radio nova

Declan A Walsh

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

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.

Tara reads the news on both stations so you cannot rule out the possibility that she might turn up on their show.

Sheep Shagger

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Tara reads the news on both stations so you cannot rule out the possibility that she might turn up on their show.

Think she covers on Nova but in the most part, ya man John Harte covers breakfast (he sometimes covers on CH too).

The English producer guy that covers Mike, is he Nova?

Sheep Shagger

Jim is doing a Q&A about the change, podcast is out on Monday.

Max Headroom

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Jim is doing a Q&A about the change, podcast is out on Monday.

Ask him was he pressured into it.....or why would he choose to go backwards in his career...:p

Joeyjoejoe43

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

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.

Ah no way!! That's disappointing.. I'll give PJ and Jim a chance for a couple mornings, but I'd say I might be going back to the pod casts again. PJ is a funny comedian, but I'd find him a bit much on the radio every morining.. some of the banter gets a bit tiresome.

When is Greg on so? To be honest, the mornings are usually my only chance to listen to the radio, so may be radio hibernation for me again...

Declan A Walsh

Joeyjoejoe43 wrote: »

Ah no way!! That's disappointing.. I'll give PJ and Jim a chance for a couple mornings, but I'd say I might be going back to the pod casts again. PJ is a funny comedian, but I'd find him a bit much on the radio every morining.. some of the banter gets a bit tiresome.

When is Greg on so? To be honest, the mornings are usually my only chance to listen to the radio, so may be radio hibernation for me again...

There's been a few promos this weekend for PJ and Jim's new show.

During weekdays, Greg Gaughren is normally on evenings from 7pm. Presumably, he is going back to that slot. He also has a few slots on weekends including Saturday nights.

Joeyjoejoe43

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

There's been a few promos this weekend for PJ and Jim's new show.

During weekdays, Greg Gaughren is normally on evenings from 7pm. Presumably, he is going back to that slot. He also has a few slots on weekends including Saturday nights.

Thanks for the info. Not a great listening time for me. Only ever listen to radio in the car and breakfast shows if they are worth listening to..

whiskeyman

Have to laugh at the ads for the new morning show...
''We're calling it Morning Glory'.

Really, because that's what it was called a couple of years ago.
Have you lost all those listeners since?

Bojill

Out driving this afternoon, heard alanis morrisette, florence and the machine and dermot kennedy. :mad:
I'd understand if it was classic hits.

its_steve116

Bojill wrote: »

Out driving this afternoon, heard alanis morrisette, florence and the machine and dermot kennedy. :mad:
I'd understand if it was classic hits.

Nova has playlisted Alanis and Florence for years.

Max Headroom

Bojill wrote: »

Out driving this afternoon, heard alanis morrisette, florence and the machine and dermot kennedy. :mad:
I'd understand if it was classic hits.

Regular playlisters..That DK is painful..this speech impediment/ non binary accent way of singing seems to be on trend...:rolleyes:
They should listen to John Martyn and learn how to do it properly...and still sound class

FanadMan

Max Headroom wrote: »

Regular playlisters..That DK is painful..this speech impediment/ non binary accent way of singing seems to be on trend...:rolleyes:
They should listen to John Martyn and learn how to do it properly...and still sound class

Jesus, DKs voice is bloody painful to listen to :mad:

Sheep Shagger

PJ & Jim doing a promo on Instagram for the morning.


https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFyhqrn6uE/?igshid=d451tnx5ofwj

In the hashtags there's #aprilfoolsday....if only it was and they were staying on CH!

endofrainbow

Must say I've really enjoyed listening to Greg in the mornings - it's my idea of what a breakfast show should be - good music, intelligent input, news, traffic and sport - none of this inane forced banter, happy slappy presenting style.

Might give Robbie Fogarty on Sunshine a listen - I cannot STAND PJ Gallagher, Jim is ok on his own, but hey, it's not up to me.

Max Headroom

Yeah..it's sad when they think that radio listeners NEED a comedy act breakfast show....is it any wonder the "youth" don't feel the need to listen to the radio...they're forgetting that its the oldies that still listen....

twinklerunner

endofrainbow wrote: »

Must say I've really enjoyed listening to Greg in the mornings - it's my idea of what a breakfast show should be - good music, intelligent input, news, traffic and sport - none of this inane forced banter, happy slappy presenting style.

Might give Robbie Fogarty on Sunshine a listen - I cannot STAND PJ Gallagher, Jim is ok on his own, but hey, it's not up to me.

My wife listens to Sunshine. I can’t stand it. How much ‘relaxing’ can you do?

Endfloat

Well folks, I had a listen to Nova on the way into work this morning, so I caught the very start. The funny thing is, I wasn't a massive fan of PJ. I mean, I could take him or leave him but I saw him doing a TV interview with Dierdre Kane recently and I really warmed to him. He comes across like a decent sort. I met Jim many years ago and he was an absolute gent. So far, my impression of their show is it's better than what we got from Colm and Lucy by a good stretch. I can see why they wouldn't be everybody's thing but they'll do. And when I don't want to listen to chatter, it's out with Spotify.

prunudo

It wouldn't be hard to be better than the previous two!
Discalimer though, I enjoyed the lads on classic hits so was naturally going to follow them over. Heard the first hour and enjoyed them as usual, music was good and they kept to the old format of a bit of talk then a couple of songs, seemed to flow well. Noticed Tara was doing the news but obviously recorded as no interaction.

Yes they won't be everyone's cup of tea, but as I said, a vast improvement from the other two who as time went on, turned me off Nova to the extent I barely listened at all anymore. Have enjoyed dipping in and out again the last couple of weeks.

First morning and it already feels like its been on for years.
I think I'll be going back to Spotify !

whiskeyman

PJ talking about farting on people's heads as I tuned in to see what they're like.

If that's for the target market, I'm not it...

JW7

Yep I tuned in just before the farting story, looks like back to spotify till 10am
Pity

Wheety

Don't base it on one story

They will have a chat about one of the weird stories doing the rounds and that one was a South African pastor who says God told him to fart on people like that.

I've followed them over from Classic Hits. Haven't tuned in to Nova in so long because of the previous breakfast duo. Deleted the CH app and downloaded the Nova one (don't have fm on this phone). Changed the radio in the kitchen too. Will have to check the CH thread and see how people got on today

barney shamrock

I heard about 15 mins this morning.
Too shouty and zany and the one song I heard was definitely not a classic rock track.
I'll stick with planet rock thanks.

The 30 mins i heard this morning i was not too keen on. Mainly because i much prefer the music as on classic hits.

I will give it another few days though

Sheep Shagger

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The 30 mins i heard this morning i was not too keen on. Mainly because i much prefer the music as on classic hits.

I will give it another few days though

This is me too, enjoyed the lads but the music just wasn't my thing.

What's the target demographic for Nova vs CH
..am I even in it for Nova lol (speaking as an urban, working but not a white van man, mid 40s)?!?!?

ChannelNo5

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

What's the target demographic for Nova vs CH
..am I even in it for Nova lol (speaking as an urban, working but not a white van man, mid 40s)?!?!?

At a guess id say you're exactly Nova's target no?

My tuppence worth on this morning. I thought it was great to hear the two lads this morning. For me morning radio is not really about the music. Its a bit of a diversion for when you're getting ready for work. There's a bit of chat, a bit of news and traffic etc.
Focusing on the silly story about the farting Pastor is not really relevant. They are presenters not DJ's and they do it well. its a bit of fun and lightness in the morning. If i want to listen to the music I'm into I'll listen to specialist programmes or spoitfy or whatever. There are a huge amount of people who only listen to the radio in the mornings, me included for the most part, and as long as the music there is is not rap etc. I don't care.
I don't think morning radio is suppose to be about music. if it was more stations would be doing it. Instead they concentrate on capturing their specific target audience in the evenings/ weekends where you are more likely to listen to a station that delivers the genre of music you're into. Just MHO.:o

Declan A Walsh

ChannelNo5 wrote: »

At a guess id say you're exactly Nova's target no?

My tuppence worth on this morning. I thought it was great to hear the two lads this morning. For me morning radio is not really about the music. Its a bit of a diversion for when you're getting ready for work. There's a bit of chat, a bit of news and traffic etc.
Focusing on the silly story about the farting Pastor is not really relevant. They are presenters not DJ's and they do it well. its a bit of fun and lightness in the morning. If i want to listen to the music I'm into I'll listen to specialist programmes or spoitfy or whatever. There are a huge amount of people who only listen to the radio in the mornings, me included for the most part, and as long as the music there is is not rap etc. I don't care.
I don't think morning radio is suppose to be about music. if it was more stations would be doing it. Instead they concentrate on capturing their specific target audience in the evenings/ weekends where you are more likely to listen to a station that delivers the genre of music you're into. Just MHO.:o

Not even if it's licensed specifically as a music station like Nova is?

ChannelNo5

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Not even if it's licensed specifically as a music station like Nova is?

No not really. Aren't the others the same though? 98fm, fm104 etc al.?Don't they all have chatty morning radio ?

Declan A Walsh

ChannelNo5 wrote: »

No not really. Aren't the others the same though? 98fm, fm104 etc al.?Don't they all have chatty morning radio ?

I know what you mean. However, Radio Nova's big selling point was that you were going to get a station playing classic rock all day. I don't recall it ever saying that you were going to have breakfast shows with a lot of chat. It's okay to have a bit of a chat provided music comes first in the morning show.

prunudo

Tbh anyone who thought PJ and Jim being on breakfasts was suddenly going to make Nova compete with Planetrock need a reality check.
All we can hope for is a better selection of music and be thankful the other 2 are gone.

One slight concern is the producer Clint, he seems to be found of steering his shows away from the rock/guitar ethos of the station. Namely talking about a Tina Turner movie and how great a performer she is. Not denying she's good but is that story fitting for a supposed fresh new start, remains to be seen whether Nova can attract their old listeners back. That Colm Hayes lad has a lot to answer for.

Max Headroom

prunudo wrote: »

Tbh anyone who thought PJ and Jim being on breakfasts was suddenly going to make Nova compete with Planetrock need a reality check.
All we can hope for is a better selection of music and be thankful the other 2 are gone.

One slight concern is the producer Clint, he seems to be found of steering his shows away from the rock/guitar ethos of the station. Namely talking about a Tina Turner movie and how great a performer she is. Not denying she's good but is that story fitting for a supposed fresh new start, remains to be seen whether Nova can attract their old listeners back. That Colm Hayes lad has a lot to answer for.

Well at least he got what he wanted....for him and Loosly.....i'm sure he couldn't give a flying fcuk about PJJ. ...

FanadMan

prunudo wrote: »

Tbh anyone who thought PJ and Jim being on breakfasts was suddenly going to make Nova compete with Planetrock need a reality check.
All we can hope for is a better selection of music and be thankful the other 2 are gone.

One slight concern is the producer Clint, he seems to be found of steering his shows away from the rock/guitar ethos of the station. Namely talking about a Tina Turner movie and how great a performer she is. Not denying she's good but is that story fitting for a supposed fresh new start, remains to be seen whether Nova can attract their old listeners back. That Colm Hayes lad has a lot to answer for.

Producer Clint should be next against the wall Think he got a bit over enthusiastic with the rule to keep the guitar rock to the minimum.

I wonder if Nova did another survey and asked if listeners wanted bants or proper rock music, how would it turn out?

Nova will never compete with PlanetRock when it comes to actually playing rock music on a daily basis. During the day, the "lightest" you'll hear PR play is something like REM or Talking Heads. The heaviest Nova will play is Enter Sandman or Heatseeker (and they think that they are being edgy and hard playing those!!)

For my Nova listening I think that I'll stick to Pat James and Tony Ainscough - thankfully they aren't restricted in their playlists. For any other radio it's PR.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

It seems I won't be listening in to this again so.

I can't stand your man PJ at all to be honest, I just think he's an absolute clown and he's gone past his sell by date.

I said it on here years ago and I'll say it again,

The best radio I ever heard in Ireland was when phantom 105.2 stopped, but the frequency was still active and for about a week or more there was music playing on it. Just music, no ads, no human involvement and no bull****. And the crazy thing was, the music was really good ! Not the modern day repeat crap or rehashed old songs but really good music from anytime and anywhere.

But of course we'll never get that again, it doesn't make them money, despite the fact at the time of they happening they probably had the most listeners ever on one frequency !

Ash.J.Williams

ChannelNo5 wrote: »

No not really. Aren't the others the same though? 98fm, fm104 etc al.?Don't they all have chatty morning radio ?

That’s why nova was decent before this **** started

barney shamrock

Re nova/planet rock
Isn't nova supposed to be a "classic rock" station?
Isn't that what there licence is based on?
Speaks volumes that they should have similar music playlists but don't.
There is an audience for a classic rock station, nova pretend to be one but sound more like today fm than planet rock.

its_steve116

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

It seems I won't be listening in to this again so.

I can't stand your man PJ at all to be honest, I just think he's an absolute clown and he's gone past his sell by date.

I said it on here years ago and I'll say it again,

The best radio I ever heard in Ireland was when phantom 105.2 stopped, but the frequency was still active and for about a week or more there was music playing on it. Just music, no ads, no human involvement and no bull****. And the crazy thing was, the music was really good ! Not the modern day repeat crap or rehashed old songs but really good music from anytime and anywhere.

But of course we'll never get that again, it doesn't make them money, despite the fact at the time of they happening they probably had the most listeners ever on one frequency !

The station was renamed TXFM in May 2014.

Sheep Shagger

PJ is on Ireland AM in the morning (VM1)

Max Headroom

I still listen to Phantom/ Txfm now 8Radio on the radio through my phone....its still there thanks to Simon not giving up...hopefully they'll be back on FM in a while with the temporary licence...if you can try support them..at least a couple of times a week...won't kill ya......:)

Max Headroom

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

PJ is on Ireland AM in the morning (VM1)

PAT JAMES ON THE TELLY.......:D:D

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

its_steve116 wrote: »

The station was renamed TXFM in May 2014.

Oh I know, I listened then too , but that transition period was the best.

There's a thread on here somewhere and when that happened it blew up !

Max Headroom

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

PJ is on Ireland AM in the morning (VM1)

Hope he wont be banging on about how good nova is and how happy he is with the change.....i met him loads of times when he was doing the bike racing..he seemed a genuine guy..dont let me down PJ.....;)

Sheep Shagger

Max Headroom wrote: »

Hope he wont be banging on about how good nova is and how happy he is with the change.....i met him loads of times when he was doing the bike racing..he seemed a genuine guy..dont let me down PJ.....;)

Never met him but comes across as a sound lad.

Max Headroom

Cant believe but not surprised theyre bringing back that dog awful nova noise....
Miller off this week..happy days...

Former Former Former

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

It seems I won't be listening in to this again so.

I can't stand your man PJ at all to be honest, I just think he's an absolute clown and he's gone past his sell by date.

I said it on here years ago and I'll say it again,

The best radio I ever heard in Ireland was when phantom 105.2 stopped, but the frequency was still active and for about a week or more there was music playing on it. Just music, no ads, no human involvement and no bull****. And the crazy thing was, the music was really good ! Not the modern day repeat crap or rehashed old songs but really good music from anytime and anywhere.

But of course we'll never get that again, it doesn't make them money, despite the fact at the time of they happening they probably had the most listeners ever on one frequency !

Jesus I remember that, it was awesome.

Back to Nova - I was no fan of Hayes but I cannot listen to PJ and Jim for even thirty seconds. PJ's voice/fake accent drives me mad, and the forced laughter at all the wackiness. Shoot me now.

Hurrache

PJ doesn't have a fake accent at all.

The problem I see with the show is not the 2 guys, it's that their target audience and Nova's playlist don't go together. I know my kids, being the age they are, liked the show and the music pm 4FM, but aren't taking to the new slot. And as much as I'd prefer what Nova plays, the playlists each morning are the same old stuff. I mean Jump by Van Halen is beyond cheesy.

Trebor176

If anyone caught the Top 10 guitar solos on Monday, it is a definite indicator of what the listeners want to hear. Whether this will be taken on board is questionable.

I gave Nova another chance over the last couple of days (bar PJ & Jim), and I had to turn off on a few occasions. Why is Dermot Kennedy played on the station? The same goes for George Ezra and Florence And The Machine, among others.

rubadub

Former Former Former wrote: »

PJ's voice/fake accent drives me mad, and the forced laughter at all the wackiness. Shoot me now.

I heard it for a couple of minutes this morning and thought the same, I would not able to stand much of it.

Hurrache wrote: »

PJ doesn't have a fake accent at all.

What I heard was him acting like a zany character, totally put on. You will hear people do this for a few seconds telling a joke but this was non stop.

20seconds in below you can hear him talking normally. It sounded nothing like that.

Max Headroom

Trebor176 wrote: »

If anyone caught the Top 10 guitar solos on Monday, it is a definite indicator of what the listeners want to hear. Whether this will be taken on board is questionable.

I gave Nova another chance over the last couple of days (bar PJ & Jim), and I had to turn off on a few occasions. Why is Dermot Kennedy played on the station? The same goes for George Ezra and Florence And The Machine, among others.

George and Dermot....classic rock....I heard Luke play another of those type singers, cant (dont want to) remember his name...just awful trash.....i did laugh when he said he "had to" do the Millerpedia music news bit....

KildareP

Trebor176 wrote: »

If anyone caught the Top 10 guitar solos on Monday, it is a definite indicator of what the listeners want to hear. Whether this will be taken on board is questionable.

I gave Nova another chance over the last couple of days (bar PJ & Jim), and I had to turn off on a few occasions. Why is Dermot Kennedy played on the station? The same goes for George Ezra and Florence And The Machine, among others.

Presumably they're played to try and attract the middle of the road audience.

However I have to wonder why someone would switch to Nova for MOTR music that they'll have already been getting elsewhere? Meanwhile, those who might have tuned to Nova to hear rock "guitar based" music will end up going elsewhere.

Declan A Walsh

KildareP wrote: »

Presumably they're played to try and attract the middle of the road audience.

However I have to wonder why someone would switch to Nova for MOTR music that they'll have already been getting elsewhere? Meanwhile, those who might have tuned to Nova to hear rock "guitar based" music will end up going elsewhere.

I would have thought that the middle of the road audience in Dublin is well catered for by Sunshine 106.8, Q102 and Classic Hits. I would imagine, too, that the so-called "commuter belt", which is part of Nova's license, is likely to be able to pick up some or all of those other stations.

There are also the many online options available for that audience such as RTE Gold, Music One Ireland, Gem Radio Gold and Dublin's ABC.

What I could see happening, in the case of the rock fans, is that they may go onto Spotify or online with the likes of 2XM (RTE), 8Radio, Gem Radio New Wave or Rogue Radio, depending on their tastes, or maybe just putting on good old old-fashioned (these days!) CDs!!

I think if Radio Nova concentrated on its core product, i.e. classic rock music, it might actually do alright. That's only my opinion though.