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Inane chat in Radio 2

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Grannybags Sat 20-Jan-24 17:02:41

I was about to say it sounds like GN! 😂

RosiesMaw Sat 20-Jan-24 16:59:15

And ridiculous questions by DJ’s - what are you doing now and - the piece de resistance -what are you having for dinner ?

How could anybody find anything to chat about there?hmm
(How many threads and pages of posts have we had and are currently running on GN on the subject?
What are you having for dinner ? ) gringringrin

Maggiemaybe Sat 20-Jan-24 15:21:17

My pet hate is “What would Sally do?”. Oo, Sally (the weather woman) has forgotten her gloves and it’s cold, would she go back for them or just put her hands in her pocket, blah di blah. And people ring in and vote, apparently. confused I’m shouting at Alexa to switch it off as soon as I hear What would…., sometimes with a choice suggestion, not one of the options, as to what I think Sally should do. Yes, I am indeed a grumpy old woman.

On the other hand, Liza Tarbuck can witter all she wants as far as I’m concerned - I do enjoy her brand of daft chatter.

honeyrose Sat 20-Jan-24 14:55:55

Does anyone else get fed up of the silly chitter chatter in between the music on radio 2? On certain programmes at peak times of day, there seems too much talk about nothing at all really - talking on the spot talk as my late mother used to say. And ridiculous questions by DJ’s - what are you doing now and - the piece de resistance - what are you having for dinner? This silly stuff can take up an inordinate amount of time, during which less music is being played. Is it so that Radio 2 doesn’t have to pay so much in Royalties, as very little music is actually played? I know there are lonely people out there who perhaps enjoy phoning in, but I’ve noticed the chitchat has increased of late on certain programmes. Yes, I know I could tune into another channel, but is anyone else as irritated as this grumpy so and so?! By the way, not every DJ chats too much for my liking. For example, I really like Tony Blackburn, Steve Wright and ooh Gary Davies who have just the right amount of chat - some of it silly, but they’re not asking what I’m having for dinner!