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MikeyTaylor

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

They have already said she is a temporary replacement, she will not get it. Period. She's awful anyway.

Ya, shocker here for you, temporary can be made permanent....im starting to dislike this quilty guy already

Trebor176

Perhaps Mikey could set up his own station and have his dream line up!

7-10am Breakfast with Dara Quilty
10-1pm Mornings with Dara Quilty
1-4pm Afternoons with Dara Quilty
4-7pm Drive Time with Dara Quilty
7-9pm Dara Quilty
9pm - 12pm Love songs with Dara Quilty

Overnights with music, so Dara can rest for the night.

Saturday's and Sundays would simply be Weekends with. . .Dara Quilty. YAY!!!

JoeA3

Tbh I would never know the guy exists only for his adoring fan club on here. He’s on 98 / 104 FM I take it? A local / regional station that 70% of the country never hear...

Trebor176

The day time on Today FM is fine now, and I would be happy to hear of Muireann taking over from Al permanently. Surely anyone has to be better than Porter, though. I guess Muireann may not want a permanent slot, if she also wants to focus on the TV3 show.

Fergal is good to listen to as well. I don't know what he was like in the beginning, so I can't comment.

I do miss the earlier days of Today FM. Whatever about the great presenters, but the music was a lot more varied. I'd love if the station provided a lot more variety than what is currently being played. It's not uncommon to hear the same songs played twice or three times a day. There was no such repetition back a few years ago.

MikeyTaylor

Trebor176 wrote: »

Perhaps Mikey could set up his own station and have his dream line up!

7-10am Breakfast with Dara Quilty
10-1pm Mornings with Dara Quilty
1-4pm Afternoons with Dara Quilty
4-7pm Drive Time with Dara Quilty
7-9pm Dara Quilty
9pm - 12pm Love songs with Dara Quilty

Overnights with music, so Dara can rest for the night.

Saturday's and Sundays would simply be Weekends with. . .Dara Quilty. YAY!!!

Very funny.

pjohnson

JoeA3 wrote: »

Tbh I would never know the guy exists only for his adoring fan club on here. He’s on 98 / 104 FM I take it? A local / regional station that 70% of the country never hear...

I dont think one person is a club. But like said before he manages to appeal to Al Porter fans AND now people who will happily listen to 2FM so based of those demographics.....nope keep him away.

Trebor176

Trebor176 wrote: »

Perhaps Mikey could set up his own station and have his dream line up!

7-10am Breakfast with Dara Quilty
10-1pm Mornings with Dara Quilty
1-4pm Afternoons with Dara Quilty
4-7pm Drive Time with Dara Quilty
7-9pm Dara Quilty
9pm - 12pm Love songs with Dara Quilty

Overnights with music, so Dara can rest for the night.

Saturday's and Sundays would simply be Weekends with. . .Dara Quilty. YAY!!!

Laura Whitmore subs in for him

Trebor176

Esme Faithful Locomotive wrote: »

Laura Whitmore subs in for him

She'd provide the entertainment news / celeb goss. .

ILikeBoats

hullaballoo wrote: »

I like Fergal Darcy now, having intensely disliked him when he started. He's a hell of a lot better than when he started and he has the sense to use his producer, Ed Smith, as a sort of co-presenter, which works very well..

I think the same!

reg114

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

The One Note Guessing Game.
When I Was 17.
The odd Apella tune.
His sense of humour.
Being absolutely nothing like Al Porter.

Ha apparently Appella is a band and guess who is in it... dara quilty. Never heard of them. So ur basically saying Dara plays his own music on his own show literally. Priceless

Rackard

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

wouldn't it be nice for Paula MacSweeney to see a bit of daylight?

:rolleyes:
Jesus no. Would be an utter disaster. Painful DJ.
Muireann should get it. Safe hands and all that. As you say, they might already have other options in mind.
Anyone but Macsweeney though please.

mikep

I don't get all the love for Muireann..I find her utterly annoying with her inane chatter, she sticks to the predetermined jukebox playlist and has no clue about music..recently she mentioned how much she loved the original version of Galway Girl by  Mundy!
Everyday she comes in and makes a statement along the lines of "I used a plastic bag today...they are sooooo mad! text in your best plastic bags stories and I'll give you a shout out"
Bland inane drivel....

Nerdlingr

mikep wrote: »

I don't get all the love for Muireann..I find her utterly annoying with her inane chatter, she sticks to the predetermined jukebox playlist and has no clue about music..recently she mentioned how much she loved the original version of Galway Girl by  Mundy!
Everyday she comes in and makes a statement along the lines of "I used a plastic bag today...they are sooooo mad! text in your best plastic bags stories and I'll give you a shout out"
Bland inane drivel....

Yeah, gotta agree. I kinda liked her at the start but she gets fairly annoying after a while. But i guess thats what they're looking for for the lunch time slot. Fluff radio. That's all Today FM seems to be now though - text us in your stories radio, or pick a song between these two, or polls...i dont listen to her, but Paula MacSweeney ads are the same.."here's what we talked about this morning, your five favourite chocolate bars!!! So crazzzy."

Anton was the best thing on the station, able to have a decent conversation, good humor and good mix of music . Fair play to him for sticking to his guns. Would gladly listen to whatever radio show/station he pops up in next.

Rackard

mikep wrote: »

I don't get all the love for Muireann..I find her utterly annoying with her inane chatter, she sticks to the predetermined jukebox playlist and has no clue about music..recently she mentioned how much she loved the original version of Galway Girl by  Mundy!
Everyday she comes in and makes a statement along the lines of "I used a plastic bag today...they are sooooo mad! text in your best plastic bags stories and I'll give you a shout out"
Bland inane drivel....

Yep - she gets over excited alright. But they're all at the same crap unfortunately.

reg114

Rackard wrote: »

Yep - she gets over excited alright. But they're all at the same crap unfortunately.

Yeah cones across as hyper and over enthusiastic about bog standard stuff, but shes no different than most, shes probably the best of a bad lot. I think the producer Pamela would be good, nice voice, and not loud.

Buford T. Justice XIX

mikep wrote: »

I don't get all the love for Muireann..I find her utterly annoying with her inane chatter, she sticks to the predetermined jukebox playlist and has no clue about music..recently she mentioned how much she loved the original version of Galway Girl by Mundy!
Everyday she comes in and makes a statement along the lines of "I used a plastic bag today...they are sooooo mad! text in your best plastic bags stories and I'll give you a shout out"
Bland inane drivel....

I don't find her too bad in the afternoon but she wrecks my head in the 9-12 slot.

But that appears to be the way TodayFM is going, personality driven radio, rather than shows where the music drives the show.

Showing my age on that because I find very few songs on the radio now that I willingly listen to after being played hour after hour on every show on the station.

Nerdlingr

Nerdlingr wrote: »

Yeah, gotta agree. I kinda liked her at the start but she gets fairly annoying after a while. But i guess thats what they're looking for for the lunch time slot. Fluff radio. That's all Today FM seems to be now though - text us in your stories radio, or pick a song between these two, or polls...i dont listen to her, but Paula MacSweeney ads are the same.."here's what we talked about this morning, your five favourite chocolate bars!!! So crazzzy."

Anton was the best thing on the station, able to have a decent conversation, good humor and good mix of music . Fair play to him for sticking to his guns. Would gladly listen to whatever radio show/station he pops up in next.

Don't inflict Paula on us, a poor imitation of Louise Duffy, and I'm sure no one wants her rambling on about her fella....Another dire choice would be the bland Alison "do you have babies" Curtis

pjohnson

Esme Faithful Locomotive wrote: »

Don't inflict Paula on us, a poor imitation of Louise Duffy, and I'm sure no one wants her rambling on about her fella....Another dire choice would be the bland Alison "do you have babies" Curtis

I hear you talking about Paulas fella far more than I actually hear her talking about him. Dara Quilty and Paula's fella are two of the most popular topics of this thread.

Addle

Esme Faithful Locomotive wrote: »

Don't inflict Paula on us, a poor imitation of Louise Duffy, and I'm sure no one wants her rambling on about her fella....Another dire choice would be the bland Alison "do you have babies" Curtis

Al was as bad, my boyfriend this and my boyfriend that, my boyfriends family...

Trebor176

Addle wrote: »

Al was as bad, my boyfriend this and my boyfriend that, my boyfriends family...

Don't forget the Mammy!

nice_guy80

I'd say Al moved back in at home

we heard enough about the big move out anyway

gamecube

Any chance of Hector getting the lunchtime slot?

At 12pm everybody would be well able to listen to him!

Love him or hate him he is different!

MikeyTaylor

gamecube wrote: »

Any chance of Hector getting the lunchtime slot?

At 12pm everybody would be well able to listen to him!

Love him or hate him he is different!

There's a problem - he lives in Galway.

ezra_

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

There's a problem - he lives in Galway.

park up the outside broadcast unit near his gaff

gamecube

gamecube wrote: »

Any chance of Hector getting the lunchtime slot?

At 12pm everybody would be well able to listen to him!

Love him or hate him he is different!

rather just have drill sounds for the 2 and a half hours instead of hector

ButtersSuki

Matt Cooper on yesterdays show pronounced hi-fi brand "BOSE" as "BO-say". Seriously?

Most (if not the whole) of the show was dedicated to adult toys and gadgets for Christmas. The reviewers went from knowledgeable to clueless (mainly the latter), but the real problem with it was it one of those ideas that needed a visual accompaniment to work. Just really bad radio - and TLW would be what I mostly listen to in the evenings.

ILikeBoats

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Matt Cooper on yesterdays show pronounced hi-fi brand "BOSE" as "BO-say". Seriously?

Most (if not the whole) of the show was dedicated to adult toys and gadgets for Christmas. The reviewers went from knowledgeable to clueless (mainly the latter), but the real problem with it was it one of those ideas that needed a visual accompaniment to work. Just really bad radio - and TLW would be what I mostly listen to in the evenings.

I heard the guy reviewing the drones. It was terrible, he didn't have a clue.

JoeA3

I heard some of it. Ridiculous.
Why didn't they have the resident tech expert on? Adrian Weckler I think his name is? At least he's reasonably knowledgeable about the subject and is quite good on segments like that.

Its just another example of the dumbing down of the programme. The likes of Louise Duffy and Susan Keogh giggling about hair brushes FFS.

pjohnson

I'm suprised no has whinged about the competitions yet.

reg114

JoeA3 wrote: »

I heard some of it. Ridiculous.
Why didn't they have the resident tech expert on? Adrian Weckler I think his name is? At least he's reasonably knowledgeable about the subject and is quite good on segments like that.

Its just another example of the dumbing down of the programme. The likes of Louise Duffy and Susan Keogh giggling about hair brushes FFS.

The tech / car guy? who was on last night is generally good and should , the entertainment.ie guy cant string two words together hes awful.