What was or is your favourite radio show?

EmmetSpiceland

Bobblehats wrote: »

You’d have liked the old guy that used to do Late Date

Val Joyce, he was great alright.

ToddyDoody

A lot of people in Limerick used to like Gerry Hannon on Radio Limerick One but the government weren't having it and to this day it remains the only station ever to have its licence revoked.

Dr. Bre

Nobody listens to the radio anymore

moby2101

Deleted User wrote: »

Watching Mark Cagney on TV right now, brings me back to 80's radio - Night Train with Cagney was a great show as he played mostly non-single album tracks and 12 inch versions - think he started around 11.30 or so and brought you nicely to sleep around 1.45am when 2FM or whatever it was called back then, went off the air -if I remember rightly.

I remember Marks show well, Gerry Ryan's mon ~ fri show "Lights Out" from 10 PM to midnight was another favourite of mine, it ran in the late 80's

LirW

Gynoid wrote: »

John Kelly 7-9 pm on Lyric and John Creedon 8-10 pm RTE1. Love them shows.

John Kelly's Mystery Train is hands down the best show out there.

moby2101

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Nobody listens to the radio anymore

Nonsense, the mg majority of people today listen to radio at some stage during the day

4Ad

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

John Creedon’s show. Excellent music, and he has a lovely way about him.

Caught the last hour this evening, great as ever..

I do like Moncrieffs Movie and Booze slot on a Friday.

Mad_maxx

nullzero wrote: »

Moncrieff used to be a great listen.
Not the same since he ran off on the missus and got his producer pregnant.

Ya wot now?

tastyt

I like moncrief and yates, not afraid to have an opinion.

I also like songs of praise on Sunday evenings, great driving músic. Not sure if its today FM or 2fm

Mad_maxx

ToddyDoody wrote: »

The Full Irish ie. when Ryan Tubridy did breakfast on 2fm was good circa 2001 - 2004.
I used to like 'The House Party' on 2fm with Damien McCaul circa 2002 - 2003.
Also before that maybe 96 / 97 there was The Hotline with Tony Fenton.

Tony Fenton ( on your radio) was good on everything

Rip

Spanish Eyes

Boring for many I’m sure, but James o’Brien On LBC is a gift for people like me. He can be grumpy, but does not suffer fools gladly either. A go to for me.

Irish radio is to be avoided end of. Far too sycophantic, and watching out for the so called opposition.

But we all have Listen Back don’t we? So can choose now.

Birneybau

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Tony Fenton ( on your radio) was good on everything

Rip

Tony Fenton can't die, only the actor playing Tony Fenton.

But yeah, he was grand, was well aware of how cheesy he was and a lovely bloke by all accounts.

Force Carrier

Car Talk with the click and clack brothers.

patmac

Amazed ‘Marty in the morning ‘ on Lyric FM hasn’t been mentioned, a ray of positivity on the way to work.

Capt'n Midnight

Just a minute. BBC Radio 4

Nicholas Parsons has been hosting it since 1967 :cool:

Tell me how

Can I also add Tom Dunne.

Loved his show on Today FM and still enjoy it on Newstalk. His warmth for music and musicians is infectious.

Capt'n Midnight

Not so much a show but a few episodes of it.

BBC Radio 4. A book at bedtime. Usually its a cure for insomnia.


And then they did - The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.

jiltloop

The Chillage Idiots on xfm were great. Used to listen intently with my fingers hovering over the record button on my tape deck.

Sorry about that

Tom Dunne’s Pet Sounds on Today fm was brilliant.

siblers

tastyt wrote: »

I like moncrief and yates, not afraid to have an opinion.

I also like songs of praise on Sunday evenings, great driving músic. Not sure if its today FM or 2fm

That's Today FM, presented by the brilliant Ed Smyth. He's on Sun to Thursday now, always worth a listen

bodhrandude

The Beat Goes On, on Today FM Saturday and Sunday night presented by Kelly-Anne Byrne, one of the very best shows out there.

AllForIt

Nick Abbot's satirical call-in show on LBC

rapul

Small hours with Donal Dineen on today fm from midnight to 2am, stopped maybe I dunno 10 years ago now, but always listened, great show, great tunes, great presenter

padd b1975

Tell me how wrote: »

Was it that different to Callans Kicks?

I only vaguely remember it but my recollection of it leads me to think Callan's show is similar in tone?

The writing was much better.

The actual impressions were more "parish Hall" in terms of quality.

Kenny B

tastyt wrote: »

I like moncrief and yates, not afraid to have an opinion.

But they hate others having an opinion,

When I started my company, I used to work late every evening, it was made tolerable with Dunphy's Last Word, it was top notch back then with Navan Man & Drunken Politician, some of the stuff was Gold, followed by John Kelly's Eclectic Ballroom, he played some mad stuff, would tangent off and god knows where he found some of the tunes,

Years after that I found Off the Ball, the originals, Joe Molloy is shocking and the leinster **** fest got too much to handle, 'I love you Brian',

It went from being a show with international stories of sports of all types to D4 centric, before that it had proper interviews with unknowns about their passion, a real education at times.

The only show I listen to daily now is Ronan Collins, similar to Larry Gogan - from the Shut the F... Up and play music style, Larry used to play 13-15 songs during the Golden Hour, it's under 10 an hour now for most music DJ's,

RTE Gold was my saviour up to 2 years ago but is ruined now with DJ's, before that it was just music.

Black Swan

RockinRooster live MSNBC audio across the pond.

BeerWolf

While not a show, I do enjoy listening in on NewsTalk during week days with all their discussions... weekends it's just rubbish on sports though.

2lazytogetup

Cant stand Newstalk, bad enough its so subtlety right wing. Along with Today FM, its owned by Denis O'Brien which makes thing worse.

Favourite radio show - John Kelly Mystery Train on Lyric FM. with marty whelan's morning Lyric FM show a close second.

Dr. Bre

moby2101 wrote: »

Nonsense, the mg majority of people today listen to radio at some stage during the day

Ah stick to techno Moby

Mad_maxx

rapul wrote: »

Small hours with Donal Dineen on today fm from midnight to 2am, stopped maybe I dunno 10 years ago now, but always listened, great show, great tunes, great presenter

DD was effortlessly cool, remember No Disco in the nineties?

Mad_maxx

2lazytogetup wrote: »

Cant stand Newstalk, bad enough its so subtlety right wing. Along with Today FM, its owned by Denis O'Brien which makes thing worse.

Favourite radio show - John Kelly Mystery Train on Lyric FM. with marty whelan's morning Lyric FM show a close second.

How the fcuk is newstalk " right wing"

h3000

In no particular order.

Paul McLoone show - Today FM
Sean Moncriffe - Newstalk
Tom Dunne - Newstalk
Tom Dunne - old Today FM show
Matt Cooper - Today FM

kind of like Dermot & Dave in the mornings

Mad_maxx

Tell me how wrote: »

Can I also add Tom Dunne.

Loved his show on Today FM and still enjoy it on Newstalk. His warmth for music and musicians is infectious.

He's grand on a strictly music show, anything else and forget about it

kenmc

Anything on phantom, before it became 8 radio and gone to crap.

storker

Chris Tarrant's breakfast show on Capital Radio in the late 80's/early 90's. The features that stick in my mind are Adventures of Dick Tarrant (private investigator), Your Embarrassing Tune featuring some truly atrocious punning on song titles, and the relaxed banter between Tarrant and Russ Kane in the Eye in the Sky (who was usually made to sound like he'd just staggered out of an all-night party and into the helicopter) and with Tarrant's sidekick Kara. Always cheery and a bit madcap but without the desperate hey-look-how-mad/witty-we-are rubbish you get from poor imitations these days. I can't listen to breakfast shows now. Give me wall to wall music or wall to wall news and just STFU about everything else.

Joe_ Public

Weekend on One with the late, great Donal Broughan. Still sadly missed.

storker

Tell me how wrote: »

Can I also add Tom Dunne.

Loved his show on Today FM and still enjoy it on Newstalk. His warmth for music and musicians is infectious.

I find Tom Dunne a bit like Dave Fanning (but with much shorter interview questions): tremendous enthusiasm for his subject combined with a lack of ego. Pity I'm usually not into the music they play.

Alive Cooper's syndicated show isn't bad. Is it still on?

h3000

h3000 wrote: »

In no particular order.

Paul McLoone show - Today FM
Sean Moncriffe - Newstalk
Tom Dunne - Newstalk
Tom Dunne - old Today FM show
Matt Cooper - Today FM

kind of like Dermot & Dave in the mornings

Oh and Anton Savage when he was on Today FM

Brian201888

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Does anyone remember in about 98/99 there was this totally out there mental show after Adrian Kennedy on FM104? I can't remember the name of the presenter but all kinds of absolute loons used to call up and it turned into this totally abstract off the wall show. I don't think it lasted too long but it was crazy.

Yes! It was all a bit crazy, for some reason one of the regular callers has always stuck in my mind. Think he was called Trebor and he'd come on saying Hey diddle diddle Trebor has a riddle.

storker

h3000 wrote: »

Matt Cooper - Today FM

I don't know how Matt Cooper got a job in radio with that voice. When he's at his most indignant only dogs can hear him...

A.Gorilla

Brian201888 wrote: »

Yes! It was all a bit crazy, for some reason one of the regular callers has always stuck in my mind. Think he was called Trebor and he'd come on saying Hey diddle diddle Trebor has a riddle.

And there was Tony the monkey child and loads of other weirdos. Used to be gas. I think the presenter was Greg merriman maybe?

Thelonious Monk

A.Gorilla wrote: »

And there was Tony the monkey child and loads of other weirdos. Used to be gas. I think the presenter was Greg merriman maybe?

Some weirdo who used to go on about balloons? God I was in college then, usually stoned in bed listening to this sh*t, and then we'd discuss in class the next day, those were the days!

Pineapple1

Will Leahy's drivetime show on 2fm about 5 years ago. Always enjoyed it.

Gynoid

patmac wrote: »

Amazed ‘Marty in the morning ‘ on Lyric FM hasn’t been mentioned, a ray of positivity on the way to work.

Ive only been listening to him for a couple of months as I have long early morning drives. He is still in the guilty pleasure category though, so I didnt mention him. There are of course some cheesy numbers, but in a nice way, and then there are also some utterly beautiful pieces of music that do truly lighten the heart. He is also wry and amusing, self deprecating and comfortable in himself which really is cheering at that dark hour. Since I admitted to listening to him all sorts of groovy people are also admitting to this perverse early morning pursuit.

Kenny B

storker wrote: »

I don't know how Matt Cooper got a job in radio with that voice. When he's at his most indignant only dogs can hear him...

He used to sit in for Dunphy occasionally, when Dunphy jumped the shark, Matt was the obvious choice, Matt now has also jumped the shark, he spends too much time giving his opinion, change is long overdue there,

JohnnyFlash

Kenny B wrote: »

He used to sit in for Dunphy occasionally, when Dunphy jumped the shark, Matt was the obvious choice, Matt now has also jumped the shark, he spends too much time giving his opinion, change is long overdue there,

Happens to a lot of them - Moncrieff went from being entertaining and whimsical to just another self-righteous bore with his identikit opinions on everything.

Top class radio journalists like Patrick Kenny and Sean O’Rourke don’t do that.

Tell me how

Kenny B wrote: »

He used to sit in for Dunphy occasionally, when Dunphy jumped the shark, Matt was the obvious choice, Matt now has also jumped the shark, he spends too much time giving his opinion, change is long overdue there,

Actually, while Dunphy was at the helm, he had two regular stand ins, one was Matt Cooper, the other was Fintan O'Toole.

I have a recollection, although it seems strange now thinking about it, that it was Eamon who chose his successor.

Tell me how

storker wrote: »

I find Tom Dunne a bit like Dave Fanning (but with much shorter interview questions): tremendous enthusiasm for his subject combined with a lack of ego. Pity I'm usually not into the music they play.

Yeah, often thought that a conversation between Dave Fanning and Tom Dunne would make for an excellent show.

JohnnyFlash

Tell me how wrote: »

Actually, while Dunphy was at the helm, he had two regular stand ins, one was Matt Cooper, the other was Fintan O'Toole.

I have a recollection, although it seems strange now thinking about it, that it was Eamon who chose his successor.

Most people would rather have their teeth extracted with a rusty pliers than listen to O’Toole.

Tell me how

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Most people would rather have their teeth extracted with a rusty pliers than listen to O’Toole.

He was equally popular as Cooper when he was on the show, iirc.
And is certainly a more notable journalist at this point in his career.