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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes at 2FM

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    #692
    Joe Duffy.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 154 ✭✭Joe Duffy.


    I wonder how long will it take 2fm to update the weekend line-up on their website ? Will rick o shea and Will Leahys mugs still be their in 18 months time ?


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    #693
    Joe Duffy.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 154 ✭✭Joe Duffy.


    Have we been told who is getting the Sunday night 6/8 slot yet ?


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    #694
    MikeyTaylor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭MikeyTaylor


    Joe Duffy. wrote: »
    Have we been told who is getting the Sunday night 6/8 slot yet ?
    I am not sure. I doubt Louise McSharry's show will be extended. Maybe Conor Behan?


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    #695
    Joe Duffy.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 154 ✭✭Joe Duffy.


    MikeyTaylor wrote: »
    I am not sure. I doubt Louise McSharry's show will be extended. Maybe Conor Behan?

    Of course the rte guide and saorview epg still have Will Leahy listed, what kind of donkey organization is RTE ? FFS


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    #696
    howareyakid
    Registered Users Posts: 906 ✭✭✭howareyakid


    Sad to see Will Leahy leave. 2fm is a much changed place to the station I grew up with.


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    #697
    The Fame
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭The Fame


    2fm have officially announced their brand new weekend schedule...

    http://2fm.rte.ie/2017/10/20/new-voices-coming-weekend/


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    #698
    zoobizoo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,729 ✭✭✭zoobizoo


    Why keep fanning there?


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    #699
    Joe Duffy.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 154 ✭✭Joe Duffy.


    The Fame wrote: »
    2fm have officially announced their brand new weekend schedule...

    http://2fm.rte.ie/2017/10/20/new-voices-coming-weekend/

    98% of that schedule isn't "new" at all. Afric o Connell and C&C have already been on those slots for months


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    #700
    MikeyTaylor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭MikeyTaylor


    Joe Duffy. wrote: »
    98% of that schedule isn't "new" at all. Afric o Connell and C&C have already been on those slots for months
    No Conor Behan.


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    #701
    hufpc8w3adnk65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,158 ✭✭✭✭hufpc8w3adnk65


    Having Mo K is good but 6-8 is too early for The Electric Disco


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    #702
    Joe Duffy.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 154 ✭✭Joe Duffy.


    MrMac84 wrote: »
    6-8 is too early for Electric Disco

    I think it used to be on at that time when it first started about 10 years ago


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    #703
    flangemeistro
    Registered Users Posts: 1,692 ✭✭✭flangemeistro


    zoobizoo wrote: »
    Why keep fanning there?

    Because of his very very very very loose connection to U2 and getting their "world exclusive" first play.
    Cringe


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    #704
    howareyakid
    Registered Users Posts: 906 ✭✭✭howareyakid


    If Gogan and Fanning are "as relevant today as they ever were" then surely the same goes for Rick and Will? The new weekend schedule would look a hell of a lot better with their two names still there in my humble opinion.


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    #705
    Joe Duffy.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 154 ✭✭Joe Duffy.


    howareyakid wrote: »
    If Gogan and Fanning are "as relevant today as they ever were" then surely the same goes for Rick and Will? The new weekend schedule would look a hell of a lot better with their two names still there in my humble opinion.

    Larry wasn't relevant to the youth of 30 years ago, let alone today's youth


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    #706
    marno21
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,409 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    As someone who is slap bang in the middle of 2FM's target audience.

    1. Dave Fanning. Square peg, round hole.
    2. Mo K. If this is his show that he did when he filled in for Chris & Ciara playing upfront dance & urban music this will be brilliant. If it's his Friday night show it's a missed opportunity as Saturday 8pm isn't the time for that kind of show.
    3. DJ Tando on Friday night - looks like it has potential.
    4. Spring Sessions. This should be on at 4am - does anyone even listen?
    5. A dance anthems type show ala BBC Radio 1 would be great on a Saturday evening from 5/6pm. Maybe Mo K will be doing something similar.
    6. The Alternative on nights from 10pm is another poor timeslot use.

    For a station trying to target 15-34 year olds this schedule is a really, really poor attempt at rectifying the ongoing weekend problems.


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    #707
    Joe Duffy.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 154 ✭✭Joe Duffy.


    There is also the problem of the terrible weeknight schedule starting with Game On


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    #708
    Joe Duffy.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 154 ✭✭Joe Duffy.


    Did Chris and Ciara deserve their demotion to weekends ?


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    #709
    hufpc8w3adnk65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,158 ✭✭✭✭hufpc8w3adnk65


    marno21 wrote: »
    5. A dance anthems type show ala BBC Radio 1 would be great on a Saturday evening from 5/6pm. Maybe Mo K will be doing something similar.
    .

    They have one it’s called The Electric Disco


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    #710
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users Posts: 3,531 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    Dan Healy, Head of RTÉ 2FM said; “....One of the great things about 2FM is its heritage. Both Dave Fanning and Larry Gogan continue to be as relevant today as they ever were.”

    What a patronising and stupid statement from the clueless "Head of 2FM" who clearly stated before that he does not want anymore heritage or older listeners tuning into 2FM !!


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    #711
    howareyakid
    Registered Users Posts: 906 ✭✭✭howareyakid


    Joe Duffy. wrote: »
    Larry wasn't relevant to the youth of 30 years ago, let alone today's youth

    They're obovously untouchable but 2fm seems in the strange position of trying to usher in the new generation as quickly as possible whilst being still being stuck in the past.


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    #712
    gamecube
    Registered Users Posts: 364 ✭✭gamecube


    Joe Duffy. wrote: »
    Did Chris and Ciara deserve their demotion to weekends ?

    They had 9,000 listeners Sun-Thur at 10pm-12am which totals 45,000 listeners over the 5 nights

    Now they have 100k listeners on Saturday 11am-1pm & 75,000 listeners on Sunday going by Rick O' Shea's old JNLR figures which is a total of 175k listeners over the 2 weekend days

    So they are reaching 130k more listeners by moving to weekends so hardly a demotion!


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    #713
    gamecube
    Registered Users Posts: 364 ✭✭gamecube


    Hector, Colm Hayes, Ruth Scott, Rick O'Shea, & Will Leahy moved on by Dan Healy

    5 gone and 2 more to go in Dan Healy's mind

    Dave Fanning & Larry Gogan will be the next 2 to go fairly shortly me thinks!


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    #714
    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 68,798 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    2FM turned off after Jenny Greene's show within minutes. Dance and RnB may sound similar to an old fart in management (that'd be you, Dan) but the crossover in fanbase terms is probably single digit %

    Putting a poor RnB show reefed off 2XM between two dance shows is going to ensure nobody listens to it, or to Mr Spring as they'll have long since turned off.
    gamecube wrote: »
    They had 9,000 listeners Sun-Thur at 10pm-12am which totals 45,000 listeners over the 5 nights

    That's not how you calculate reach!


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    #715
    prunudo
    Registered Users Posts: 7,404 ✭✭✭prunudo


    They need a dance show that's playing new stuff, as much as I like the classics on the electric disco they need a show like Jenny's old Friday night programme. With the success of the likes of tomorrowland and ultra I'm surprised it doesn't having the following here to have more dance shows.
    Radio in Ireland is all the same and too safe, focusing on jnlr's and afraid to loose advertisers.


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    #716
    marno21
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,409 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    jvan wrote: »
    They need a dance show that's playing new stuff, as much as I like the classics on the electric disco they need a show like Jenny's old Friday night programme. With the success of the likes of tomorrowland and ultra I'm surprised it doesn't having the following here to have more dance shows.
    Radio in Ireland is all the same and too safe, focusing on jnlr's and afraid to loose advertisers.
    RTE 2FM's dance output hasn't advanced since Dan Healy began the "regeneration" in 2014.

    A dance show, ala Jenny's Friday night show or even like Mo K's when he fills in for Chris & Ciara would be very popular in the evenings.

    A lot more popular than Dan Hegarty/Louise McSharry/Mr Spring etc.


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    #717
    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 68,798 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Mo K's output is not dance and will repel a dance audience - as was my point. Springer's show is screwed now that that is on before it.


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    #718
    marno21
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,409 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    L1011 wrote: »
    Mo K's output is not dance and will repel a dance audience - as was my point. Springer's show is screwed now that that is on before it.
    Not sure if that's aimed at me or the other poster.

    Mo K used to fill in for Chris & Ciara during the last few summers, playing dance/house/urban/hip hop, which was a very good show.

    Mo K used to present a Friday night show of upfront urban & hip hop.

    I presume the latter above has moved to Saturday nights - what I'm saying is there would be a decent opportunity for a show like the first one above.


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    #719
    Joe Duffy.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 154 ✭✭Joe Duffy.


    They have an new program this evening called "The Request show" is it 1987? FFS


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    #720
    Sterlingwork
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭Sterlingwork


    Joe Duffy. wrote: »
    They have an new program this evening called "The Request show" is it 1987? FFS

    I heard it. It sounds more like south county Dublin school radio in 1987...


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    #721
    howareyakid
    Registered Users Posts: 906 ✭✭✭howareyakid


    Request show was fairly uninspiring now I have to say. Nothing original or interesting from what I heard. Going to struggle to beat Hector's Sunday Sitting Room and Ed's Spngs of Praise in the ratings methinks


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