 05-03-2014 9:50am

jezzer wrote: »

i couldnt listen to it, i am embarrassed for them

I don't know that keith lad, but the other two eejits are just head wrecking..I'd go to work in foul humour after listening to these two.

whomitconcerns · 05-03-2014 11:45am

keith sounds like he knows his stuff. But I have given up on this show...gave them a week and half...Bernard talking crap 99% of time...and Jen..i liker her on tv..but on radio she adds nothing..They need to kill this show...

jezzer · 05-03-2014 1:52pm

its really hard to believe they got it so wrong, i'd love to know how much the people who sanctioned this show are on, rte, supporting the farce...

mmg0305 · 07-03-2014 3:43pm

I thought nothing could be worse than Hector. I was wrong :-(

jezzer · 07-03-2014 5:12pm

nothing is worse than hector but they arent far off, at least they are decent on tv, hector is terrible on both

Trebor Gluck · 07-03-2014 5:20pm

How long will this train wreck get???

Ash.J.Williams · 07-03-2014 5:30pm

They make the following show seem like jeremy paxman now!!

jezzer · 07-03-2014 5:54pm

the problem for the powers that be in rte is that they of course will find it very difficult to admit they got it dreadfully wrong....i m sure they are currently holding frantic meetings to try and come up with some ideas....but of course due to the fact that they got it wrong in the first place...as they always do (hector was a walking joke of a disaster)....they wont come up with anything better then 6 months down the line they will announce a change in schedule and will get in someone like aidan power accompanied by the token girl presenter maybe kathryn thomas, and that will stop a gap for a while, jen will be first to go stating that she was only poised to do the show for a while anyway and is busy concentrating on other projects, they will struggle on with the show with the two lads "having the craic".... i would feel sorry for bernard, just when his star was on the rise, this will set him back no end, on the other hand, maybe he has been found out to be a one trick pony, ok for a bit of stand up and part feature as the thick culchie eejit in comedy shows on rte, keith never really made it after him and joe went their separate ways from spin, i used to really enjoy that show, i think he is a decent presenter but only as second man not anchor. such a mess....

Declan A Walsh · 07-03-2014 6:56pm

jezzer wrote: »

the problem for the powers that be in rte is that they of course will find it very difficult to admit they got it dreadfully wrong....i m sure they are currently holding frantic meetings to try and come up with some ideas....but of course due to the fact that they got it wrong in the first place...as they always do (hector was a walking joke of a disaster)....they wont come up with anything better then 6 months down the line they will announce a change in schedule and will get in someone like aidan power accompanied by the token girl presenter maybe kathryn thomas, and that will stop a gap for a while, jen will be first to go stating that she was only poised to do the show for a while anyway and is busy concentrating on other projects, they will struggle on with the show with the two lads "having the craic".... i would feel sorry for bernard, just when his star was on the rise, this will set him back no end, on the other hand, maybe he has been found out to be a one trick pony, ok for a bit of stand up and part feature as the thick culchie eejit in comedy shows on rte, keith never really made it after him and joe went their separate ways from spin, i used to really enjoy that show, i think he is a decent presenter but only as second man not anchor. such a mess....

This is of course is the second time that Keith has been on the radio with Bernard. When Joe and Keith parted after Spin, Keith went on to host iWakeup with Bernard on i105-107 (now part of the merged iRadio). And of course Joe and Keith did reunite in September 2012 on Phantom. They co-hosted breakfast on Phantom until Keith went on "holidays" last December. (Aside: Keith came to Phantom during 2011 as PD and his buddy Joe was with Newstalk in the same building!)

Apart from all that anoracky information (!), I suppose I am saying Keith certainly has got plenty of experience in presenting weekday breakfast shows and, during his spell in Phantom the last few years, would have some management experience too. (I know the intrepid duo were with Phantom in its pirate era!) I think he is very capable, notwithstanding the fact that some people believe he contributed to Phantom's more recent problems.

I hesitate to criticize the new breakfast show for the simple reason that I never liked this style of radio in the morning, where most of the time is taken up with people saying silly things. I never liked the Strawberry Alarm Clock. I have to say that Phantom's Joe and Keith (now Joe and Charlotte) was better to my ears than the Breakfast Republic. I suppose it is partly to do with the type of music being played between the banter and partly because Phantom's version was not quite as painful to my ears anyway!

For me, there are too many people involved, with all that chatter going on. Having only heard bits of it a couple of times, I reckon Jen is the weakest link and Bernard can be irritating too. Going back to what I said about Keith, in a different context (maybe more music-driven or a different show or different co-hosts or on his own), he could do okay on 2FM.

Turn the radio on · 07-03-2014 7:04pm

What do you think of the rest of the new schedule Declan?

Trebor Gluck · 07-03-2014 10:24pm

Turn the radio on wrote: »

What do you think of the rest of the new schedule Declan?

That's not really for this thread now is it?

Mr Bob Bob · 10-03-2014 12:23pm

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/my-social-life-thats-gone-2fm-star-jennifer-maguire-on-those-early-starts-for-new-programme-30077927.html

Mixed reviews me hole!! All reviews I've seen called the programme out as unadulterated shoite !

Mr Velo · 10-03-2014 1:07pm

Gave up on this after 2 days.
If it was the only breakfast show on radio, i would gladly turn off the radio and listen to the sounds of nature.

Horrible!!

jezzer · 10-03-2014 3:12pm

Ha! mixed reviews! i have yet to see a good review which of course does not exist because the show is terrible tripe, i think what she is doing there is readying herself to leave the show in a few weeks time citing the fact that it is too difficult for her to do both television and radio maybe taking a few weeks off due to exhaustion, of course its very important for her to portray this image that her social life is very important and that she is a mad bird about town but at 33 she most lightly spends her evenings in front of the tv...

vince · 10-03-2014 7:20pm

I tried again this morning thats the last time. is it aimed at 5 year olds

wnolan1992 · 10-03-2014 7:23pm

Heard the last fifteen minutes of the show this morning...

- Are 2FM staff not trained to talk into microphones? Honestly, there're better acoustics in the college radio stations around the country. Sounds like they're in a cave or something. (Not a specific Breakfast problem, it's a pretty common trend).

- The clip from Republic of Telly: Did they rip the audio from YouTube? Seriously, that was criminally bad. Surely they should have had access to decent quality?

- Jennifer Maguire seems out of place.

- Main host is OK, think he'll grow into the slot if he gets time, but the others that were on were talking over him a lot and there seemed to be little or no chemistry or timing between them.

Overall, pretty terrible. Comes across as "the lads" sitting around trying to be cool. Not my cup of tea at all.

jezzer · 11-03-2014 9:34am

i looked at rep of telly last night, whilst the show is seriously missing dermot whelan and neil delemar before him, bernard is far better on tv, yes he is pretty one dimensional as he does the thicko culchie routine but he can be funny and he is likeable and he need visual to be funny as a lot of what he does is based on seeing him with his big stupid red head which he puts on for the routine. however, he is just not strong enough to carry a show himself but certainly a good addition to any show. I was never a fan of jennifer mcguire, i dont see the appeal, she is a bit forward and thats all she really has going for her. overall the standard of comedy in rte is at an all time low, but what would you expect, rte is a cestpool of a place and really would need somebody to go in and do a massive clear out but that will never happen

Les Ferdinand · 11-03-2014 10:45am

Give Ian Dempsey more money than what he's currently earning?
Surely RTE could afford Iano & Mario. They'd be only earning slightly more than what the current three are currently getting

jezzer · 11-03-2014 3:18pm

i'm not sure iano and mario would move, why would they go from a decent station to a sinking ship, not unless 2fm were to do a proper overhaul like 98fm and get in a number of high profile presenters and get rid of tubbers, colm hayes etc

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