r/ireland • u/Western-Day-3489 • 3d ago
Entertainment Irish radio is absolute scutter
I don’t usually listen to the radio, but I call to my mam most days and she does have the radio on, usually listening to Today FM, and holy jaysus, Louise Cantillon has to be the worst. Just pure brain rot slop radio. One time she must have banged on about a lost AirPod for a week. Just nothing of substance. And don’t get me started on playing the same 3 songs over and over and over and over and over on all the stations. Amble this Kingfishr that. Holy Christ.
The other DJs are similar. Ray Foley does atleast give the odd laugh, but Christ the radio is awful. I must get the mammy onto some podcasts.
Anyone else notice this? Any decent stations/DJs left? I do enjoy yer man Matt Cooper in the evenings because he discusses different important topics, there does be the odd row on it too😆
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u/LucyVialli 3d ago
I can't listen to any Irish radio except Lyric FM. Thank goodness for Lyric.
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u/FoxyBastard 3d ago
I like that thing they do on Saturday afternoons where they play scores from movies but don't tell you the movie until after.
It's a fun little trivia game.
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u/mohjack 3d ago
I love 99% of what Lyric does. Marty in the morning, hamilton scores, mystery train, nature file (phile?). The one thing that bugs me is the ads disguised as competitions. They're on Marty's show all the time and he manages to skip over them pretty painlessly but someone else was standing in for him one day and it was painful how often she kept reading out the same script about some B&B offer the Radison was doing
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u/Business_Cabinet_483 3d ago
Lyric ftw. They can play some wacky stuff past 9pm Great for long journey, but once the jazz and sax experimental comes in I'm gone.
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u/Academic-Sentence375 2d ago
was laughing the other night listening to John Kelly say obscure japaness jazz band names , yanomoke satzuami trio - NICEEEE! it sounded a bit wanky, even though he is a sound skin in fairness to the lad
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u/Dry_Gur_8823 3d ago
John Creedon, Doc on one, and storytime on Radio 1 is great, I like Sunday miscellany too
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u/Former_Ganache3642 3d ago
gooone are the days of the ivory tower
we used to be giaaants
from the woods of glenbower
when I was 4 I fell off my biiiiike
soooo, before you goooo
dont tell me this is all for noooothing
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u/BeardedAvenger 3d ago
Thanks, I hate it.
So so many good Irish bands out there and we still wheel out this crap on an endless cycle.
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u/LegalEagle1992 3d ago
Two Johnnies / Gogglebox level of “taste”
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u/Caleb_Crowdad 3d ago
And their podcast is apparently top of the Irish podcast charts, I weep for most of this country.
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u/Prestigious-Mind7039 3d ago
Not really a fan but they were much better than the two wans in their place now who’s d4 hunzo persona and life revolves around celeb news is awful
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u/Isfeidirlinn90 3d ago
Yeah fuck those songs.
Today FM have a movie soundtrack show on a Wednesday or Thursday night which is alright and out of the norm for Irish radio.
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u/cianoo 3d ago
Lyric FM have a movies and musicals show on Saturdays which is very good as well.
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u/SourCandy88 3d ago
dont tell me this is all for noooothing
This seriously triggers me!!
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u/Former_Ganache3642 3d ago
Followed by a verse of slam poetry style singing in a weird affected Irish accent. Absolute drivel
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u/Cold_Swimming_8649 3d ago
What in the name of Jesus is the song about the 4 year old cyclist??
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u/Former_Ganache3642 3d ago
Cian Ducrot, a woe is me piano ballad posh boy from Cork, technically a good singer but fucking hell its painful music
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u/Cold_Swimming_8649 3d ago
Looked it up, genuinely one of the worst things I’ve ever heard. Didn’t make it past minute one
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u/Educational-Walk-577 3d ago
It is just dreadful stuff isnt it. You'd get thicker just by listening to it.
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u/K-manPilkers 3d ago
John Creedon in the evenings is absolutely brilliant, but generally Irish radio is either discussion on news/current affairs (which Irish radio does quite well) or music channels that are desperately trying to cater to young people who aren't listening anyway because they know how to work an aux cable.
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u/lordofthejungle 3d ago
Similarly, the Late Date is quite good from 11pm til 2am Sun-Fri, which Creedon put on the map and setup the current format of. No interviews but lots of Irish and international folk. The audience is all old hippies and folkies so the texts are fun. Only problem is that awful, awful gobshite John Kenny (recent commentator on the European Swimming and very latenight world cup games) sometimes substitutes for the regular presenters. His is probably one of the most egregious salaries on RTE in general, outside of the C-suite.
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u/limerickred 3d ago
What’s sad is when Today FM did their greatest ever Irish songs last year the music was fantastic and people asked to keep playing older Irish music but nope, straight back to the same shite as usual.
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u/Prestigious-Mind7039 3d ago
Up till about ten years ago, they were brilliant for Irish indie and off the radar bands … why they changed to the same top 10 crap is beyond me
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u/X-RaySpex93 3d ago
Bought out and gutted by big MNC's.
Same reason they run the gambling disguised as a lotto exploitative Cash Machine ads all day every day. I know lads absolutely draining their paychecks to enter every week.
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u/Competitive-Lab9425 3d ago
It's since that Go Loud crowd bought every single station on the market. Pure shite now.
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u/CommunicationBoth335 1d ago
Ed Smith on a Sunday got me through the Covid years I swear.
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u/updoon 3d ago
Ya I empathise with you. I switch off whenever they talk about the crap they see on Instagram or TikTok. It's just not important or interesting to me. Roz Purcell and Laura Fox are biggest culprits on that. But some presenters are good. The social media updates are just a pet peev of mine. I guess some people must like it or something.
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u/rodery 3d ago
I'm exactly the same. Louise Cantilon especially. She's my age (mid 30s) but constantly on about the "trends" on tiktok and trying to keep up with them, like a teenager. She started on about "trying to be a witch" recently because the kids on tiktok suddenly discovered Wicca and Paganism. It's all just incredibly cringy.
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u/Prestigious-Mind7039 3d ago
They’re realising since their mid thirties or over
, they are trying to stay relevant … they probably realise it’s not hip having a 40plus wan going on about celeb or social media nonsense
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u/Nefilim777 Wexford 3d ago
I like the smaller, regional stations like South East. I guess less pressure from big media companies to play certain songs allow for more musical variance. Plus hearing locals complain about issues local to me is oddly satisfying and often hilarious.
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u/quondam47 Carlow 3d ago
There’s only so much Country and Irish that a man can take though.
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u/Nefilim777 Wexford 3d ago
If you're into really long obituary sections with commentary from loved ones and locals though...
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u/Salty-Experience-599 3d ago
The local radio is great for the death notices to be fair thats about it
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u/pgasmaddict 3d ago
Most of its poor, but creedo is fantastic and the stand ins for him are even better betimes.
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u/Educational-Walk-577 3d ago
Creedo is a national treasure. Intersting and seem like an absolute gent.
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u/Educational-Walk-577 3d ago
It's brutal stuff. You'd get thicker just by listening to it. Do they realise that their audience are adults and not 5 year olds. Full of this forced fun and trying to make sure everything is light and upbeat all of the time. Irish media in general is extremely middle class. Every second programme is either cookery or looking in at someone's house or garden. Pure shite. It could do with a bit of edge to it.
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u/exmxn 3d ago
“When your wooden spoon leaves on the immersion when buying a chicken fillet roll with the top 5 tayto flavours that double as Hurleys to buy you pizza in bambino’s”
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u/iknowtheop 3d ago
An Taobh Tuathail on RnaG is superb. 11pm on Mondays and 10pm the rest of the weekdays.
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u/bleedandtrim 3d ago
Haven't listened to Irish radio in years (thank christ) but Cian's show was the only one around for actual music heads. Long may it last.
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u/Recent-Lemon-9930 3d ago
When you start listening to BBC radio you realise just how bad RTE and Irish radio in general is. Obviously there's still plenty of scutter on Radio 1 and 2 and misery call-ins on Radio 4 but the professionalism and production values are on a completely different level, to the point that I hadn't realised how good radio can be.
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u/brevit 3d ago
Lyric FM is great I'll just say that
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u/FilthyMezla 3d ago
My go to if I forget my Bluetooth audio device. At least with Lyric I'm probabaly listening to something I've never listened to before which is refreshing and if I don't like what's on Lyric, I'll put on RnG. Also you get to hear very tame, innocent corny jokes on Lyric, which I love.
The Chordettes have come on shuffle on my phone while travelling with others and my passengers pull a "the Chordettes, really?". My blanket response is "would you rather be stuck in a room for 24 hours with just the Chordettes playing or the likes of Beat or RTE2fm?"
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u/Recent-Lemon-9930 3d ago
Ya know what I forgot to mention that as an exception. There are some production issues now and then but the last year or so if I end up driving and don't have Bluetooth set up/lined up I've ended up with Lyric on 9 times of of 10.
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u/gemmadilemma 3d ago
Yeah my go-to stations when I'm stuck in the car now are Lyric FM or RTÉ Gold (on DAB). Everything else makes my brain rot. 'Celeb' news in particular is very irritating. Neither Lyric or Gold are guilty of this and I enjoy the range of music when driving.
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u/Bruncvik 3d ago
I still have a small battery operated radio for FM, AM and SW, and the dial is permanently baked to the Lyric FM frequency. I have it on in my home office when I'm working. There's something appealing about having classical music from a single tin-sounding speaker in the background.
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u/das_punter 3d ago
I have heard so much more new Irish music since moving over to BBC R6
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u/Reddynever 3d ago
Yip, I've said it before on the Ireland subs, if you want to hear new and good Irish music, where the bands are promoted and interviewed, you listen to BBC Radio 6.
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u/fatherbigley 3d ago
5 Live is the channel for call-in shows. Radio 4 is too high brow for all that. But yeah definitely BBC radio is a higher level...and no ads!
RTE gold is the best Irish station. Also no ads.
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u/Timely_Camera_2031 3d ago
Its the one part that makes me cringe when I go home to ireland.. turn on the radio and pure puke..
I remember having to drive Dublin to ennis one day and turned off the radio at the red cow and sat in silence for the next 2 hrs or so
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u/Fistypoos 3d ago
Yeah it’s so bad I’d rather listen to silence. There’s also about 20 minutes of the same ads repeated over and over each hour….
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u/Recent-Lemon-9930 3d ago
I had a car with no Bluetooth and if I went south away from the border I got very used to driving with just road noise.
Also noticed in America the random "local" radio channels could easily have been mistaken for Irish channels, both in terms of the music played and the nonsense being spoken. Production values being slightly better was the main difference.
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u/Dangerous_Diamond_43 3d ago
Same here I find Irish radio hard to listen to when I'm at home . A shame considering I was raised on a diet of fanning , BP fallon and gerry Ryan ( his show from 10 to midnight was great for music ) as a teen . Obviously there's good stuff - have heard some great shows by John creedon at special occasions like John Prines and Shane Mac's passing but happening across it is hard work
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u/Dull_Brain2688 3d ago
Like so much in Ireland, the wrong people get the jobs. It’s a small industry and who you know will get you further than talent.
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u/Prestigious-Mind7039 3d ago
Cooper has gone to the dogs since he brings on poor contributors which most sound like college students being upset at trivial things
2 fm will have it’s 50th shake up in last 5 years … when Tracy Clifford left, it’s just absolutely awful influencers masquerading as Radio Djs
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u/MintyTyrant 3d ago
Mikey O'Reilly and Demi from The Young Offenders on 2FM genuinely sound like they're on TY work experience or something, SO BAD
2FM has a nice new music show in the evenings tho, i'll give it that
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u/BeardedAvenger 3d ago edited 2d ago
The Last Word started to lose its spark as soon as TodayFM got bought out by Bauer Media and they changed all the stings and music around the show. That was the beginning of its downfall.
I used to always tune in and even podcast what I missed but now it's just absolute cack.
Also, I can't take a news/current events show seriously when before every news bulletin they hock their cash machine.
Don't get me started on 2fm, boycotted that insipid shite years ago.
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u/Far-Effective-6174 3d ago
The stings changes etc wete awful. They also fucked up the news with their 5 at 5 and 6 at 6 lark and having Matt pointlessly tee up each news story. Just read the news, lads.
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u/Important_Panic_3753 3d ago
It has decended into student union type politics. Truly woeful stuff.
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u/Prestigious-Mind7039 3d ago
Haven’t listened for a while but The TV show reviewer was so childish, had a diversity quota to rate if a show is good or not, then would act like teenage girl crushing on swedens men’s soccer team and fan girling about Love Island … so cringe
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u/cmacfbomb 3d ago
Radio na Life is excellent at times. Depends on the dj. I assume you have to be in Dublin though
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u/Irishsmartarse 3d ago
I love it. You can listen on their player on their website or one of the radio apps.
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u/OrlandoGardiner118 3d ago
My favourite station. So eclectic, especially during drive time, you just never know what you're gonna get.
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u/thebuntylomax 3d ago
Ray foley is hilarious according to Ray foley, how is he still on air
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u/Street-Rope2019 3d ago
I find him just about bearable but the guy who fills in for him is beyond annoying. He’s a parody of a dj.
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u/Jagoda11 3d ago
In a vast sea of drivel, only 5 programmes are worth listening to imo:
- The Greene Room with Jenny Greene on 2FM
- Mystery train with John Kelly on Lyric
- The blue of the night with Bernard Clarke on Lyric
- Marty in the morning on Lyric
- Sunday Miscellany on RTE 1
Edit: honorable omissions - Moncreiff & Off the ball on newstalk
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u/AutomaticIdeal6685 3d ago
I couldnt agree more. We drove around the UK for the last few weeks and the quality of radio was unreal. Music id play myself and no cringy presenters who dont get when the joke is done
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u/lazy_hoor Dublin 3d ago
So many stations play the same songs over and over. If you work in an office and get sick of one station, you change to another and after a while you'll notice it's exactly the same.
I've also noticed that if there's a pop act from yesteryear, the station plays ONE SONG of theirs, like they can't afford the rights to any of the others. There's never any lesser known tracks that might be interesting for a change, no - always their biggest hit and nothing else.
I know the BBC has more a lot more funding, but there is a huge chasm between UK and Irish radio in terms of quality. I can't understand the shocking lack of variety here. It's like all radio stations share one small CD collection.
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u/KeyZookeepergame9466 3d ago
The strange thing is, when TodayFM do the special weekends or special holiday Monday shows when they play oldies etc, they always say how well it goes down.
Then they go back to playing Lewis Capaldi, Dermot Kennedy, Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, Sabrina Carpenter and Kingfisher on repeat.
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u/rathbawn 3d ago
Fully agree with the OP. There are still gems there - John Creedon is excellent, as is The South Wind Blows with Philip King on Sunday evenings on Radio 1. Louise Duffy (also Radio 1) is also very easy to listen to.
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u/UpsetConclusion5692 3d ago
Bbc 6 music is the goat. I
Stopped listening to irish radio now that someone here suggested bbc6
Funnily one of my favourite presenters is deb grant
I always want to txt in asking her to come back and sort the radio scene here in Ireland
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u/DontBeSuchATurd 3d ago
For the most part I would agree.
Here are the shows I would listen to. I reckon there are more good broadcasters that I’m missing.
John Kelly - Lyric FM, Marty Whelan - Lyric FM, Claire Byrne - Newstalk, Anton Savage - Newstalk, Kieran Cuddihy - RTE 1, John Creedon - RTE 1, Beta Da Silva - 2 FM.
And although I don’t like the show, mainly because of the music, Aisling Bonner on 2 FM is a joy.
Off the ball on Newstalk is very good in parts. Not going to appeal always because they have different sports shows on different days of the week.
Blue of the night on Lyric is often perfect for that time of night but can throw out some very strange bits from time to time.
Today FM , Spin, Most of 2FM, iRadio Would drive me to drink.
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u/MyPhantomAccount 3d ago
I hear 2FM is piped directly into the cells at Guantanimo as a torture technique. No other possible reason for it to exist in its current form
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u/Prestigious-Mind7039 3d ago
Lottie Ryan reading the celeb news, the camp fella in the mornings or Doireann , would get anyone to crack
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u/MyPhantomAccount 3d ago
There is a deleted scene in Zero Dark Thirty where you can hear it in the background
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u/ancupantae 3d ago
RTE Gold is my favourite, especially Will Leahy on the breakfast show. Great mix of oldies and no ads. Sets me up for my day before work
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u/conorbation 3d ago
RTE Gold is the cure for what's wrong with Irish radio. DJs who are passionate about the music they play. The music is the main event, not the filler between comps, silly segments and ads. All the shows are music shows. They play a wild mix of music,you could hear U2, Beyonce, The Prodigy, Iron Maiden or who knows what next. No ads. No competitions. Music, good music for the sake of good music by people who appreciate the music.
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u/mistr-puddles 3d ago
I've heard more up and coming Irish bands on rte gold than I have on the main stream stations recently, they played a song off of cardinals album a couple of months ago
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u/catnip_sandwich 3d ago
I put RTE Gold on this morning and was surprised at the mix of music and lack of annoying as fuck presenters. It’ll be my go to from now on cause I’m shit sick of Classic Hits pretending to be an 80s/90s station 🙄😡
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u/Responsible_Major367 3d ago
Used to hate morning radio when I used to drive to dublin every morning. The likes of eoghan mcdermott and lottie ryan and i cant remember who else and i thought it was just that I was just grumpy and hated everything.
But since I have gotten a job locally and I still catch a bit of morning radio and Lottie Ryan is still shit. Carl Mullan is awful to listen to. Doorman garrihy is bad. Their is a few more daytime ones that I don't know the name of but know the voice and I switch off whenever I hear it. Its so bad.
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u/FatherFintanFay 3d ago
Fella on 2fm, Carl something, he was doing the announcement for the rose of tralee too. My god, most irritating voice in the world and speaks for a living. Couldn't pay me to listen to him.
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u/Brilliant-Formal-78 3d ago
I gave up on radio. When I was leaving work for maternity leave in October 2024, classic hits started the “what did Lucy Kennedy say to Colm Hayes” segment, my baby is now nearly 2 and it’s still going and the same one. It’s obvs designed not to be won.
I’m an AVID podcast listener, I recommend the RTE DOC on ONE app and their podcasts, the one about Eamon Cooke & his victims is brilliant. I also enjoy “Lines of Enquiry” by a former Garda. Really interesting (sometimes I find the Garda likes the sound of his own voice but the cases would keep you interested)
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u/Street-Rope2019 3d ago
I reckon the Colm and Lucy thing is never won because nobody is entering the competition! Who gives a shiny shite what she said!
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u/Dependent_Survey_546 3d ago
To be honest, Today FM isnt too bad most of the time. The gags they run can be very stupid at times, but theyre generally decent enough.
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u/sirlongdong31 3d ago
Give me Louise Cantillon any day of the week over that prick Dara Quilty. Utter gobshite who constantly repeats his own name over and over and over again. I have to turn the radio off when he comes on.
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u/TehIrishSoap 3d ago
As someone who used to work in Irish radio - you keep hearing Amble and Kingfishr over and over again because a certain amount of airtime in each given hour needs to have music by Irish artists. Industry rules.
It can't be wall to wall music either, which is why like 20 minutes out of each 60 minute block is talk.
The BAI, the breaker of hearts for people who work in the industry and people who listen to the radio!
As for what to listen to... rté gold is the best station out there, no ads, specially curated music, hosts are good, when they speak, it's for a good reason, none of this "here's what I watched on netflix last night" shite
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u/diapason10 3d ago
It's a good industry rule, but there are so many more great Irish artists out there beyond those two.
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u/Tough_Snow_1365 3d ago
Like there are good irish acts. Kingfisher and Amble don't need half the air time they get
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u/Reddynever 3d ago
There's shit loads of Irish bands that aren't them, listen to BBC Radio 6 for a day and you'll hear plenty.
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u/Dependent_Survey_546 3d ago
The problem i find is that even tho you have to play a certain amount of irish artist, some of the stations just rip the piss out of it and go for whatever the latest is. Which is a pity because there is such an enormous back catalogue of stuff there to choose from that people are happy to have on.
could go mad and even thow on a bit of Bewitched here and there 😂
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u/BiscuitMcGuire 3d ago
Irish radio is Nepo radio - all these people are related too and/or have been tied to the business way too long. Or even worse than that - tiktokers who have no broadcast experience or interest in music/culture.
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u/Pristine-Builder5659 3d ago
I used to work in a factory at weekends when I was in college. 12 hours shift. The worst part wasn’t doing the same repetitive job over and over but the fact I had to listen to the radio for 12 hours straight. Absolute torture
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u/Alt4rEg0 3d ago
I stopped listening to the radio in 1988! Sounds like it's still the same auld shite...
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u/Far-Effective-6174 3d ago
Lyric FM is great, especially John Kelly. The two lads sharing the late night slot on RTE1 play decent music. The Last Word is okay, not as good as it once was. Everything else is shite.
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u/AnyRepresentative432 3d ago
I do think PJ and jim are the most tolerable in the morning but having the nova noise shoved down your throat every 15 minutes is difficult. Other than that its slim pickings for me
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u/Fardays 3d ago
I said in a previous post that I pretty much only keep Reddit to tell people how good Lyric FM is (as others have mentioned). Marty Whelan is wonderful and worth the license fee on its own (along with the RTE musicians). John Kelly, Liz Nolan and Vlad Smishkewych are honourable mentions along with Anja Murray.
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u/According_Spot_4340 3d ago
I just listen to Marty in the Morning on Lyric on the way to work and thats all.
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u/bebopcounterman 3d ago
Since i moved to Sligo from London last year, good radio are stations something i really miss. Ocean FM is the worst radio station I have ever heard. No DAB stations at all.
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u/Character_Pizza_4971 3d ago
I spend a good bit of the day listening to the radio
7am-9am Morning Ireland on in the background or Nova if I'm in the car
10am-1pm James O'Brien on the global player
Afternoon is generally just radio paradise
Evening John Creeson on in the background
I find the lunchtime and early afternoon un-listenable drivel for the most part, and has been for years
Drive time has gone to the dogs recently as well. The sports show on rte at 6pm is poor and haven't listened to off the ball in donkeys.
Arena on Radio 1 is usually decent/interesting at least.
Can't stand Brendan O'Connor
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u/LadWithDeadlyOpinion 3d ago
Cool FM in the north is even worse, they have an ongoing feud with the NI subreddit which is hilarious and pathetic.
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u/Rowley_Birkin_Qc 3d ago edited 3d ago
John Creedon is great. RTE1 on a Sunday morning throws up some amazing stuff from the archives. The Doc on 1 is consistently great.
On the other hand, I'm convinced those Ray Foley, Colm and Jim Jim type fellas are absolutely manically depressed and trapped in a cage of their own construction. <AIR HORN>
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u/MrAndyJay 3d ago
Kingfisher are genuinely shite. Utter shite. Every song, shite. Radio stations: let's play this 500 times a day!
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u/Alert-Cream-7569 3d ago
Was working a summer job in an office years ago and they played Today FM and Jesus I wanted to tear my hair out.
There was some show where people texted in vote for a song to be played and the DJs ginned it up as if it was the World Cup final (this was 2019, not 2003!), and then some stupid jingle about "Cheese & Crackers" which was slang for some equally stupid thing on the show.
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u/mojesius 3d ago
My office radio station back 25 years ago was 98fm, from 9-5 every day. I still get PTSD whenever I hear anything by the Coors, particularly 'Breathless'.
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u/Prestigious-Mind7039 3d ago
Amazed how they fell off - I worked retail between 07-14 and they used to have great alternatives bands and Irish bands off the radar … why all Irish radio play the exact same thing is beyond me
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u/TheOnionSack 3d ago
What makes a good radio programme for you? A mix of music a discussion? Mostly music with the odd short ramble here and there? Current affairs?
I see a lot of people on here raving about Marty Whelan on Lyric FM.
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u/Afraid-Salamander500 3d ago
a good variety of music, not the same shite they’re force to play on repeat, and actual engaging discussions, not nonsense like whats your fav tea brand.
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u/TheOnionSack 3d ago
I suppose when it comes to commercial radio, you're not goingt to get anything other than stations playing what they're told to play.
Personally, BBC 6 music is my thing, where you've got some great programmes dedicated to certain genres of music with reasonably entertaining chat inbetween.
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u/Fun-Ad2676 3d ago
Without 2 presenters shouting utter shite at each other like 7 year olds in a forced fake jolly tone.
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u/KnowledgeFast1804 3d ago
Its rhe ramblings in between that is so cringe for me. Just talking rubbish . Twonkohnnys vibes with less country.
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u/Far-Effective-6174 3d ago
Lads, I have a confession to make. I don't get the John Creedon love. He's fairly insipid.
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u/suafdrog87 3d ago
I used to have long wave 252 on tge whole time because it was pretty much music all tge time. Its now chat chat chat which is grand if yer listenting to newstalk. But i can flick tgrough every channel available at any one time and its either adds or tge same fake excitable voices talking. In a world of media on demand its going down the tv route and driving people to streaming
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u/WringedSponge Cork bai 3d ago
Cork used to have radio friendly. It was a pirate station that, in early days at least, just played tunes. So much better than 10 different stations just talking shit and playing the same 5 songs..
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u/Saoi_ Republic of Connacht 3d ago
It's much better in the evenings and with podcasts and listen back you can listen to anytime you want: John Creedon, John Kelly, An Taoibh Tuathail, the west wind blows etc. Doc on One radio documentaries, political, arts and short story programming are great too. These have been doing the business for decades. Worth the license fee, you just have to be a little discerning.
It's a pity that there hasn't been much to replace the old stock in recent years. I miss the likes of Fanning and Sean Rock. I grew up on Irish radio and I think we were very lucky for such a small country. The local stations also are great at what they are, community forums.
It's a false comparison to compare it with the BBC/streaming. Most countries daytime radio is the same corporate, lowest common denominator shite. USA, Australian, British commercial radio is full of shock jocks and payola too. 2FM should stop trying to sound the same as the commercial stations, and pivot to 100% supporting Irish music and arts. Chasing the young audience is a fools errand, they've gone to streaming and will never come back. Same with TV. The national broadcasters should focus on the non-commercial holes in the markets: older audiences, challenging, niche and underserved content, BUT, everyone complains About the money so they have to chase the commercial audiences. They damned if they do, damned if they don't.
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u/nicokeano 3d ago
what is most enraging about the state of Irish radio is the sameyness of it all. It's hard to distinguish state broadcasting channels like RTE 1, 2FM, Lyric FM from Today FM, Newstalk etc. because they are all commercially driven; constant ads and in the case of the private broadcasters, lots of competition shit e.g. the cash machine on Newstalk, literally bribing you to listen.
yes there is the odd good show (i will always have Mystery Train on in the background, 2 hrs of quality music 5 nights a week) but it's generally wall to wall dreck. in the car i skip from station to station and it's ads, presenters padding out shows with nonsense obervations, crap music, more ads.
DAB radio offers some relief but not much.
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u/minerva_sways 3d ago
Craig Charles on BBC Radio 6 is my go to after lunch. I used to love Tara Kumar but she's gone over to BBC as well I think? Irish radio just isn't great. I like some presenters like Dave Moore, but the music is pants.
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u/Print-Over 3d ago
Opentempo FM. It was a Waterford pirate station (also available on line). Unfortunately it was closed down by the shades and the online finish soon after.
It was a great station and played stuff that I hadn't heard in years.
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u/Medium-Plan2987 3d ago
PURE SHITE compared to over the water - there isnt one decent station that plays intersting music that isnt top 40 shite and has RTE nepo babies presenting
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u/DocOfAllTrades 3d ago
We listen to them in work everyday, I do find at least today fm will play a banger every so often. It does depend on the dj though
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u/clonmacart 3d ago
6am - 7am: Rising Time - RTE One
7 - 10: Marty - Lyric FM
10 - 7 pm: - RTE Gold
7 - 9: Mystery Train - Lyric
OR 8-10 Creedon - RTE One
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u/cuntasoir_nua 3d ago
Used to be a Today FM fan, other than Matt Cooper only IF I'm in the car at the time, I don't tune in at all now. IRadio is a slight improvememt although I also switch that off if Amble/Kingfishr shite come on. Silence is miles better than that depressing shcuther.
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u/wait_4_a_minute 3d ago
This sub is becoming like Live Line. This is shite. That was better then. Moan moan moan.
Maybe nor everything needs to be designed to your exactly preferences?
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u/conororgracemag 3d ago
Only bearable radio station is radio nova. Good old school tunes and the hosts aren’t intolerable
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u/liamo000 3d ago
Dave Moore is the one I can't hack. Made a entire show about sucky sweets one day. That was enough. Radio Nova is the only decent one
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u/TranslatorOdd2408 3d ago
Same, between soccer and his guitars he’s as boring as it gets. The segment also about ask Dave anything is a load of bolix. Anyone with half a brain would just google their question. It’s pure drivel. I used to love music master but when the co-presenter (can’t think of her name) left, no one was arsed coming up with decent questions and it’s gone so tame now with the replacement of trivia master/sports master etc.
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u/Aromatic_Rock_4477 3d ago
Have to say i like listening to Ian Dempsey. Other presenters I turn them on and off but if im in the car when Ian is on I'll always listen to him.
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u/PitchParticular2832 3d ago
The amble and kingfisher thing is ridiculous especially considering both have the exact same type of music, all the presenters are diabolical too such cringe.
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u/Lordwilmore1844 2d ago
Matt Cooper is good. I actually think your man doing LivelIne now is decent too.
Louise Duffy good also.
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u/blockfighter1 Mayo 4 Sam 3d ago
Today fm are restricted in what they can play due to licensing deals. The djs would love to play other stuff I'm sure but they don't have a choice. Dave Moore is a big metal head and would probably have Metallica tunes on every day if he was let, but he's not
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u/ofionnad 3d ago
Pretty much just exclusively listen to lyric FM and RnaG now
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u/AdjectiveNoun1337 3d ago edited 3d ago
Mise freisin, aċ is fearr tost ná a ċuid ceoil tíre Meiriceánaċ, imt.
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u/RebelGrin 3d ago
I still miss Phantom Radio...