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Dannyman76 · 04-11-2021 12:43pm

D&D really struggling to fill 3 hours l, I heard their shite Kit Harrington interview twice in the one show. Not sure how much of the show is live anymore.

TaurenDruid · 04-11-2021 12:44pm

I've not heard the repeating snippets through the show thing (or at least I've not been conscious of it) but this morning they interviewed Kit Harrington in the first hour of the show. And are repeating the same, whole interview again, right now. That's just taking the piss!

Feck that! I'm gone to Nova until lunchtime at least.

greenspurs · 04-11-2021 1:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118117431#Comment_118117431

I made that move a few weeks ago ....

BPKS · 04-11-2021 1:57pm

On the news items on Today FM.

A few weeks ago I got up to hear the "Entertainment news" on the Ian Dempsey breakfast show, the breaking news was that Ed Sheeran buys a lasagne for newborn babies parents instead of a present.

15 minutes later the real news was on.

1st story was about a dig looking for women possibly murdered by a serial killer in Ireland 20 years ago.

2nd story was about a 100 year old man who worked in a Nazi concentration camp being on trial.

3rd story was about a child snatched from a tent in Australia.

4th story was about Ed Sheeran buying lasagne for the parents of New born children.

paddylonglegs · 04-11-2021 7:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118117825#Comment_118117825

Those poor parents

NIMAN · 05-11-2021 3:57pm

Ed Sheeran and Adele have new albums out.

That's TodayFM playlists sorted for the next couple of years.

Dannyman76 · 12-11-2021 11:00am

Michael Martin interview again today, who needs podcasts. D&D can't create enough content and Maria isn't a good producer it seems

greenspurs · 12-11-2021 11:45am

just on again there now !!!

WTF ....

*switches station ..

TaurenDruid · 12-11-2021 12:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118155114#Comment_118155114

Same. At least it wasn't repeated within the very same show on the same day, which has to be the nadir of Today FM wtf moments, but still - two days ina row? 🙄

Comic Book Guy · 12-11-2021 2:47pm

It's not all bad lads, Mairead is leaving!

aisleseat · 12-11-2021 2:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118156055#Comment_118156055

Hopefully Fergal Darcy will follow suit now and make my Friday

Dannyman76 · 12-11-2021 2:50pm

How soon?

whiterebel · 12-11-2021 2:58pm

She's hardly there these days anyway. Put D&D in for lunchtime and get Anton back on the morning slot.

ILikeBoats · 12-11-2021 3:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118156138#Comment_118156138

Yes!

Or Pamela into Mairead's slot and get Ed back to 7pm

flazio · 12-11-2021 3:06pm

Or Ed at lunchtime with free reign of the play list

Dannyman76 · 12-11-2021 3:09pm

I could see Pamela getting Mairead's slot with Claire Beck in at 7. Would much rather Anton back for morning and D&D back where they belong.

nomoedoe · 12-11-2021 3:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118156086#Comment_118156086

Next month

flazio · 12-11-2021 3:50pm

Doubt she'd get the lunch time slot but after the reshuffle I wonder if perhaps Louise MacSharry is eyeing up a slot somewhere 🤔 No preference for or against myself but it's worth considering she's just left a job and Mariead is leaving a job.

johnire · 12-11-2021 5:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118156440#Comment_118156440

Oh no ! Don’t say that.

siblers · 12-11-2021 5:49pm

Is Mairead leaving of her own choice or have those clowns finally realised how awful her show is?

She'll probably be replaced be Jessica Marcel or they might give it to Pamela Joyce.

paddylonglegs · 12-11-2021 11:41pm

Wow, surprised to hear about Mairead finishing, thought we were in for the long haul. Pamela Joyce would be the ideal candidate, easily proved herself at this stage, lunch time would be a breeze for her. There is however something to be said for a duo at this time of the day. If they get on well it can be good listening.

Pussyhands · 13-11-2021 12:00am

Flicked onto the last word this evening and there I heard immediate piling in on jeremy clarkson and his appearance. The bint, who later I found out to be Amanda Brunker, complaining about "middle aged white men" being triggered by Greta. How Clarkson looks "sooo much older than 61...he's lived heavy" she says. I don't think a man coming on telling us a bird looks soooo much older than her age would be allowed go unchecked. She was body shaming.

I loved how the whole segment Amanda was saying Great was 100% right and then Jeremy Dixon says "weren't you advocating for fake tan earlier? Are you going to give it up?"

".....no, I won't be giving that up" says she! 😆

retalivity · 13-11-2021 1:31am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118158852#Comment_118158852

Amanda Brunker...jesus is that dose still going?

She shouldn't be allowed anywhere near broadcast media after this offence on the ears

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ib3l8Wx45M

nc6000 · 13-11-2021 1:35am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118158903#Comment_118158903

Hard to say who would want the slot, it's not exactly worked out well for anyone.

flazio · 14-11-2021 10:07am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118163308#Comment_118163308

You mean like 30 to 40 minutes of classic songs from a year and the listeners have to "Investigate" what year the songs are from using the clues the presenter (I refuse to call them DJs) hands out? Whatever could they call a feature like that?

robo · 14-11-2021 5:20pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118156440#Comment_118156440

According to Louise, she didn't leave but was not given a choice. Seeing that Mairead is allowed say she is leaving and when (December), Louise was not allowed do her final show (even though one of her interviews for her final show was already recorded). I don't think the type of slot that midday on TodayFM is, would suit Louise, she liked to play her own type of music and also have the chats with her pals about how difficult life is for people like her (who seem to get a lot of freebies from companies she gives mentions to on social media but forgets to ad the hashtag AD)

I'd say the lunchtime slot is hard to hold on to listeners, as the nature of the time - people are on the move getting lunch and that, compared to mornings (9 to 12) a lot would be in the same spot.

DebDynamite · 14-11-2021 8:27pm

Would love to hear Anton Savage back on Today FM. I think the morning 9-12 slot would be ideal for some light-hearted current affairs and the kind of intelligent fun chat Anton brings. Dermot and Dave then in the lunchtime slot. If we could extend each of the slows (incl Ian) by and hour or so to skip Fergal and straight to The Last Word, that would be ideal!

Unfortunately I can’t see Today FM not bringing in another woman to fill the slot. No problem with Paula McSweeney so if that was the case. I’m just glad Mairead’s gone. Going straight from Dermot and Dave to Mairead (especially during lockdown) and hearing her opening the show with that glum voice she would put on was such a downer!!

flazio · 14-11-2021 8:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118166041#Comment_118166041

That would leave Today FM, a national radio station, very Dublin heavy.

Addle · 14-11-2021 9:39pm

Dermot is limerick

Matt is Cork

siblers · 14-11-2021 11:54pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118166444#Comment_118166444

Fergal D'Arcy is Galway

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