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Who the hell is that on 2FM right now?

  • 31-01-2010 7:23pm
    #1
    Fago!
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    Who's on 2FM now (6:25pm on a Sunday)? Two lads just talking ****e.

    How did they get on national radio?

    They are ****E! They seem so nervous.


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  • #2
    heybaby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,125 ✭✭✭heybaby


    Fago_25 wrote: »
    Who's on 2FM now (6:25pm on a Sunday)? Two lads just talking ****e.

    How did they get on national radio?

    They are ****E! They seem so nervous.

    They are neil hannon of the divine comedy and another guy, collectively they are called the duckworth lewis method! dont ask!! It is certainly a departure by rte to pluck two musicians and give them a weekly slot on national radio, God knows, its not like they are loads of budding dj's out there looking for working or anything. It constitutes unusual radio, Ive listened in, and it generally sounds amateurish and untidy, essentially the two lads just ramble. You cant say rte dont try new things !!! cant see it last in the long run.


  • #3
    Fago!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭Fago!


    Don't get me wrong, fair play to RTE for trying new things, but where did they get the idea that two MUSICIANS would be better then any DJs?

    Particularly two musicians who only some people will have heard of?

    I've heard community radio that was better.

    They should have done a dry run of the show. Then RTE would have realised it was a poo idea, pulled the plug, and stuck Gogan on or something.

    That lot in Montrose seriously have not got a clue what they're doing.


  • #4
    SprostonGreen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,286 ✭✭✭SprostonGreen


    Was it not Tommy Tiernan and Hector repeated?


  • #5
    Fago!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭Fago!


    Nah. They're ok.


  • #6
    Horsetiger
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭Horsetiger


    Its a new programme called Celebrity Sunday as far as I know - the Duckworth Lewis Method did the first few shows and its moving on to a certain member of Westlife next week I think...


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  • #7
    Fago!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭Fago!


    I expect that to be decent.


  • #8
    Jip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭Jip


    Was it not Tommy Tiernan and Hector repeated?
    Fago_25 wrote: »
    Nah. They're ok.

    That's the funniest post I've read in a while Fago.


  • #9
    Fago!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭Fago!


    Jip wrote: »
    That's the funniest post I've read in a while Fago.

    I please to aim....... or something like that!!!


  • #10
    bbability
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    I'm thinking of starting a "Bring Back Dave Redmond" campaign... I can't even turn on the radio on a weekend morning on 2fm... no dave no sportsbag...:mad:


  • #11
    Cunsiderthis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 471 ✭✭Cunsiderthis


    bbability wrote: »
    I'm thinking of starting a "Bring Back Dave Redmond" campaign... I can't even turn on the radio on a weekend morning on 2fm... no dave no sportsbag...:mad:

    Why be a slave to 2fm? There are literally thousands of other radio stations, so why limit yourself to one?

    In any case, when I do occasionally tune in to 2fm at the weekends, it seems to specialise in Larry Gogan, a man well into his 70's, spinning discs and also indulging in the whimsical and archaic practice of "playing requests", a practice which seems to have fallen out of favour in the late 1970's with the majority of the rest of the world, which seems to have advanced a little from saying "hello" to the various callers mother's/father's/sisters/brothers/friends/grannies.

    All this on a station which is supposed to be targetting itself at the under 30's !


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  • #12
    bbability
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    Where have u been since the last reshuffle?
    LG back on weekdays 3 to 4...
    And I do take your point on board about other stations it's just a pity I'm resorting to foreign stations for radio on a Sunday morning


  • #13
    Cunsiderthis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 471 ✭✭Cunsiderthis


    bbability wrote: »
    Where have u been since the last reshuffle?
    LG back on weekdays 3 to 4...
    And I do take your point on board about other stations it's just a pity I'm resorting to foreign stations for radio on a Sunday morning

    I now live in the land of internet radio and have such a wide choice that I no longer seem to stumble across Larry G playing requests and saying hello to the listeners grannies.

    I do think it funny that 2FM, a station which says its aiming itself at the under30's. has a man in his 70's playing requests, and another man in his 50's hosting a 3 hour show in the mornings.


  • #14
    Bard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    Cunsiderthis wrote: »
    I do think it funny that 2FM, a station which says its aiming itself at the under30's. has a man in his 70's playing requests, and another man in his 50's hosting a 3 hour show in the mornings.

    The age of the presenter doesn't have to fit the profile of the listener - they just have to be able to mentally identify with them.

    That aside, RTÉ 2fm don't say they're aiming at the under 30's. In fact, they're currently in the midst of repositioning themselves, target market wise, to aim at the 20-44 age group.


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