Dublin’s Q102

I’m with Maire; when it comes to my driving soundtrack, there’s plenty of room for some pungent cheese.
Thank goodness Q102 has no qualms in supplying my Co. Dublin drive time with the boppy dance hits and sing-​along ballads that make other divers I share the road with look over in wonder at the flapping jaws and over-​emoting happening behind my wheel.
The playlist gets a little repetitive –I think they buy one Top 40 list at a time –and the studio produced ads are flat out obnoxious, but when it’s camp and fluff I’m in the mood for, Q102 provides.

Oh no I’ve been outed! A friend gets into the car with me, and as I turn the engine on it automatically starts the radio. She gasps in horror «you listen to Q102… what is wrong with you?» What’s wrong with me is this: when driving I lose any sense of taste when it comes to music. Sure at home I listen to the likes of Radiohead, Beck and Tori Amos, but when it comes to driving I want cheese cheese cheese all the way. Preferably, and this is important, cheese that I can sing along to, and that is where Q102 comes in.
Q102 are really an easy listening station… basically it Karaōke classics ²⁴⁄₇. I know that my 17 year old self would roll her eyes in disgust! I know it gives me all the street cred of an aged librarian, but I don’t care. When I’m in a singing mood it’s Q102 all the way… you’d just better hope I don’t have the windows rolled down!