foxdaleliberationfront Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 21 minutes ago, gettafa said: Well I have to say, I have just had over 2 hours of Christmas record overload on BBC Radio 2 (Sorry Ken Bruce, you are nowhere near as cool as you like to make out). I might be forced to try Manx Radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parchedpeas Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 30 minutes ago, gettafa said: Andy Wint is interviewing pupils from one of the schools. Again, again. I think that is fair enough and it is clear that Manx Radio has dumbed down and/or down with the kids. It's pretty painful stuff to listen to, though. The kids don't really have much to say and the interviewer does not really know what to ask. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxdaleliberationfront Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Perhaps Manx Radio could try something like this for next Christmas, and perhaps the TT? https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/radio-1-christmas-guest-presenters? Picking random people off the street would probably not be too much different from the current output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 1 hour ago, parchedpeas said: .. the interviewer does not really know what to ask. Well for sure Andy Wint won't agree with you. He knows just about everything. He was asking if the kid was thinking about a political career. I mean, who the fuck thinks of s political career at that age (apart from Juan Watterson). This must all be part of the deal with the government Manx Radio Magic £Million. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 17 hours ago, Albert Tatlock said: There will be major repercussions from this change of mode within a year. Hope so It's wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 5 hours ago, gettafa said: Well I have to say, I have just had over 2 hours of Christmas record overload on BBC Radio 2 (Sorry Ken Bruce, you are nowhere near as cool as you like to make out). I might be forced to try Manx Radio. Haven't heard a Xmas song yet (tho' Alice Cooper is threatening it on Planet Rock) listening - as I now do - to LBC Did learn today tho' that the NYPD choir - you know, the ones who sing 'Galway Bay' - are in fact Irish people singing in the 'drunk tank' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 4 hours ago, foxdaleliberationfront said: Perhaps Manx Radio could try something like this for next Christmas, and perhaps the TT? https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/radio-1-christmas-guest-presenters? Picking random people off the street would probably not be too much different from the current output. At least there'd be a fair chance of hearing a Manx voice on Manx Radio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
display name Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Donald Trumps said: At least there'd be a fair chance of hearing a Manx voice on Manx Radio Or a flu ridden Scouser with a lisp to substitute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Needs to be a bit of a squeaky drawly voice too. I've heard the boys on Manx Radio on a Sunday. Maybe Phil just speaks like that all the time and he thinks all Manx men speak like that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy the Kid Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Having lived on the Island since 1978 I have listened to Manx Radio on and off for over 40 years. I have liked some of the output, tolerated some of the output and hated some of the output, so listened to what I liked and switched off when I had had a listen and not liked the content. I am afraid I have to say that there is so little that I like now that I have totally given up on it and I can’t believe that I am alone in this. RIP Manx Radio! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxdaleliberationfront Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Time to pull the plug once and for all on this sorry institution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 5 minutes ago, foxdaleliberationfront said: Time to pull the plug once and for all on this sorry institution. Maybe. Was listening on 1368kHz this morning, caught the new headlines & I think the weather. All the time a background track was burbling away... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, foxdaleliberationfront said: Time to pull the plug once and for all on this sorry institution. I see where you are coming from, but I disagree. It just needs properly sorting out. Bu Manx Radio is very much an arm of Isle of Man Government and as such it is bullet proof and they can do what the hell they want. Edited December 6, 2019 by gettafa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Tuned in at 8.15am. What utter bilge. Stu is worth ending the day on. I probably listen to 2hrs a day, but it'll be back to R4 tomorrow morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forestboy Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 20 minutes ago, rodders said: Tuned in at 8.15am. What utter bilge. Stu is worth ending the day on. I probably listen to 2hrs a day, but it'll be back to R4 tomorrow morning. Haven’t listened since Stu left Talking Heads at midday apart from the odd news bulletin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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