radio nova

Bard

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

So where are some of the former presenters of Radio Nova now? I deliberately left out some that I'm not sure - (a) if they are gone completely, or (b) what exactly they are doing now.... or (c) syndicated job!

Enda Murphy - Sunshine 106.8 and Classic Hits

Carol Dooley - Sunshine 106.8

Mike Maloney - online station Music One Ireland

John Power - presenter (as John Power) and owner (Noel Dicker) of Greystones-based digital station GCR Digital Radio

Breffni Clack - freelance multi-platform journalist and content creator

Hugh O'Brien - main job: solicitor. Often turns up on Christmas FM

Damien Farrelly - Classic Hits - was a filler breakfast presenter for about a week on Nova

P.J. Gallagher - Classic Hits - was a filler breakfast presenter for about a week on Nova

Paul Moriarity - Podcast producer and presenter for RTE (television and Radio One)

Johnny Bowe - Q102

David Tighe - Managing Director of Bauer Media Northern Ireland (Cool FM/Downtown Radio/Downtown Country) - when he was CEO of Nova, he did some fill in as presenter a few times

Can you fill in a few more gaps?

Me :cool:

Niall O'Keeffe - formerly Pat Courtenay's producer (when he was on breakfast), I also did some stints on news, the rock report, produced a sports show (World Cup extra with Con Murphy & Roddy Collins), presented overnights and was a presenter on their multi-city temp The Rock (looks like someone revived the website I wrote them LONG ago... with a few cosmetic changes... https://www.therock.ie)

Nowadays I'm in charge of Commercial Production & Station Sound in multi-county local station Midlands 103, where I also fill in on air from time to time. My profile page for them is here: https://www.midlands103.com/on-air/niall-okeeffe/

endofrainbow

Anyone see JC on an on street brief interview re: c19 on Primetime this evening?

Bard

endofrainbow wrote: »

Anyone see JC on an on street brief interview re: c19 on Primetime this evening?

Yes! Knew that had to be him!

ford fiesta

This week Nova (and other Commercial stations) have indicated that they are be supporting Live Performance and Music Industry's Covid 19 awareness, therefore shouldn't they be playing these Irish artists instead of Prince and Rolling Stones on their DAYTIME playlists ?

I don't hear any difference on music output this week..

AlgerShane

Ok, Greg Gaughran just hit an all-time record tonight. Not one, but TWO John Prine tracks from his final offering. This guy is an actual musical genius. No word of a lie. Also if you like the Beatles you should keep your ear on Nova this weekend, lots of double plays, give aways, and concerts in honour of what would've been Lennon's 80th birthday.

prunudo

AlgerShane wrote: »

Ok, Greg Gaughran just hit an all-time record tonight. Not one, but TWO John Prine tracks from his final offering. This guy is an actual musical genius. No word of a lie. Also if you like the Beatles you should keep your ear on Nova this weekend, lots of double plays, give aways, and concerts in honour of what would've been Lennon's 80th birthday.

Its no coincidence that a lot of the current issues with Nova started after Hayes took over as musical director from Greg.

AlgerShane

prunudo wrote: »

Its no coincidence that a lot of the current issues with Nova started after Hayes took over as musical director from Greg.

Yeah, you'd think one of the actual musical geniuses like Gaughran or Pat James should have got the gig. Oh well. We'll see what happens post COVID-19.

Lord Nelson

prunudo wrote: »

Its no coincidence that a lot of the current issues with Nova started after Hayes took over as musical director from Greg.

Hayes was past his sell by date when he went to RTÉ. Fast forward to 2020...

Homer

AlgerShane wrote: »

Yeah, you'd think one of the actual musical geniuses like Gaughran or Pat James should have got the gig. Oh well. We'll see what happens post COVID-19.

What do you expect when you have a dunce like Kevin Branigan at the helm. Hayes sold him a bullsh1t sales pitch about bringing sophistication and Experience to Nova and Brannigan swallowed it hook, line and sinker!
What he actually brought was fart jokes and an appalling knowledge of music.

AlgerShane

Homer wrote: »

What do you expect when you have a dunce like Kevin Branigan at the helm. Hayes sold him a bullsh1t sales pitch about bringing sophistication and Experience to Nova and Brannigan swallowed it hook, line and sinker!
What he actually brought was fart jokes and an appalling knowledge of music.

Ah now don't insult Brannigan... can't boil it all down to him.

Turn on the car every morning and its usually Nova.
Takes no more than 5mins before Lucy talks about her holes or skidmarks etc etc
Then spotify comes goes on.

Dub Ste

Had to nip out last night in the van and was flicking around the stations, put Nova on, and on came Haircut 100.....ah yeah, I remember them at Donnigton alongside the other heavyweights of rock that Nova play...

George Ezra
Soft Cell
Duran Duran
Human League

Joke of a station.......

Yeah_Right

I heard them advertising a gig earlier. Deftones and Gojira next June. I wonder if anyone at the station has heard a single song by either band. They certainly don't play them.

FanadMan

Yeah_Right wrote: »

I heard them advertising a gig earlier. Deftones and Gojira next June. I wonder if anyone at the station has heard a single song by either band. They certainly don't play them.

They post on FB about Metallica and how great they are but I think that they only own the black album.

AlgerShane

Sigh.......... Guys. All this giving out about the stuff Nova “should” be playing and what they were always “licensed” to play. Nothing but classic rock. And that Nova is now more commercial than anything. Nova has always been a relatively commercial station, so to speak, since it’s inception 10 years ago. There was probably more “non-playlisted” shows than there is now, yes, but in between that, when you really dig deep, nothing has changed that much bar who’s in charge. We still have Pat James, Greg Gaughran, and Kieran McGuinness who pick the songs they want to play, and the Friday Night Live shows, but outside of that, Nova is still the same commercial station it was since the day it was founded, and nothing will change that. So you can’t put the entire blame on Hayes or Branigan... if you don’t like it don’t listen. Simple 🤦*♂️

Max Headroom

Homer wrote: »

What do you expect when you have a dunce like Kevin Branigan at the helm. Hayes sold him a bullsh1t sales pitch about bringing sophistication and Experience to Nova and Brannigan swallowed it hook, line and sinker!
What he actually brought was fart jokes and an appalling knowledge of music.

Clearly not the only thing of Haze he swallowed.........:D

Searching yesterday while out in Wicklow...The Riverboat song was on so I left it....the knob of a "presenter" come on after the song and said"..that was Ocean Coloured Scene "

same thing last week, cant remember who it was.....clown...:rolleyes:

Declan A Walsh

On a different note, if it true that Radio Nova let go most of their weekend only presenters because of the pandemic cutbacks, why was Luke O'Faolain taken on recently? Could Nova not have reinstated someone, if indeed they had been let go? I was reminded of this when I heard him yesterday.

Max Headroom

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

On a different note, if it true that Radio Nova let go most of their weekend only presenters because of the pandemic cutbacks, why was Luke O'Faolain taken on recently? Could Nova not have reinstated someone, if indeed they had been let go? I was reminded of this when I heard him yesterday.

Is that the clown Declan...??....have to assume he's related to/sleeping with Lucy, or Haze....or a love child maybe...either way not a good presenter

AlgerShane

Was wondering the same thing, Declan. Though Liam Quigley did tell me recently he’s no longer with the station since Covid, and presumably the freelancers too. But we can only wonder with Tony Ainscough and Peter Devlin. Maybe we’ll find out post-COVID. I think they plan to be back at some point. It all depends.

FanadMan

AlgerShane wrote: »

Was wondering the same thing, Declan. Though Liam Quigley did tell me recently he’s no longer with the station since Covid, and presumably the freelancers too. But we can only wonder with Tony Ainscough and Peter Devlin. Maybe we’ll find out post-COVID. I think they plan to be back at some point. It all depends.

Tony is "supposed" to be back sometime this month, but sadly can't see that happening the way things are going.

AlgerShane

FanadMan wrote: »

Tony is "supposed" to be back sometime this month, but sadly can't see that happening the way things are going.

Yeah so he said. Likelihood is it won’t be until after the pandemic is over and gigs return................. or never. Our dear friend Hayes may have took COVID as the opportunity to make the station another little bit different, for better or worse. Still Nova though, like it always was.

Max Headroom

On a side note..6music daytime are playing a lot of Irish bands, Pillow queens and New dad to just name just two....are nova playing these....or are they even aware of them.....?

Sunrise_Sunset

Nova has gotten woeful. Tuned out.

AlgerShane

Max Headroom wrote: »

On a side note..6music daytime are playing a lot of Irish bands, Pillow queens and New dad to just name just two....are nova playing these....or are they even aware of them.....?

Kieran McGuinness plays plenty of the Pillow Queens, and many great Irish artists, Max. He's taken over from Gavin Glass as "Irish support " for the station .

Max Headroom

AlgerShane wrote: »

Kieran McGuinness plays plenty of the Pillow Queens, and many great Irish artists, Max. He's taken over from Gavin Glass as "Irish support " for the station .

Yeah...but i'm talking daytime....those shows always play better tracks and a lot of new irish bands...its clear Colon Haze (sounds like a condition ) has no interest in the new irish stuff unless they become popular, then he's all about "this great irish band we discovered..."......:rolleyes:

AlgerShane

So, a whole weekend of Bruce Springsteen tracks celebrating his new album, and now Greg Gaughran plays two Randy Newman tracks “just because we can”. And to think some people still diss Nova. ‘Tis a pity.

Max Headroom

If Trump gets elected wonder if Springsprong will get a job in nova....seeing as he said he'd move here...probably the drink talking...:P

AlgerShane

Max Headroom wrote: »

If Trump gets elected wonder if Springsprong will get a job in nova....seeing as he said he'd move here...probably the drink talking...:P

He'd definitely be a decent programme director anyway with his knowledge!

Max Headroom

AlgerShane wrote: »

He'd definitely be a decent programme director anyway with his knowledge!

Knowledge is a virtue..............;)

whiskeyman

Former TD Shane Ross on that awful morning show now.

I don't even...

Sugarlumps

299 pages dedicated to whining. If you don’t like the station then why listen, they aren’t going anywhere.

end of the road

Sugarlumps wrote: »

299 pages dedicated to whining. If you don’t like the station then why listen, they aren’t going anywhere.

it's a discussion forum.

perhapse if you don't like what is being discussed then you could think about avoiding the points of discussion you have no interest in rather then complaining that people are discussing something on a discussion forum which is designed for discussion of topics.

prunudo

Sugarlumps wrote: »

299 pages dedicated to whining. If you don’t like the station then why listen, they aren’t going anywhere.

Because it could be so much better, and people, rightly feel that Hayes and the breakfast show have destroyed what could have been a good alternative to everything else on the dial. Was it perfect, no but the last 3 years have seen a steady downhill slide in the direction of the station.

ford fiesta

whiskeyman wrote: »

Former TD Shane Ross on that awful morning show now.

I don't even...

Shane Ross is on a lot of TV and Radio stations these past few weeks

Declan A Walsh

ford fiesta wrote: »

Shane Ross is on a lot of TV and Radio stations these past few weeks

There are at least two reasons for that.

1. Shane Ross has a book out which would be just in time for the Christmas market.

2. Shane always expressed certain views about the judiciary. Given recent news coverage relating to the appointment of former Attorney General Seamus Woulfe to the Supreme Court and the fallout from "Golfgate", he is only too happy to re-air his views on judiciary appointments and related matters.

endofrainbow

Shane Ross and colm Hayes a match made in heaven 🀔

I'd be more concerned about them playing Bananarama on yesterday's show🀀🀀🀀

Max Headroom

endofrainbow wrote: »

Shane Ross and colm Hayes a match made in heaven ��

I'd be more concerned about them playing Bananarama on yesterday's show������

Why..........

its_steve116

I have noticed in recent weeks that Ruth Scott has gotten her weekend show back.

AlgerShane

Nice to hear a live Neil Young special tonight to mark his just-gone 75th birthday. Not too mention Guns and Roses all this weekend too...... assuming it hopefully goes ahead next summer vaccine-dependant!

Yeah_Right

https://www.facebook.com/TheRockFM/videos/411504786698084/

This is the radio station I grew up with. I wish Nova was like this.

its_steve116

Yeah_Right wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/TheRockFM/videos/411504786698084/

This is the radio station I grew up with. I wish Nova was like this.

Fat chance.

amlinopta

Morty on the telly on Claire Byrne Live, no social distancing in his local at the weekend!

commonsense.

amlinopta wrote: »

Morty on the telly on Claire Byrne Live, no social distancing in his local at the weekend!

Fair play to rte and that lad. Continuing to spread the fear.

end of the road

commonsense. wrote: »

Fair play to rte and that lad. Continuing to spread the fear.

facts are not fear.

AlgerShane

Hats off to Greg Gaughran. 10 minutes of CCR “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” on his Soundtrack tonight............ hopefully he can bring great things to the station if there’s any worthy changes post-pandemic!

Max Headroom

Was listening to PJ on digital..played 2 from The Clash...Jenny Jones and White man.....nice...

Declan A Walsh

Max Headroom wrote: »

Was listening to PJ on digital..played 2 from The Clash...Jenny Jones and White man.....nice...

I just have not been able to listen to Pat James on Saturdays - one of these Saturdays, I promise! It's been a while.

prunudo

AlgerShane wrote: »

Hats off to Greg Gaughran. 10 minutes of CCR “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” on his Soundtrack tonight............ hopefully he can bring great things to the station if there’s any worthy changes post-pandemic!

What did i miss, have there been rumours of changes coming or is it a case of hoping rather than actually happening.

prunudo

Forget Covid and Brexit, the real disaster of our times is that Planetrock is no longer on Sky's Irish epg, this calls for civil unrest and a public inquiry.

FanadMan

prunudo wrote: »

Forget Covid and Brexit, the real disaster of our times is that Planetrock is no longer on Sky's Irish epg, this calls for civil unrest and a public inquiry.

Can add it on Other Channels though

Tuning details for Planet Rock are -

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