Comments on: Who Has The Most Irritating Voice on Irish Radio?

By: Silverfox

Silverfox — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:09:36 +0000

Are all the nominations in for this award. How in gods name was David Norris ommitted. Is it because it is humanly impossible to listen long enough to determine what is making that frightful screech. And another one is Twink, and doesn’t.
that guy who does the weather on TV3 have a Radio show or stand-in slot somewhere – I think he does. It’s Martin King I’m told. Is it only an RTE phenomenon? I could have listened to John Peel (god rest him) reading the telephone directory. Now that I think of it Terry Wogan has an obnoxious semi-Brit tone (and manner) about him.

Here is my top 10 (is there a prize for getting these right?)

1. David Norris – by a screech
2. “Moikal” Mac Mullin
3. Eanna ni lamhna
4. Martin King
5. AA roadwatch clones (it sounds more like “rindabite”)
6. Twink
7. Gerry Royan
8. George Hook (but only when he is interviewing certain women)
9. Carol Coleman (newstalk)
10. Pat Kenny.

Now that I think of it why isn’t Ryan Tubridy in there also. I think I’ll put him above George Hook there – but I’m not re-editing my list.

By: spin south west

spin south west — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:18:54 +0000

SPIN SOUTH WEST IS THE BEST STATION IN IRELAND
ALL OTHER STATIONS ARE SH*T
INCLUDING

RED FM
95(SHITY)FM
CLARE(BOGGER)FM
ALL RTE RADIO STATIONS

By: dermot

dermot — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:21:20 +0000

Special mention to the “talent” on EVERY RADIO ADVERT EVER BROADCAST ON RTE.

Back in the 80s I used to work with an uncle in his design studio. We’d listen to RTE to kill time – when the ads came on he’d almost rip the volume control off the radio before the voices – those godawful voices – started screeching.

It’s 2008, and nothing has changed.

By: flamingred

flamingred — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:54:13 +0000

Ok Hoof it’s a deal,

I’ll make the sangwijes. Hang? Or would you prefer something exotic ……say Oysters.,

We can ask the Mooney show if we can do a guest appearance. See who can whinge, interrupt, screech or irritate in time to the sound of crickets shitting on a cowpat. There is only one slight problem with this idea.

If I once hit Eanna ni whatshername, I KNOW I would NEVER get tired of hitting her!

You will have to wait a couple of weeks as I am off to India tomorrow. I’m done with the Cowboys now bring on the Indians!!!

Yes, two weeks in Goa and further afield. We had a hotel in Mumbai booked for the week after next but in view of recent events decided to change plan.

See you all soon,
FR

By: Red

Red — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:13:10 +0000

Spin southwest is a crap radio station. The two on sunday mornings would want to grow a brain between them. They think they are funny but they are not if you want a funny pair on radio tune c103 mon-fri 7-9am.

By: Hoof

Hoof — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:05:11 +0000

Depends on the which Saht-soide DORT Station they were cloned in Bock. Little vagaries in the ock-sint just to throw us off, I’d imagine Rain Debate AA clones would have been produced at either the Kill-oi-knee or DAW-key outlet for instance, while the more common sounding (Mark ll probably) Rahnd-a-baht ones were probably made in the Sandyford factory.

Anyway, I’m all for taking a 5 year thesis on the subject. Which FAS Office do I apply to? Mallow Street or Cape Canaveral?

By: Orency

Orency — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:47:15 +0000

Cian Murtagh on Newstalk Sport. He can’t pronounce foreign names for shit and he prefixes every noun with ‘thee’ instead of only before nouns that start with a vowel.E.g., ‘Thee FAI last night announced thee launch of thee new fund etc etc et bloody cetera. Aaaaarrrrgh!!!

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:38:14 +0000

They’ve even expanded into Met Eireann in the form of Nuala “Noarth & Sythe” Carey.

By: Bock

Bock — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:57:48 +0000

Hoof — Now you’ve touched on an entire social phenomenon. The Roadwatch Clones.

There’s a PhD in that for some enterprising little swot, but if you like you can have my theory, free gratis.

By the way, I think they say Rain Debate.

By: Hoof

Hoof — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:48:43 +0000

@flamingred

Of course I will, name the day. Saturdays are out though, interfere with my religions: rugby & drink, but a small civil ceremony and a massive piss up can get us around that! Sandwiches optional.

For some reason another major irritant of the airwaves hasn’t yet been mentioned, no particular individuals’ name comes to mind as they probably all went to the same Clone Radio School as that jokeshop 95 Eff Emm mob went to (Tom O’Sullivan excepted).

I give you, in a Rahnd-a-baht way….the ladies of AA Roadwatch.