CLASSIC HITS OR 4FM

Saorsat wrote: »

Colm gave Nikki the bullet because she slagged him off in the tabloids about 10 years ago saying that he was overpaid and that Jim Jim was the talented one, little did she know he would one day become her boss and get his revenge.

Really? I was always told that the reason she adopted the name 'Hayes' was because of her admiration for him so I cannot see that being true.

Heard the gruesome twosome on the radio yesterday morning for the first time since the switch. Its really pathetic. the 2 lads were pretty docile and easy to listen too but this is a massive step back for CH

I used listen to PJ and Jim on CH, turned off the radio when Niall B came on and turned it back on from 3-about 6:30 ish. Haven’t listened to any show on CH since Colm and Lucy’s first day. I actually found the local radio station is half decent. CH needs a major overhaul

Deleted User wrote: »

I've given it a few weeks but can't warm to the new breakfast show at all.

Lucy Kennedy sounds like she's sauced 24/7. There's no train of thought, just momentary belches of words that seem like they've just overflowed her brain and left rather than formed coherent sentences.

1992ChainGang wrote: »

It's so bad. Shame cos I love the music on CH but it's just painful to listen to in the mornings, the whole shtick they have where they argue and pretend to hate each other is so awkward.

Lucy wasnt in one of the mornings this week so Mike hosted with Colm and was much more listenable. A bit boring but easy to listen to.

They kept them on Nova for years so I don't see them getting rid of them any time soon unfortunately.

Now granted I've only caught bits of it on the odd morning, but it's just awful stuff...almost worth listening for the whole 'so bad it's good' value. That phrase 'stealing a living' gets thrown around on the radio forum quite a bit, but these two really deserve it for this muck. He's not my cup of tea, but at least CH has some broadcasting ability...but as for Lucy Kennedy, she's almost offensively bad.

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Since Nicky from 'Nicky at night' was made redundant- probably.

7PM onwards has always been voicetracked, even when Nicki Hayes was on it. I'm not sure who puts the show together but it's similarly "rough" on East Coast FM nights which is also presented by Nicki Hayes (still) and also voicetracked - long gaps, voicetrack drowned out by the music or crashing into jingles.

Muller1991 wrote: »

They must lose a chunk of listeners between 7 and 9. Would be a hard pull for Niall Boylan @ Night. Its proven that when the show before hand is engaging for whatever reason the listener will stay. Having said that i do know that not all of his evening show's are live either, Which to me begs the question is Classic hits just a 7am-7pm Station ? Does that in anyway mess around with the licence they have or is there a million loopholes they've found.

Pretty much 7-7 weekdays and 10-6 weekends is the only "live" part of the schedule, almost everything outside of that is automated, voicetracked or pre-recorded.

Not altogether uncommon though - Covid has really hit station turnover hard on top of what were already choppy times for many stations.

Vast majority of the regional and niche stations have become 7-7 operations these days and pretty much every station is in automation come midnight until 6am.

Colm and Lucy were a failed experiment on Nova, but rather than just take them off air, they swapped them to CH.

Nova and Classic hits might as well be the same station now.
And they're both starting to play ay some awful shyte.

KildareP wrote: »

7PM onwards has always been voicetracked, even when Nicki Hayes was on it. I'm not sure who puts the show together but it's similarly "rough" on East Coast FM nights which is also presented by Nicki Hayes (still) and also voicetracked - long gaps, voicetrack drowned out by the music or crashing into jingles.

Recorded with zero f**ks given but according to what she told the 'meejah', she lost her dream job!!!

JDxtra wrote: »

Classic Hits have added a "." to the end of their RDS name ("CLASSIC.")

A bit cheeky of them to call themselves Ireland's Classic Hits when you can't receive them outside of Dublin, Cork, Clare, Limerick or Galway; Clare wouldn't have it were it not for them being sandwiched between Limerick and Galway.

AwaitYourReply wrote: »

Take DAB in Ireland which never went beyond trial phase and was recently closed by RTÉ Radio after many years. The listenership figures did not make it a sound investment despite most of the major population centres covered in same trial. FM lives on stronger than ever in Ireland with so much competition.

DAB never went beyond the trial phase, because the incumbent stations did not want it, it is as simple as that. FM lives on, because the broadcasters have an oligopoly at best, monopoly at worst and there is effectively no competition - in fact - I would assert that in its refusal to pursue the licensing of DAB, the BAI actively blocked competition in the Irish radio market.

While I could criticise the mainstream UK radio stations for being every bit as bland, boring and Ctrl-C-Ctrl-V, at least the UK has both national and local DAB multiplexes and consequently vastly more choice in what one can listen to without a) depending on the reliability of mobile phone services.


I have found myself tuning into Classic Hits as a default in the absence of my preferred stations and the abundance of Sport on RTE R1, occasionally TodayFM for when Classic isn't receivable. I can't particularly complain about most of the music on it, finding it at least reasonable even if not entirely to my taste.

The funeral notices generally make in excess of €100k a year for stations. Dont you dare miss them either lest you face the wrath of the blue rinse brigade!