gettafa Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Yep, they've wheeled in likes of advocates to give some opinion on a non-story that they've suddenly decided is News. It must be a bit of a bastard when there is nothing actually happening. The estate agents thing can be a story on the backburner for months. They'll have loads of these instant news stories. Same wiith the newspapers. Salaries have to be justified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Peters Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Yep, they've wheeled in likes of advocates to give some opinion on a non-story that they've suddenly decided is News. It must be a bit of a bastard when there is nothing actually happening. The estate agents thing can be a story on the backburner for months. They'll have loads of these instant news stories. Same wiith the newspapers. Salaries have to be justified. So, what hugely important news broke in the IOM on Saturday afternoon that you heard about and my colleagues missed? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Nobody sees Manx Radio as an employer of journalists do they? I mean, have they ever investigated and broken a story on anything at all? Ever? I can't think of one. They're more of a government information and announcement centre. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parchedpeas Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Nobody sees Manx Radio as an employer of journalists do they? I mean, have they ever investigated and broken a story on anything at all? Ever? I can't think of one. They're more of a government information and announcement centre. How many radio stations 'break' news though? You could lay the same claim at the door of the newspapers. It's a small island. Not very much happens. Life is safe, and fairly predictable. That is a good thing! The by-product of that is that the station has to 'find' news. Fairly prominent local people saying positive or negative things is, in this world, news. It's just not very interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 the only think lanxradio do is nick stories from here along with the papers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2bad Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Nobody sees Manx Radio as an employer of journalists do they? I mean, have they ever investigated and broken a story on anything at all? Ever? I can't think of one. They're more of a government information and announcement centre. How many radio stations 'break' news though? You could lay the same claim at the door of the newspapers. It's a small island. Not very much happens. Life is safe, and fairly predictable. That is a good thing! The by-product of that is that the station has to 'find' news. Fairly prominent local people saying positive or negative things is, in this world, news. It's just not very interesting. Surprised they don't just say 'look there is no news today so we are going to play an ace of base megamix'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Yep, they've wheeled in likes of advocates to give some opinion on a non-story that they've suddenly decided is News. It must be a bit of a bastard when there is nothing actually happening. The estate agents thing can be a story on the backburner for months. They'll have loads of these instant news stories. Same wiith the newspapers. Salaries have to be justified. So, what hugely important news broke in the IOM on Saturday afternoon that you heard about and my colleagues missed? It was an observation Stu. Same as BBC, ITV, The Daily This That and The Other, and Isle of Man Newspapers. Some days there's no news. Let's dig out a non-story to keep the masses happy. But now you mention it, I think Manx Radio news guys do rely on no news at the weekend as the pages are rarely, if ever, updated, even if something did happen. Although the early morning bird broke the devastating news today that Howard Quayle's mother was a Ramsey girl and he likes war memorials. Complete with a stock photo of Howard wearing his poppy: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) Can any Photoshop boys do a quick edit, to show a little girl bursting in, followed by a baby walker etc Edited March 20, 2017 by gettafa 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Can any Photoshop boys do a quick edit, to show a little girl bursting in, followed by a baby walker etc don't forget the "nanny" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) I was under the impression there was a sizeable news team at MR Wish they'd do more in depth stuff, especially Marian Kenny's interviews Edited March 20, 2017 by Donald Trumps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I was under the impression there was a sizeable news team at MR Wish they'd do more in depth stuff, especially Catherine Nicholl's interviews I think they've cut back over the years. There used to be someone who updated the website so Christ knows what they did all day. It's the same with the BBC Ellan Vannin thing though. The lack of anything worthwhile on that online or on air makes you wonder why they even bother having it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Can any Photoshop boys do a quick edit, to show a little girl bursting in, followed by a baby walker etc Could be that Micky woman from CoC bursting in yabbering, followed by Wormtongue in his babywalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I was under the impression there was a sizeable news team at MR Wish they'd do more in depth stuff, especially Catherine Nicholl's interviews I think they've cut back over the years. There used to be someone who updated the website so Christ knows what they did all day. It's the same with the BBC Ellan Vannin thing though. The lack of anything worthwhile on that online or on air makes you wonder why they even bother having it. Think BeeB are planning to throw more of our money at it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 But if there's nothing actually happening, just have a Manx Radio test card running all weekend (I propose a picture of Howard Quayle sat at his office looking ceremonial) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 But if there's nothing actually happening, just have a Manx Radio test card running all weekend (I propose a picture of Howard Quayle sat at his office looking ceremonial) You could have the Testcard F with Howard replacing the little girl and puppet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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