Adrian and Jeremy to leave 98fm

TheLonelyOne

Word on the grapevine is that today is their last show.

Beechwoodspark

TheLonelyOne wrote: »

Word on the grapevine is that today is their last show.

Where they heading so ?

Santan

TheLonelyOne wrote: »

Word on the grapevine is that today is their last show.

Any idea why? New show some where else?

greasepalm

The way things change over the years as one trio has stuck in my head Dermot Dave and Siobhan and sadly missed.

The_Dark_Lord

Adrian reading out a statement confirming it now on air.

Leilak

Best news I’ve heard, Adrian is appalling as a presenter

Atlantic Dawn

Any summary of what's happening? Couldn't listen in

L1011

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Any summary of what's happening? Couldn't listen in

Show is being dropped entirely for an all music format.

MrMusician18

L1011 wrote: »

Show is being dropped entirely for an all music format.

Sounds like a cutback rather than they've been poached so.

L1011

MrMusician18 wrote: »

Should like a cutback rather than they've been poached so.

Its pretty clear from the wording that they've not been poached, cutback is a possible reason as is that the format is dated and past it.

Leilak

They’re moving to another station

Cazale

The missus would listen to it every morning. Very much a Jeremy Kyle lite on the radio. A divisive style of debate full of hyperbole. I won't miss it.

Walking_Wolf

I wonder if they'll be returning to FM104...

TheLonelyOne

Statement from today.

chilloutrelax

L1011 wrote: »

Show is being dropped entirely for an all music format.

Will they have an evening talk show instead? How will they meet their current affairs Quota?

Atlantic Dawn

chilloutrelax wrote: »

Will they have an evening talk show instead? How will they meet their current affairs Quota?

Perhaps they could buy in some podcasts, very cheap way to cover the quota, assuming that would be allowed as current afairs.

Beechwoodspark

L1011 wrote: »

Show is being dropped entirely for an all music format.

Ah ffs. I regularly listened to Adrian and Jeremy when I had coverage up that neck of the woods

Adrian and Jeremy If you are reading this

Do a podcast

You could easily be as big as the likes of the dunphy one.

Blanco100

Remember the phone in these lads used to have about 10 years ago. Same heads ringing in every night.

Would start off with some outrageous scenario in order to get people to ring in initially. The person with the most offensive/against the grain opinion would be left on the line the longest whilst outraged listeners lined up to tell them they were a disgrace.

I remember my housemate rang up one eve to specifically ask if a particular caller, Joan I think it was, whether she was a plant. Needless to say he was cut off on a time delay and dead air was filled by Adrian and Jeremy explaining that "they cannot have that kind of talk on air" Open endedly insinuating he'd made some kind of outrageous statement that could be offensive 😂

tupenny

Ha yes, Joan!
Jude was another "regular"

L1011

chilloutrelax wrote: »

Will they have an evening talk show instead? How will they meet their current affairs Quota?

Longer news bulletins probably. Do they currently have evening news bulletins? They'll be reintroduced if not.

The_Dark_Lord

Their "Adrian Kennedy & Jeremy Dixon" Facebook page seems to have been deleted. That page had a lot of activity and followers, and was originally set up following their departure from FM104, it wasn't 98FM branded. Seems rather counterintuitive deleting it if they're looking to maintain the following they have.

Cazale

The_Dark_Lord wrote:

Their "Adrian Kennedy & Jeremy Dixon" Facebook page seems to have been deleted. That page had a lot of activity and followers, and was originally set up following their departure from FM104, it wasn't 98FM branded. Seems rather counterintuitive deleting it if they're looking to maintain the following they have.

It was deleted about five minutes after they announced their departure and whilst the show was still on air.

The One Doctor

Very good riddance. Kennedy makes Stalin seem like a reasonable guy.

Dipole Keith

I’m listening to Adrian & Jeremy for years now from FM104 at night to 98FM in the morning, I enjoy the banter between the lads, Hopefully it won’t be to long before they are back on air. For presenters loosing their jobs they didn’t sound to upset today I’d say they know more.

Bellbottoms

I didn't realise they were still on the go. Kennedy has been doing the same show on one station or another for 25 years.


Is Chris Barry still on East Coast FM?

Declan A Walsh

Bellbottoms wrote: »

I didn't realise they were still on the go. Kennedy has been doing the same show on one station or another for 25 years.


Is Chris Barry still on East Coast FM?

When was Chris Barry with East Coast FM? I know he was with Capital Radio/Rock104/FM104, 98FM and Sunshine 106.8. He also came back to FM104 for a little while, having been away from it for some years. Along the way, he was involved with temporary licensed stations Christmas FM, 949 The Rock and Real Radio.

But it's the first I heard of his involvement with East Coast FM. Although, at one stage, it was in the same building as 106.8. I'm not sure if it was in the same building when he was with the latter, but it's possible.

Beechwoodspark

I for one won’t have any reason to tune into 98fm now that Adrian and Jeremy have been cancelled

In the days of streaming and Spotify etc I don’t understand why 98 think if they go to music only it will be a success

Adrian and Jeremy had a unique show and built up a lot of loyal followers over the years.

KungPao

I think the last time I listened to Adrian there was an aul lad going off on one about anal sex being immoral, and that the sphincter WILL be damaged and the receiver will end up wearing nappies.

Do people still call him “Chris”?

Declan A Walsh

As it happens, Adrian Kennedy was with Wicklow's East Coast Radio/East Coast FM, before FM104 and 98FM. Maybe Bellbottoms was mixing up Chris Barry with Adrian Kennedy: both did very similar shows in different periods on FM104 and 98FM. East Coast Radio was a merger between the north Wicklow station Horizon Radio and the south Wicklow station Easi103. Adrian was with Horizon. Like a lot of the early presenters on Horizon, he came via the pirate BLB (Bray Local Broadcasting).

the_real_one

tupenny wrote: »

Ha yes, Joan!
Jude was another "regular"

And "Zoltan", who later went by "John". He was supposedly a wheelchair user who hated working class Dubliners and verbally abused them regularly on the show. He was comedy gold though.

I had to stop getting the groceries in a spar in Ranelagh village because they played Adrian and Jeremy every evening after work. That was the only time I ever heard this duo. The spar eventually went out of business. Now I'm not saying there is a connection, but there is a connection.

Jimmy Bottlehead

Absolute bottom dwelling crap. It's no loss to the airwaves. I'd prefer to see one or two presenters who don't just appeal to the outrage mob and lowest common denominator 'hot takes'.

Santan

I'm starting to feel bad now, I happened across them on the go loud app at the start of the first lockdown, I found them just nice and easy listening talk radio for the most part. Never took it too seriously, usually have newstalk on or the wife has today fm on, but I mostly enjoyed the silly Dublin outrage in the mornings, I will miss it now in the mornings anyway, now just another station playing exactly the same music all be it just a few minutes apart.

the_real_one

The_Dark_Lord wrote: »

Their "Adrian Kennedy & Jeremy Dixon" Facebook page seems to have been deleted. That page had a lot of activity and followers, and was originally set up following their departure from FM104, it wasn't 98FM branded. Seems rather counterintuitive deleting it if they're looking to maintain the following they have.

This is quite telling because they would have been able to delete all of their 98fm content in one go as Facebook has a feature which allows users to delete all their posts at the click of a tab. As you said, that page was theirs so I don't get why they deleted it. Are they going their separate ways?

lrushe

the_real_one wrote: »

This is quite telling because they would have been able to delete all of their 98fm content in one go as Facebook has a feature which allows users to delete all their posts at the click of a tab. As you said, that page was theirs so I don't get why they deleted it. Are they going their separate ways?

They're still posting from it, posts are still showing up on my newsfeed but you can't get onto their page

Leilak

TheLonelyOne wrote: »

Statement from today.

Thanks for that Niall

Odyssey 2005

Thank God..

billie1b

the_real_one wrote: »

And "Zoltan", who later went by "John". He was supposedly a wheelchair user who hated working class Dubliners and verbally abused them regularly on the show. He was comedy gold though.

He goes by Jude on Niall Boylans show and Joan is regularly on there too as herself,

Getting back to the topic, I used to like Adrian and Jeremy when I was 20, 18 years ago, can't stand either of them now, especially that Dixon fella, he's the radio version of a computer keyboard warrior.

Big Gerry

I use to love Adrian's show when it was on in the evening it was like a guilty pleasure for me.


But I always thought putting that kind of show on in the morning was destined to fail because the show would have to be toned down and many of the characters you get on evening show would not be up that early.


I'm surprised the morning show lasted as long as it did.

Big Gerry

tupenny wrote: »

Ha yes, Joan!
Jude was another "regular"

I wonder if Jude was even a real person ?


Some of the stuff he said was so off the wall I thought he couldn't be for real.

delta_bravo

I know it's standard practice with these decisions to give almost zero notice to the listeners but I'm wondering does that also apply to the presenters? Do they know a few weeks in advance or are they also given little notice? I assume they're self employed contractors so could theoretically be axed with little notice.

the_real_one

billie1b wrote: »

He goes by Jude on Niall Boylans show and Joan is regularly on there too as herself,

No, he's not Jude. He and Jude were regular callers to Adrian's night time show on Fm104 back in the day. "Zoltan/John" wasn't a troll though. I think he lived in Drimnagh and regularly rang in to the show. He was well spoken and quite intelligent.

Lord Nelson

I would imagine Bauer recognise that this type of imported American tripe is long past its sell by date. As for meeting the ridiculous talk quota imposed on music stations, all they need do is cry the poor mouth to the BAI who will roll over as per usual.

marno21

I wonder is this the start of Bauer shoring up their stations.

Imagine going to London and hearing a talk in show thrown in mid mornings on Heart or Smooth FM.

If Bauer are anything like the UK they will focus on music on a music station and I can't see the BAI objecting a whole pile in this environment.

The Floyd p

Big Gerry wrote: »

I wonder if Jude was even a real person ?


Some of the stuff he said was so off the wall I thought he couldn't be for real.

I'm fairly sure he worked for our nations postal provider. 100% a real person, possibly a wind up merchant.

o1s1n

Big Gerry wrote: »

I use to love Adrian's show when it was on in the evening it was like a guilty pleasure for me.


But I always thought putting that kind of show on in the morning was destined to fail because the show would have to be toned down and many of the characters you get on evening show would not be up that early.


I'm surprised the morning show lasted as long as it did.

I used to listen to it every night back when he took over from Chris Barry in about 97 or so. I had a little handheld radio that I'd listen to after everyone went to bed. Was probably only about 12 or 13 at the time.

Big Gerry

The Floyd p wrote: »

I'm fairly sure he worked for our nations postal provider. 100% a real person, possibly a wind up merchant.

I remember years ago Jude saying that he was into "midget porn" that has to have been a wind up.

billie1b

the_real_one wrote: »

No, he's not Jude. He and Jude were regular callers to Adrian's night time show on Fm104 back in the day. "Zoltan/John" wasn't a troll though. I think he lived in Drimnagh and regularly rang in to the show. He was well spoken and quite intelligent.

Oh right, just sounded very similar to Jude, as he is also wheelchair bound and hates Dubliners and people on welfare etc, he's also well spoken and comes across as intelligent

Jimmy Bottlehead

Big Gerry wrote: »

I remember years ago Jude saying that he was into "midget porn" that has to have been a wind up.

Well all have our little hobbies.

Beechwoodspark

Big Gerry wrote: »

I use to love Adrian's show when it was on in the evening it was like a guilty pleasure for me.


But I always thought putting that kind of show on in the morning was destined to fail because the show would have to be toned down and many of the characters you get on evening show would not be up that early.


I'm surprised the morning show lasted as long as it did.

Yeah fair point. Hadn’t thought of that but you are right, the “target” caller for the show wouldn’t have been up too early or “in the form” for ringing in early in the day

Have fond memories of Adrian reading the headlines of the evening herald and then later in the show the headlines of the papers for the following morning, along with his analysis of the news

A sharp mind that people under estimated at their own risk

When I was working as a bar man I had to get taxis home at all hours and the taxi would almost always have Adrian Kennedy show on - less so with the non national taxi men admittedly

But the Irish taxi men loved the show. 1 taxi man described it to me as “the taxi industry’s RTÉ” as Adrian’s show would give taxi men the right to speak and raise issues important to them

Vividly remember him saying that to me near the tesco on baggot st years ago

I would go further and say it was the late night workers RTÉ

I’ll never forget that and I hope Adrian and Jeremy are rightly proud of that.

On the other hand RTÉ wouldn’t p1ss on the working class taxi men if they were on fire ....

Their late night schedule consisted of boring repeats

I don’t get the Jeremy digs from other boardsies

Jeremy was a great side kick/foil to Adrian. Half the time he was simply on a wind up looking for a reaction from Adrian and the audience. And by god would he get a reaction!!

Lads, do a podcast seriously

the_real_one

The lads spoke to the Mirror newspaper. With regards to what they're doing next, Jeremy says "Our aim is to be up and running in the next three weeks". Is it going to be with another radio station I wonder or are they going down the podcast route? Whatever the format, I'm looking forward to it. Best of luck lads.

https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/adrian-kennedy-jeremy-dixon-secret-23971709.amp