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ILikeBoats

Just saw a post saying Alison Curtis has new hours 9-12, Jessica Maciel is now 12-4 and Shauna on 6-9. No mention of pumped up kicks. I liked the classic 9 at 11

ford fiesta

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Just saw a post saying Alison Curtis has new hours 9-12, Jessica Maciel is now 12-4 and Shauna on 6-9. No mention of pumped up kicks. I liked the classic 9 at 11

No one called Pamela on that line up

zetecescort

Thats Sundays schedule I think. 9 at 11 on saturdays

ILikeBoats

zetecescort wrote: »

Thats Sundays schedule I think. 9 at 11 on saturdays

Yes you're right, didn't read it properly!

flazio

So, does that mean that there's no live programs on Today FM until 9am on a Sunday? I know Sunday morning isn't exactly peak listenership time but it's still a bit of a missed opportunity to get people to switch on and stay on. Could be a small drop in the following programs in the next JNLR I think.

Tork

Cost cutting measures?

nc6000

Sunday is now Alison Curtis 9am-12pm, Jessica Maciel 12-4, Phil Cawley 4-7, ESOP 7-10pm & Paul McLoone 10-1am.

Not bothering to replace the Sunday lunchtime show.

ButtersSuki

Zed P wrote: »

Interesting recent interview with Louise Duffy, remember her? https://www.communicationsclinic.ie/2020/07/27/breaking-radio-silence-what-louise-duffy-did-next/

I rarely listen to Dempsey in the morning but I’m 99% certain she was on recently talking about her family opening a petrol station and deli etc. in Mayo and that she was working there now. It was basically a free ad for the business. If it wasn’t her it was another of the AA Roadwatch Alumni.

TaurenDruid

Tork wrote: »

Cost cutting measures?

Almost certainly. Talk radio is more expensive than a single presenter and a playlist.

flazio

TaurenDruid wrote: »

Almost certainly. Talk radio is more expensive than a single presenter and a playlist.

And an automatic playlist with no presenter is cheaper again.

TaurenDruid

flazio wrote: »

And an automatic playlist with no presenter is cheaper again.

But tends to not do so well in the JNLRs... you'd hope!

ford fiesta

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I rarely listen to Dempsey in the morning but I’m 99% certain she was on recently talking about her family opening a petrol station and deli etc. in Mayo and that she was working there now. It was basically a free ad for the business. If it wasn’t her it was another of the AA Roadwatch Alumni.

That is correct, in Castlebar.

robo

ILikeBoats wrote: »

I liked the classic 9 at 11

The Classic 9 at 11 went down hill after they took it off Phil Cawley. He didn't need to use Google for the years as he had a wealth of knowledge on music from the 80's and that

Tork

TaurenDruid wrote: »

But tends to not do so well in the JNLRs... you'd hope!

I doubt they give a fig who's listening to them before 9am on a Sunday morning. I have never noticed listening figures for that hour of the morning but I doubt they're that high.

Declan A Walsh

robo wrote: »

The Classic 9 at 11 went down hill after they took it off Phil Cawley. He didn't need to use Google for the years as he had a wealth of knowledge on music from the 80's and that

Originally started by Tim Kelly of course!

There are not many presenters left now on Today FM who were on pirate radio. I stand corrected but I think the full list is: Phil Cawley, Ian Dempsey, Dec Pierce, Claire Beck and Alison Curtis.

ButtersSuki

ford fiesta wrote: »

That is correct, in Castlebar.

Media trainer by day, petrol pump attendant by night. :pac:

It seemed very much from that interview/free ad that the petrol station was her life now - she didn’t say anything about the Communications Clinic or “other opportunities”.

ford fiesta

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

There are not many presenters left now on Today FM who were on pirate radio.

There are not many presenters left now on Irish Radio who were involved in pirate radio.

Declan A Walsh

ford fiesta wrote: »

There are not many presenters left now on Irish Radio who were involved in pirate radio.

They are certainly on the decrease and are increasingly scarce (but not gone completely) on youth-oriented music stations, but there are still plenty around Ireland, particularly on stations targeting older audiences. Indeed, some have cropped up on talk-based shows or stations.

Tork

ford fiesta wrote: »

There are not many presenters left now on Irish Radio who were involved in pirate radio.

No. Pirate radio has a "1985 just called, it wants its transmitter back from the undergrowth in the Dublin mountains". Even the original Phantom radio goes back a long way now It closed in the early 2000s, didn't it?

ford fiesta

Has there been a full list of on-air "radio presenters" (not producers or on backroom/technical teams) on Independent / RTE / Legal radio today in Ireland (not community radio) who were presenters on pre-1988 pirates in Ireland?

Big Game

giveitholly wrote: »

I listen to Dermot and Dave and while they do mention their children it is very infrequent

Ah, stop. Whatever about Dermot, Dave never stops banging on about them, he's just as bad as Alison and Mairead for it.

TaurenDruid

ford fiesta wrote: »

Has there been a full list of on-air "radio presenters" (not producers or on backroom/technical teams) on Independent / RTE / Legal radio today in Ireland (not community radio) who were presenters on pre-1988 pirates in Ireland?

That seems very... precise?

Declan A Walsh

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

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There are not many presenters left now on Today FM who were on pirate radio. I stand corrected but I think the full list is: Phil Cawley, Ian Dempsey, Dec Pierce, Claire Beck and Alison Curtis.

ford fiesta wrote: »

There are not many presenters left now on Irish Radio who were involved in pirate radio.

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

They are certainly on the decrease and are increasingly scarce (but not gone completely) on youth-oriented music stations, but there are still plenty around Ireland, particularly on stations targeting older audiences. Indeed, some have cropped up on talk-based shows or stations.

ford fiesta wrote: »

Has there been a full list of on-air "radio presenters" (not producers or on backroom/technical teams) on Independent / RTE / Legal radio today in Ireland (not community radio) who were presenters on pre-1988 pirates in Ireland?

TaurenDruid wrote: »

That seems very... precise?

And it excludes the last three names from my above list!

Itssoeasy

Reinstalled the today fm app on my phone and iPad this evening for the first time in at least a year because I’d given up on the station. I’ll see how it goes because as I’ve said before I was an huge radio nut and still am but today fm more than any other radio station made me hate Irish radio because it became something it hadn’t been before. The thing is there are some presenters I still like on the station and I’m always happy when new presenters get a shot but the whole vibe went downhill IMO.

Claude Burgundy

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

Anna Geary is on The Late Late Show tonight, might be something on her absence from the Saturday radio show.

Have we an update on this ?

Buford T. Justice XIX

Claude Burgundy wrote: »

Have we an update on this ?

I don't watch it, tbh, Claude.

Waccamacca3

Dear God shauna being pushed and pushed by all there shows on Ian dempsey now doing gift grub also on dermot and dave about virtual dating then on mairead talking about her show. She is there new Louise Duffy be gone in 6 months

ford fiesta

Waccamacca3 wrote: »

Dear God shauna being pushed and pushed by all there shows on Ian dempsey now doing gift grub also on dermot and dave about virtual dating then on mairead talking about her show. She is there new Louise Duffy be gone in 6 months

Translation and punctuation required here???

ILikeBoats

The Erasure ad is getting a bit of a push too!

Dr golden 2

Geary was dropped quietly due to on going cost-cutting at today fm