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FM104 Phoneshow vs. Niall Boylan Show

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    #122
    radiotrickster
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    The_Dark_Lord wrote: »
    It feels like Cormac and Saoirse are only there as caretaker presenters until they find a full time presenter to resume the show in it's proper format.

    Cormac seems have moved in full-time as someone has taken over his Sunday slot.


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    #123
    end of the road
    Registered Users Posts: 28,990 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    sadly i have had to switch off the phone show. i like cormac as a presenter but i don't like the new format of the show. the niall boylan show seems to be still repeats from time to time. i have found replacements anyway.

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #124
    Wheeliebin30
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    Niall Boylan is anything but pc.


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    #125
    The_Dark_Lord
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭The_Dark_Lord


    radiotrickster wrote: »
    Cormac seems have moved in full-time as someone has taken over his Sunday slot.

    No more Phoneshow for me. Really, they should change the name of the show now.


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    #126
    madnessnmayhem
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    Dr Brown wrote: »
    Anyone know what happened to Chris Barry ?
    Met Andy P other day and did ask him how was Chris? He said he spoken to before Christmas and said he's doing well after his heart operation, it seems doing the phone show caused him a lot of stress


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    #127
    Dr Brown
    Registered Users Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭Dr Brown


    madnessnmayhem wrote: »
    Met Andy P other day and did ask him how was Chris? He said he spoken to before Christmas and said he's doing well after his heart operation, it seems doing the phone show caused him a lot of stress




    Given Barry's experience I thought he would be able to do the phone show on auto pilot.


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    #128
    Jaster Rogue
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    end of the road wrote: »
    sadly i have had to switch off the phone show. i like cormac as a presenter but i don't like the new format of the show. the niall boylan show seems to be still repeats from time to time. i have found replacements anyway.


    That's exactly why I stopped listening to Niall Boylan at night, it's completely random whether you're listening to a repeat or not. There's no consistency. Even listening to a live show you think it's a repeat. They should leave him in the lunchtime slot and bring in a permanent new host for the night slot. Don't like the new format of fm104 phoneshow either but at least it's live most nights.


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    #129
    The_Dark_Lord
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    Jaster Rogue wrote: »
    There's no serious topics with people phoning in arguing their points with each other. Is Cormac taking over as the reigns full time now? He's good at the lighthearted and comedy stuff and it's entertaining radio but I'm starting to miss the old format. Like has been said above, there's huge potential for a talented host to revive late night Dublin talk radio.



    The show is going to die off if they keep the new format. On a side note, 104 were apparently still pursuing Adrian and Jeremy up until not too long ago. I heard that they were only interested in taking one of them back as the cost to have both would have been too expensive.


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    #130
    Dr Brown
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    The_Dark_Lord wrote: »
    The show is going to die off if they keep the new format. On a side note, 104 were apparently still pursuing Adrian and Jeremy up until not too long ago. I heard that they were only interested in taking one of them back as the cost to have both would have been too expensive.


    Adrian is better without Jeremy.


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    #131
    Jaster Rogue
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    They were playing music - like actual full songs, on Friday night's "Phone" show. That's where I draw the line, I'm out!


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    #132
    Leilak
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    I think Niall Boylan has burn-out, he's lost his zing and now 2 nights a week repeats, it had to come to this eventually, no more gas in the tank.


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    #133
    The_Dark_Lord
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    TheLonelyOne wrote: »
    Am I the only one who feels that night talk radio is dead?

    Am I the only one who feels that mid-morning talk radio is dead? Most of the segments on Dublin Talks now seeem to consist of generic questions like, "what's your favourite food?" and "your no.1 life hack". All really bland, by the numbers stuff and not much of the serious discussion which is Adrian's forte and what he's known for.


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    #134
    The_Dark_Lord
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    Mutant z wrote: »
    Im just wondering does the caller John still ring into Niall Boylan not John O Donovan, the professional protester the other John who used to always give out about single mothers on welfare and hated working class people.

    He used to ring in to the Adrian Kennedy Phoneshow back in the day. If memory serves me right, he went by the name "Zoltan".


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    #135
    TallGlass
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    They have really butchered the phone show.


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    #136
    end of the road
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    TallGlass wrote: »
    They have really butchered the phone show.

    agreed. i don't even bother tuning in now.

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #137
    The_Dark_Lord
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭The_Dark_Lord


    TallGlass wrote: »
    They have really butchered the phone show.
    Cormac is just doing his previous show, Sunday night live, under a different title.


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    #138
    The_Dark_Lord
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭The_Dark_Lord


    Does anyone listen to the Phoneshow now? They haven't uploaded any new podcasts since Keith left.


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    #139
    chilloutrelax
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    The_Dark_Lord wrote: »
    Does anyone listen to the Phoneshow now? They haven't uploaded any new podcasts since Keith left.


    Isn’t even called the phoneshow anymore.. more called Room 104 on the website today


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    #140
    The_Dark_Lord
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    chilloutrelax wrote: »
    Isn’t even called the phoneshow anymore.. more called Room 104 on the website today

    I'd say Adrian might be slightly annoyed about this. He did an interview with Andrew Mangan about 4 years ago in which he expressed his annoyance over the show's lapse in quality, considering the amount of work he and Jeremy put in to it. He was heavily invested in it and made the Phoneshow what it was.


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    #141
    Faugheen
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    The_Dark_Lord wrote: »
    I'd say Adrian might be slightly annoyed about this. He did an interview with Andrew Mangan about 4 years ago in which he expressed his annoyance over the show's lapse in quality, considering the amount of work he and Jeremy put in to it. He was heavily invested in it and made the Phoneshow what it was.

    I’d say Adrian is laughing to be honest.


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    #142
    The_Dark_Lord
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    Faugheen wrote: »
    I’d say Adrian is laughing to be honest.

    Perhaps, but taking in to account how long he was at 104, I reckon he might still be a bit irked.. The show as a brand was around for almost 25 years and for 16 of those years, himself and Jeremy gave it their all, resulting in it being the most listened to night time show in Ireland. The way all that was undone by Chris etc and to see it's demise now, I think Adrian mightn't be as pleased as some might think.


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    #143
    Faugheen
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    The_Dark_Lord wrote: »
    Perhaps, but taking in to account how long he was at 104, I reckon he might still be a bit irked.. The show as a brand was around for almost 25 years and for 16 of those years, himself and Jeremy gave it their all, resulting in it being the most listened to night time show in Ireland. The way all that was undone by Chris etc and to see it's demise now, I think Adrian mightn't be as pleased as some might think.

    He no longer works there and works for a rival station. I really don't believe he'll be as bothered about it as you think.


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    #144
    Walking_Wolf
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭Walking_Wolf


    The_Dark_Lord wrote: »
    Perhaps, but taking in to account how long he was at 104, I reckon he might still be a bit irked.. The show as a brand was around for almost 25 years and for 16 of those years, himself and Jeremy gave it their all, resulting in it being the most listened to night time show in Ireland. The way all that was undone by Chris etc and to see it's demise now, I think Adrian mightn't be as pleased as some might think.

    I reckon he's pleased about it tbh.


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    #145
    Blueeyes1
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    Oh My God , The Fm104 Show is dredfull i stopped listening to it ages ago because its the Cormac and Saoirse talk sh1te between them self's show! You have lost the whole concept of the show pulling people in to debate on air on the topics that people loved to listen to! It was entertaining !! Lads i think you need to listen back to the old show's and revert back or just scrap the whole thing and just put on music for the night! Get the professionals back and learn from them! Remember its a Talk Show.....


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    #146
    end of the road
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    i can't see anything resembling the phone show returning now unfortunately.
    i would be shocked if this new show is keeping the listeners though. or even has more listeners.
    at this stage i would like to see 4fm and niall boylan capitalize on it and go full on topics for a few hours. scrap the afternoon show and focus on perhapse a little longer night time show?

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #147
    The_Dark_Lord
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭The_Dark_Lord


    Blueeyes1 wrote: »
    Oh My God , The Fm104 Show is dredfull i stopped listening to it ages ago because its the Cormac and Saoirse talk sh1te between them self's show! You have lost the whole concept of the show pulling people in to debate on air on the topics that people loved to listen to! It was entertaining !! Lads i think you need to listen back to the old show's and revert back or just scrap the whole thing and just put on music for the night! Get the professionals back and learn from them! Remember its a Talk Show.....

    I had a listen to this a few nights ago and agree, it's not very good at all. They really should have let Cormac continue with the once a week show he was doing and brought in a heavyweight presenter to continue the Phoneshow. The Phoneshow was a Dublin institution, synonymous with the city at night. It's hard to believe they cancelled it only to replace it with something as boring and non-descript as this.


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    #148
    L1011
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    The old shouty-skanger format talk show is dead, because people do that shouting on Twitter now. You can't bring it back.


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    #149
    The_Dark_Lord
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭The_Dark_Lord


    I'm just wondering, how many here are regular listeners to Adrian and Jeremy on 98fm? I was a regular listener during the FM104 years but only tune in occasionally now. The show is decent but nothing compared to the old Phoneshow.


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    #150
    Walking_Wolf
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭Walking_Wolf


    The_Dark_Lord wrote: »
    I'm just wondering, how many here are regular listeners to Adrian and Jeremy on 98fm? I was a regular listener during the FM104 years but only tune in occasionally now. The show is decent but nothing compared to the old Phoneshow.

    I listen to the show fairly regularly and while I think it's a good show, I don't think it's anywhere as great as their fm104 phoneshow was. It is what it is. I do think though, that the people who said when they first moved to 98fm, that their type of radio wouldn't translate to a daytime slot, have ultimately been proven right, by the fact that the show has completely changed in the last two years. They haven't just toned down the show and their former presenting styles/on-air personas, but abandoned them altogether.


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    #151
    endofrainbow
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    Surely it's an oxymoron - the no repeat? How many of Boylan's shows are repeats?


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