george hook on talkradio 106

[the scout]

anybody else find him nearly impossible to listen to?he sounds like he has
a flock of crows permanantly stuck down his throat.
jaysus lads whos responsible for thinking this guy had a radio friendly voice.his show is 2 and a half hours long every week day and god help anyone who has to listen to it.

[tiktok]

I refuse to listen to him since he called the EL 'a noose around the FAI's neck' when it came to TV negotiations in his Sunday Indo column.
Newstalk is good apart from him though, and do very good EL coverage.

[the scout]

the guy that takes over from him is sound.he does the sports programme ger i think is his name.when i hear hook i spend the whole time trying to clear his throat for him.jaysus george will you cough it up.

[Sheridan]

Off the Ball is quite good and refreshingly cosmopolitan in outlook (despite the off-putting, sneering tone of most of its presenter-to-presenter chatter.)

Incidentally, I've been meaning to ask about The Right Hook's theme music; is it Rory Gallagher's Bad Penny? If not, it sounds a lot like it.

[the 12 th man]

absolute torture listening to this guy.and occasionally he pops up on tv with his ugly bulldog mush.just retire or something george

[Macy]

I actually think he's okay - the voice can grate a bit, but for content he's the best of the options at that time of the day (i.e. Matt Cooper or 5-7 live).

I'm big fan of Newstalk, particularly and perhaps obviously the four lead shows - McWilliams, Kiberd, Hook and Off The Ball (although the bogball content sometimes gets a bit much).

The only disappointment is that it doesn't quite reach where I live, unlike shíte like 98FM and FM104....

[SÓC]

Originally posted by Macy
McWilliams

Is he the fella who does the morning show? Very good show but really boring voice that always put me back to sleep.

5-7 Live is the best of the "drive time" shows, they have the shortest traffic updates.

Dunphy used be good.

The worse aspect of Irish Radio is late night talk shows, shocking shocking idea that every station now seems to have.

[max power]

newstalk is my number 1 station, mcwilliams really knows his stuff and all interviews are researched will, city life is good too, hook no thanks, has a face for radio but not the voice, off the ball is essentials listening for all el fans, great interviews and coverage and ger gilroy is a great presenter.

[tiktok]

i have McWilliams on in the car on the way to work
5-7 live or the last word n the way home depending on what the subject is.

[patsh]

I hate to say it but the Last Word is gone down the toilet since Cooper took over. It's Stephen Price, who produced for Dunphy, who really made that show so good.
5 - 7 Live is starting to get better, I think.
I have to say though that Vincent Brown can be very good at night, especially the reconstructions of the tribunals. Sometimes that is the best comedy anywhere.

[the 12 th man]

Originally posted by patsh
I hate to say it but the Last Word is gone down the toilet since Cooper took over. It's Stephen Price, who produced for Dunphy, who really made that show so good.
5 - 7 Live is starting to get better, I think.
I have to say though that Vincent Brown can be very good at night, especially the reconstructions of the tribunals. Sometimes that is the best comedy anywhere.

father wishy washy replies:well my son the show is bereft of my blessed presence since the arrival of the anti christ matt cooper.fear not i will be returning to the airwaves shortly and will resume my stories from unga bunga

[pete]

George Hook is ok, if was in the car at that time would just swop between Hook & Cooper anyway.

Off the Ball is good with very good eL coverage including outside the Pale.

Listen to McWilliams a bit in the morning & he the best at that type of radio show at the moment. IMO better than Dumpy at his peak. Can't be long before RTE sign him up for tv or radio.