Farewell TXFM; welcome... (2 Viewers)

[Anthony]

Back when i had a blog I wrote a fairly light hearted (I thought) and very quick (literally jotted the notes for it down on a piece of paper when I was stuck in traffic) thing called "20 things to improve Phantom" or some shit like that.......

This reminds me of when I wrote to John Kenny at 2fm suggesting a load of changes to the Metal Show. Sure enough all my suggestions were implemented. No thanks, no mention, no credit. I could be running RTE by now, 'sake.

 

[therealjohnny]

I always regret not calling him to tell him EnuffZ'Enuff is not pronounced Enough 2 Enough

 

[rettucs]

needs more All Tvvins

 

[therealjohnny]

 

[nooleen]

Playing nurse with wound on the breakfast show starts being questioned.

i switched on the radio in the car the weekend before last and sleep: dopesmoker was being played in its entirety on some local south australian station

which was unexpected

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[Kermit McDermott]

needs more All Tvvins

One guy from the cast of cheers + 1 guy from Adebisi Shank = All Tvvins.

 

[chris d]

surprised that even a sanitised "indie rock" station isn't viable. it's not faultless, but still a real shame to see it go.

claire beck crying yesterday was a nice little burst of emotion, poor claire. joe donnelly has been good since going solo. and I'm going to give John Cadell his dues here, he played Dylan's Street-Legal last night while I was in the car, never heard it before, and I am definitely going to get a copy now. Sounded great.

 

[Theseus Mock]

U2 pen song to bid farewell to Dublin station TXFM

More of a jingle really.

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[Jim Daniels]

surprised that even a sanitised "indie rock" station isn't viable. it's not faultless, but still a real shame to see it go.

Yeah, same here. But then, I rarely listened to it in recent times myself, even though at a basic level, it should have been my port of call.

 

[Space]

One guy from the cast of cheers + 1 guy from Adebisi Shank = All Tvvins.

Plus one guy from Elk/Guilty Optics.

Sold out the Olympia tomorrow night. Can't argue with that.

 

[rettucs]

Yeah, same here. But then, I rarely listened to it in recent times myself, even though at a basic level, it should have been my port of call.

Right, and I'd say the same about myself. Which is why I think they failed miserably at what they were supposed to be doing.

Anyway, gone now. A real shame, but such is life.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Yeah it's a shame. It was my main listening for daytime radio. For all it faults I'd still take it over any other station during the day. Ah well..........

 

[ann post]

Sold out the Olympvvia tomorrow night. Can't argue with that.

fixed

 

[Theseus Mock]

I can't remember the specifics, but why did they re-brand as TXFM? What's it meant to stand for - transmission FM or sumthing?

 

[rettucs]

I can't remember the specifics, but why did they re-brand as TXFM? What's it meant to stand for - transmission FM or sumthing?

prolly. Though it wasn't their first choice. Remember this?

Phantom FM to rebrand as K-Roq

 

[Space]

Today X FM

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Does anyone under 40 really rely on the radio for music? The kids have spotify/youtube/whatevs out the fucking wazoo. Indie is also not the draw it was even in the late '00s.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Been listening to 8radio a bit lately. Tis good...

HOME - 8Radio.com

 

[magicbastarder]

I know 8radio had been looking for new presenters a few months back - but the ads looking for them seem to have stopped. But a huge number of the shows on these days are repeats. Anyone know if they're struggling to find new people?

 

[magicbastarder]

The show on at the moment is more than a year old - first broadcast April last year. The songs are picked because of the anniversary of Cobain's death.