Oiling up the Tape Players out in Montrose.

FlutterinBantam

Needless to say no reply to my e-mail to Anne Leddy other than the computer generated acknowledgment, as I predicted.

Looks like Duffy has negotiated "teachers hours" as Damien is doing Liveline today.

Oh dear,of course another license fee increase slipped in nicely under the radar.

FlutterinBantam

Just listening to liveline and looks like the TV crowd got just as big a slating as the radio.
Not wishing to go off topic but the core points were the same,The Xmas/New Year period is a very important time for listeners and viewers.

Now a certain age group will not be interested but there is still a majority of people who do listen and watch and RTE,in my honest opinion are treating them shoddily.
I did not watch any tv at new years eve(too pished)but these punters out in Montrose,are getting paid way over the average of people who have to work over the holiday period,and will sooner or later have to realise that,like transport/gardai/hospitals/and many others their industry involves duty over holiday periods and if they don't like that-there's the door.

juuge

Almost a year ago to the day, I too wrote to RTE pointing out the very same treatment dished out to us the fee paying public over the Christmas period.
I particularly mentioned the extraordinary salaries paid to the likes of Kenny & Ryan (remember RTE with a listenership of that of a regional town in the UK) only to be told that they Ryan & Kenny were men of immense talent and TRE were lucky to have them - Say no more.

DMC

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Just listening to liveline and looks like the TV crowd got just as big a slating as the radio.

Pardon my ears, but weren't they were just focusing on Celebrity Jigs and Reels on New Years Eve on Liveline today? It was a shed of a show, yes, I've long given up hope for RTÉ on New Years. Thats TV they were complaining about.

It might be down to the lack of a nations focus point for NYE. London has Big Ben; Paris has the Eiffel Tower, Sydney has Harbour Bridge etc. Some people say Christchurch cathedral's bells is where Dublin rings in the new, but thats another point for another day.

FlutterinBantam

Yes it was Jigs & Reels they were griping about,I should have made that clearer.

I didn't see it, but hesu christi, if you were looking for the archetypal "C"list "celebrities" they were on that show, from what I gathered from the radio.

Damien O'Reilly was playing the RTE card of course,no problem there,but several times he asked "Well what should RTE do for the holiday period"

I said to myself," Shut fckin down,at least we would know where we stood then"

Ok I'll admit it ,I shouted at the radio at work:o:o:o

The Muppet

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

I said to myself," Shut fckin down,at least we would know where we stood then"

Ok I'll admit it ,I shouted at the radio at work:o:o:o

Can you imagine the whinging there would be if they shut down considering what happens when they take their annual leave.

FlutterinBantam

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

I wish to express my utter disappointment with your Radio 1 schedule
on the 26th and 27th of December.
To foist the listeners with over four hours of Ronan Collins and horse
racing at a peak time for radio,to me
smacks of arrogance and laziness and a "sure anything will do them"
attitude,at this time of the year.
The absolute banality of that schedule is incredible,and is something
I,as a license payer,resent totally.
As a public service broadcaster,and usually a good one,it never ceases
to amaze me how RTE succumb
to vested interests and "tradition" over the Christmas period.
I fully realise that this e-mail will make no difference, and probably
only generate an automatic reply,which is "par for the course" in RTE
customer feedback parlance, but for the record I spent a lot of my
listening time over this period tuned into Newstalk.

I will stay on that frequency unless RTE finally wake up and realise
that listeners are possible more important
than the terms and conditions worked out by the over cosseted people
in your establishment,and you stop
treating license payers as morons who will take any old rubbish you throw out.

**********************************************************

Copy of letter sent to Anne Leddy RTE Radio

Now as we approach mid term break(for schools:D) I can advise you of the reply I got from RTE from my e-mail.

ZERO_ZILCH_NADA_NULL... fcuk all in fact, not that I was surprised mind, as the national Broadcaster seems to think the great unwashed license payer has no input into their affairs.

Anaway:D Which teacher is off for the school holidays?

Well Collins is gone for a start, and good fcukkin riddance,wish that bland fcuker would piss off and get a bit of steel into the 1200-1300 slot.

FlutterinBantam

Aaah must be Easter and all the "teachers" are gone again.

Kenny... Milo Dungan standing in( watch out for the number of milatery items in this weeks programmes)

Duffy.... Dayo standing in and turning like a dog chasing its tail trying not to offend anyone.

Big Ger...Some lady with a Canuck accent standing in... have heard worse.

Will be interesting to see if Sean O'Rourke is doing the news at one???

Keelan Shanley did Drivetime all last week I think.

How do we get those crunts to earn their dosh.????

Toto Wolfcastle

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Aaah must be Easter and all the "teachers" are gone again.

Kenny... Milo Dungan standing in( watch out for the number of milatery items in this weeks programmes)

Duffy.... Dayo standing in and turning like a dog chasing its tail trying not to offend anyone.

Big Ger...Some lady with a Canuck accent standing in... have heard worse.

Will be interesting to see if Sean O'Rourke is doing the news at one???

Keelan Shanley did Drivetime all last week I think.

How do we get those crunts to earn their dosh.????

It's Jenny Huston who is standing in for Gerry Ryan. She has a hot voice, and she's not bad looking either. (I'm a straight female but I'd do her!) I haven't been listening that much but I hope she isn't doing the regular Gerry Ryan type show. She's more suited to playing/talking about music. (That's not a bad thing!)

I did listen to her last Friday and she was talking about covers of songs and it was really interesting.

Our man in Havana

There seems to be a requirement for at least 1 Irish-Canadian presenter on a national radio station. Which in some cases (see above) is not a bad thing at all.

FlutterinBantam

Right Ted:rolleyes:

FlutterinBantam

Well well , wonder what nonentities RTE will foist on us over the Xmas 2008 and New Year '09

I hear Jackson and Lorcan Murray are in strict training and the geezer from the archives with the Doob accent, Harry Bradshaw is on overtime.

All to let the megabucked 'stars' have a nice long break over Xmas I suppose.

Public service radio me left big toe!!!

Our man in Havana

That time of the year again FlutterinBantam eh.

So Pat Kenny et al will be busy recording their xmas and new year shows in advance again. Lets hope that nothing bad happens between now and the transmission dates.

mike65

Kenny is the only heavyweigbht who will be in the studio (live) between Xmas and New years day unless they are doing things differently this time.

FlutterinBantam

For two hours???

usually only lasts eine stunde around this time of the year.

As long as we don't have two hours of Collins I wouldn't be too concerned, there's only so much blandness I can endure:cool:

earwicker

It just wouldn't be Christmas without the Barry's Tea ad...and this thread. I love it!

robo

It is the time to download the podcasts of the raido shows and listen to those instead :rolleyes:

FlutterinBantam

God knows what goons they will dig from the bowels to make sure the A listers keep pace with the teachers in respect of holidays.

I'd say we will get a good dose of McGuirk, and that won't be too bad.

Milo Dungan no doubt will be wheeled out.

FlutterinBantam

heh heh... spot on again Flutther me auld cock!!!

Dungan standing in for Marsie next Sat and Sun... we are up and running....:P

The Muppet

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

God knows what goons they will dig from the bowels to make sure the A listers keep pace with the teachers in respect of holidays.

I'd say we will get a good dose of McGuirk, and that won't be too bad.

Milo Dungan no doubt will be wheeled out.

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

heh heh... spot on again Flutther me auld cock!!!

Dungan standing in for Marsie next Sat and Sun... we are up and running....

How strange, they say taking to yourself is the first sign , replying to your to youself in a forum without going the usual dual account route must be even more worrying.;)

mike65

Joe Duffy already de-mob happy.

brettmirl

mike65 wrote: »

Joe Duffy already de-mob happy.

Aye. I lasted 5 seconds before tuning out again.

humberklog

mike65 wrote: »

Joe Duffy already de-mob happy.

Joe Duffy must have gathered the gang together over some imported scampi in a basket beside the fireside in The Coast Bar in Skerries put his hand on the knee of his production team and assured them confidently "Stand down troops; my ol' battle ready friends. Put the headsets down and the feet up. I'll get the lads in to tidy up before christmas".


All that said...I enjoyed it today. It may me laugh: occasionally. It held my attention so much so I was a little late for the usual procession of cartwheels and back flips that lead up to the JK ensemble/ Aunty/ Moncrief mix-down. It also made me aware of the instances of the genuine talent that some of the particepants show. I don't want to admit it. I don't like admitting it. But it made sense to me today. It cheered me up a little just when I needed it. And feck it...that's not a bad thing. It's not my medicine usually but it hit the spot today.

As for other forth-coming events, re-runs, stand-ins etc.
If Miles Dungan goes anywhere the Fcuking Hugh Lane Gallery I'll march down there myself and bash his head about with a tightly rolled up copy of New Yorker.

FlutterinBantam

The Muppet wrote: »

How strange, they say taking to yourself is the first sign , replying to your to youself in a forum without going the usual dual account route must be even more worrying.;)

Doesn't worry me Mupser, don't let it get to ya!!!

Have a good day now.

Fulton Crown

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Well well , wonder what nonentities RTE will foist on us over the Xmas 2008 and New Year '09

I hear Jackson and Lorcan Murray are in strict training and the geezer from the archives with the Doob accent, Harry Bradshaw is on overtime.

All to let the megabucked 'stars' have a nice long break over Xmas I suppose.

Public service radio me left big toe!!!

Look! you make the same mistake time after time - comparing these stars to "ordinary people" or Teachers.

Surely you can't expect Fatt Boy/Dufficer/Plank/et all to actually work over the holiday period ?

These are serious players my friend and paid accordingly - by the other fatt cats out in Montrose.

All a cosy little cub my friend - learn to live with it.......

FlutterinBantam

I expect, as receivers of fat salaries payed for by the public, of on average over 400k pa that they would actually try to earn that.

Don't give me bulldust about advertising revenue Fulton, a small dog barking could attract ad. revenue to RTE given the paucity of the "competition" and the footprint they have.

You are dead right in so far as you say it's a cosy club, where the brass only have to go to the Govt. for a hike in the license fee to make ends meet.

Who are these presenters going to go to????

Nobody in their right mind would pay them what they get from RTE.

Cannot figure that conundrum out.

FlutterinBantam

jaysus...2 hours of Collins 1100-1300 today.

Two hours of boring banality...surely they can do better than that.

Then fcukin Cahill and two other liggers on at three o'clock on the Great Wall in the rainstorm, which I heard at least three times before this.

fcukers are giving us the fingers folks..

2fivers

I was in a loaner car with no cd player today and I though Ronan Collins was a godsend to be honest. Elvis, The Beatles, Marianne Faithful, Johnny Cash. All quite welcome, and more in tune with my tastes than the wacky , crazy alternatives on 2fm, today fm or any of the others. Theres only so much Katie Perry and X-factor contestants I can handle in a day.

Then again, I wouldn't criticise them just for doing what they do, as I'm fully aware that they don't structure their shows simply to píss me off.

DublinWriter

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Who are these presenters going to go to????

Obviously they think that they'll go somewhere as Gaybo is still the recipient of a 150K a year golden-handcuffs deal so long as he doesn't work for anyone else.

Everytime I drive by RTE I think that they've surrounded themselves with a structure called 'The Great Wall of Montrose' into which economic realities cannot intrude.

La-la land doesn't even begin to describe it. How this monstrous quangoid of an organisation will survive into the future is beyond my comprehension.

mike65

I've been waking at a fairly respectable hour (all things considered), and tis pitiful what RTE offer. Nothing happening at all today (Maxi hell for 3.5 hours) and then sod all later in the morning.

By comparison its been almost business as usual on BBC radio 4 (the only "tweak" is the use of guest editors) while fivelive have altered the output - no topical phone ins for example, but what they did broadcast (the fivelive Breakfast 7-10) still knocked the stale turkey stuffing out of anything the locals come up with.

Thankfully all back to normal tomorrow morning.

FlutterinBantam

Absolutely.. Maxi till 0900, then Tubridy with a dose of recordings till 1100, then boring,banality till 1300 and a Mooney recording till 1700(don't know what shíte started at 1330 Flutt hit for the golf course)

It's nothing short of a fcuking disgrace.

DMC

BBC Radio 1, by comparison, had 12 hours of Chris Moyles repeats of the last 5 years!

Even though it was a bank holiday, today was really poor by RTÉ, I'd agree there. But Maxi has built up quite a bit of time off in lieu there.

Our man in Havana

Ah sure but the old crone of Montrose must be near retirement?

DMC

Can some one tell me again what is retirement age in Montrose?

Jimmy Magee?
Larry Gogan?
Gay Byrne?
Sean (not so) Óg O'Ceallachain?
Michael O'Muircheartaigh?

In saying that, great broadcasters, and good to see them still doing what they love, but if you think Maxi is for the old folks home, think again!

L1011

DMC wrote: »

BBC Radio 1, by comparison, had 12 hours of Chris Moyles repeats of the last 5 years!

And they even specifically admitted on the 'live' links between highlights that they were recorded too.

Due to high pressure I was able to get Spin in stereo by about Ballymena (!!) so listened to that on the way back from the North instead. Had actually got it in stereo with RDS on the road between Portrush and Coleraine earlier; just a *tad* outside their service area

FlutterinBantam

As they pack away the tapes for another year and Joe Jackson,Milo Dungan,Andy O mahony, Tommie McGuirk, Two hour Collins et al get a bit of a break after the break what did it throw up.

Obviously Kenny is the alpha male, still off on hols.
Trick now seems to be to bring in some goon to play the recordings like Tubbs of Jaaaaao Duffy.

Gaza situation caught them out with the truncated news coverage, by the way where's Crowley?? is he not in the Middle East anymore.

On the good side, heard a new newsreader AM MCNerney has promise good diction without the South Dublin twang eg U Ass for US and pronouncing 'e' as 'a'.The Flutt would take the pole to her, if I am allowed to say that.

Till next year.;)

Bondvillain

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

As they pack away the tapes for another year and Joe Jackson,Milo Dungan,Andy O mahony, Tommie McGuirk, Two hour Collins et al get a bit of a break after the break what did it throw up.

Obviously Kenny is the alpha male, still off on hols.
Trick now seems to be to bring in some goon to play the recordings like Tubbs of Jaaaaao Duffy.

Gaza situation caught them out with the truncated news coverage, by the way where's Crowley?? is he not in the Middle East anymore.

On the good side, heard a new newsreader AM MCNerney has promise good diction without the South Dublin twang eg U Ass for US and pronouncing 'e' as 'a'.The Flutt would take the pole to her, if I am allowed to say that.

Till next year.;)

Is this written in a code of some sort?

Dan Dare

Good to hear Sean O'Rourke with a programme that dealt with other issues (Beverly Cooper Flynn -what a nerve) apart from the Middle East.

humberklog

The gentiles retreat. Pity there wasn't a bit of Rachael English or Eoin Sweeney over the Chrimbo. Especially Sweeney...he needs the flying hours.


Biggest disappointment? Martin O'Neill's talk ruined by The Duff. I was looking forward to it and had prepared well for tuning in. Only to be left thumping the dashboard as I passed through Abbeyliex with gritted teeth. He was atrocious.

tbh

humberklog wrote: »

The gentiles retreat. Pity there wasn't a bit of Rachael English or Eoin Sweeney over the Chrimbo. Especially Sweeney...he needs the flying hours.


Biggest disappointment? Martin O'Neill's talk ruined by The Duff. I was looking forward to it and had prepared well for tuning in. Only to be left thumping the dashboard as I passed through Abbeyliex with gritted teeth. He was atrocious.

Heard that myself - thought Joe's contribution not too bad - seeing as it seemed to only consist of him saying "you are listening to.... with.... " at five-minute intervals - is that what you meant?

FlutterinBantam

Bondvillain wrote: »

Is this written in a code of some sort?

Aaah Bondvillain ...is it yourself thats there.

Newcomer to the backwater of radio are we.?

My apologies that I didn't pm you with every post on this subject over the past two years.

You would have no trouble understanding the context had I done so.

Again apologies.

DMC

Flutter tells it like it is!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke5Mr5eCF2U

FlutterinBantam

Frontier gibberish.... I like it:D

I'm good at it:D

humberklog

tbh wrote: »

Heard that myself - thought Joe's contribution not too bad - seeing as it seemed to only consist of him saying "you are listening to.... with.... " at five-minute intervals - is that what you meant?

That's it TBH.
Long intro by Joe, brief hello by mary then the rather eloquent O'Neill speaking...all grand. But each time the floor was opened to questions by the public Joe told us what we were listening to, where from, who organized and at whose request...it took 2 and a half minutes. It happened each time between the 5 different questioners. 8 times in total he read the same thing. Unbearable.
What was worse about it was his tone and diction. It ran completely against O'Neill's smooth voice, lucidity of thought and clarity of reflection (if a bit more bland than I had been expecting).

Bondvillain

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Aaah Bondvillain ...is it yourself thats there.

My apologies that I didn't pm you with every post on this subject over the past two years.

Dali suggested that every man's hell would be personalised.

Reading that, I now have a fair Idea what mine would be like.

FlutterinBantam

Majored on irony did we.??

;)

More Music

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Gaza situation caught them out with the truncated news coverage.........

Did the booze finally get the better of him?

mike65

Pats back!

brettmirl

He must work to the school holidays so?

In that case, he'll be off for a mid term break around the 16th of Feb.

mike65

Indeed. How old are his kids now? They must be in thier teens.