TXFM (formerly much missed Phantom) line up

paddylonglegs

Went into a shop with nova on and Epic was being played! Did joe get a job with them???

HandsomeDan

When's this coming back? Sick of Nova and their inane americanized bollox already.

GBX

HandsomeDan wrote: »

When's this coming back? Sick of Nova and their inane americanized bollox already.

Its bad alright.

paulbok

HandsomeDan wrote: »

When's this coming back? Sick of Nova and their inane americanized bollox already.

That Aussie/Kiwi newsreader they have on in the morning, her voice is painful to listen to, real whiny.

Max Headroom

If Nova just sorted out the moronic, forced ,unfunny behaviour of their breakfast and afternoon show i could cope with that.....
This morning Miller made a (pre-rehersed) joke about Phil Collins being tiny :rolleyes:...for the next hour this "joke" was slaughtered to death...he's not a naturally funny guy..i met him btw...sorry to be banging on about Nova on this TXFM thread....

Flatzie_poo

Pat.

fckin.

Courtney.


8 Radio it is...

micar

Been listening to xfm from them across the water....it's ok..the music's good... The presenters not so.

syngindub

8 Radio, is this being hosted in whelans ?

whiskeyman

Forgot I didn't yet remove my 105.2 and flicked over by accident on way home instinctively... Static.

Flicked back over to LiveDrive on Dublin Cityfm to hear 'Reconnect' by Director!
That song reminded me of Phantom so much... The line 'I want to reconnect with you' couldn't have been more apt!

threein99

whiskeyman wrote: »

Forgot I didn't yet remove my 105.2 and flicked over by accident on way home instinctively... Static.

Flicked back over to LiveDrive on Dublin Cityfm to hear 'Reconnect' by Director!
That song reminded me of Phantom so much... The line 'I want to reconnect with you' couldn't have been more apt!

I still havent done it and I dont think I will either as mark of respect :cool:

Really missing it Today I usually listen to Dermot and Dave at this time but they are not on this week so I'm at a loss now

Lovely Bloke

Jaysis, LiveDrive was playing some cheese this morning, Westlife included, seems this is a monthly (first wednesday) thing. Hmmm.

I like Chris Moyles on Radio X in the morning, not everyone's cuppa tea, but I've been following him since BBCR1 was relayed by a Dublin Pirate many moons ago. Think Johnny Vaughan is in for him this week?

I also like BBCR6 too, don't get the hate for Shaun Keaveny either, I like his understated delivery in the mornings. He's off this week too though.

That playlist posted for Spotify is decent though, some proper tunes on there, nice one.

LEIN

Last hour... Sniff Sniff

https://twitter.com/HoganKT/status/793846454951481348

Poncke

Definitely missing TXFM (Phantom), listening Nova in the car now, but its not the same. Its just not...

paulbok

Poncke wrote: »

Definitely missing TXFM (Phantom), listening Nova in the car now, but its not the same. Its just not...

I know what you mean. It's like have split with a hot girlfriend and now you are drunk in the bar, and contemplating the advances from a rough looking cougar.


I've had 8Radio on all day and like whats playing, so it's becoming my station of choice, but I can't depend on a decent 3/4G signal on my commute up and down to Dublin to listen to it in the car.

paddylonglegs

We just thinking today, I know Claire becks show was sponsored somewhat by the dairy council, but cathals show and joes show didn't have an obvious sponsor. Am I right in saying that? I wonder if they had someone sponsoring the shows a bit heavier would things have been different....

Howard the Duck

paddylonglegs wrote: »

We just thinking today, I know Claire becks show was sponsored somewhat by the dairy council, but cathals show and joes show didn't have an obvious sponsor. Am I right in saying that? I wonder if they had someone sponsoring the shows a bit heavier would things have been different....

I think it's obvious that it would have made a difference, lack of money is why it closed. just listened to the last hour there.. emotional stuff, wish them all the best and hope they are just the first chapter on the history of Alternative radio in Ireland.

paddylonglegs

Howard the Duck wrote: »

I think it's obvious that it would have made a difference, lack of money is why it closed. just listened to the last hour there.. emotional stuff, wish them all the best and hope they are just the first chapter on the history of Alternative radio in Ireland.

Fight Like Apes sited TX in their statement for the bands break up yesterday. The loss of them added to the difficulty of new Irish bands to get exposure

CianRyan

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Fight Like Apes sited TX in their statement for the bands break up yesterday. The loss of them added to the difficulty of new Irish bands to get exposure

This was a real stinger for myself (and countless others I'm sure) because now I find it very hard to see where my band will get played on Irish radio.
We've had a few plays in the UK but never got on TX, bar a quick mention once. TX was the only place for small Alt bands to get air time and now there's nothing.

Big Nasty

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Fight Like Apes sited TX in their statement for the bands break up yesterday. The loss of them added to the difficulty of new Irish bands to get exposure

That and spotify, i.e. people not buying music, which I guess a lot of us are guilty of.

byte

CianRyan wrote: »

This was a real stinger for myself (and countless others I'm sure) because now I find it very hard to see where my band will get played on Irish radio.
We've had a few plays in the UK but never got on TX, bar a quick mention once. TX was the only place for small Alt bands to get air time and now there's nothing.

Dare to plug yer band, now that you've mentioned it?

CianRyan

byte wrote: »

Dare to plug yer band, now that you've mentioned it?

I feel like a ****head plugging but **** it.
Full EP Spotify and iTunes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OqSd9JL6vg

Clem_Fandango

paddylonglegs wrote: »

We just thinking today, I know Claire becks show was sponsored somewhat by the dairy council, but cathals show and joes show didn't have an obvious sponsor. Am I right in saying that? I wonder if they had someone sponsoring the shows a bit heavier would things have been different....

Hmmm. Pretty sure that was spillover from Today FM sponsorship

L1011

paddylonglegs wrote: »

We just thinking today, I know Claire becks show was sponsored somewhat by the dairy council, but cathals show and joes show didn't have an obvious sponsor. Am I right in saying that? I wonder if they had someone sponsoring the shows a bit heavier would things have been different....

It would have, but nobody else was willing to sponsor shows with such a tiny audience. Its not like they were turning away sponsors.

TX/Phantom had a tiny, niche audience and onerous costs due to regulations - news/current affairs mostly; also turnover rather than profit or audience based music rights. The Irish content % likely wasn't a concern as they played a lot of new Irish music.

paddylonglegs

Clem_Fandango wrote: »

Hmmm. Pretty sure that was spillover from Today FM sponsorship

Today fm, news talk, 98fm are all heavily heavily sponsored. So why wasn't tx? Surely there was someone out there that fit the bill.

Doing the maths, I guess the listener ship figures wouldn't reflect how much a sponsor was willing to pay up?

John caddel had tower records for his weekend show....

Clem_Fandango

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Today fm, news talk, 98fm are all heavily heavily sponsored. So why wasn't tx? Surely there was someone out there that fit the bill.

Doing the maths, I guess the listener ship figures wouldn't reflect how much a sponsor was willing to pay up?

John caddel had tower records for his weekend show....

Wow. Tower records. THE tower records?

C'moonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Max Headroom

CianRyan wrote: »

I feel like a ****head plugging but **** it.
Full EP Spotify and iTunes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OqSd9JL6vg

I like it.....have you contacted Nova...their Sunday school caters for new stuff..and you might send a demo to Pat James while you're at it..

CianRyan

Max Headroom wrote: »

I like it.....have you contacted Nova...their Sunday school caters for new stuff..and you might send a demo to Pat James while you're at it..

I've not really dabbled in Nova much as I thought it was mostly classic rock which I'm not into, worth a look though.
Thanks, buddy!
I like the idea of posting a physical demo, feels authentic. Haha

ghostdancer

a note from Claire here:
http://dirtinyourfries.com/a-love-letter-to-txfm/

plus the tracklist from her last show:

11am-12pm
Joy Division – Transmission
Father John Misty – Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings
LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great
The Clash – Lost In The Supermarket
Lou Reed – Satellite Of Love
Talking Heads – This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) *Chosen By Dee Reddy of TXFM’s Sunday Service*
Jeff Buckley – Grace
My Morning Jacket – Touch Me I’m Going To Scream Part 2
Real Estate – It’s Real

12-1pm
Paul Simon – Graceland
Rusangano Family – Lights On
David Bowie – Magic Dance
Aeroplane – We Can’t Fly
Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
Grace Lightman – Faultless
Bantum feat. Loah – Take It
The Stone Roses – This Is The One
The Postal Services – Such Great Heights
Shamir – On The Regular *For the Mother Dublin crew *
William Onyeabor – Fantastic Man *For Brian Keaveny of TXFM’s Souled Out, as he couldn’t make it into studio on the day*

1-2pm
The Cure – A Forest
Roisin Murphy – Dear Miami
Hole – Malibu
Perfume Genius – Queen
Run The Jewels – Talk To Me *As chosen by Paul Lynskey of TXFM’s Parklife*
The Decemberists – Make You Better
Manic Street Preachers – Motorcycle Emptiness
New Order – Temptation
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps *For Rocky*
The Style Council – Walls Come Tumbling Down

2-3pm
Prince – Take Me With U
Girl Band – Paul
Smith & Burrows – When The Thames Froze
Deacon Blue – Real Gone Kid *As chosen by Niall Byrne of Nialler9‘s Thursday Night Show on TXFM*
John Grant & The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra – Sigourney Weaver
The Kinks – Days
Otis Redding – Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay
Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Villagers – Set The Tigers Free (live at RAK version)
Philip Oakley & Georgio Moroder – Together In Electric Dreams


Last song in the 7-8pm hour, co presented with Joe Donnelly, John Caddell, Kelly-Anne Byrne and Cathal Funge
Father John Misty – Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)

“We’ll always be together, together in electric dreams.”

Declan A Walsh

Forgive my vaugeness below but there is an obvious reason for it.

I was talking to someone today who is related to a staff member that lost their job at TXFM last week. I was told that the individual in question was upset at this loss and is going to be leaving Ireland shortly to spend some time abroad. We both agreed that hopefully this ex-TXFM person might be able to build upon the experience that they got in TXFM. I suggested to the person related to the ex-TXFM person that the latter might be able to get some kind of a related job in the place they are going to. The relative agreed that might be an idea.

By the way, if the person in question does see this, I wish you the best of luck in your future career.

Twizzler

paulbok wrote: »

I know what you mean. It's like have split with a hot girlfriend and now you are drunk in the bar, and contemplating the advances from a rough looking cougar.


I've had 8Radio on all day and like whats playing, so it's becoming my station of choice, but I can't depend on a decent 3/4G signal on my commute up and down to Dublin to listen to it in the car.

Been dabbling in 8Radio as well as all the other options listed here as an alternative. 8Radio is by far & away my runaway favourite so far. Shame there are no DJs until the evening during the week. I've tuned in on & off today & yesterday & I will definitely be doing that every weekend going forward.
Can't handle Nova at all. Again, I have dipped in and out since the 27th of Oct & all I have heard is the Nova noise over & over & over.
Anyway, this thread is about TXFM. I read Claire's blog & it was very heartfelt. She said "I don't understand why it closed" - sounds like she must have felt there was a way to make it successful/profitable over time.