the RTE thread (3 Viewers)

[nuke terrorist]

I almost never voluntarily listen to radio but am forced to hear some bits of it most days as background noise.
Fuck Tipp FM.
Irish radio has usually been poor for music over the years - a few programmes aside plus some digital radio.
It is amazing how little 2FM has changed over the years. The format of day time radio is mostly the same as 35 years ago.

 

[Deadmanposting]

Do people listen to the radio for music these days?

It's a great question

Is it more like a vibes and chat thing?
Like tuning into your culture rather than sounds.
No idea.

 

[ann post]

I think people who listen to 6 music, lyric, RnaG and the niche shows on Main do.
Otherwise it's about humans and personalities and eaves dropping

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I think people who listen to 6 music, lyric, RnaG and the niche shows on Main do.
Otherwise it's about humans and personalities and eaves dropping

Yeah, I suppose I’m thinking of 2FM’s listenership rather than the specialist stations. It always seems to be some yammering idiot when I’m subjected to it.

 

[Anthony]

Golden opportunity for 2fm to become good.

 

[ernesto]

Do people listen to the radio for music these days?

Yep. John Kelly’s mystery train
Also freedom occasionally if I’m driving late

 

[ernesto]

Golden opportunity for 2fm to become good.

It won’t though.
The people running this show are so far removed from reality they haven’t a notion.
Like the government

 

[Unicron]

Yep. John Kelly’s mystery train
Also freedom occasionally if I’m driving late

It's radio 1 but if I'm in the humour I'll tune in to Creedon in the evenings.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I mainly listen to newstalk & RTE 1.
Also a bit of Nova & Lyric.
Real auld git stuff basically.

 

[pete]

I miss the Paul McLoone show.

 

[magicbastarder]

niall mcguinness on nova is usually good.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

the radio in the car defaults to spirit FM when I switch it on. which is a bit of a minor complaint really

Mainly listen to RTE for the news and a bit of creedon. have the radio on less since kid. During the start of the ukraine war he asked for it to be turned off, and we just fell out of the habbit

 

[pete]

niall mcguinness on nova is usually good.

Kieran?

 

[pete]

Car radio flips between radio eireann and nova. Middle age wha.

 

[magicbastarder]

Kieran?

you are of course correct.

 

[chris d]

Livedrive on Dublin City FM changed their presenters a year or two ago and I haven't listened to the radio since.

 

[rettucs]

Love a bit of Ronan Collins in the morning

 

[ann post]

If i'm working I do the saturday/sunday sport thing. I'm a bit like I am around the tv, i prefer things that are actually happening as opposed to focus group driven shite.

 

[dudley]

For a while, pre-pando, 2FM was letting us 2XM types on air on Sunday nights. We can but dream....

 

[ernesto]

For a while, pre-pando, 2FM was letting us 2XM types on air on Sunday nights. We can but dream....

They should be filling these new slots
From the 2xm staff pool already there. Mad if they don’t