The "Red FM News" thread

[021]

RedFM's news trying to make national news stories sound like local stories!-

Ten to 2 news this afternoon: (I taped it)
VO "This is RedFM Ten-to news"
newsreader" Plans to introduce fines for CORK motorists caught using their mobile phones while driving ....."

On hearing the above one could be forgiven for initially thinking the new mobile phone law only applied to Cork!!
This new law applies nationwide so what is the logic of inserting the word 'Cork' as above??

I would say to RedFM news, by all means have as much local news as possible, but please stop insulting peoples' intelligence by trying to construe what are NATIONAL news stories as being local Cork news stories by inserting the word 'Cork' here, there, and everywhere where it is not appropriate.

This carry-on is constantly happening on RedFM's news.

[aki ross]

Personnaly, I think it is a good idea. Although the news story is national RED are trying to show how relevant to the ppl of the Southern Capital.

I'm sure the ppl in Cork are fed up to their back teeth hearing news about the "big smoke". Hearing the name of their own city/county in the news now and then, would surely help focus some people's minds.

Do remember, we here are all radio people. We are critical of radio ways. But radio stations are not aimed at us. They are aimed at the vast public who wouldn't know an opimod, from a tripod.

fair paly to RED. Only wish Spin was as RED hot at the cork boyos.

A R

[RadioFriend]

Your wrong 021.....This is the way local Stations should sound.REDFM is a Cork radio Station broadcasting to Cork people and the people of Cork are only interested in Cork Issues.What ever way you decide to hear it is up to you.

If there was a IFA Story that affected Farmers Nationwide and i was reading news at GalwayBay FM ,i would be starting my story by saying "Galway farmers are being affected by".......Well i'm not telling a lie?
Anyway everybody knows that its an old trick to make people sit up and take notice when they hear their name mentioned.

Don't forget that REDFM is CORK CORK CORK to the core as it should be....and the same should apply to all other ILR's.

There are way to many Radio Stations trying to do the National thing....

I remember hearing Scott Williams on live 95FM doing the mid morning talk show and you would think he was born and raised in Limerick.And for this I shake his hand.......Now he is back in Dublin and its all Dublin Dublin Dublin.

Of course it got up Ger Maddens nose he he started running promos about how all the RLO people were from Limerick.Real Limerick People...............Who gives a fuck.....Give me Scott Williams any day.

RF

[Mike]

Judging by comments ive read here and heard from people around me Red seem to be one of the most popular stations in Ireland in terms of listenership outside its franchise area.

A lot of people I know listen to them online. Ive tried it myself a few times and it certainly sounds better than Spin

[Charles T Wolf]

021 if you really knew anything about radio, and I am talking about names like Storz and McLendon, the founding fathers of Top Forty radio then you would know how right RedFM's news department is. I can speak as an 'outsider' on this one, I have nothing to do with our news department, and I did very much study what the original 'founding fathers' of radio taught.

Besides developing the 'rotation' system of playing songs (used now by every radio station that plays music from Red to even Lyric), what most people forget is that McLendon also did a lot in news presentation (even though these were the first 'music stations')

His first rule was: MAKE IT LOCAL. For news stories: Find the LOCAL story. For national stories: LOCALIZE IT. Writing style should always put in the local town where possible as in, "phone charges could be going up for CORK residents." Take it a step further by interviewing local residents on how the new phone charges will effect them. LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL.

Sorry mate, you strike me as one of these armchair anoraks without a clue about radio. On this one you are wrong - and I would argue this the same if it were 104, 98, or even 96 FM.

[3cx1500A7]

Jeez,go easy Charlie.If the newsreader did'nt make it clear that this a nationwide issue then 021 may have a point.I heard something similar recently on Eastcoast Radio and I thought the same.

[RadioFriend]

No your missing the point..............


Nobody cares if its a National issue....

Your from Cork

This is your Station

You want to hear the News from a Cork angle.

Same goes for Wicklow people when it comes to East Coast

Let me put it this way..............

Top news storys ..................4 Killed in on the weekend roads in the North and South....
Irish Farmers to lose another 4% on Milk..............
And Minister for Defence to visit the south next weekend............Bla bla....

Now thats how it should read on Today FM or RTE.

But if i wanted to catch the ear of Cork on REDFM i would do it like this...

2 Cork Men killed in car smash bringing this weekends
Fatality's to 4..................Cork farmers lose out again and The Minister for Defence visits Mallow on saturday.

Local Local Local..................Now you have people reaching to tune up the News in their car on Patricks Street.

RF

[RadioFriend]

BTW..............Can I just say that 96FM's News service is as strong if not stronger then RED?

Both Cork Stations deserve a pat on the back for their newsrooms.

Its well known that the overall REDFM audience doesn’t want long drawn-out news bulls.
All you have to do is look at how many young people have turned out to vote in the past few years.

16-24 years don't give a shit if Mary Harney is holding talks with some other gobshit about whatever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So if I was 96FM I would be grapping the torch and running with more news and talk with a LITEFM Playlist. The answer is simple……………don’t try to compete.

Why in gods name would both RED and 96 go head to head when both can rule different demographics.

RED could and will blow 2FM out of Cork and with a little work 96 would blow Today FM and Radio 1 out of Cork.

As ambitious as it might seem I bet it can be done………..I can imagine FM104 and 98 being very happy if they were the only 2 Resident Radio Stations in Dublin and if that were the case I bet they would scratch each others backs.

RF

[Wheatus]

For people who claim to be "radio people", you really are in the dark!

96 is still wiping the floor with Red in Cork. Look at the book guys!Why worry about that sort of minority competition when you're still number one by a long haul in a massive market.

I like Red. A lot. But please put things in perspective!

[Mike]

Red are only on the air a few weeks and have a remit to provide a specialist service so presumably theyre not out to grab a larger market share than 96 (although from their point of view it would be nice if they did)

[gizajob]

Red are not on a "few weeks" they are on over 6 months at this stage...red do not have a "specialist" license they have a full service license like every other ILR in this country. Raidio Na Life, Country, Anna Livia: they have specialist licenses! It's red own decision to go after the, and i quote henry on this, "the lucrative 15-34 year olds". even doing this, with 35% listened yesterday (in 15-34) they are still in 3rd place behind 2fm and 96 county sound. Having said all that i like red's news and music policy - don't think much of some of the presenters it has to be said though. red should be able to do more damage to 2fm for the next book...2fm is, in my opinion, appalling at the moment.

[021]

To reply to some of the points made by RadioFriend and Charlie Wolf

Radio Friend:
“Don't forget that REDFM is CORK CORK CORK to the core as it should be....and the same should apply to all other ILR's. “

RedFM are using a female voice with an English accent for VO’s (has also been on Virgin Radio). RadioFriend, if the station should sound absolutely “Cork to the core” I take it you would suggest she be replaced with some local wan with a strong pronounced Cork accent for these VOs!?
Likewise would you advise that Live 95 get rid of their American VOs and replace them with someone with a strong nasal Limerick accent? :) to make the station sound as much Limerick as possible?

Not everyone residing in Cork is a native of Cork, so sounding too overly ‘Cork’ focused could perhaps be a turn off for this section of the local listenership???

“If there was a IFA Story that affected Farmers Nationwide and i was reading news at GalwayBay FM ,i would be starting my story by saying "Galway farmers are being affected by"
“

That’s slightly different from what I mention above. Red were going a bit too overboard in some of their localised scripting. I listen to a lot of local stations on my travels and I have not heard news being scripted anywhere else in the same manner.


And Charles:

“For national stories: LOCALIZE IT.”

This is from the states. The population and size of this country (as opposed to the US) is a bit too small to be localising national stories to the same degree IMHO??

And Charlie I take great exception to your initial words and your last sentence of the post, you could have made your points without them.

Charlie you yourself on a number of occasions on RedFM in the past, on air during your show, have been highly critical of the style and presentation of INN news bulletins which were just after being carried on your show.
Yet at the same time are we to take it that RedFM’s own news bulletins during the day are above any criticism whatsoever???
By all means Charlie, bring this thread to the attention of RedFM news and see what they have to say (if they do not know about it already). The posting was after all directed at them, not you.

I have nothing against RedFM as such, who have been very innovative on a number of fronts
Ye are missing the point.
I am NOT complaining about local news stories
I am NOT complaining about local interviews being appended to national stories – by all means do this.
I am NOT complaining about RedFM in recent days running promos of support for the Cork Gaelic Football team (despite the station having a lot of listeners in Kerry!)

All I was talking issue with was the manner some news stories were being SCRIPTED.
Once again here’s what I was talking about, word for word from a recording:

newsreader" Plans to introduce fines for CORK motorists caught using their mobile phones while driving have received a broad welcome. Drivers will be fined 190 Euros from mid-Sept … “ etc

Surely one could be forgiven for thinking it was some sort of ‘by-law‘ which only applied to the Cork area??

Would this mobile phone story have been read out as follows on for example Tipperary-MidWest Radio: ‘Plans to introduce fines for TIPPERARY motorists caught using their mobile phones while driving…’??
I very much doubt it!

Either rightly or wrongly, to me this kind of carry on makes the news service look cheap or looks as if the news room is short of actual local stories.

If it was worded slightly differently and still mentioning the word Cork as follows it would be acceptable: “Plans to introduce fines for motorists IN CORK AND ELSEWHERE caught using…”

This type of thing has happened on a number of occasions on RedFM news. Otherwise I would not have made an issue of it.
Another example -
Some weeks ago RedFM’s news carried a story which commenced by mentioning a survey into CORK house prices. There I was expecting to hear an interview with Cork auctioneer(s) regarding rising local houseprices. But no, - instead we got a networked interview from Dublin about what was a NATIONAL price survey! And whose to say Cork was following the national trend as the survey mentioned was not broken down by area?


RadioFriend,
“ I can imagine FM104 and 98 being very happy if they were the only 2 Resident Radio Stations in Dublin and if that were the case I bet they would scratch each others backs. “

We’re going off on a tangent here but RF you have a short memory. Well that situation of only 2 authorised radio stations in Dublin used to apply there, FM104 was originally called Capital Radio serving a youth audience and Classic Hits 98FM served an older market. But what happened??? Capital changed name and format to a demographic closer to 98FM!” and left the youth market disenfranchised for a few years!

[Billy Dane]

I agree with 021 on this. A simple rewording is all that's needed: "Cork's motorists, along with others around the country, will be affected by a new national law..."

[RadioFriend]

021 if that’s what you think fine………..grand ……….OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have no interested in going into a long-winded debate about this because I just don’t care enough.

But let me remind you once more…this is one of the oldest tricks in the book.

There is a reason that things sound as they do on Radio, everybody says that you should do your links and features as if you’re in the Pub with your mates and I think that this is bullshit? Don’t get me wrong I understand what they mean by it, with sounding natural and all that and not sounding like your reading liner cards.
I think Charlie Wolf summed it up when he said something like “Be entertaining, witty and good company in life and then just be you on Radio”

Yes always be yourself but you need to manipulate (maybe not the right word) the audience.

Why is it recommended that your links 30secs, I mean after all if you were to tell the lads a story in the pub you would hardly get it all in 30’s…But its been proved that while people might be interested in what you have to say on the radio they want the punch-Line fast and more music very quickly.

Why do we ident the Station at the top and bottom of every link? Because if we have new listeners we want them to know who we are but as well we want our name fresh in their heads, does this mean that if in the pub with a group of new clients that before and after every trip for a piss I tell them my name?


A lot of theses methods fall under a long-term branding plan

Charlie will give you great examples of branding and how it should be properly achieved but when all is said and done we do trick the public in many ways …In this case with the RED news it’s a way of making people sit up and listen simply because they are making or tailoring all stories into Cork stories.

I respect your opinion 021….and it many ways I see where your coming from but this has been happening in Radio Stations for as long as I can remember.

One last thing (and I don’t want to call you silly here but)what is this about

I am NOT complaining about RedFM in recent days running promos of support for the Cork Gaelic Football team (despite the station having a lot of listeners in Kerry!)

Ha!!!!!!!!!!021 REDFM is a CORK Radio Station..why should they give a fuck about Kerry.

You mentioned Tipperary Mid West Radio,did you know that Tipp Mid West have loads of Limerick Listeners so the other evening when Limerick were getting ready to play Tipp in the under 21's should Tipp Mid West be running promos wishing Limerick every sucess.....You have made some very interesting posts in the past 021 but how can i take you serious ever again after that statement.

One last Last last last thing...



newsreader" Plans to introduce fines for CORK motorists caught using their mobile phones while driving have received a broad welcome. Drivers will be fined 190 Euros from mid-Sept … “ etc Surely one could be forgiven for thinking it was some sort of ‘by-law‘ which only applied to the Cork area??

Come on for God's sake...........How could you thing that this only applied to Cork people.


RF

[CQuential]

It's very unfair to slag Red FM off for localising stories. Cork lacks coverage in the broadcast media. National stories impact on Cork / Dublin / Galway or whevever in specific ways. It's good to hear stories from a local perspective. If I want to hear national news I'll tune into Radio 1 or Today FM!

As for their coverage of local stories; I can only say it's absolutely excellent. Although so is 96FM's!

Red's local sports coverage however is far ahead of 96FMs. During the day time (until 7) they seem to have specific sports bulletins with actually properly generated sports news rather than just the usual stuff that is fed to all the local stations read as an "and finally" by the newsreader which seems to be the case on 96FM. It's good to hear cork city matches as well as more obscure sports getting an airing!

The presenters voices are excellent, particularlly news. The sports people all sound very young, but I suppose that does reflect the target market!

[gizajob]

some good points there rf and cq. red do have better sports coverage during the week. they have a dedicated sports reading team whereas 96s news reader just tags on a bulletin to the end of the news. from what i can make out its just the inn and irn scripts lashed together.
however at the weekends i think that 96s coverage is far superior. but only if you like wall-to-wall sport as opposed to hourly updates. they give full commentries on all the big gaa games and all the cork city games as well as some really obscure sports (that im not really into but none the less i suppose its only fair they get coverage too). cant say i have really warmed to trevor walshs show on red just yet. to me, he sounds nervous and flustered on air. but hey, that's just my opinion.

[021]

"96s coverage is far superior. but only if you like wall-to-wall sport as opposed to hourly updates. they give full commentries on all the big gaa games and all the cork city games as well "

gizajob
Just to correct you, the full commentaries are not on 96FM, they are on 103FM ("102.6 in the city"), whilst normal programmes continue on 96.
To be fair to RedFM for a change, they do not have the luxury of 2 networks to be able to do this

[gizajob]

this is very true 021...people often forget that there are 3 radio stations in cork (4 if you count the west cork opt out) and not two. there are obvioulsy advantages and disadvantages to this...96 and 103 can obviously split programming like you have pointed out for a sport and music mix but they also have the added headache of paying for two networks whereas red just pay for one!
however i will say that the situation in cork is the fault of the irtc/bci and 96 and 103 are just taking advantage the same as shannonside / northern sound and mwr and nwr. give a station a second / merged network and they are hardly going to say "no thanks".
One thing that really suprises me though is that rte for years provided a "local" service in cork through 89fm/cork local radio...i wonder would there be a benefit for them to run an opt out in dublin? making radio one more "national" and less d4 and run an opt out to take on the likes of newstalk, etc...just a thought!

[Charles T Wolf]

Originally posted by Billy Dane
I agree with 021 on this. A simple rewording is all that's needed: "Cork's motorists, along with others around the country, will be affected by a new national law..."

...along with others around the country... is wordy and again, doesn't apply to people listening here. They care about CORK DRIVERS.

[NoelRock]

While serving dilligently at my community radio station (we've all gotta start somewhere - especially at my age) that was one of the first things I was told that I didn't really know already :P.

"Always show everything from a local perspective"

However charles - surely somewhere during the story itself they could mention 'in addition to drivers across Ireland'... all in all it'll make the story an entire two (maybe three) seconds longer, nobody will die, nobody will mind, it'll just be a minor alteration in a sentence that will make the story far more accurate.

[NoelRock]

"“Plans to introduce fines for motorists IN CORK AND ELSEWHERE caught using…” " (Quote courtesy of 021)

Even this alternative is far better than mine - how come you didn't tackle this point instead Charles? It's only a two word variation after all.

[Charles T Wolf]

Originally posted by NoelRock
"“Plans to introduce fines for motorists IN CORK AND ELSEWHERE caught using…” " (Quote courtesy of 021)

Even this alternative is far better than mine - how come you didn't tackle this point instead Charles? It's only a two word variation after all.

Oh boy... you sure smoked me! What do I know...

AGain, the cork listener cares about HIMSELF... so you narrow it down to that.

Listen, I'm not going to conitnue to argue finer points with idiots. Learn, don't waste your time trying to out-do each other. Irish radio on the whole sounds like shit, so I would be listening to some airchecks from the States instead of the time wasting bull-shit that goes on from this site.

ou continue to fantasy programme radio stations or work at whatever small job your doing, I could really care less.

Say Cork and Elsewhere, say Cork... you guys continue to figure it all out - I'll just continue to ACTUALLY DO IT.

Small difference.

At this point you are all really start to bore me.

[Wheatus]

That's you off my fantasy lineup now, Charlie.

You bitch!

[Dogger]

F*ck me Charles... no need for that sort of stuff, are you Euan in disguise?
As another person who is employed in the industry (in a moderately high-profile job) can I just say that your comments in your last post are totally unfair. Such slagging does not become you. Please desist.
I'm bored of you, goodbye.

[RadioFriend]

Un-Called-For Charlie,

If you have no interest in this Site or the people who take time to contribute then don't come here.

I’ve had a look at some of your old posts and to honest you don’t have much to add anyway.

If you were the great Radio Expert then you would enjoy coming here to debate issues.

Continue to listen Charlie to American Air-Checks (by god don’t you have an exciting life)

[Billy Dane]

Well, I'm sure many of us are disappointed with Charlie Wolfe's recent posts here - he also slagged people off in his previous post, and -to paraphrase- frankly Charlie, it's boring!

"Agree with me or you're an idiot" you seem to be saying.

Well Charlie, I may be an idiot (and an Irish one, I wonder is that your problem?) but the announcement as it went out on Red infers that the fines ONLY apply to Cork motorists. And that would piss anybody off if they felt that other drivers in other counties werent been treated the same. Naturally.

So adding a couple of words to the piece, and still making it ABOUT Cork motorists is hardly that big a deal.

I'm about to quote you

"AGain, the cork listener cares about HIMSELF... so you narrow it down to that."

Tell me then. NO national or international stories on Red FM at all?

I'll be listening to those old Laser tapes with a new attitude from now on.

[Charles T Wolf]

No you stupid eejit. Why don't you read and learn not try to think you are smarter than everyone else. Of course Cork people are interested in national stories, but the key is - when possible to make them local.

Really, this board is beyond stupid. I find more intellectualism with a bunch of liberals at a UN sponsored conference.

You guys continue to do it how you like. You have all the answers.

Seriously, I am one of the few pro's who takes the time to go on to sites like this and try to share a little learning and experience, generally most of us look at sites like this for a laugh - all supposition and little fact. You haven't played with the big-boys, you don't know what you are talking about 80% of the time.

I'd share my experience, but this site is too full of wannabe's from bumf*ck-fm who haven't a clue. You don't seem to know the basics, why waste my time with the advanced stuff.

If I offend you, then tough. Really, you people are beyond silly. There's some mic. time going Bus Eirann announcing the 5:15 to Knock.

Listen to the LASER tapes with whatever attitude you want - the fact is, your listening to my tapes (that had 15+ million) not the other way around.

[NoelRock]

"Seriously, I am one of the few pro's who takes the time to go on to sites like this and try to share a little learning and experience"

Heh - this coming from the bloke who ignored mail from a 14 year old asking for one or two pointers. Charming.

Good luck - I wouldn't be bothered touching this thread or his inflated ego with a barge pole.

P.S. - "(that had 15+ million)" had, not has, and with an attitude like that you'd be lucky to have 15 by next year :rolleyes: .

[Billy Dane]

No YOU stupid eejit. Mr know-it-all. I have merely offered an opinion, it is you that has the attitude that you are smarter than everyone else.
Radio in Ireland is unique to this country, jsut like American radio is unique etc. Adding two words to the motorist story does not stop it from being locally focussed but does prevent any confusion in people's minds. Ireland is a country of small closely-knit communities, even in Dublin and Cork, and you cannot seperate them. Maybe you can in America with its vast spaces, but that doesn't apply here.
As Noel who is speaking for a new generation, says, you HAD 15 million and anyway it was the AURA that surrounded the station that had the listeners, not YOU.

[021]

Charlie,
Why did you get all touchy about me (calling me an armchair anorak........) ?? Is it because I made the original posting just a few days after a bruising Neil Prendeville speech on one of 96's news bulletins on the afternoon of the day the JNLRs were released??? Charlie I heard what you had to say that night what a sort of 'what have we done to deserve this from him' speech.
What else did you expect them to do but zoom in on Red only getting a 4% market share? However I would have to agree he was a bit too hard on Red on some of the comments during that particular bulletin (it was toned down in subsequent bulletins!), after all when 96FM, or Radio South as it was originally called, launched, it had a very bumpy ride for the first year or two before it started to flourish, and Neil knows this, as he was with the station from the very start, apart from a very brief stint with Capital in Dublin.

Charlie there is no one who can be 100% right, 100% of the time. That includes you, RedFM's consultants, or anyone else. Last night towards the end of your show you admitted (in the light of JNLR figure breakdowns) that perhaps Red had been too Cork city focused, i.e. that rural areas and rural towns you mentioned such as Mallow, Youghal, Macroom etc were being somewhat forgotten about and that this had to be addressed etc.
Just goes to show that a 'Cork City and County franchise area' is a hell of a lot different to the 'Dublin city and County franchise' area. The latter is very compact, and nearly all urban, the former is perhaps 50%-50% urban-rural, well spread out, with towns which are well removed from Cork city, for example Charleville in the far north where people shop and commute to work in Limerick city.

Looks like there are other people replying to my postings without fully reading what I have to say, one or 2 people are totally jumping the gun and only replying to the subject line it would seem!

People often complain about how news is broadcast. Back in more innocent times in this country, we had for example Irish people complaining in letters to newspapers about some British newscasters pronouncing Charles Haughey as "Charles Hockey". Now the BBC,ITN or whatever were hardly going to reply by saying "well you knew who we meant so what are ye complaining about?".

Radio Friend,
In the name of God I only made mention of Sunday's match 'Tongue in Check',
considering the day that was in it - posted Sunday morning, and did you not
notice the exclamation mark? I put it in for humour.
(why get worked up about it?)
Well these Henry voiced liners supporting the Cork team didn't do any good anyway!
Part of the reason I mentioned these promos being that I suspect it was an idea imported from FM104, who I think were in the past doing something similar supporting 'the Dubs'!
Before that posting you had been carrying on as if these were the sort of things I would be objecting to, which is of course not the case.

That match descended into a nasty spectacle, just like this thread!

[rodge]

Love him or hate him he is no fence sitter! Bring the show to Dublin Charlie!!!! We need a personality like you up here to shake it up a bit!
Well done mate -

Rodge.

[shecaughtthekaty]

Charlie,

If you had 15 million plus listeners at LAser, whay the eff are you so happy with less than ten thousand now.

And if you are so knowledgeable on this business why are you giving us your guff for free when any other sane individual would be out there selling it to stations.

Only an observation.

And don't give me that..I've worked at more stations than you guff...because you wouldn't want to even start on me.

[Dogger]

Go on my son! :D Givvim one in de head!!!

[mattbrat24]

hi,
What is all this moaning about. This is a place to enjoy not to squabble at. Red FM has had success and so has Charlie Wolf but surely "021" has a right to comment, that is what this board is for, isn't it? You have a right to comment Charlie, and you also have an inside view of what goes on at RED but less of the moaning at 021 and others. You do good work at rED but there is no need for moaning at others.

Let's just enjoy the board!

Matt

[Billy Dane]

It takes a youngster to put us all in our place. How humbling. Fair play to ya Matt.

One final word though, I seen CT Wolfe's name on the Online thingy earlier, he's been on today that's for sure...our opinions are obviously important enough to him!

Anyway, why do I get the distinct impression that he's sitting back and having a good chuckle having stirred the shit a bit?

[Anorak]

Maybe Mr Wolfe's problem is with the Irish attitude?
We don't like being preached at, never have.
We don't take shit and are not afraid to speak our minds.
And his style of shock-jock radio has never been done here for one simple reason, it doesn't work here.

Radio (for all Wolfe's mouthing) IS different in each country because the audience is different in each country. Simple!

Wolfe comes here from England where anoraks hold him in awe, and probably hang on his every word. English people are reserved by nature so his style of radio is more ready-made for there.

Plus, Laser didn't touch us the way it did over there, so we stand up to him and don't take his crap.

So what does Charlie do? He throws his toys out of the pram, and in a most unprofessional manner, moans about it on air.

If I was Henry, I'd be wondering what the hell I'd done bringing him here at this stage.

Charlie, don't ever come to Dublin - in fact, f off back to England.

[NoelRock]

I'd throw my hands up and agree with Anorak :) - unless he was being sarcastic, then you may all ignore this comment.