Radio Nova 100FM On Air Now

giftgrub

Listened for a bit yesterday... was up early and then caught some of the drive.

Thought the music was a bit "Meh"

Dont get the big deal about Pat Courtnay

I also heard "Marty Miller"

I know it was "Marty Miller" because "Marty Miller" was the first thing that came out of "Marty Miller"'s mouth every time "Marty Miller" ended a song and "Marty Miller" threw up a fader

Fago!

giftgrub wrote: »

I also heard "Marty Miller"

I know it was "Marty Miller" because "Marty Miller" was the first thing that came out of "Marty Miller"'s mouth every time "Marty Miller" ended a song and "Marty Miller" threw up a fader

hehe he's a terrible dj. I don't hate many people but I can safely say I hate that man!

Wait a sec....... it's 7 in the fooooking morning......... WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING UP THIS EARLY!!!!!!!!????? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Sids Not

Fago! wrote: »

hehe he's a terrible dj. I don't hate many people but I can safely say I hate that man!

Wait a sec....... it's 7 in the fooooking morning......... WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING UP THIS EARLY!!!!!!!!????? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Yawn...too nice to stay in bed...besides theres a furgin cement lorry next door doing a drop...

I'll be turning on Nova shortly with an air of expectant dissapointment.....:o
I'm kinda feeling that i've been listening to "just another" radio station all week....:(

Fago!

Sids Not wrote: »

Yawn...too nice to stay in bed...besides theres a furgin cement lorry next door doing a drop...

I'll be turning on Nova shortly with an air of expectant dissapointment.....:o
I'm kinda feeling that i've been listening to "just another" radio station all week....:(

there was a show on before 7pm. sounded very community radio like. not sure me want.

/switches to newstalk radio 1 2fm today fm......... ipod!

Fergus

giftgrub wrote: »

I also heard "Marty Miller"

I know it was "Marty Miller" because "Marty Miller" was the first thing that came out of "Marty Miller"'s mouth every time "Marty Miller" ended a song and "Marty Miller" threw up a fader

Bit of an ego alright. Check out his bio from the nova site.


Ah.. 'Money for Nothing' on now. It was only a matter of time.

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Fergus wrote: »

Bit of an ego alright. Check out his bio from the nova site.

Yeah I was reading that yesterday and thought it was a bit OTT alright. This bit is before he starts talking about how many awards he has won for bringing rock music to the masses.

Marty Miller bio on nova.ie with Marty Miller wrote:

I’m friends with Scott Gorham of Thin Lizzy, Robbie Kreiger of the doors, Ian Gillan of Deep Purple, Nils Lofgren of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street band – enough names dropped yet? OK – so its a small exaggeration to say “friends with” but I have hung out and chatted with the aforementioned!!

But better news on the breakfast show this morning. I was enlightened to a new form of comedy that I had never come across before*. The "facts of life" segment, contained a joke about a guy called "Little Johnny". If that wasn't useless enough, Pat also played an audio clip of people laughing at the joke. Quite strange.




*may be a slight hint of sarcasm.

Sids Not

FFS...Billy Idol...a-fukcing-gain...does anyone here actually like him....couldnt even stand him in GenX..........:mad:

And now The Who....havent heard Baba O'Riley since the test transmission....:mad:

I'm switching over till GG comes on...

Fergus

Yeah the amount of Billy Idol is a bit strange. I'd class him more as pop rock. If you're gonna do Idol, might as well throw in Billie Jean/Beat It or Addicted To Love. And before you know it, it's Rick Astley.

Sids Not

Fergus wrote: »

Yeah the amount of Billy Idol is a bit strange. I'd class him more as pop rock. If you're gonna do Idol, might as well throw in Billie Jean/Beat It or Addicted To Love. And before you know it, it's Rick Astley.

Its a bit like 80's MTV on the radio.........:(

Fergus

Ha yeah..

I was thinking Nova might as well just go with the original playlist from 25 years ago, but filter it a bit towards rock. It's basically a golden oldies station anyway.

Why do they keep playing only 2 or 3 tracks by the big acts.. I mean the Who Don't Get Fooled AGAIN, and Substitute yesterday. What about the rest.

Fago!

elviscostello wrote: »

Yeah I was reading that yesterday and thought it was a bit OTT alright. This bit is before he starts talking about how many awards he has won for bringing rock music to the masses.



But better news on the breakfast show this morning. I was enlightened to a new form of comedy that I had never come across before*. The "facts of life" segment, contained a joke about a guy called "Little Johnny". If that wasn't useless enough, Pat also played an audio clip of people laughing at the joke. Quite strange.




*may be a slight hint of sarcasm.

Ha my mate writes those facts of life. lol

Fergus

Somebody get Pat a turntable and a few cart players

Cheap Thrills!

Dirty Deeds sounded pretty good on the radio!!! BaaAAAaaAAA !!!

Trick of the Tail

giftgrub wrote: »

I know it was "Marty Miller" because "Marty Miller" was the first thing that came out of "Marty Miller"'s mouth every time "Marty Miller" ended a song and "Marty Miller" threw up a fader

Its funny people picking on Marty for doing this, when in fact all the presenters are!

A.

Cheap Thrills!

:rolleyes: *begins twiddling dial again*

dr.bollocko

The thrills?!
THE FECKING THRILLS?
Good will out the window.
Bye Nova. Back to Planet Rock.

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alinton wrote: »

Its funny people picking on Marty for doing this, when in fact all the presenters are!

A.

Nowhere near as much as Marty.

Although everyone on Nova seems to do it a lot.

LordSutch

Was a Big fan of the original NOVA, but I'm still scratching my head on this one :cool:

Some good tracks, some great tracks, some flashes of inspiration, interspersed with mediocrity, then some terrible links, followed by lots of amatureish & uneasy chit chat, and then again, one or two glimmers of light

My internal radio jury is still out . . . . . .

Will listen again in one weeks time.

Fergus

Nothing has me reaching for the dial like those George Hook Sky ads.

greendom

They just played The Last Resort by The Eagles - what a fantastic song - so long since I last heard it.

Fago!

LordSutch wrote: »

Was a Big fan of the original NOVA, but I'm still scratching my head on this one :cool:

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The original Nova has absolutely nothing to do with this Nova. None of the same presenters, staff, owners... noffin! Just has the same name, which I think was a good call and a bad call on their part.

Good: They had a very good chance of being awarded the licence based on that name, and it'd be good publicity (people hear Nova, they tune in out of curiosity)

Bad: People hear Nova and tune in out of curiosity, and end up disappointed because this station isn't anything like the classic Nova they remember and loved!

Cheap Thrills!

Fago! wrote: »

Bad: People hear Nova and tune in out of curiosity, and end up disappointed because this station isn't anything like the classic Nova they remember and loved!

Sniffle, this was me

Fergus

Well, Greg Gaughran was on the orig Nova.. but yup, Chris Cary possibly is revolving in his grave.

Just discovered this site about the original Nova. Listening to the archive off-air recording. It's 1981 all over again!!

http://www.radionova.ie

ThisRegard

Oh noes, failure half way through More than a Feeling. What the hell is this song that's on now instead of it ?

Sids Not

ThisRegard wrote: »

Oh noes, failure half way through More than a Feeling. What the hell is this song that's on now instead of it ?

Dont fret..i'm sure Billy Idol will be along shortly to appease you..........:D

And more worringly...there only seems to be a handful of people on here that are listening/commenting on the station...

ThisRegard

Ha Ha, I literally just flicked over to it just as it happened, it was the first time I flicked over this morning.

mike65

If it wasn't so anal I'd suggest a Nova 100 song log. It shouldn't take too long to compile

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mike65 wrote: »

If it wasn't so anal I'd suggest a Nova 100 song log. It shouldn't take too long to compile

One for the list Mike. Riverboat Song by Ocean Colour Scene. Played (at least) twice in the past two days.

There is SOOOOOO much music out there. So much better music. Even, better mainstream. Why keep playing the same ones all the time?

bullpost

Is there a big enough audience out there for this type of music?

I like rock music but I'd prefer to hear music which traces its heritage from the velvets , through Roxy and Bowie , into punk , post-punk and REM/Smiths etc. rather than the American FM "rawk" brand.

Don't see too much in there for those of similar taste and vintage so I'll stick with BBC Radio 6 on the auld interwebby thing.

aerosmith

bullpost wrote: »

Is there a big enough audience out there for this type of music?

I like rock music but I'd prefer to hear music which traces its heritage from the velvets , through Roxy and Bowie , into punk , post-punk and REM/Smiths etc. rather than the American FM "rawk" brand.

Don't see too much in there for those of similar taste and vintage so I'll stick with BBC Radio 6 on the auld interwebby thing.

I totally agree... I was really looking forward to it but it really is a bit monotonous not a whole lot of different sounds in there ! Plus haven't heard any Irish stuff yet like thin lizzy, U2 and Therapy... what's that about?

... actually 98FM isn't even a rock station but it has an effing amazing deadly prize. VIP tickets to U2 paris concert and private jet over!

http://www.98fm.com/competitions/u2943/

Cheap Thrills!

Not even one Rory Gallagher tune at the time I switched off. What's that all about?

Yes, wouldn't mind hearing Therapy either but NO, NO, NO to U2 unless it's from the first 3 albums which were good.

U2/Coldplay and all that worthy Christian rock NO.

Sids Not

Have to say the music after lunch has been significantly better today....maybe theyre reading these posts.......:rolleyes:

Fergus

Quick folks .. it's BILLY IDOL again

Bard

elviscostello wrote: »

One for the list Mike. Riverboat Song by Ocean Colour Scene. Played (at least) twice in the past two days.

I'd add Boston's "More Than A Feeling". I've heard that 2 or 3 times since the launch.

Fago!

Stairway to FUUCKING heaven is on poxy repeat.

mike65

copy and paste as and when!

White Wedding
More Than a Feeling
Smoke on the Water
Stairway to Heaven

Fergus

I'm kind of amazed this format of station has a need to repeat any track more than once a fortnight.

Cheap Thrills!

Powerhouse on Phantom is playing Kashmir now.

I've heard more variety on Powerhouse in 2 hours than I've heard in the 2 days on Nova.

Got to say it, very disappointed with Nova, am watching this thread and tuning in every now and then. I still love Greg Gaughran evenif he plays U2 but he clashes with Montcrieff and I'll always listen to the Rock Show.

My problem with radio is morning so even though PC is probably the worst I've heard on Nova I'll give it a chance with my finger always hovering over the dial.

The alternatives in the morning are all difficult, I very much dislike Tom Dunne so Newstalk's out. I can't stand Ray Darcy, sanctimonious little pr!ck that he is. Tubridy is insipid. Phantom is smug and boring with its indie-lite.

Sigh, John Caddel on Powerhouse has just slagged off Nova saying they'd never play the full version of Kashmir and he's right.:(

Fuzzy Clam

It's beginning to get on my tits now!

Some decent toons tonight BUT why the insistence on telling us between every single track that we're listening to Nova.
Floyd's DSoTM last night was ruined by badly placed liners in between each track.

Even now (01.37), they can't give us 2 songs in a row without interuption.

Some aspects of this station needs to looked at if it wants to be taken seriously.....:(

I know it's early days but comon.

Sids Not

I'm holding in there till sunday nights PJ show...although i've a bad feeling he wont be able/allowed to play the stuff we're used to from him.....:(

mike65

Interupting the ambience and atmosphere of Dark Side was like farting in an art gallery.

prunudo

oh oh oh, new song on now.......smoke on th........

Actually hang on i've heard that before :eek:

mike65

Does anyone know who frames the music policy at Nova? Is a main playlist issued by a programme director with some presenter/producer input.

Fuzzy Clam

William Broad on now.

Bye Bye Nova.

mike65

LOL! Stop it, just stop it!

prunudo

ah here, Billy idol, coldplay, REM

Sure we could be listening to Larry Gogan's Golden hour!! What happened the likes of Maiden, Metallica, Acdc, Led Zep etc etc.

Thinking back, I think the test broadcast was a sign of thing to come, as it got nearer to the launch date more and more mainstream stuff was being played.

Smurph90

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

It's beginning to get on my tits now!

Some decent toons tonight BUT why the insistence on telling us between every single track that we're listening to Nova.
Floyd's DSoTM last night was ruined by badly placed liners in between each track.

Even now (01.37), they can't give us 2 songs in a row without interuption.

Some aspects of this station needs to looked at if it wants to be taken seriously.....:(

I know it's early days but comon.

you said it yourself its early days, they're going since wednesday, they're getting the brand out there, people who flick stations wont wait 10 songs to find out the name of the station.

Fuzzy Clam

Smurph90 wrote: »

you said it yourself its early days, they're going since wednesday, they're getting the brand out there, people who flick stations wont wait 10 songs to find out the name of the station.

Who mentioned 10 songs?

I said, if you care to read my post properly, they can't play 2 songs in a row etc.
It's even worse tho....what they played in between every track last night were montages of the type of music played on Nova.

Since I'm already listening to the station, i don't want to reminded of this. The station, as a whole listening experience, should be it's best advert for itself. It's failing, IMHO, in this regard.

You suggest that it's getting the brand out there to people flicking stations. If they like the music, they may stay but how many minutes will it take for these people to also get pissed off.

It's an ill conceived startup.

I write as a person who is bang in their demographic, both age wise and music wise. I love my classic rock but beginning to hate this station already. I also know I am very much not alone in this opinion.

Drake66

I'm really liking this station. It is fantastic to be able to switch onto a station in the car and actually listen to real music; not some twit droning on about his night out yesterday or be brainwashed by the latest fluffy, artificial pop hit. It's like being back in the States again.

Rock on Nova!!!

aerosmith wrote: »

I totally agree... I was really looking forward to it but it really is a bit monotonous not a whole lot of different sounds in there ! Plus haven't heard any Irish stuff yet like thin lizzy, U2 and Therapy... what's that about?

... actually 98FM isn't even a rock station but it has an effing amazing deadly prize. VIP tickets to U2 paris concert and private jet over!

http://www.98fm.com/competitions/u2943/

Haven't been listening very hard then have you?

Fergus

Thanks to the law, it seems they have to stay within a 'classic rock' format..

But the commercial free evening set tonight isn't too bad. The Faces, Franz Ferdinand, Police, etc. is a bit more refreshing. Carol Dooley is doing a nice job. I'm hearing a wider selection of stuff now and it's making me want to keep listening. Which is more than I could say for the heavy rotation Smoke on the Water etc previously.

And now latter era Zep! They're on a roll !!