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Google Maps 'renames Kiev street' after people killed in clashes
The Institustkaya Street is now named after ‘street heroes’.
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GOOGLE MAPS APPEARS to have ‘renamed’ a street in Kiev after Ukraine’s ‘heavenly hundred’, who died during recent protests.
The street known as Institutskaya Street is now called ‘Street Heroes hundred of heaven’, which is believed to be in tribute to those who were killed during clashes between opposition supporters and police officers.
The October Palace is located just off the street, and gave it its original name (it was opened as a seminary or ‘institut’ for young ladies).
The street has also been where people chose to commemorate the ‘heavenly hundred’, as Kyiv Post reported.
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Interestingly, a look at the street in ‘street view’ mode shows its original name (and the streets prior to the recent clashes):
The change was picked up by RT today, and so far no explanation from Google has been forthcoming.
The Ukrainian capital has seen serious violence and protests over the past number of months, following demonstrations that were the biggest in the country since the Orange Revolution in 2004.
The focus of the protest movement is the question of whether Ukraine will forge closer ties with Russia or the EU.
The initial protests began last November after the Government decided not to sign a pact that would bring it closer to Europe and pull it further from Russia’s influence.
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As if anyone is actually going to start calling it TXFM…what a shite name.
Very sorry for the genuinely good presenters who are being made redundant. But going for a ‘fun’ breakfast show was when the alarm bells started ringing. RIP Phantom.
Totally agree BB. That breakfast show dragged the rest of the station under. I feel sorry for Charlotte – she had a lot to put up with. Once Sinister Pete was ousted, things started to slip out of their grasp. It was like the first few rocks falling at the beginning of a landslide – you think “ah ’twill be grand” but it’s already too late to get out of the way.
PS: The TX is industry shorthand for “transmission”, though it reminds me of the old pirate days when they used to buy in whole branding and audio station ID packages from the states and just cut the “K” or “W” off the top of the name!
I’ve been a listener to Phantom for a good few years but have to agree about the breakfast show, that guy is so unfunny that my toes curl for him, used to love it when Michelle Doherty was on in the morning.
Not a great start is it? Phantom is a far better name. Hopefully they won’t start dishing out the more commercial side of the scene and the music doesn’t suffer. There’s only so much kings of Leon and snow patrol I can listen to without wanting to drive into a wall!
When PhantomFM went “legal” and a certain media mogul ( who owns way too many radio stations and other media outlets) got involved , that was the beginning of the end for PhantomFM and REAL music
Irish radio stations (wit few progressive exceptions) have missed a huge opportunity to go digital. Phantom should have been the first to go do it but now have been left behind.
I think you have a few too many steps there. I think it’s more Phantom to TXFM to silence. How can they have a radio station with only 3 djs, one of whom is pants, one is so-so and the other one decent? The new schedule is gona look very strange. I’d say just get a Spotify account or something similar. At least then you won’t have to listen to ads.
Spotify account? How does that work in the car then? That solves nothing when driving, without a bunch of messing about with wires for 10mins before you even turn on the engine. For the car, you need a radio with a couple good stations to flick through. Done. No need for all this overreaction.
Try changing a song on a phone while driving without looking at it and taking your mind off the road. Then compare that to a simple button on the steering wheel, already in your line of sight. No debate needed. Plus with Spotify, your counting on your 3G all the time. The whole process is unnecessary when compared to changing a channel.
Just looked up 8tracks there, looks interesting. May be better than Spotify, but the fundamentals of the rigmarole before driving are the same. I’d probably listen to 8tracks in the house though.
@anto. connect an ipod to the car radio, set up a few playlists. I hate wires all over the car myself, and agree it is much safer changing a radio station than looking though a phone. Ipod is handy
You don’t need 3G when using your Spotify. There is a listen offline option when you’re browsing music, saved to your phone then. Any car can get a complete Bluetooth system installed to listen to all your music on your phone via your car radio, roughly 150 euro.
€150? BMW’s? Spotify subscriptions? Just listen to the radio, it’s free! If something bad comes on, change the channel! The amount of overreacting going on here is unbelievable. You people need a smack of reality in the face.
I guess some people would rather pay a few quid to be able to listen to something they like when driving rather than flicking through stations and listening to what a DJ is playing. Whos right? whos wrong? do what you want. Thats the reality.
Terrible news for old Phantom listeners- the re brand/ realignment with Today FM will mean that middle of the road, drivel merchants like the proven to be ratings toxic, Joe Donnelly will be protected so that he can carry on at the expense of talented, knowledgeable people – e.g the Richie Ryan, Wil St Ledger, Derek Byrne, Cathal Funge, Richie Mc Cormack & Nadine O Regan etc
A Sad day.
RIP Phantom
Should have stayed a pirate station. Only play good music out of the core hours otherwise its the rubbish they are paid yo play. The problem is chasing the dollar … Now there is nothing to distinguish them from any other station
He’s one of the main reasons people started switching off from the breakfast show. I’ve heard a bit of him on 2FM since and along with Bernard O’Shea and Jennifer Maguire they are excruciating
Stop the moaning, at least we’ll still have a Indie Rock station in Dublin. Music fans need to support this or we will be left with nothing good on the airwaves.
Who uses words like ‘indie’ and ‘alternative’ these days? Very 1990s. Whole enterprise sounds dated to me. Do they not listen to BBC 6 Music? Who just listens to indie music? Peoplejust want to hear great music by people who know their music.
The surviving DJ’s as far as I’m aware are Joe from Phantom Breakfast, John Cadell & Clare Beck. Sad sad news. I agree the breakfast show hasn’t been the same since “Pure Morning”.
Crap name, exactly right it sounds like a country music name.
It was great to start off with with Sinister Pete in the mornings but slowly but surely it got worse and worse and worse again.
Well done to all the bosses involved for running a great station into the ground. I hope someone comes up with a new one soon. Rip phantom. It was fantastic until you started acting the b*lix.
The surviving DJ’s as far as I’m aware are Joe from Phantom Breakfast, John Cadell & Clare Beck. Sad sad news. I agree the breakfast show hadn’t been the same since “Pure Morning”.
Well it’s a stupid name but it makes commercial since to link it to Today FM for brand power, and at least they didn’t just copy-and-paste one of Communicorp’s recently acquired conveyor-belt foreign brands like XFM, which was apparently one of the options.
:( Devastating. I really hope the music doesn’t suffer but to loose so many great DJs has got to have a negative effect on the output. A self-proclaimed alternative station wanting to align itself with it’s mainstream counterpart and retain it’s alternative integrity at the same time?! How does that make any sense..!
What are the chances of Kneecap and other Irish hopefuls winning a Bafta tomorrow night?
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