There seems to be a certain confusion out there about the latest radio ratings. Not that people care that much but it is causing a "What the feck is going on" when stations are saying they are number 1. No matter how bad a ratings book, a station can always put a positive spin on it. As for Red, its a no spin zone with the latest JNLR book. Heres what I posted on the gaff

Just to throw my five cents into the well. Market Share is based on how long people listen to a station. Listened yesterday is the actual body of people who listen. So as it stands from yesterdays JNLR, RedFM is number 1 in the 15-34 demographic during the day when it comes to the listened yesterday ratings. At night Red is also number 1 in both the 15-34 sample AND All adults (Aged 0-190) again in the listened yesterday ratings.

Confirmed as the Number 1 Under 35 Radio Station across Cork - Listened Yesterday

Confirmed as the Number 1 Under 35 Radio Station across Cork - Weekly Reach

Delivering more adults each day than RTE Radio 1, RTE 2FM, Today FM and almost twice as popular as County Sound 103FM

Confirmed as Cork’s most popular night-time station – 33% ahead of its nearest rival


Thats official.
There was some cakes (the pic, which Ive robbed off Phils blog, to celebrate and I think a few of the wilder ones will be going for a glass of lemonade something soon.

So hopefully thats cleared things up! Going back to last night, one of the topics covered was the Dance For Life event coming up this Saturday at Redz. Our own Stevie G will be getting the dancing started. Check out the Dance4Life page or hook up with the bebo page! Its a great event and is raising the awareness about HIV and AIDS big time! If your an Xbox 360 owner you can also donate by downloading the Dance4Life video on Xbox Live. Its 150 MS Points! Fair play like!!!

I can feel the Xmas moan coming on. At the moment its around my ears. Now that said, it doesnt feel like Xmas, regardless of the lights the Xmas trees going up around the place. I guess it doesnt really feel like Christmas until some ignorant Share collector is ramming a collection box into your jaw!

• What do I wear?
• What dont I wear?
• Heels or not?
• Me Cat boots or me new going out "black" shoes?
• Armani or that aftershave from Next?
• McDonalds or (what seems to Corks most popular destination for dates) Luigi Malones?
• Black jocks or no jocks?
• Chick Flick or boring flick which will lead to boredom and fumbling?
• Do I say I was in prison for killing my neighbours or not?
• Do I say I have 9 kids or not?
• What the fuck do I do if they dont turn up?
• What the fuck do I do if they do turn up and pretend to waiting for someone else
• Do I flash my wallet, showing its packed with rubbers or be a bit more subtle?
• Overall car valet or just get rid of the Tayto packets in the back seat?
• Am I capable of eating in front of another human, who I hope will open their legs at the end of the night?

And so on and so forth. Some of the many questions that are and should be asked on a first date! Believe it or not Ive gone on a fair few first dates and Ive survived most of them. As I said on the show last night, be wide of the chicken wings, particuarly if they are covered in a sauce so thick theres no chicken, just sauce on a bone! They say that (look I have no idea who They are, who does) what restaurant and more importantly how you eat in front of someone gives them an idea of what your like in the sack! I was fairly destroyed with BBQ sauce, so Ill leave the rest of it up to your imagaination! No bone jokes please!

So on a final note thanks again for making the show where its YOUR opinion counts, number 1 at night!

Lapper clubs and Munster tickets are just some of whats coming up tonight!!!!!

Absolutely great news for the station. Check the results down below!!!!!!!!!

Confirmed as the Number 1 Under 35 Radio Station across Cork - Listened Yesterday

Confirmed as the Number 1 Under 35 Radio Station across Cork - Weekly Reach

Delivering more adults each day than RTE Radio 1, RTE 2FM, Today FM and almost twice as popular as County Sound 103FM

Confirmed as Cork’s most popular night-time station – 33% ahead of its nearest rival

Gears of War on Xbox Live Today 3pm (GMT)

Bang on 3pm today, Im going to host some multiplayer games. Simply add vicbarry to your friends list and pm me before 3.

Between 3 and 5 Ill be inviting people into the multiplayer games in rotation. So have your Gears of War in yer 360 at 3pm and roll on the skull crushing!

Download Gears of War Special!

As promised

Download my Gears of War Special with Cliffy B here

How to win Gears of War

All I need is for people to text in their gamertag and their name to 086 8273336. I will be drawing 3 gamertags out of a hat later on! You must be over 18 to enter!!!

Gears of War Special Tonight!!!

Tonight is the night! From around 23.30ish (GMT) we're stopping the show in its tracks and giving you an exclusive Gears of War special. Its basically gonna consist of an interview with Cliff Bleszinski, the lead designer of GOW and at the end of it all Im going to give away some copies of the game for the Xbox 360.

Ive had lots of questions wondering how to win GOW and its going to be really, really simple! The only rules are you MUST own an Xbox 360 and you have to be over 18. When I give you the cue later on, you will have to text, IM or phone in your gamertag and your real name. After the GOW special I will then announce the winners! Couldnt be simpler!

Im gonna have to get in some practise with Gears of War online! As many of you know by know Ill be getting my skull smashed between 3 and 5pm on Saturday afternoon! Just add vicbarry to your friends list!

The little oul special is nearly complete for Thursday night and make sure you wait till the very end, as you never know what might happen :) Another marathon session of GOW was put in last night when I crawled home after the show. 5am this morning I decided to turn off the 360 and Im only after making a minor dent into the game.

Lots of tear jerking stuff last night about Suicide. Its a taboo subject for alot of people with many callers last night asking for the topic to be ended. To be honest I was a little shocked with the amount of callers that had personal experience of Suicide! Lots of people out there and when 6% of the health budget goes on Suicide prevention it doesnt add up. Maybe Suicide is the wrong word, considering it has been decriminilised here and theoretically it is impossible. What sounds better, "Oh he done himself in" There is no nice way of saying it. Ill be following up on this later on!

Thats it for now, if your new to the blog have a nose through the archives. You'll never know what you might find!

The Gears have landed

I have to keep this shortish as I have very important work to attend to (ahem). Gears of War arrived at my desk last night and the show seemed to go on forever! Ive been waiting for this game for 2 years and it hasnt let me down! Got home and tore into it for 2 hours and a bit this morning. I wont bore you with stats or graphical engine data but all I can say is

Graphics, Sound, Gameplay, Xbox Live Multiplayer - Fuckin Savage!

The game looks absolutely stunning. You can say the same about many super models. But looking good is only half the deal. The game plays superb, granted it takes a good 10 minutes to get used to the cover option, but once you get it down you'll be cutting locusts in 2 like a pro! Its one of the closet cinematic experiences in a video game that Ive come across. Ive been playing video games since I was 6. From Head over Heels to Commando and everything else in between! Gears of War ranks up at the very, very top. Cliffy B and the crew at Epic must be extremely proud as being one of the first companies to really deliver a true next generation video game!

Anyway Im off back to...work...ahem!

Gears Of War

Just got an hour and halfs worth of play...all I can say so far is.....

F$%K ME

More later on....hopefully!