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Things that make you shout at the radio

gilbertfilbert
gilbertfilbert Posts: 2,282
edited July 2012 in Not Sports Related
I'll warm up with:

1. People talking about "UK plc".

2. Interviewers not letting interviewees get a word in edgeways.

3. Alan Green.
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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601
    LSD
  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    Stella
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,661
    The lack of rigour in questioning politicians and other so called experts.

    Rudely interrupting answers from time to time is no substitute in my opinion.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,984
    whos that really really annoying northern bird that does radio 1? think she does the BBC Glasto coverage as well.

    i f******g hate her.
  • Jints
    Jints Posts: 3,494
    LenGlover said:

    The lack of rigour in questioning politicians and other so called experts.

    Rudely interrupting answers from time to time is no substitute in my opinion.



    I'd say that politicians get too hard a time, with interviewers trying too hard to go Paxman on their arses. I'd like to see more dialogue less confrontation. But then I can't listen to Any Questions or watch Question Time any more because nobody (media, public, politicians) wants to think or learn, they just want to score points or SHOUT LOUNDLY.

    Spokespeople for charities get way too easy a time. It is wrongly assumed that they don't have an agenda.

  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,027
    The Archers - it's a bloody soap opera it should be on E4 or some such, not clogging R4.
  • Jints
    Jints Posts: 3,494
    Stig said:

    The Archers - it's a bloody soap opera it should be on E4 or some such, not clogging R4.

    Hell yeah. That theme tune sets ouff a Pavlovian lunge for the off switch with me.

    It's like listening to a really boring conversation on the train

  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,284
    Chris Evans crashing the intro and end of every single effing record. The final straw was him burbleing over the intro to Fanfare For The Common Man. Pointless even playing it if that's what you plan on doing!
  • bloodnut
    bloodnut Posts: 2,146
    bad reception!
  • daveaddick
    daveaddick Posts: 1,926
    John Humphries he is just the sort of chippy little git I really dislike
    Nicky Campbell who is the biggest interruptor of all, boy does that man like the sound of his own voice!
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  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    James O'brien, LBC
  • charlton_hero
    charlton_hero Posts: 4,667
    I can't listen to Radio 1 without shouting, it's awful. The other day Fearne Cotton interviewed Kim Kardashian,it was the most pointless drivel I've ever heard.
  • simples101
    simples101 Posts: 104
    ValleyGary said:

    whos that really really annoying northern bird that does radio 1? think she does the BBC Glasto coverage as well.

    i f******g hate her.

    Edith Bowman, Sara Cox?....
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,984
    sara cox thats it. shes a mug.
  • daveaddick
    daveaddick Posts: 1,926
    And while we are at it Fearne bloody Cotton
  • CAFCBourne
    CAFCBourne Posts: 3,791
    When they get 3rd person wrong with who's on heart
  • BowieAddick
    BowieAddick Posts: 1,192
    Agree on Sara Cox, can't stand her, she sounds like she's off her face on something most of the time.
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,652
    Richard Bacon , smug & thinks he knows it all.
  • Sparrows_Lane_Muzz
    Sparrows_Lane_Muzz Posts: 40
    Anyone on Radio 1 to be honest but especially Fearne Cotton. I'm out of the loop with "new music" because I can't stand any presenter.

    LBC also makes my blood boil, might as well rename that the "One view accepted only Daily Mail FM".

    Stick to Absolute in the mornings, makes me laugh.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Interview questions that only give the interviewee the option to answer yes or no.
    Alan Green (actually I don't shout at the wireless when he is on, I change channel).
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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,829
    Any radio show that spend half their time slot talking about Twitter, tweets, and what their individual Twitter addresses are.

  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Irish guy on 5 Live Stephen Nolan I think his name is gets on my nerves, and some of the people on the breakfast phone in make me want to end it all.
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,423
    edited July 2012
    "it's Broad, in to bowl to Kallis.......it's an edge and he's....now for radio 4 listeners we're off to the shipping forecast.........dogger bank cyclonic 6.00........ and back to the test........who'd believe it. a hatrick for broad and then the same in the next over for anderson"
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,459
    "What you up to? Hit us up on facebook and twitter and let us know". Why? Why do you as the DJ care? Why do I care? And why does 'Nicola, who's doing Science homework in the garden' care that a load of random strangers now know what she's doing with her life? Cannot get my head around it.
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    Lulu.
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,961
    DJs that make (obvious) observational comments that they think are funny and then relay them to the listeners (the afternoon Absolute DJ is a best at this but is followed closely by Pete/Geoff/whatshisname who has been on there for ages).

    DJs that love every tune they play.

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  • DanDavis
    DanDavis Posts: 1,131
    JaShea99 said:

    "What you up to? Hit us up on facebook and twitter and let us know". Why? Why do you as the DJ care? Why do I care? And why does 'Nicola, who's doing Science homework in the garden' care that a load of random strangers now know what she's doing with her life? Cannot get my head around it.

    It's called pure lazyness and not having enough prep done for your show. The DJ doesn't care at all, all he/she cares about is that they have filled another 45 second link without having to think......and if Nicola does text in to say she is doing her homework you have enough filler for another 45 second link 15 minutes later.

    Chris Moyles gets a lot of grief for being a loud mouth etc but his ability to create 15 entertaining hours of mainly speech radio every week is incredible. I'll be sad when he leaves Radio 1 breakfast (I'll know i'll be in the minority on here thinking that)

  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    Classic FM. Playing music such as the Superman and Star Wars themes and calling it classical. Their main output is the same 'popular' light classical pieces played every day but in a different order to the day before. Oh, and the reverential way each presenter states 'THIS is Classic FM!' Mrs. M has it on every day as background music as she slogs over a hot keyboard so I'm not allowed to change it.
  • BDL
    BDL Posts: 6,001
    Problem is Dan, as you well know. How much radio in the UK is scripted now. All the twitter/Facebook stuff comes from the marketing team who are desperate for statistics to show potential advertisers who is listening.

    Gone are the days of when you can have someone like Kenny Everitt on the airwaves. They can't be controlled!

    Radio is frankly crap in the uk and local radio is dying a painful, slow death.
  • DanDavis
    DanDavis Posts: 1,131
    You are right Dave, the commercial radio companies have all but killed local radio in the UK.....sad times.

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