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Steve Wright... the Ultimate Insult!

 
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:34 pm    Post subject: Steve Wright... the Ultimate Insult! Reply with quote

Couldn't believe my ears this afternoon when SW accused Dim Smith of having a massive ego about a factoid Dim had read out last week!

Truly, Steve (SuperEgo) Wright has no shame.... Hello Pot, Mr Kettle here! Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And before anyone says Wrighty was being ironic.... He wouldn't know or understand irony if it jumped up and punched him on his not-inconsiderable schnozz! Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

But more people are listening to him than ever before. They cant all be tuning in for the ironic qualities of the worlds most self important show.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gfloyd wrote:
But more people are listening to him than ever before. They cant all be tuning in for the ironic qualities of the worlds most self important show.


Maybe they're just tuning in to check how indescribibly naff it is.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't believe that people stay tuned (or, worse still, tune in) to Steve Wright In The Afternoon (ugh) intentionally.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ella Sailyour wrote:
I don't believe that people stay tuned (or, worse still, tune in) to Steve Wright In The Afternoon (ugh) intentionally.

Ella


Er - <checks to see no-one's listening> - I did, last Friday - but honest, just to see exactly how excruciatingly awful it still is. I lasted about three minutes before my suspicions were confirmed and before my brain decided to shut down completely.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Must admit my astonishment that Wrong has increased his audience!! His show is so anachronistic he makes David Jacobs look hip! For goodness sake what is wrong with people who like his "style"? Frontal lobotomies must be on the up!
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The fact he's now got a record audience (and the boost to his ego that gives him) is probably the most depressing news all year.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As if he weren't smug enough already Twisted Evil

I have to say I question the validity of these audience figures: though it's heartening to read that the Evans bubble has burst (if indeed there ever was a bubble) can there really be millions of people that CHOOSE to listen to Wrong???
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ken and Steve have roughly the same figures, so we can assume that people have Radio 2 on at work all day (and go out at lunch leading to a dip in Jeremy's figures) so it's not Steve that's the hit, it's the station.

At least that's what I like to tell myself!
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like Steve Wright..... Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SantaFefan wrote:
I like Steve Wright..... Very Happy


But do you...

LOVE THE SHOW?

Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

definitely...

apart from Janey Dis Grace...
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SantaFefan wrote:
I like Steve Wright..... Very Happy


I actually don't mind Steve Wright either. Embarassed Can anyone tell me about CE's listening figures?
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

happyKaytee wrote:
SantaFefan wrote:
I like Steve Wright..... Very Happy


I actually don't mind Steve Wright either. Embarassed Can anyone tell me about CE's listening figures?


Never mind the quantity. Feel the quality Smile
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gfloyd wrote:
happyKaytee wrote:
SantaFefan wrote:
I like Steve Wright..... Very Happy


I actually don't mind Steve Wright either. Embarassed Can anyone tell me about CE's listening figures?


Never mind the quantity. Feel the quality Smile


What do you mean gfloyd?
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He means Evans figures are about 2m less than Steve Wright.

But as I said above, I don't think that's a reflection of quality - just that people leave work and there's a natural drop off.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ian Robinson wrote:
He means Evans figures are about 2m less than Steve Wright.

But as I said above, I don't think that's a reflection of quality - just that people leave work and there's a natural drop off.


erm..........and also that whilst Stevie "golden boy" Wrighties figures went up 350k, .... that's UP 350k, Evans', "I'm the future of Radio 2", has dropped by 50k!
Down Down, Baby I'm Down.....

Oh, and I'd have thought the people dropping off in the afternoon, would have boosted the Driptime figures driving home..... still, maybe he hasn't bedded in yet.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You'll have to ask Billie Piper about that Santa Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The reason why CE's listening figures drop off is not because people are leaving work. People can get in their cars, vans or whatever and tune into CE if they want to. Myself and 49,999 others, apparently, choose to retune or put a CD on.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

clott south wrote:
The reason why CE's listening figures drop off is not because people are leaving work. People can get in their cars, vans or whatever and tune into CE if they want to. Myself and 49,999 others, apparently, choose to retune or put a CD on.

Err, yes it is because they're leaving work. Because, as you say, they can get into their cars and listen to what they want. At that point Radio 2 no longer has a captive audience.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So do you think SW pays back-handers to employers all over the country? Laughing
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've noticed that most places I stumble into don't have Radio 2 on, usually some local station.....can't think why that would be.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

At my place, we had a falling out with the ILR so my boss declared we weren't allowed to listen to it! So, Radio 2 got most use (depending on negotiations that day).

Now I have my own office and can listen to whatever I like - so no Wrighty!
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cherskiy wrote:
So do you think SW pays back-handers to employers all over the country? Laughing


Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the general public. Smile
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