Best hour of radio

Spiritoftheseventies

Don't listen to it that often but when I do Its quality. JK Ensemble on Lyric FM for me.

trad

South Wind Blows, Sundays at 9pm on Radio 1 with Ceili House Saturdays at 9pm would be the one's for me.

Spiritoftheseventies

trad wrote: »

South Wind Blows, Sundays at 9pm on Radio 1 with Ceili House Saturdays at 9pm would be the one's for me.

Yes that show is very good on the times I have heard it. Have a mate who mad into the trad and loves the show.

CUCINA

Definitely one of my favourite radio programmes was "Music For Middlebrows", presented by Des Keogh...quality music, with a bit of humour thrown in. Went to a couple of his stage presentations of the show in the National Concert Hall etc, really entertaining.

Also, Radio One used to have a great programme presented by Conor Maguire, featuring big-band music (Glen Millar etc).
In both cases, I used to record them on cassette tape, and I still have a number of the programmes on tape (now sadly relegated to the attic).

As regards current programmes, really enjoy "On The Ball" on Newstalk, some great interviews on various sports subjects and I love the Johnny Giles slot as he gives us his pearls of wisdom...on the down-side, don't have much time for another contributor,(can't think of his first name) second name Collins (ex-manager of Carlisle, Steve is his boxing
brother!).

alpha2zulu

Has to be the Chris Moyles Golden hour, BBC Radio 1 from 9am-10am on Fridays. Between the fantastic tunes, his style, and the old Radio 1 jingles mixed in, it just makes it a unmissable listen every week.

Basq

alpha2zulu wrote: »

Has to be the Chris Moyles Golden hour, BBC Radio 1 from 9am-10am on Fridays. Between the fantastic tunes, his style, and the old Radio 1 jingles mixed in, it just makes it a unmissable listen every week.

Seconded!

trad

I think this post shows just what sort of stuff people listen to on radio. They have it on listening to music but for me the personality of the presenter has a lot to do with whether I listen to a show or not.

Some of the best public service broadcasting I've heard in recent times is Sublin City FM's Livedrive programme on January 6th when it snowed and Dublin Bus pulled all the buses. John Neay and Paul Murnock put on an epic piece of broadcasting from 4pm to 9pm, well past their scheduled finishing time of 7 pm.

Maybe we should have a thread on epic broadcasts.

salad dodger

alpha2zulu wrote: »

Has to be the Chris Moyles Golden hour, BBC Radio 1 from 9am-10am on Fridays. Between the fantastic tunes, his style, and the old Radio 1 jingles mixed in, it just makes it a unmissable listen every week.

Thirded

alpha2zulu

trad wrote: »

I think this post shows just what sort of stuff people listen to on radio. They have it on listening to music but for me the personality of the presenter has a lot to do with whether I listen to a show or not.

I don't think its on 'listening the music', its the whole package , personality, style, and the music together that people judge a "best hour of radio" on. Moyles plays plenty of the muck you get on any mainstream stations over here and I'm sure its not just myself that fast forwards through a lot of this on the i-player. But the golden hour is just very different, nothing playlisted and Moyles let loose at his best for an hour every week. This video 50sec in is a case in point.:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH2JnqEsrlc

legspin

2FM 5 am - 6 am Sat. & Sun. mornings. It's like someone raided my record collection. I just wish I was awake for it more often.

vince

legspin wrote: »

2FM 5 am - 6 am Sat. & Sun. mornings. It's like someone raided my record collection. I just wish I was awake for it more often.

i here that every sat morning going to work cool tunes but its the same tape every week sad for a national station

Spiritoftheseventies

basquille wrote: »

Seconded!

You already seconded his post with a thanks

Arthur Daley

Are any/most of these recomendations podcasted?

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Arthur Daley wrote: »

Are any/most of these recomendations podcasted?

The Chris Moyles show is available on a "Listen Again" service on the BBC Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chrismoyles/

You can skip to the last hour on the Friday show to listen.

It's a great show.

Fago!

9-10am on any station.