Radio 2 in the afternoon - can we get rid of Steve Wright???
Discussion
dave_s13 said:
Also agree re. Chris "the c0nt" Evans....pity he's the pick of a bad bunch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTN__vUPXaI As pertinent now as it ever was.
I agree Wrighty is gettinga bit tiresome though. And it pains me to say it cause I used to love him when he was Radio 1.
Stuismyname said:
Can we first get rid of Sarah Kennedy though? It's like they walked into a nursing home and put the first inmate they had onto radio, without her medication.
I believe she`s performing an important public service: I don`t have the strength to stick pins in my own arm that early in the day so, by resisting the temptation to choose a different station, I allow her amateurish, dis-jointed, gin related and confused ramblings (and the bl***y show tune) to inflict enough pain to keep me awake and get me up and out of ear-shot of the clock radio as quickly as poss.Being directly compared to one`s stand-ins must be a worry and a risk to djs, but sad old `Writey` didn`t stand a chance against Radcliffe. Maconie is another `slayer` and I was surprised to be enjoying Simon Mayo recently too.
I`m also impressed Mark obviously has some sway on the choosing the of the play-list.
Baby Huey said:
I would happily round up the every presenter on Radio 2, send them off to Belsen, put them in a gas chamber and release the gas myself. All except Jeremy Vine, who would be singled out for special torture inflicted by me for many months, then he too would be for the chamber.
Pretty sure Belsen didn't have any gas chambers. I'm certain it doesn't now. 109 Bob said:
I think Steve wright is the best one on there but I wish they'd get rid off Janie (self opinionated) Lee Grace.
Totally agree, if ever there was a woman who has swallowed the whole "earthmother" bit it is her. she has to turn everything to green issues to ensure she has more radio time to peddel her opinions.gruffgriff said:
Stuismyname said:
Can we first get rid of Sarah Kennedy though? It's like they walked into a nursing home and put the first inmate they had onto radio, without her medication.
I believe she`s performing an important public service: I don`t have the strength to stick pins in my own arm that early in the day so, by resisting the temptation to choose a different station, I allow her amateurish, dis-jointed, gin related and confused ramblings (and the bl***y show tune) to inflict enough pain to keep me awake and get me up and out of ear-shot of the clock radio as quickly as poss.I must admit I do try and listen to Evans, yes he can be annoying at time but he really is a true professional. When my 10 year old was on the kids phone in bit the way Evans spoke to him and also kept the show on course was superb. Evans is of course also a petrol head
Agree with the original post, I also can't stand Steve Wright, he is so up himself, he needs to go.
One of my favourite ever Viz letters;
Dear Sir
Radio 2's Steve Wright only reads out letters from people who say how much they love him and his show. I know this because me and my mates write to him regularly to tell him we think he's a ct and he never reads our letters out.
Mark Edwards, Leek
Dear Sir
Radio 2's Steve Wright only reads out letters from people who say how much they love him and his show. I know this because me and my mates write to him regularly to tell him we think he's a ct and he never reads our letters out.
Mark Edwards, Leek
unrepentant said:
One of my favourite ever Viz letters;
Dear Sir
Radio 2's Steve Wright only reads out letters from people who say how much they love him and his show. I know this because me and my mates write to him regularly to tell him we think he's a ct and he never reads our letters out.
Mark Edwards, Leek
I thought of that letter too Dear Sir
Radio 2's Steve Wright only reads out letters from people who say how much they love him and his show. I know this because me and my mates write to him regularly to tell him we think he's a ct and he never reads our letters out.
Mark Edwards, Leek
Maxymillion said:
dave_s13 said:
The nature of my work means I have R2 on all day, which can be both good and bad. One of the low points is Steve Wright, I just think he's a to$$er.
Recently though Mark Radcliffe has been doing it and he is a properly funny bloke, as license payers we should be able to vote people off I reckon; Radcliffe would get mine for this slot!
Does anyone else share this veiw....??
ps...I would also happily "end" Moyles, the fat, unfunny eejit.
I have heard many people with the same view. Wright is an ignorant, self-satisfied tw@. He never plays any songs to their full length, laughs at his own appauling 'jokes' and interrupts guest. His mongoloid co-hosts just seem so damn pleased with themselves all the time too.Recently though Mark Radcliffe has been doing it and he is a properly funny bloke, as license payers we should be able to vote people off I reckon; Radcliffe would get mine for this slot!
Does anyone else share this veiw....??
ps...I would also happily "end" Moyles, the fat, unfunny eejit.
Chris Evans used to have the best radio show bar none when he did radio 1 breakfast in the 90's, he really needs his sycophants around him to make his show good again, but that's not really r2 is it? leave off writey, he is the living embodiment of anondyne, nothing controversial, its all fluffy bunny rabbits, and real lemonade, if you want hard hitting, annoy mike tyson, its easy listening, laid back gentle humour, although i am sur mark radcliffe is better.
please don't diss moyles on r1, he can be very funny, he's a very good radio host, acerbic, a bit of a bd, sometimes controversial, which is exactly what steve writght is not, but you don't like him either ...? in summary, if you like none of the above - you are over 40, start listening to talksport for opinion on all sports but mostly fking football.
please don't diss moyles on r1, he can be very funny, he's a very good radio host, acerbic, a bit of a bd, sometimes controversial, which is exactly what steve writght is not, but you don't like him either ...? in summary, if you like none of the above - you are over 40, start listening to talksport for opinion on all sports but mostly fking football.
King Herald said:
Maxymillion said:
dave_s13 said:
The nature of my work means I have R2 on all day, which can be both good and bad. One of the low points is Steve Wright, I just think he's a to$$er.
Recently though Mark Radcliffe has been doing it and he is a properly funny bloke, as license payers we should be able to vote people off I reckon; Radcliffe would get mine for this slot!
Does anyone else share this veiw....??
ps...I would also happily "end" Moyles, the fat, unfunny eejit.
I have heard many people with the same view. Wright is an ignorant, self-satisfied tw@. He never plays any songs to their full length, laughs at his own appauling 'jokes' and interrupts guest. His mongoloid co-hosts just seem so damn pleased with themselves all the time too.Recently though Mark Radcliffe has been doing it and he is a properly funny bloke, as license payers we should be able to vote people off I reckon; Radcliffe would get mine for this slot!
Does anyone else share this veiw....??
ps...I would also happily "end" Moyles, the fat, unfunny eejit.
stockhatcher said:
Chris Evans used to have the best radio show bar none when he did radio 1 breakfast in the 90's, he really needs his sycophants around him to make his show good again, but that's not really r2 is it? leave off writey, he is the living embodiment of anondyne, nothing controversial, its all fluffy bunny rabbits, and real lemonade, if you want hard hitting, annoy mike tyson, its easy listening, laid back gentle humour, although i am sur mark radcliffe is better.
please don't diss moyles on r1, he can be very funny, he's a very good radio host, acerbic, a bit of a bd, sometimes controversial, which is exactly what steve writght is not, but you don't like him either ...? in summary, if you like none of the above - you are over 40, start listening to talksport for opinion on all sports but mostly fking football.
I lived overseas for the whole of the nineties, but one thing I really missed was English radio. When I worked in Brunei for a year the Sultan had Radio Caroline piped in, which was a good way to get abreast of the music scene, for what it was worth.please don't diss moyles on r1, he can be very funny, he's a very good radio host, acerbic, a bit of a bd, sometimes controversial, which is exactly what steve writght is not, but you don't like him either ...? in summary, if you like none of the above - you are over 40, start listening to talksport for opinion on all sports but mostly fking football.
I really like Moyles, makes me laugh, dry, droll, sharp, the lot.
stockhatcher said:
Chris Evans used to have the best radio show bar none when he did radio 1 breakfast in the 90's, he really needs his sycophants around him to make his show good again, but that's not really r2 is it? leave off writey, he is the living embodiment of anondyne, nothing controversial, its all fluffy bunny rabbits, and real lemonade, if you want hard hitting, annoy mike tyson, its easy listening, laid back gentle humour, although i am sur mark radcliffe is better.
please don't diss moyles on r1, he can be very funny, he's a very good radio host, acerbic, a bit of a bd, sometimes controversial, which is exactly what steve writght is not, but you don't like him either ...? in summary, if you like none of the above - you are over 40, start listening to talksport for opinion on all sports but mostly fking football.
I'm 31 and have no interest in sport whatsoever.please don't diss moyles on r1, he can be very funny, he's a very good radio host, acerbic, a bit of a bd, sometimes controversial, which is exactly what steve writght is not, but you don't like him either ...? in summary, if you like none of the above - you are over 40, start listening to talksport for opinion on all sports but mostly fking football.
Why not diss Moyles? I'm allowed to, I'm from Leeds so I can. And, this is the internet where people display random, groundless attacks on people they don't know, you to$$er
I honestly have never listened/viewed Moyles without thinking his humour was anything but puerile, shouty nonesense.
Anyway it seems my opinion is a fairly popular one. Radcliffe is just better than Wrighty, we don't "love the show" mate, change it or fk off IMO.
Another radio question; the recent listening figures were published for the BBC how do they gather data from the listening public as to who's listening to what, how do they find out??
Wright is well past his sell by date, some might even suggest it passed some time ago.
lets not forget Jimmy Young also got the boot (good) only to be replaced in a show of precisely the same format, by budget Paxman..Vine
SW never made transition to TV too boring/ugly despite his pushy American Wifes efforts.
Simon bates never managed it either, in fact only a couple of that era did actually make it, Mayo springs to mind.
Radcliffe would make a great replacement, where do I sign?
lets not forget Jimmy Young also got the boot (good) only to be replaced in a show of precisely the same format, by budget Paxman..Vine
SW never made transition to TV too boring/ugly despite his pushy American Wifes efforts.
Simon bates never managed it either, in fact only a couple of that era did actually make it, Mayo springs to mind.
Radcliffe would make a great replacement, where do I sign?
I've been doing quite a lot of work in the R2 studios recently and can only say from my limited but one on one contact with Steve Wright he's a very nice friendly person.
I sat with him for an hour or so the other week and had a good chat and laugh and he was as interested in what I did/was doing as I was in him and his job.
You've got to bear in mind he's a performer and the show is nothing more than that - a performance. Guests are rarely live, he works more hours than any other dj on R2 as he gets the best by recording and editing. Sure he's a bit confident and each to their own if you feel he's past it but the figures are there for all to see and he draws in the audiences day and day out so he must be doing something right.
Just my 2p worth
I sat with him for an hour or so the other week and had a good chat and laugh and he was as interested in what I did/was doing as I was in him and his job.
You've got to bear in mind he's a performer and the show is nothing more than that - a performance. Guests are rarely live, he works more hours than any other dj on R2 as he gets the best by recording and editing. Sure he's a bit confident and each to their own if you feel he's past it but the figures are there for all to see and he draws in the audiences day and day out so he must be doing something right.
Just my 2p worth
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