Barlow Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 IManx Radio are now keeping the Isle of Man Government Covid broadcast on FM open during questions. (During lockdown and after, they cut the FM broadcast for the questions.) Is that what we paid £200,000 for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anyone Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 I think if you did not have Manx Radio anymore you would miss it. But they need to dump this dual presenter model. It is truly awful. I have a switch off button for that but switch on for the solo presenters , and they have some excellent ones. For all tastes. MR has a broad remit so needs a broad range of programs. And they have and do it very well. Of course the magazine programmes suit dual presenters ( thinking there that farming one with Clarke & Kermode - very good that and there are many others ) but daytime ? Big no , they have to fly solo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Not that I miss him at all but does anyone know why Williams is away for "a couple of weeks"? It was given as "a couple of weeks" on Monday, and the same again this morning. He is being substituted on Carnaby Street tomorrow, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Apparently in Liverpool for an operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 I don’t, like this pretend horse racing thing on a Friday and promoted throughout the week. It’s silly and irritating. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Verbal diarrhoea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KERED Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 6 hours ago, monasqueen said: Apparently in Liverpool for an operation. . . . . . and not for the first time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 12 hours ago, monasqueen said: Apparently in Liverpool for an operation. Why is it anyone’s business to need to know where the man is.? Get on with your own life, if you have one. Jesus Christ we as taxpayers don’t actually own these people ffs. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 9 hours ago, Scotty said: Why is it anyone’s business to need to know where the man is.? Get on with your own life, if you have one. Jesus Christ we as taxpayers don’t actually own these people ffs. When you listen to the radio on a daily basis, you are effectively inviting the presenters into your home, and whether you like them or not they become part of your lives. Is it unreasonable to take an interest in the reason for their sudden, unexplained, disappearance? And "we as taxpayers" are paying for these people, so we should take some interest in where our money is going. What's with the reference to a person of religion? Has your own life not taught you adequate words to express yourself without names and expletives? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 A person of religion? If you are religious, JC is hardly a POR, he was the son of God, or if you believe the concept of the triumvirate, he was the personification of God on earth not an adherent to the belief. Is it too unpalatable to say God, whether you believe or not? If you are not religious, then no need to be offended. BTW, I am not religious in the slightest, perhaps my early Catholic education saw to that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Yes, if a child had any feel for religion, those Catholic schools would soon beat it out of you. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 I am not religious, but my family was, and I was taught, both at home and at school, that using names such as that in that fashion was blasphemous. I have always tried to avoid it, not only because it is completely unnecessary, but also because it might upset someone who is religious. I was also taught that there are numerous alternatives that can be used in place of "f" words or other expletives. I use the words "person of religion" in the same way that someone might refer to a "person of colour". (Except maybe in my own home and in private ). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anyone Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 In the meantime Manx Radio continues. Although it I think has a god type syndicated show on a Sunday with some American chap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 1 hour ago, monasqueen said: I use the words "person of religion" in the same way that someone might refer to a "person of colour". (Except maybe in my own home and in private ). You do see the possibility of offence to someone who is religious and how contradictory it is to use the phrase while criticising someone using the actual name, surely? You are implying JC was just a person not the Messiah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anyone Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Well he was neither , just a naughty boy. But the thread title is Manx Radio. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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