Newstalk Megathread

Muff Richardson

Heroditas wrote: »

Eddie Hobbs thought he was in his element is morning trying to sensationalise the credit union story and trying to speculate as much as he could about he gravity of the situation. Fair play to Ivan, he called him out on some of the figures and Hobbs started backtracking furiously.

Can't stand the guy.

yep, got carried away and threw out the billion figure, plucked from the sky, pure chancer so he is...reminds me of bygone door to door salesman with hoovers or encyclopedias.

For Forks Sake

Muff Richardson wrote: »

yep, got carried away and threw out the billion figure, plucked from the sky, pure chancer so he is...reminds me of bygone door to door salesman with hoovers or encyclopedias.

Or indeed, apartments in Cape Verde. Of course, that worked out well

Harry Angstrom

Healy continuing with anti-drink crusade again today. He's like a broken record.

mjv2ydratu679c

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Healy continuing with anti-drink crusade again today. He's like a broken record.

Nope - he's an arse.

mjv2ydratu679c

Sorry to retread old ground but Jonathan Healy has always been incapable of covering a story or interviewing someone without trying to sensationalise it. Added to that his little unfunny remarks and fake laugh every now and then and you've got one annoying radio presenter. Used to listen to his show but can't stand him anymore.

Wilberto

Lillie Salty Viper wrote: »

Sorry to retread old ground but Jonathan Healy has always been incapable of covering a story or interviewing someone without trying to sensationalise it. Added to that his little unfunny remarks and fake laugh every now and then and you've got one annoying radio presenter. Used to listen to his show but can't stand him anymore.

You forgot the part where he tries to put words in the mouths of his interviewees.

serfboard

There was a nice bit on the breakfast programme this morning when Fionn Davenport was on talking about Chinese tourists.

Davenport: "You have to have a special breakfast for them."
Ivan: "Really, what's a Chinese breakfast consist of?"
"Congee"
I: "What's congee?"
"I dunno".

Harry Angstrom

serfboard wrote: »

There was a nice bit on the breakfast programme this morning when Fionn Davenport was on talking about Chinese tourists.

Davenport: "You have to have a special breakfast for them."
Ivan: "Really, what's a Chinese breakfast consist of?"
"Congee"
I: "What's congee?"
"I dunno".

:eek::eek:

You mean, there's something that Fionn Davenport actually doesn't know?? :eek::eek:

mud_guard

Lillie Salty Viper wrote: »

Sorry to retread old ground but Jonathan Healy has always been incapable of covering a story or interviewing someone without trying to sensationalise it. Added to that his little unfunny remarks and fake laugh every now and then and you've got one annoying radio presenter. Used to listen to his show but can't stand him anymore.

I noticed he was an ubber populist bandwagon jumper ages ago , he,s like this generations joe duffy only he masks it with faux intellectualism , their is nothing to healy at all

dreadful broadcaster

he also must have members of AGS in his immediate family , he,s a bigger AGS shill than paul Williams, he was the only journalist in the entire country who seemed to back the guards that time they tried to stitch up clare daly

touts

Bloody hell is that Myles Dungan on Newstalk talking about the history of Amature Dramatics?

Please tell me he hasnt followed Pat over to Newstalk. That would be just sad.

ballsymchugh

the trail for the breakfast show is a bit strange. just at the end, they have a female voice that just says 'back tomorrow' and it sounds like it was recorded on a dictaphone.
i hope all of you hear it and it begins to bug you all as much as it bugs me!

McDave

ballsymchugh wrote: »

the trail for the breakfast show is a bit strange. just at the end, they have a female voice that just says 'back tomorrow' and it sounds like it was recorded on a dictaphone.
i hope all of you hear it and it begins to bug you all as much as it bugs me!

The female continuity announcer on NoozTalk is a total pain. Give it up and get someone other than an AA Roadwatch reject. I've muted at the beginning of ad breaks numerous times only to forget to unmute for 10 minutes. I miss chunks of radio for this reason.

nicedryturf

Hilaaaaaarious banter on the Breakfast this morning. Chris to Ivan - "You can't sleep 'cos your matress is full of money! It's too lumpy! Tee hee!" Those guys!

Tiler Durden

They've ditched the Friday Quiz. Dunno what they've replaced it with, but even if it's silence it's an improvement.

brooke 2

Tiler Durden wrote: »

They've ditched the Friday Quiz. Dunno what they've replaced it with, but even if it's silence it's an improvement.

That Friday quiz was dire!

brooke 2

McDave wrote: »

The female continuity announcer on NoozTalk is a total pain. Give it up and get someone other than an AA Roadwatch reject. I've muted at the beginning of ad breaks numerous times only to forget to unmute for 10 minutes. I miss chunks of radio for this reason.

Nothing is worse than the guy doing the Irish ads. He speaks
Irish as though he has a load of phlegm at the back of his throat
which he needs to clear. I always 'turn the dial' when he
comes on - to move AWAY from Newstalk!

DEFTLEFTHAND

McDave wrote: »

The female continuity announcer on NoozTalk is a total pain. Give it up and get someone other than an AA Roadwatch reject. I've muted at the beginning of ad breaks numerous times only to forget to unmute for 10 minutes. I miss chunks of radio for this reason.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't stand her. I can feel my blood pressure rising when she says 'Nooztalk.'

Tiler Durden

Tom Dunne had a great show with your man Alan McGee from Creation records there the other night, well worth a listen.

Robert2012

Just listening to Dill-do here, it would be nice to hear her mention the Grandad that was murdered yesterday in Skerries, it was the main item on the news at 8.00 just now, as a Romanian man has been arrested. I would have thought that would come in under her "immigrant news" baliwick.

Edit...Ok the programme is probably recorded, so I assume she will address it next week..

mike65

A guest on Newstalk last week noted in passing there was not a single female voice on the station Monday to Friday unless they read the news/traffic or were a guest. Its true of course (its Bloke FM in all but name) at the weekends there are several in thematic slots of variable quality (to put it mildly)

Its surely time for someone to get a regular weekday slot, the question is who and what would they bring to the party. I'd love to hear Olivia O'Leary, having shown commercial ambition by nabbing Kenny from RTE its would be great if the station now illustrated its intellectual willingness by making her an offer for a slot 9 till 10 am maybe. Would anyone (bar Yates and Donough) really mind if Breakfast ended at 9 am?

constitutionus

why inthe name of christ should newstalk put a woman in a slot because she's a woman?

its a comercial organisation.

and theyve tried it before, many times, and failed.

orla barry , claire byrne, nora casey.

all of em annoyed as many as they attracted and got the boot from the morning slot. as for oleary, shes incredibly divisive.

for every person that thinks the sun shines out her arse theres someone that hates her so i cant see that as a runner. RTE even know this.

its not PC to say it but the fact is the girls just cant cut it outside the state subsidised media operations with the public and the numbers prove it.

i mean seriously does anyone think dennis o brien wouldnt turn newstalk into a woman only station if they made him millions in ad revenue?

course not. but thats not the reality. for whatever reason the public like this stuff from the lads.

to paraphase an american politician "the people have spoken, the bastards"

mike65

Hardly know where to begin with that reply. Are you drunk?

constitutionus

charming.

where am i wrong mike ?

mike65

Sorry for suggesting you are drunk

The names you mention are all low grade junk (was listening to Casey this morning - couldn't believe such rag bag of underheated features in a programme called Mindfeed) and we all know that. O'Leary would be a case of raising NTs game and as such she should be welcomed even if some do switch off in disgust because she upsets the fuzzy daydreaming of some listeners.

If the "girls" can't cut it its because the talent has not been developed, it needs to be and someone has to take a lead at some point. I'm not a "feminist" per se but I'd happily ditch a male voice for a female one if it was good enough.

barryd09

Are female radio presenters like...female comedians?

constitutionus

no prob man.

maybe its something to do with the culture shock between the private and public sector.

take claire byrne.

i cant stand her, i couldnt belive when they revamped the breakfast show they kept her and got shot of ger who was much better on the preformance front to bring in ivan.

but i think she's been really good on the late debate on RTE. Could it be the girls like the security of RTE and dont want to take a risk on newstalk? i mean if you look at pat he's basically retired now anyway and really took the gig to fund his pension. its not like he had an ideological reason for bailing.

if thats the case then nuturing new talent is newstalks only way of getting more female presenters, and TBH they dont have a great rep of doing that with male presenters.

can you imagine a female henry mckeen? *shudder*

i reckon theyll probably have to nick someone from TG4 or a local radio station. i mean RTE have done it often enough to newtalks production team.

mike65

I don't think its anything to do with RTE v private sector but I do think the role of producers has to be considered - NT appear to have several who are not terribly talented themselves never mind being able to shape talent in others.

I mentioned Mindfeed above, clearly the producer of that programme is not even paying attention to the 'mission statement' of that show never mind seeking to keep Casey on the straight and narrow. Of course the alternative critique would be to note that its really just the Nora Casey Hour with a bad, misleading title.

constitutionus

i wonder if theres a political angle to this as well

it'd be fair to say most of the movers and shakers in media/jounalism would be male by vitrue of past demographics. from stuff dunphys being saying lately about how media/politicos gel up i wouldnt be surprised if a nod nod wink wink attitude is applied to postions in various media organisations. matt coopers implied as much in some of his books too. piss off the wrong business man or politico and your gone.

take your example of olivia. i cant see her at newstalk because her politics and Denis's would be at variance, but she could and does get gigs at RTE.

Ya may just be talking about a "breaking in" period for the current crop of female media operators to mature. certianly theres FAR more girls in that field now than dunphys day.

if thats the case expect to see some of the girls from the S/INDO break into newtalk at somestage down the road. i mean look at the lads that are there now. not exactly spring chickens and theyve all done their "dues" elsewhere. newstalk realy does have a very small number of self generated "personalites"

certainly the nora casey show seems to be a case of dennis looking after one of their own for services renderd. not a million miles away from the brenda power thing when ya think about it. contrast that with sam smyths virtual banisment from media and ya cant rule out the political aspects.

its funny but the one person that really seems to be putting new female voices up is vincent brown on his telly show

ive seen more new faces there than anywhere else recently.

Magpie87

Robert2012 wrote: »

Just listening to Dill-do here, it would be nice to hear her mention the Grandad that was murdered yesterday in Skerries, it was the main item on the news at 8.00 just now, as a Romanian man has been arrested. I would have thought that would come in under her "immigrant news" baliwick.

Edit...Ok the programme is probably recorded, so I assume she will address it next week..

What way are you suggesting she covers it?

Loafing Oaf

constitutionus wrote: »

i wonder if theres a political angle to this as well

it'd be fair to say most of the movers and shakers in media/jounalism would be male by vitrue of past demographics.

About ten guests on Coleman this evening, all male. In general though the show has improved since the move to Sunday, I reckon largely because they've cut down on the time allotted to his dumb & dumber double act with Bill Tormey.

Snake Plisken

I think I heard bad news on the breakfast show on Friday that Ivan's might be off this week and Norah Casey was going to be stepping in I hope it was only Chris having the banter with Ivan, but we will see in the morning. Once I hear her voice I will have switched channels within 2 seconds!

mrkr

I've noticed Damien Kiberd writing a column for the journal recently, did he ever actually officially leave Newstalk? What happened there? He was a lot better than Jonathan Healy IMO.

Heroditas

mrkr wrote: »

I've noticed Damien Kiberd writing a column for the journal recently, did he ever actually officially leave Newstalk? What happened there? He was a lot better than Jonathan Healy IMO.

I don't think he was well.

mike65

mrkr wrote: »

I've noticed Damien Kiberd writing a column for the journal recently, did he ever actually officially leave Newstalk? What happened there? He was a lot better than Jonathan Healy IMO.

from page 2 or 3 of this thread!

mike65 wrote: »

Damien Kiberd is the unsung hero of Newstalk, whenever someone is off on holliers, he will stand in and improve the slot - his stint on breakfast last August/Sept was exellent as he is on Lunchtime when called for while doing his own Saturday business digest which is the best of the three such progs on the radio (RTEs comes last).

Mike.

ps he is not my dad.

Wilberto

Who was the female presenter who stood in for Jonathon Healy a few weeks ago. Siobhan Something?? Susan Something?? I think her name began with 'S' anyway.

I thought she was actually okay. Although it may have just seemed that way in comparison to Healy!!

mike65

No she was good,might have been Susan Cahill she does the book programme early Sunday as well as being journalist.

constitutionus

ah ya gotta love spin

"the birthrate in irleand is still the highest in the EU"

but leaves out that were still not replacing ourselves population wise, hence the pensions crisis coming down the road. saying were the best in europe is like saying were the driest on the titanic.



(by the way the actual story is , according to RTE.ie, the birth rate "continues to decline".)

McDave

Snake Plisken wrote: »

I think I heard bad news on the breakfast show on Friday that Ivan's might be off this week and Norah Casey was going to be stepping in I hope it was only Chris having the banter with Ivan, but we will see in the morning. Once I hear her voice I will have switched channels within 2 seconds!

Casey was an unmitigated disaster and I tuned out of Breakfast for a whole year as a result.

That said, I'm disappointed with Ivan. He seems to haven taken up where he left off, i.e. sloppy and lazy. Yates is just coasting and needs to put in a lot more effort. The over-scripted feel of Breakfast doesn't help. Or the casual tone. This morning's pointless, obsequious coverage of a stupid betting firm on the business news had me reaching for Morning Ireland.

NewsTalk still has a long way to go before it can be taken seriously.

jim_jim

mike65 wrote: »

A guest on Newstalk last week noted in passing there was not a single female voice on the station Monday to Friday unless they read the news/traffic or were a guest. Its true of course (its Bloke FM in all but name) at the weekends there are several in thematic slots of variable quality (to put it mildly)

Its surely time for someone to get a regular weekday slot, the question is who and what would they bring to the party. I'd love to hear Olivia O'Leary, having shown commercial ambition by nabbing Kenny from RTE its would be great if the station now illustrated its intellectual willingness by making her an offer for a slot 9 till 10 am maybe. Would anyone (bar Yates and Donough) really mind if Breakfast ended at 9 am?

Olivia o leary is establishment D4 to her fingertips , another Montrose champagne socialist , no reason why newstalk should try and ape RTE

michael999999

jim_jim wrote: »

Olivia o leary is establishment D4 to her fingertips , another Montrose champagne socialist , no reason why newstalk should try and ape RTE

Why is she given her own slot on Drive Time?

What's so special about her views that rte believe the nation should hear them every week?

Harry Angstrom

michael999999 wrote: »

Why is she given her own slot on Drive Time?

What's so special about her views that rte believe the nation should hear them every week?

Because they reckon if you put on a posh sonorous voice and speak slowly, then everything you utter is very deep and meaningful, and you deserve to be listened to.

mike65

You sound a bit threatened there Harry!

She speaks well not posh, anyone who thinks well is posh needs a slap with a copy of Roget's Thesaurus

Bits_n_Bobs

Why the hell is Healy interviewing the nurses union loon about the premium payment?? what the hell business is it of his?

Lapin

I wish Newstalk would lay off dropping Pat Kenny's name into every second discussion now.

We know he's there.

You don't have to keep reminding us.

Ivan Yates (subtly) comparing his salary to Kenny's yesterday by bringing his salary into an unrelated item was particulary uncalled for. Listeners don't need to hear that rubbish.

I couldn't care less what anyone in Newstalk gets paid. Its a private company.

The persistant adulation of Kenny at every opportunity in Newstalk is beginning to wear a bit thin.

Anyone who hasen't moved the dial by now probably never will.

Those who have don't need to be reminded to do so.

Its time Newstalk drew a line in the sand. (And stopped embarrassing Pat kenny - and their listeners).


Give us some modicum of intellegence.

mjv2ydratu679c

Lapin wrote: »

Give us some modicum of intellegence.

Unfortunately Newstalk isn't particularly adept at this. If something can be dumbed down and spoon-fed to listeners it will do it.

Imhof Tank

Lapin wrote: »

I wish Newstalk would lay off dropping Pat Kenny's name into every second discussion now.

We know he's there.

You don't have to keep reminding us.

Ivan Yates (subtly) comparing his salary to Kenny's yesterday by bringing his salary into an unrelated item was particulary uncalled for. Listeners don't need to hear that rubbish.

I couldn't care less what anyone in Newstalk gets paid. Its a private company.

The persistant adulation of Kenny at every opportunity in Newstalk is beginning to wear a bit thin.

Anyone who hasen't moved the dial by now probably never will.

Those who have don't need to be reminded to do so.

Its time Newstalk drew a line in the sand. (And stopped embarrassing Pat kenny - and their listeners).


Give us some modicum of intellegence.

Dont think that was intended as a subtle comment. More of a running gag - Ivan has been on about Kenny's luxurious dressing room etc since he started.

That's what you get with Ivan, a bit of irreverence. Would you prefer to have him reading out news extracts and tweets, and still managing to muddle and mess up that simple task, as Chris does?

I am a big fan of Ivan's but having said that his comments yesterday on the Thomas Byrne case (pretending not to know that there was a Law Society compensation scheme for fraud cases or how it works) were really disingenuous. Sounded like some tabloid type producer told him that was the official programme line for the morning and he was to stick to it and hopefully provoke a lot of outraged 30c texts to the show or whatever.

Now if it had been Chris talking such uninformed cr*p I would have taken him at face value as he clearly hasn't a clue

ThisRegard

Left Sean to avoid Des Cahill and came upon more bloody JFK talk. It's bloody everywhere.

kneemos

ThisRegard wrote: »

Left Sean to avoid Des Cahill and came upon more bloody JFK talk. It's bloody everywhere.

I blame Lee Harvey Oswald.

mjv2ydratu679c

kneemos wrote: »

I blame Lee Harvey Oswald.

It was Fianna Fail that done it

Tiler Durden

Lapin wrote: »

I wish Newstalk would lay off dropping Pat Kenny's name into every second discussion now.

We know he's there.

You don't have to keep reminding us.

Ivan Yates (subtly) comparing his salary to Kenny's yesterday by bringing his salary into an unrelated item was particulary uncalled for. Listeners don't need to hear that rubbish.

I couldn't care less what anyone in Newstalk gets paid. Its a private company.

The persistant adulation of Kenny at every opportunity in Newstalk is beginning to wear a bit thin.

Anyone who hasen't moved the dial by now probably never will.

Those who have don't need to be reminded to do so.

Its time Newstalk drew a line in the sand. (And stopped embarrassing Pat kenny - and their listeners).


Give us some modicum of intellegence.

Correct. They're still running an ad. with some gobshite congratulating Pat Kenny on "making the right move".

It's embarrassing to the station and embarrassing to the company, and, I'd say, embarrassing to PK. He moved near 3 months ago, ffs.