Jo 'Why?' Whiley

[andy-hughes]

I listened to Jo Hiley on Radio Two last night, and i cannot believe that this is the garbage with which they have replaced the peerles Radcliffe And Maconie!

Why does she still talk like a student? She's forty-bloomin'-five with four children!

She talks so fast i pity anyone without a first-class command of 'student' peak trying to follow what she is on about.

She 'interviewed' the lead singer of the Arctic Monkeys' who obviously couldn't be bothered to drag himself into he studio, so spoke on the phone from a street in london (?) and was asked - and I kid you not -

"If your album was a drink, what kind of drink would it be? I'd say a Pina Colada ..."

what is this woman taking????

That's the sort of question that was asked to pop stars in 'Jackie' magazine - i know, i used to write for them.

This idiot has inherited a prime slot because the BBC has to be seen to 'encompassing' so they ditch a Sony-Award winning show and consign the two hosts to the desert of daytimg Six music.

Watch the figures freefall, and hopefully this ludicrous woman who finds everything just too fabulous to get her breath over will be banished to an early morning slot on a commercial station - where her 'talents' belong.

OK - any defence?

[andy-hughes]

Oops typo - her name is Whiley, not Hiley as I typed in my rage - trying to avoid writing 'Whiney' ....!!!

[237SJ]

I`m being sexist but apart from Ann Nightingale I`ve never been fond of female DJs. I listen to Radio Jackie and Heart and for some reason these days the male DJs always have to have some silly girly sidekick with an irritating voice that gets on my nerves.

[pa___ul3]

my girlfriend hates her, she'd be on radio 1 every Sunday afternoon when we'd go for a drive somewhere!
Mark Radcliffe for me is irreplaceable, although I do think Collings and Herrin on Radio 6 have come closer than anyone to being as funny as Mark and Lard.

[merciasounds]

I'm geting SO fed up with the radio at the moment, I find this woman really cringe-worthy, when she interviewed somebody last year at one of the festivals, she came across like a groupie, asking stupid inane questions - what colour pants are you wearing - have you seen the state of the portaloos...now I've lost radio 7 too the kids have lost their series of stories and I've lost good drama...

[chelle7272]

Absolutely agree Andy!
237SJ sexist or not, I have to say I probabaly agree.

That Edith Bowmans voice is awful too, and Sara Cox...ohh that's got me started now!

[pa___ul3]

ah no I like Sara Cox, Vernon Kay on the other hand needs his tongue cutting out! I;d happily oblige but I doubt I'd reach!

[LoftyLottie]

I agree Andy. She is awful. I love Radcliffe and Maconie. Also can't stand Sarah Cox and Lauren Laverne. All three are cringeworthy in my opinion.

[gingejbee]

Completely agree, andy. And couldn't stick Chris Tarrant ( in for Steve Wright) - he speaks as if addressing ten-year olds on Tiswas, shouting and doing "funny voices".

[milly143]

Totally agree Andy. I have never ever seen the appeal with her. I always assumed the only thing that keeps her going is the fact she 'discovered' Nirvana. Radcliffe and Maconi were so much better for that slot. I'm baffled as to why she has replaced them.

While I'm at it, who makes the decisions about who they get in to cover the normal DJ's when they are on holiday? Whoever it is needs to be sacked. We've already said our piece about Richard Madely today but Zoe Ball is fair game too. She is such a sycophant. Everything and everyone is 'fantastic'. And just in case you didn't know, she lives in Brighton and her husband is Norm from Fat Boy Slim. She only mentions that 12 times a minute so you might not have caught it.

[pa___ul3]

they're both from Bolton aren't they so is it just that accent!?! hmmmm!?!

[LoftyLottie]

Vernon Kaye is dreadful too.

And I absolutely hate Chris (me me me) Evans and that dreadful voice of his.

[milly143]

Ha ha, Pinki. Can you find somewhere I can hide too. I actually commented to the bf the other day that Radio 1 has been over run with Northeners.

[andy-hughes]

I've just read the last bit of Whiley's Wikipedia entry which refers to her speech as 'angular - possibly free jazz ...'

Now that's what i call clever use of words.

You can call a bumbling incoherent brain-dead DJ 'free jazz' - strewth!!!

You can call an ass a horse as well - doesn't shorten its ears though!!!!!!!

[andy-hughes]

I listened in to Tarrant, because he was seen as such a wonderful presenter on radio London (?) for years - and I can't get that where i live, so never heard him.

Is this what he was like then?

What a muppet!!!