2fm - New schedule coming

I was in Luton at the weekend and it was full of teenagers at the Radio 1 big weekend so radio isn’t completely dead amongst teenagers ( or at least it doesn’t have to be if it’s done right)

no not necessarily. I guess Rte can’t get involved in concert weekends after the Toy Show musical disaster as they can’t be trusted not to run up a multi million liability

From having been exposed to Radio 1 when working in England I think music rather than chat being the central focus is the point.

I have LyricFM on all the time because it's mostly music. Scanning the dial while driving gets me either wall to wall 80s, Irish C&W or narcistic Dublin=Ireland non stop chat. My knowledge and appreciation of classical music has expanded in proportion to the void of music everywhere else on the dial.

Initially music was a primary focus of 2FM, chatting about youth issues expanded via Gerry Ryan show etc.. then teenagers became young adults, and then middled aged….. Radio 1 seems to keep stay focused on whatever music is relevant to a defined demographic remit, whereas 2FM keeps patronising its audience from the 90s as if it's the only audience that matters.

He doesn’t play AC/DC, Steely Dan or Fleetwood Mac so obviously not to the liking of a lot of the pale, male and stake crew who think 2FM should become another station playing dad rock.

I'd rather have The 2 Johnnies

Tracy Clifford deserves the vacant seat at the breakfast show table I think. She's been on afternoons for eight and a half years now, and I think promoting her would be a good alternative to an external hiring.

Too old for youth station

they should try and get some of the old sound of 2FM back - how about they start sprinkling the crap playlist of todays songs with 2-3 rarely heard 80s/90s songs each hour on each show and not just as a "throwback" feature

Colm and Jim Jim brings backs memories.

Jims Jims dad was a real tough one

We’re going around in circles. We’re all too old to really figure it out. Even boards isn’t an 18 year olds platform so there’ll be none on here to enlighten us either.

I think that might be the problem. Everyone had an idea of what 2FM should be come. TalkSports, Youth and Classic Hits!

Why not look at it from what's new rather than what's young or a particular demographic.

Remember even with the pirate stations 2FM was competing with a very different sound, perhaps that is the problem they are competing in that Cool yuff sound that never really existed.

There are 18 - 25 who want to listen to podcasts/radio about new music and interviews with the current set of Stars, but I'd say there was always a lot more who are not and never were interested in listening to a Dave Fanning type, now they don't have to listen to talkMusic radio they can go on Spotify and just listen to their own playlist.

And while we all might be getting older, TBH, its what we are all doing.

What Irish Radio Station did you listen to yesterday? What show? What presenter?

The 2FM presenters seem to think they are well known, I would offer that nobody is well known anymore, Streaming killed the radio / tv / video star.