What Is Your Worst Local Radio Commercial?

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What is your worst local radio commercial? Jun 24, 2006
There must be one you love to hate, one they throw at you first thing in the morning on the way to work that can screw up your entire day…

Mine at the moment is definitely the Abu Dhabi Duty Free add.

It is so bad, that I’m compelled to listen to it every time it’s on – just to prove to myself how crap it really is – in that respect I suppose it is successful then.

I can’t believe that companies actually pay good money sometimes for advertising of this calibre!

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Jun 24, 2006
would love to have a simple life with time to pay attention to radio commercials!
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Jun 24, 2006
Anything that comes from the production cimpanies in Abu Dhabi as they're all pretty useless. Same voices, who can't act and aren't professional VO's, bad production, terrible mixng etc etc etc.
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Jun 24, 2006
i dont hate any, but i love the ones on channel 4 with doctor evil :P
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Jun 24, 2006
etisalat reach commercial especially the aussie "reach...bondi beach mate" :offtheair: (juz coz i'm from aust... :twisted: )
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Re: What is your worst local radio commercial? Jun 24, 2006
dbxsoul wrote:There must be one you love to hate, one they throw at you first thing in the morning on the way to work that can screw up your entire day…

Mine at the moment is definitely the Abu Dhabi Duty Free add.

It is so bad, that I’m compelled to listen to it every time it’s on – just to prove to myself how crap it really is – in that respect I suppose it is successful then.

I can’t believe that companies actually pay good money sometimes for advertising of this calibre!


Join the club, I hate this one as well. On TV have you seen the Saudi Telecom Add for the World Cup, must be the longest ever.
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Jun 24, 2006
simple solution: don't listen to the radio. Haven't done so in years. Works wonders :lol:
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Jun 24, 2006
Boring!

I really liked the Oasis Blu ad with the guy singing the blues from the chain gang, that one was a stroke of genius.
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Jun 24, 2006
I dont remember any radio commercials. :?
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Jun 24, 2006
anything that BRANDS does gets on my nerves !!!
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Jun 25, 2006
Barclays bank ad - trying to save like a rave anthem
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Jun 25, 2006
scarlet wrote:Barclays bank ad - trying to save like a rave anthem


That's just the first of many.

Farf far far too much repitition on Dubai radio.

Someone should drag those evil marketers out to a field and shoot them.
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Jun 26, 2006
It's no worse than anywhere else in the world!

As for Barclays - I hate that bloody crazy frog!

But if you remember an ad, then it's done it's job eh?
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Jun 26, 2006
OK, so we advertising creative guru types should listen to our peers here!

I am pleased to say that my last radio ad won the Middle East RadioCast award for Best Commerical of the Year!

You may have hated it, but the judges liked it!

8) 8) 8)

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Jun 26, 2006
DK, you went to IRC?
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Jun 27, 2006
My second post here, is there an intro thread I should post on first? Anyway, I really hate the power root cafe ads! The one with the lady trashing her husband's car...its like torture listening to that shit, terrible!

*edit: just saw the whole new members forum...oops!
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Jun 28, 2006
Every single add that comes on the radio, for the reasons that Choc's gave above: utterly bloooody useless.
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Jun 28, 2006
Chocoholic wrote:DK, you went to IRC?


Didn't go sweetie! I don't attend any of those award ceremonies...my work speaks for itself!

8) 8) 8)

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