Annoying traits of radio presenters.....

MJ23

Evan DietrichSmith wrote: »

With you on that one, this countdown to the weekend is a bit hackneyed now.

Only 5 days til Friday.

NIMAN

The way DJs love to tell you that "the weekend has officially started" gets on my wick.

Who are they to tell me that 2pm on a Friday afternoon is the weekend, when I'm stuck at work for a few more hours.

L1011

NIMAN wrote: »

Who are they to tell me that 2pm on a Friday afternoon is the weekend, when I'm stuck at work for a few more hours.

They're also stuck in work, which makes it even odder. Should be announcing it at the *end* of their show maybe.

Going Forward

Derek Mooney's panic attack of a handover to Mary Wilson if his show runs seconds past half past four.

mike65

That fella who does the Today FM phone in after the Prem League game is the 'pits of the world' if Smashy (or is it Nicey?) had a football phone in this is how it would sound.

prunudo

mike65 wrote: »

That fella who does the Today FM phone in after the Prem League game is the 'pits of the world' if Smashy (or is it Nicey?) had a football phone in this is how it would sound.

Haha, was only thinking 10mins ago that I'm surprised there's nobody on boards giving out about him.
I'm not mad on him myself but I kind of blank him out and just listen to the fans opinions.

Johnny Lyons is his name, used to do the sports news on 98fm

razorblunt

Paul "i lár na páirce" Collins and his sharp intake of breath after every sentence when reading the sports news on Today FM.

Neil "Mind you" Prendeville

Birneybau

Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'm Rebecca Lee.

Dublin_Mom

Evan DietrichSmith wrote: »

Aoife Carragher AA Roadwatch, reduces her voice to one of the harshest rasps I have ever heard when she signs off after the bulletin.

I'd say she could burn through a steel door with it.!!

Even worse, same Aoife Carragher does not represent AA roadwatch, but...EH EH roadwatch

I really have to switch off every time she is giving the report as it irritates me so much. Dont know where her accent is from but its awful

A.J.Plumb

Dublin_Mom wrote: »

Even worse, same Aoife Carragher does not represent AA roadwatch, but...EH EH roadwatch

I really have to switch off every time she is giving the report as it irritates me so much. Dont know where her accent is from but its awful

She is from Cavan as far as I know...pops my earwaxx big time does our Aoife !

jellybear

Aoife Carraghers croak every morning at the end of "AA Roadwatch" makes me feel physically sick. It's as if she couldn't care less who she's reporting for and just wants to finish the 30 second job she has to do every half hour!

As a side point the 'song' on the promo for Adrian Kennedy and Jeremy Dixon's new show on 98fm is beyond atrocious!!!

annapanna

jellybear wrote: »

Aoife Carraghers croak every morning at the end of "AA Roadwatch" makes me feel physically sick. It's as if she couldn't care less who she's reporting for and just wants to finish the 30 second job she has to do every half hour!

I can't bear her accent, it's like she thinks it's sexy to descend into a croak. The way she says 'eh eh' is just awful.

Going Forward

annapanna wrote: »

I can't bear her accent, it's like she thinks it's sexy to descend into a croak. The way she says 'eh eh' is just awful.

TBH, all the AA segments are delivered in a rushed, careless way, with no format that I can discern, could start in Mayo or Waterford, in no order.

Surely one should be able to expect an intelligent report starting in Dublin, then running in alphabetical order each time?

Stavro Mueller

Where on earth did Today FM dig up their showbiz correspondent Georgie Gavin from? Her nasal dortspeak accent sounds like nails on a blackboard .

alaimacerc

NIMAN wrote: »

Easily the most annoying thing on radio these days is Des Cahill's sports reports in the early morning show.

Has that fella got serious nasal/sinus problems? He sounds like he needs to see a doctor.

He's constantly sniffing, snorting, out of breath before the end of sentences, swallowing spittle etc when he's trying to do his report.

How do they vet people for jobs? Surely for the radio one of the main requirements would be a decent speaking voice with no annoying traits.

Callan -- I think it was (or Rosenstock?) -- did him up like a kipper for this. Sniff, sniff, munches sausage roll, etc. Unfortunately it just makes wheezy-Des all the harder to listen to. (Mind you, that's also true of half the TDs in the Dail...)

Harry Palmr

Not so much a single presenter but the obvious "sad voice" adopted by presenters when they have some bad news to deliver to the people.

threein99

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Not so much a single presenter but the obvious "sad voice" adopted by presenters when they have some bad news to deliver to the people.

sheroman01

Newstalk - Off the Ball - there is a guest pundit for football who appears sometimes, kind of a "posh" Dublin accent. Has an unbearable habbit of saying "ehhhhhhhh" and "uhmmmmmmm" before every sentence. Anyone know who this is?

Alicano

+1 for 'The weekend starts here'. I'm a shift worker

StreetLight

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Not so much a single presenter but the obvious "sad voice" adopted by presenters when they have some bad news to deliver to the people.

Michelle McMullen is a case in point, as well her ability to make. Every. Word. Sound. Like. A. Sentence.

WestWicklow1

Gavin Jennings used to annoy me pronouncing Theresa Villiers as Villers. I was delighted when she resigned :)

Mary Wilson interrupting people.

Nuacht readers on RTE1 saying "balloyeery". WHF are they actually saying?

JoeA3

sheroman01 wrote: »

Newstalk - Off the Ball - there is a guest pundit for football who appears sometimes, kind of a "posh" Dublin accent. Has an unbearable habbit of saying "ehhhhhhhh" and "uhmmmmmmm" before every sentence. Anyone know who this is?

Dan McDonnell ?

Heckler

From the Last Word.

Nick Webb the business guy. His over eager enthusiasm is grating.

Patrick Freyne the TV guy. Always sounds like he has a knowing smirk on his face and is about to start laughing at any minute.

JoeA3

Heckler wrote: »

Patrick Freyne the TV guy. Always sounds like he has a knowing smirk on his face and is about to start laughing at any minute.

+1000.

Somebody on another thread said - "it sounds like someone is tickling his balls".

His sidekick Jennifer (?) on that slot is even more grating.

sheroman01

JoeA3 wrote: »

Dan McDonnell ?

No, not him. His accent is horrible but he's a little bit tolerable at least.

ButtersSuki

Matt Copper (whom I normally don't mind to be fair) and his pronunciation of theatre as "TEE-ay-TURR". It's like fingernails down a chalkboard to my ears.

Radio5

Presenters who feel the need to chat at length to whoever is doing the traffic reports (not just the AA roadwatch reports, any of them). Just let them tell us what we need to know and get on with it, no need for all the waffle.

dxhound2005

WestWicklow1 wrote: »

Gavin Jennings used to annoy me pronouncing Theresa Villiers as Villers. I was delighted when she resigned :)

Fair play to Jennings for showing respect to his subject and using the pronunciation she uses herself. Unlike the AA Roadwatch correspondent I heard recently telling us that there were traffic delays on the Gross vee nor Road in Belfast. He was using the Say what you See method but it just sounded wrong to my ears.

Other examples of where Say what you See would not work are the family names Belvoir, Beauchamp, Beaulieu, the aforementioned Grosvenor, and of course good old Captain Mainwaring. There are hundreds more, and the same goes for place names and trade names.

hullaballoo

I learned Grosvenor the hard way while in London years ago.

Just on Beauchamp, I would have always tended to pronounce that the French way but there is a fairly well-known firm of solicitors in Dublin called "Beauchamps" pronounced "Beechams." I have a really hard time associating the pronunciation and the firm.

Harry Palmr

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Fair play to Jennings for showing respect to his subject and using the pronunciation she uses herself. Unlike the AA Roadwatch correspondent I heard recently telling us that there were traffic delays on the Gross vee nor Road in Belfast. He was using the Say what you See method but it just sounded wrong to my ears.

Other examples of where Say what you See would not work are the family names Belvoir, Beauchamp, Beaulieu, the aforementioned Grosvenor, and of course good old Captain Mainwaring. There are hundreds more, and the same goes for place names and trade names.

Dun La-gare ferry was once mentioned on British radio.

Gen.Zhukov

Didn't know this thread existed.

Áine 'I'll do it' Lawlor. I eh think she eh does the odd eh job around R.T. eh E.

If she goes off script for any amount of time it's eh, eh, eh. She's a professional,well paid broadcaster ! Wish tf she'd learn to string a few words together with out all the eh's. Drives me NUTS.

When she gets together with Paul Reynolds (crime) who's the same, it's radio out the window time.

"Thanks very much eh indeed" for reading
she actually said that ^

nice_guy80

Ian Dempsey is annoying me lately singing over songs

peking97

Worst of all has to be Olivia O'Lairy (sic) as well as all the folks who mispronounce Et Cetera as Eggsetra!

Radio is for life

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Not so much a single presenter but the obvious "sad voice" adopted by presenters when they have some bad news to deliver to the people.

That's the basics of radio presenting (1st year stuff), hence the reason I assume you don't work in radio and never will, if you think there is something wrong with delivering bad news in a somber tone.
Just saying!

Jack the Stripper

Is that clown that is on early evening still forcing everyone to tell them that they love him, 2fm.

Harry Palmr

Radio is for life wrote: »

That's the basics of radio presenting (1st year stuff), hence the reason I assume you don't work in radio and never will, if you think there is something wrong with delivering bad news in a somber tone.
Just saying!

Its the way it switches though, nearly comical so obvious it's its artifice.

Howard100

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

Is that clown that is on early evening still forcing everyone to tell them that they love him, 2fm.

Eoghan McLovin?

dense

Right here goes, Playing the Gay Byrne Radio Show theme under a regular show "segment", often getting the hour wrong when giving a time check, allowing feedback, and pretending to be getting caught out by track intros.


That's all from one presenter!



And of course, promising some stupid piece of interesting information which can't be imparted right now but in a "little while".

bobbyss

That Lillian Smith. Can't stand her. Switch off quickly. Constantly telling us she's live from Cork. Who gives a ....?

And those stupid requests.

crossman47

Just saw this thread. The rugby commentator Michael Corcoran always says "the match referee" (what other ref is there?) and "at this moment in time" - just say now.

Max Headroom

crossman47 wrote: »

Just saw this thread. The rugby commentator Michael Corcoran always says "the match referee" (what other ref is there?) and "at this moment in time" - just say now.

Moving forward, back in the day,awsome, you guys ,super excited, like, like........its the way they speak now...:pac:

CaptainPants

Pretending to be dumb as a brick in order to be a link between the clever person being interviewed and the presumably moronic average Irish Joe:

"I mean jaysus Mr. Krugman, I mean what is all this Economics crack all about really, it all sounds a bit high falutin to me..."

THe kinda thing George Bleeding Hook might say

alaimacerc

Max Headroom wrote: »

Moving forward, back in the day,awsome, you guys ,super excited, like, like........its the way they speak now...:pac:

If you distilled the typical post-match interview down to its meaning, without the whole "culchies do management-consultant speak", and general verbal ticks, you'd be left with nothing at all. (Besides maybe "we lost and I has a sad", etc.)

yeppydeppy

I've stopped listening to radio because of these muppets - all of them - they're all terrible. Then you have the repetitive news bulletins and the pointless and useless traffic reports and the really annoying ads - jesus the ads! So now I just listen to a good book from the library.

Max Headroom

yeppydeppy wrote: »

I've stopped listening to radio because of these muppets - all of them - they're all terrible. Then you have the repetitive news bulletins and the pointless and useless traffic reports and the really annoying ads - jesus the ads! So now I just listen to a good book from the library.

Its clear you dont need to be literate to read the news these days, the amount of mispronunciation is appalling, and as you said they repeat the mistakes all day...or is that just on nova...:rolleyes:

ford fiesta

Why do presenters have to introduce Irish bands / Singers as "Coming up we have Irish music from ...The Coronas".

Is it done in any other country when they are introducing domestic acts?

Harry Palmr

Not a presenter, a regular guest on Pat Kenny's programme is some fella from the sciences (TCD or UCD) who guffaws at the beginning and/or middle and/or end of almost every sentence he utters. At this stage I think it's probably just as weird tic that doesn't happen once the red light goes off.

yeppydeppy

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Not a presenter, a regular guest on Pat Kenny's programme is some fella from the sciences (TCD or UCD) who guffaws at the beginning and/or middle and/or end of almost every sentence he utters. At this stage I think it's probably just as weird tic that doesn't happen once the red light goes off.

Dr. Hibbert by any chance?

gamecube

Chris Greene on 2fm saying.....Hi my name is Chris & this wonderful woman her name is Ciara!

(After 4 years on 2fm we know both yourself & Ciara's first ******* names!)

alaimacerc

ford fiesta wrote: »

Why do presenters have to introduce Irish bands / Singers as "Coming up we have Irish music from ...The Coronas".

Is it done in any other country when they are introducing domestic acts?

Dunno, but wouldn't be surprised if it happened in other jurisdictions where they're swamped by a culturally dominant neighbour. France and Canada sprang to mind as possibilities, but I suppose if the content is in the French language, rather unnecessary to belabour the point.