radio nova

prunudo

First time in a long time that I've left Nova on while driving around this week. No referencing that stupid breakfast show every ad break and never have to hear every News presnter signing off with 'Radio Nova, home to Colm and Lucy breakfast show'.
Music seems slightly better in the sense I don't seem to be reaching for the dial anymore. Hopefully a sign of continuing better things for Nova in general.

RacoonQueen

I don't listen to Radio Nova much anymore, mostly because I'm not driving in the mornings so had missed this news. Lucy and Colm are gone?! Just googled it and see classic hits listeners tweeting that same things we all did when they were starting on nova :pac:

Clon63

You know maybe just maybe the whole fedback campaign was taken seriously. MOst on here were saying how bad the Breakfast Show was - agree with that - and low and behold its gone.

AlgerShane

its_steve116 wrote: »

I don't think he is.

Guess there wasn't not enough feedback for it. Aw.....

At least he still has several Spotify playlists. :rolleyes:

Max Headroom

Any chance of moving Millerpedia to a later slot so i could listen until Courtenay....:P

cee_jay

I switched from Classic Hits to Nova this morning (getting used to it for PJ & Jim switchover), and the music is so much better. I hope PJ & Jim keep it like this.

Sheep Shagger

cee_jay wrote: »

I switched from Classic Hits to Nova this morning (getting used to it for PJ & Jim switchover), and the music is so much better. I hope PJ & Jim keep it like this.

Is there much difference music wise between nova and CH, I mean I know Nova is supposed to be 'rock' but based on comments here it doesn't sound like it is a real rock station.

I'm assuming Novas play list won't change with PJ and Jim, they'll just be amongst it?

Max Headroom

t

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Is there much difference music wise between nova and CH, I mean I know Nova is supposed to be 'rock' but based on comments here it doesn't sound like it is a real rock station.

I'm assuming Novas play list won't change with PJ and Jim, they'll just be amongst it?

The playlist doesn't change..they just swap the tunes around for a bit of "variety"...real rock on nova includes Imagine Dragons, Bastille, Dermot Kennedy etc...they talk the talk but don't walk the walk....at least with CH you know what to expect..

Lithium93_

Max Headroom wrote: »

t

The playlist doesn't change..they just swap the tunes around for a bit of "variety"...real rock on nova includes Imagine Dragons, Bastille, Dermot Kennedy etc...they talk the talk but don't walk the walk....at least with CH you know what to expect..

Uh what? In what world would those acts be considered rock?

magicbastarder

apologies if this question may have been asked before, but why does a radio station like nova not get an all ireland licence? surely the extra listenership that would allow, give them a bit more clout and not have to play it safe so much?

AlgerShane

Looks like Lisa Gernon is back filling in for Greg on Nova Nights. Only a matter of time now before some of our old favourites including Peter Devlin and Liam Quigley follow suit... :rolleyes:

Lewis_Benson

There needs to be a weekly metal show.

AlgerShane

Lewis_Benson wrote: »

There needs to be a weekly metal show.

Tony Ainscough’s show is as close to one as you’ll get !

its_steve116

AlgerShane wrote: »

Tony Ainscough’s show is as close to one as you’ll get !

Or a classic rock show for that matter.

Declan A Walsh

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

With the arrival of Jim McCabe in April, he will be adding to the number of presenters on Nova that have gone through Dublin's 98FM at some or point or other in their careers. Besides Jim, they include Marty Miller, Dee Woods, Pat Courtenay, Greg Gaughren and Ruth Scott.

With Lisa Gernon back, covering for Greg Gaughren, that's a lot of ex-98FM presenters on Radio Nova.

While I am at it, the following current Nova presenters did presenting stints with Dublin's FM104: Jim McCabe, Marty Miller, Dee Woods and Greg Gaughren. Not quiite as much as 98FM! CEO Kevin Branigan was Production Director for FM104.

Max Headroom

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

With Lisa Gernon back, covering for Greg Gaughren, that's a lot of ex-98FM presenters on Radio Nova.

While I am at it, the following current Nova presenters did presenting stints with Dublin's FM104: Jim McCabe, Marty Miller, Dee Woods and Greg Gaughren. Not quiite as much as 98FM! CEO Kevin Branigan was Production Director for FM104.

It's sad that almost anyone involved in irish radio have very little interest in the music they play, googling info is cheating ,eh Marty...!!....with the exception of specific shows....its just a job to most of them...
John Clarke,Pat James, et al are a dying breed it seems....

Lewis_Benson

its_steve116 wrote: »

Or a classic rock show for that matter.

They play classic Rock already throughout the day.
The one thing they dont play is any form of metal.
They probabaly Consider sweet child O mine death metal.

Lewis_Benson

Max Headroom wrote: »

It's sad that almost anyone involved in irish radio have very little interest in the music they play, googling info is cheating ,eh Marty...!!....with the exception of specific shows....its just a job to most of them...
John Clarke,Pat James, et al are a dying breed it seems....

Well, it is just a job really.

Max Headroom

Lewis_Benson wrote: »

There needs to be a weekly metal show.

Why..?

FanadMan

Max Headroom wrote: »

Why..?

Because there are a lot of us around the country that are metalheads.....and I don't mean that we regard Metallica as the pinnacle of music, some of us are into the heavier stuff.

Take the FB group Ireland Metal Heads for example. They have over 14000 members. Granted, some of them aren't Irish/living in Ireland, but there are a lot of us about. And some of them are in Irish metal bands. There's everything talked about - old metal tracks and bands, new stuff etc.

We are a pretty much ignored genre, and Nova could do worse than to get us onside.

Lewis_Benson

Max Headroom wrote: »

Why..?

Why not?
No station in The country plays any metal apart from one small regional station in the west that I know of.

It would be a breath of fresh air to get a 2 or 3 hour weekly show dedicated to playing new and old metal music.

Max Headroom

I like metal too..but to expect nova to even consider a specialist show..they hardly play Lizzy any more...and Rory? forget it...:rolleyes:..more chance on Lyric fm tbh....:)

magicbastarder

Lewis_Benson wrote: »

No station in The country plays any metal apart from one small regional station in the west that I know of.

the moshpit, 10pm, fridays on dublin city FM.

Max Headroom

Lewis_Benson wrote: »

Why not?
No station in The country plays any metal apart from one small regional station in the west that I know of.

It would be a breath of fresh air to get a 2 or 3 hour weekly show dedicated to playing new and old metal music.

Nova/Hayes got rid of any devil influenced music and DJ's from fm....Pat James while not a metal show contained plenty of rock......Tony's show will be the best you can hope for....

Lithium93_

FanadMan wrote: »

Because there are a lot of us around the country that are metalheads.....and I don't mean that we regard Metallica as the pinnacle of music, some of us are into the heavier stuff.

Take the FB group Ireland Metal Heads for example. They have over 14000 members. Granted, some of them aren't Irish/living in Ireland, but there are a lot of us about. And some of them are in Irish metal bands. There's everything talked about - old metal tracks and bands, new stuff etc.

We are a pretty much ignored genre, and Nova could do worse than to get us onside.

If that's the FB group I think it is, it's a **** show worth avoiding, guy who started it banning anyone with anything negative to say. You're not allowed say a band is ****. You have to be "positive bro". Question anything and you're banned.

its_steve116

Lewis_Benson wrote: »

They play classic Rock already throughout the day.

Examples please?

FanadMan

Lithium93_ wrote: »

If that's the FB group I think it is, it's a **** show worth avoiding, guy who started it banning anyone with anything negative to say. You're not allowed say a band is ****. You have to be "positive bro". Question anything and you're banned.

It might be a different one to what you're thinking about. Lots of people do state their minds and not get banned. There is a lot of the "positive bro" stuff tho lol.

Lewis_Benson

its_steve116 wrote: »

Examples please?

I hear plenty of free, bad company, t rex etc on a daily basis.

its_steve116

Lewis_Benson wrote: »

I hear plenty of free, bad company, t rex etc on a daily basis.

What about Bastille, Imagine Dragons, Dermot Kennedy etc? Would you call them classic rock?

Lewis_Benson

its_steve116 wrote: »

What about Bastille, Imagine Dragons, Dermot Kennedy etc? Would you call them classic rock?

Eh no.
But you are not wrong, I do hear that crap creeping in.

Endfloat

ford fiesta wrote: »

wasn't that the name of marty miller and joan lea's Nova breakfast show ?

It was Ritchie and Michelle's breakfast show on Phantom.

Endfloat

FanadMan wrote: »

We are a pretty much ignored genre, and Nova could do worse than to get us onside.

Pretty much the same as indie music in Ireland. Some radio stations pay lip service to it by having some show on at like 2am of a Tuesday morning but if you want indie music in Ireland now, FM is not the place for you. Coupled with the death of many venues in Ireland (even before Covid, and this is certainly not going to help), Ireland is not a good place to like anything that isn't mainstream. Its all because of these bloody JLNR listenership figures, which would have you believe that if it's not popular it's not good or not worth doing.

Max Headroom

Nova managed to sink Phantom by playing "their" music and then changed their playlist to suit themselves, not their listeners...as you say the JNLR's are a joke..luckily we still have 8radio ,Zenith,6music etc...that they cant touch....;)

mfceiling

its_steve116 wrote: »

What about Bastille, Imagine Dragons, Dermot Kennedy etc? Would you call them classic rock?

I haven't listened to Nova in months... probably over a year. If they are playing the above then they are just another "pop" station playing generic pop music.
No more of the "classic rock" nonsense.

Declan A Walsh

Max Headroom wrote: »

Nova managed to sink Phantom by playing "their" music and then changed their playlist to suit themselves, not their listeners...as you say the JNLR's are a joke..luckily we still have 8radio ,Zenith,6music etc...that they cant touch....;)

I think the arrival of Nova certainly did not help Phantom, but Phantom was struggling before Nova arrived. It staggered on as TXFM until its 10 year license was due to run out and then called it a day.

Phantom/TXFM was much more of a niche station than Nova and it's core target audience were increasingly listening to music by other means. It did lose older more general rock music fans to Nova alright.

Endfloat

I actually liked TXFM, although it was despicable how Simon Maher was treated by communicorp. Phantom was his gig, plain and simple, and it should have stayed that way. It really shows how cut-throat the Irish radio industry can be.

magicbastarder

again, i'll go back to the lunacy of the BAI expecting 'niche' radio stations to operate without a nationwide licence. you could possibly double their listenership by allowing them to go nationwide.

Joeyjoejoe43

Haven't posted here in a while as I haven't been listening to much radio, but I had the radio on the last day in the car and was station hopping and left Nova on as there was a cracker of a tune on. So then Greg Gaughran comes on and I must say he's probably Nova's best DJ - a breath of fresh air. Delighted that they have given him the breakfast show. I have Nova on in the car now every morning rocking out to his tunes, mixed with just enough chat and current affairs.
I had been listening to Podcasts but prefer his show for the last week. Keep up the great work Greg!


What do the rest of ye think of Greg in the mornings?

Declan A Walsh

Joeyjoejoe43 wrote: »

Haven't posted here in a while as I haven't been listening to much radio, but I had the radio on the last day in the car and was station hopping and left Nova on as there was a cracker of a tune on. So then Greg Gaughran comes on and I must say he's probably Nova's best DJ - a breath of fresh air. Delighted that they have given him the breakfast show. I have Nova on in the car now every morning rocking out to his tunes, mixed with just enough chat and current affairs.
I had been listening to Podcasts but prefer his show for the last week. Keep up the great work Greg!


What do the rest of ye think of Greg in the mornings?

Greg is just holding the fort until PJ Gallagher and Jim McCabe start their breakfast show on April 1st. Nova's former breakfast hosts Colm Hayes and Lucy Kennedy are swapping places with PJ and Jim on Classic Hits on the same day.

Greg has a no nonsense approach with no inane banter. It's certainly a novelty in morning breakfast shows.

loyatemu

magicbastarder wrote: »

again, i'll go back to the lunacy of the BAI expecting 'niche' radio stations to operate without a nationwide licence. you could possibly double their listenership by allowing them to go nationwide.

how much extra does it cost to go nationwide though in terms of transmission fees? TXFM was receivable by about 1.5 million people on the east coast.

magicbastarder

i found an article in the IT that the head of nova had asked for a licence extension to cover other population areas, so i suspect the extra broadcasting cost is worth it?

Its chief executive Kevin Branigan is seeking an extension of Nova’s licence area to Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Galway and Kilkenny, as well as the midlands and the northeast.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/thirteen-groups-express-interest-in-running-new-irish-radio-stations-1.3177197

Declan A Walsh

magicbastarder wrote: »

i found an article in the IT that the head of nova had asked for a licence extension to cover other population areas, so i suspect the extra broadcasting cost is worth it?


https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/thirteen-groups-express-interest-in-running-new-irish-radio-stations-1.3177197

That was 2017. I'm not sure if any of those submissions are going anywhere now.

magicbastarder

it was posted just in relation to the cost of broadcasting on a much wider basis, rather than about those submissions themselves, though.

Max Headroom

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I think the arrival of Nova certainly did not help Phantom, but Phantom was struggling before Nova arrived. It staggered on as TXFM until its 10 year license was due to run out and then called it a day.

Phantom/TXFM was much more of a niche station than Nova and it's core target audience were increasingly listening to music by other means. It did lose older more general rock music fans to Nova alright.

True Declan but when was the last time you heard Interpol,Editors,Sonic Youth,Pixies on daytime nova since TX dissapeered...

PS..messing with the car radio today..tuned in nova..Miller waffling on as usual...his backing track was Slim shady...says it all really...:rolleyes:

Sheep Shagger

From Pjs Instagram, the breakfast show.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CM2CDwolXkK/?igshid=a9wfgmx81ie2

Max Headroom

6music today..Thursday headbanger on Lammo's show..njoy


WARNING TO NOVA LISTENERS.....:D

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MlcJQYON2Go

AlgerShane

Joeyjoejoe43 wrote: »

Haven't posted here in a while as I haven't been listening to much radio, but I had the radio on the last day in the car and was station hopping and left Nova on as there was a cracker of a tune on. So then Greg Gaughran comes on and I must say he's probably Nova's best DJ - a breath of fresh air. Delighted that they have given him the breakfast show. I have Nova on in the car now every morning rocking out to his tunes, mixed with just enough chat and current affairs.
I had been listening to Podcasts but prefer his show for the last week. Keep up the great work Greg!


What do the rest of ye think of Greg in the mornings?

Greg, Pat James, and Tony are arguably the three greatest DJ’s on Nova. Pity that Greg is only filling the slot before PJ Gallagher and Jim take over, but at the same time I’m looking forward to hearing what they bring to the table.

Y’all should check out Greg’s Saturday Soundtrack from 6-9 p.m. Saturday evenings just before Pat James is on. One word. UNREAL!

Max Headroom

I think it'll be just PJJ on nova as opposed to CH...they'll have no say on the tracks played....and endless nova plugging...

ChannelNo5

I've switched back over to Nova in anticipation of PJ and Jim moving over and i must say I'm really enjoying Greg in the mornings. i had been listening to Nova back in the day when Pat Courtney was on breakfast and right up to Marty and Dee but abandoned Nova in disgust when those two took over. PJ and Jim are funny and i think they'll be more suited to the music on Nova than the other two. (Except for PJ's love of Michael Bolton).

I have noticed that Nova have been advertising that they are going back to their roots or something? I heard something about no more Ed Sheeran? Did i imagine that?

Check out Classic hits Insta and FB. all the comments about the new breakfast show are negative. all of them. Those outside the pale are furious about losing the two lads.
How can the management not be taking any of this in!!?...

Sheep Shagger

I assume Nova wouldn't have Michael Bolton 'How can we be lovers' in its play list or can PJ sneak it in ?!?!

Started listening to Nova this week, the music isn't bad but it's not my cup of tea. Will put up with it to listen to the lads but then either flick back to CH and/or a Global station on smart speaker.

The banter with them and Tara and Mike will be missed though.