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robschneider · Wed 12 May, 2021 22.38

The DS radio forum hasn't half gone downhill, some of the discussion is really inane and the obsession with Boom Radio bordering on the mildly disturbing.

Martin Phillp · Sat 15 May, 2021 18.52

robschneider wrote: Wed 12 May, 2021 22.38 The DS radio forum hasn't half gone downhill, some of the discussion is really inane and the obsession with Boom Radio bordering on the mildly disturbing.

The Boom thread which I started just to announce the station opening has turned into another LBC style thread where it's loosely based around radio.

The problem with the radio section of DS is that it's the last bastion of mainstream radio discussion outside of social media, so it attracts everyone from old anoraks who don't move with the times when it comes to debating modern radio to industry people who either want to big up their side project from their bedroom or those who have worked in the industry still sniping that radio has reformed that doesn't involve them.

You can post factual posts and still get slammed by A N O'rak.

Jonwo · Sat 15 May, 2021 19.04

Martin Phillp wrote: Sat 15 May, 2021 18.52 The Boom thread which I started just to announce the station opening has turned into another LBC style thread where it's loosely based around radio.

The problem with the radio section of DS is that it's the last bastion of mainstream radio discussion outside of social media, so it attracts everyone from old anoraks who don't move with the times when it comes to debating modern radio to industry people who either want to big up their side project from their bedroom or those who have worked in the industry still sniping that radio has reformed that doesn't involve them.

You can post factual posts and still get slammed by A N O'rak.

I wonder how these people would have coped with the Radio 1 cull of the 90s!

Martin Phillp · Mon 17 May, 2021 00.53

Jonwo wrote: Sat 15 May, 2021 19.04
Martin Phillp wrote: Sat 15 May, 2021 18.52 The Boom thread which I started just to announce the station opening has turned into another LBC style thread where it's loosely based around radio.

The problem with the radio section of DS is that it's the last bastion of mainstream radio discussion outside of social media, so it attracts everyone from old anoraks who don't move with the times when it comes to debating modern radio to industry people who either want to big up their side project from their bedroom or those who have worked in the industry still sniping that radio has reformed that doesn't involve them.

You can post factual posts and still get slammed by A N O'rak.
I wonder how these people would have coped with the Radio 1 cull of the 90s!

The same as now, It'd be posts like radio is dead, Bannister has destroyed Radio 1 along with long winded posts about how it was all so much better on the pirate ships in the sixties.

robschneider · Sun 30 May, 2021 17.18

Well this is a slightly different way of trotting out the usual "Global & Bauer evil, Boom Radio forever 💕💕💕" bile the anoraks usually spout.

More here...

Martin Phillp · Sun 30 May, 2021 23.50

robschneider wrote: Sun 30 May, 2021 17.18 Well this is a slightly different way of trotting out the usual "Global & Bauer evil, Boom Radio forever 💕💕💕" bile the anoraks usually spout.

More here...

It's very sneery of commercial radio, despite the fact Global and Bauer have millions of listeners to their brands. It's very easy to ignore the premium rate content which has increased since the pandemic as those stations are largely audio wallpaper.

robschneider · Sun 30 May, 2021 23.56

They've got to earn revenue somehow.

GhostFromTVF · Sun 10 Sep, 2023 10.33

The forum is now restricted to users only, and an account is needed to read posts, otherwise it just says “No categories were found.”

Issaknife · Fri 03 Jan, 2025 02.28

I signed up here just to ask…what is with Strawberry David? Is he there to talk about television or about himself?

I swear, take a shot every time he gets information wrong (not gonna call him a liar, but he needs to stop being so self-righteous), mentions he’s Jewish and mentions that he was born in December 1984. Oh, and he’s 40 and has Woody as his profile picture.

He and Richard Coulter love starting stupid threads (“live urine sampling from Innsbruck”? “Name of Nickelodeon”?) and derailing existing ones. WTFH does 405-line switchover have to do with early daytime TV?

Philip · Fri 03 Jan, 2025 09.11

Haven’t read DS forums for a long time, but when I did, the easiest way to avoid any Richardcoulter threads was to not click on any threads that have a full stop at the end of the title.

Issaknife · Fri 03 Jan, 2025 15.04

Philip wrote: Fri 03 Jan, 2025 09.11 Haven’t read DS forums for a long time, but when I did, the easiest way to avoid any Richardcoulter threads was to not click on any threads that have a full stop at the end of the title.

God, if DS admins weren’t so ban-happy, I’d cuss David and Richard out. David’s entire personality seems to be that he’s Jewish and autistic and the size of his antenna growing up. I was done with David when he posted in a thread about Christmas programming that Christmas is “crazy” because it’s when he got CIRCUMCISED. That man is not right in the head…at least Richard doesn’t seem so tactless. They are 40 and 60-something!!! And David has Woody, as in the cowboy doll, as his profile picture! What is with these people!