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

flangemeistro · 22-10-2017 10:03pm

Joe Duffy. wrote: »

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

Well to be fair that's what Will Leahy has been presenting for the last 10 years.

If will Leahy or the majority of DJs didn't have streams of messages coming in to read out how would they fill their show?

And on that topic, if Will Leahys new Breakfast show on RATE Gold is voice tracked like someone has suggested how will he manage with text messages coming in?

Joe Duffy. · 22-10-2017 10:25pm

flangemeistro wrote: »

And on that topic, if Will Leahys new Breakfast show on Gold is voice tracked like someone has suggested how will he manage with text messages coming in?

Sure rte gold doesn't even have a text number.

franglan · 22-10-2017 11:21pm

Having Larry Gogan as much of a legend as he is on when the sun is out is madness. You look at what the Beeb have done with Annie Nightingale - last time I checked she was alive and on BBC Radio 1 but on a pre-record in the middle of the night. I know I'm comparing the world's greatest radio station against 2FM but the Beeb do specialist music nights on their flagship 20-35 age group radio station - why do we have to listen to Faithless or Snap with Jenny Greene as a station and a nation have we and dance music not moved on from that...

zoobizoo · 23-10-2017 3:55pm

Think moving the Electric Disco to the earlier time is a bad move.

Was in the car on Saturday evening and happened to find Near FM - they were playing some mellow house...

Lost the signal and turned to 2FM - Jenny playing some hard dance track (not hard house) that jarred with the time slot and just wasn't a great tune.

ford fiesta · 23-10-2017 6:00pm

Larry should not have to follow the playlist on the Golden Hour, an exception should be made for him so that the music can at least go back to the 80s.

franglan · 23-10-2017 6:24pm

There should be no golden hour or 80's on a station aimed at people mostly likely born after the 80's.

Maysa07 · 24-10-2017 10:41am

I think the Saturday evening\ night is a mess. You have Jenny playing dance, Then Mo K playing Rap Hip Hop, then more dance from Mr Spring.
Would it not be better to have the two dance shows back to back as before? More of a natural flow type thing ? Does any of the top brass as 2FM know anything about musical genres?

I just think the Hip Hop thing thrown in between the two dance shows doesn't work.

MikeyTaylor · 24-10-2017 10:50am

Maysa07 wrote: »

I think the Saturday evening\ night is a mess. You have Jenny playing dance, Then Mo K playing Rap Hip Hop, then more dance from Mr Spring.
Would it not be better to have the two dance shows back to back as before? More of a natural flow type thing ? Does any of the top brass as 2FM know anything about musical genres?

I just think the Hip Hop thing thrown in between the two dance shows doesn't work.

It's a controversial move alright.

threein99 · 24-10-2017 11:55am

Maysa07 wrote: »

I think the Saturday evening\ night is a mess. You have Jenny playing dance, Then Mo K playing Rap Hip Hop, then more dance from Mr Spring.
Would it not be better to have the two dance shows back to back as before? More of a natural flow type thing ? Does any of the top brass as 2FM know anything about musical genres?

I just think the Hip Hop thing thrown in between the two dance shows doesn't work.

Or get rid of all of them

MikeyTaylor · 24-10-2017 1:23pm

Does anyone agree that an Eoghan McDermott/Laura Whitmore double act show would be good for BBC Radio 1? Indeed when the former left XFM there was speculation he would join R1 but it never happened. He said in an interview he actually turned down a slot on Capital. And as for Laura she has popped up on his drivetime show a good few times! Maybe "Eoghra McDermore" should replace Grimmy when he leaves, but not that I see that happening any time soon.

franglan · 24-10-2017 5:41pm

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Does anyone agree that an Eoghan McDermott/Laura Whitmore double act show would be good for BBC Radio 1? Indeed when the former left XFM there was speculation he would join R1 but it never happened. He said in an interview he actually turned down a slot on Capital. And as for Laura she has popped up on his drivetime show a good few times! Maybe "Eoghra McDermore" should replace Grimmy when he leaves, but not that I see that happening any time soon.

He'd have to drop the "love you...bye" first off at the behest of Scott Mills.

flangemeistro · 24-10-2017 7:04pm

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Does anyone agree that an Eoghan McDermott/Laura Whitmore double act show would be good for BBC Radio 1? Indeed when the former left XFM there was speculation he would join R1 but it never happened. He said in an interview he actually turned down a slot on Capital. And as for Laura she has popped up on his drivetime show a good few times! Maybe "Eoghra McDermore" should replace Grimmy when he leaves, but not that I see that happening any time soon.

How are you still on about Laura Whitmore? Are you her agent!!

MikeyTaylor · 24-10-2017 7:10pm

flangemeistro wrote: »

How are you still on about Laura Whitmore? Are you her agent!!

Just. Making. A. Suggestion.

Actually, this would be my ideal 2FM weekday lineup:
07:00 Danny Wallace
10:00 Ian Camfield
13:00 Dan O'Connell
16:00 Eoghan McDermott
20:00 Mary Anne Hobbs
22:00 John Kennedy

Ah, the circa-2011 XFM line up. Halcyon days. EMD still uses some of his features from the old show (eg Pundown at Sundown) on his current show. :-)

Hiyadoin · 24-10-2017 8:36pm

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Just. Making. A. Suggestion.

Actually, this would be my ideal 2FM weekday lineup:
07:00 Danny Wallace
10:00 Ian Camfield
13:00 Dan O'Connell
16:00 Eoghan McDermott
20:00 Mary Anne Hobbs
22:00 John Kennedy

Ah, the circa-2011 XFM line up. Halcyon days. EMD still uses some of his features from the old show (eg Pundown at Sundown) on his current show. :-)

that's a ****e lineup for a youth station

MikeyTaylor · 24-10-2017 8:53pm

Hiyadoin wrote: »

that's a ****e lineup for a youth station

It's the Xfm lineup from six years ago. As a 17 year old I listened to the station almost religiously. It was EMD's trial to break the UK market but it looks like he failed. Which is a shame because he could have been a big star over there.

MikeyTaylor · 26-10-2017 8:10pm

Joe Duffy. wrote: »

He actually really wanted Tom Dunne for breakfast that time and a deal was almost done.

Why did it not go ahead? Sorry for the late reply.

gamecube · 30-10-2017 1:03am

After this weeks JNLR figures 2fm has slightly pulled ahead of Today FM in total listeners

Dan Healy cleared out loads of presenters across the weekday & weekend lineup over the past 4 years

So I think that the man deserves some credit for the way he has turned things around

I didn't think that he could do it but he has

MikeyTaylor · 31-10-2017 1:31am

gamecube wrote: »

After this weeks JNLR figures 2fm has slightly pulled ahead of Today FM in total listeners

Dan Healy cleared out loads of presenters across the weekday & weekend lineup over the past 4 years

So I think that the man deserves some credit for the way he has turned things around

I didn't think that he could do it but he has

Fair play to him, the station is in my opinion in a better way than it was when John McMahon was in charge.

Einstein A. Gogo · 31-10-2017 10:11am

gamecube wrote:

He has 2fm's daily ratings on a par with Today fm so do people here think he has done a good job?

Given that Today FMs numbers have plummeted since Willie O'Reilly left and 2fm are still well shy of the numbers it was achieving ten years ago I'd say he's not been successful. He changed it dramatically but there is no evidence that he improved it.

gamecube · 31-10-2017 8:42pm

Einstein A. Gogo wrote: »

Given that Today FMs numbers have plummeted since Willie O'Reilly left and 2fm are still well shy of the numbers it was achieving ten years ago I'd say he's not been successful. He changed it dramatically but there is no evidence that he improved it.

2fm is never going to have the numbers it had 10 years ago

Today fm is also never again going to get near it's high numbers from the past

I think that RTE wanted Dan Healy to match Today FM's numbers of the present & the man has done it

More Music · 01-11-2017 1:49am

Einstein A. Gogo wrote: »

Given that Today FMs numbers have plummeted since Willie O'Reilly left and 2fm are still well shy of the numbers it was achieving ten years ago I'd say he's not been successful. He changed it dramatically but there is no evidence that he improved it.

Listernship and viewership figures have decreased across the board compared to 10 years ago.

The market is more diluted.

When 2fm’s figures were in the gutter 5/6 years ago it was the fault of the man in charge. Yet when they are seeing substantial gains it’s just circumstance, nothing to do now with the PD.

I don’t listen to Breakfast Republic but they got an awful roasting here when they took over the gig and for quite a while. All quite now.

Congratulations to 2fm.

marno21 · 04-11-2017 3:21pm

Eoghan McDermott's drivetime show is now a talk oriented show with the odd bit of music.

Could really do with a "more music drive" type of show. There's enough talk on Radio 1, Today FM and Newstalk at the same time. I'm not sure who he's trying to appeal to who would rather listen to him than the other 3 national stations.

ford fiesta · 04-11-2017 3:31pm

marno21 wrote: »

Eoghan McDermott's drivetime show is now a talk oriented show with the odd bit of music.

more like a SHOUTY orientated show. what an unlikeable presenter.

MikeyTaylor · 04-11-2017 3:39pm

marno21 wrote: »

Eoghan McDermott's drivetime show is now a talk oriented show with the odd bit of music.

Could really do with a "more music drive" type of show. There's enough talk on Radio 1, Today FM and Newstalk at the same time. I'm not sure who he's trying to appeal to who would rather listen to him than the other 3 national stations.

When he was on XFM it was the other way around. Now it is as if he was never on that station at all.

MikeyTaylor · 13-11-2017 7:12pm

Eoghan McDermott says in this month's VIP that he has "unfinished business" over in London. He also reveals that he narrowly lost out to Matt Richardson to present Xtra Factor back in 2015, and that he would have worked on The Voice Of The UK's spin-off show but it was cancelled at the last moment. He also says he wants to visit Japan and South America in 2018.

Tommy Ferguson · 14-11-2017 12:56am

Eoghan McDermott is going no where fast with this love you trash and verified listener. Jenny Greene needs to ease back on the annoying laugh.

MikeyTaylor · 14-11-2017 1:06am

Tommy Ferguson wrote: »

Eoghan McDermott is going no where fast with this love you trash and verified listener. Jenny Greene needs to ease back on the annoying laugh.

Give me 2FM over Today FM any day.

Never Say Never Again · 11-12-2017 10:38pm

According to yesterday's Sunday business post, RTE are to axe news on 2fm from 7pm/6am for cost reasons. I think they should go Atlantic 252 and axe news completely. Interestingly rte are perfectly entitled to not have news on their radio stations.

Declan A Walsh · 11-12-2017 10:58pm

Never Say Never Again wrote: »

According to yesterday's Sunday business post, RTE are to axe news on 2fm from 7pm/6am for cost reasons. I think they should go Atlantic 252 and axe news completely. Interestingly rte are perfectly entitled to not have news on their radio stations.

They could also axe seats from the studio! Didn't the deejays on Atlantic 252 have to stand up while doing their shows?!

Atlantic Dawn · 12-12-2017 12:12am

I thought as a condition of their licence they had to have almost hourly news? This is the case for 98fm, FM104, Spin etc.

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

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