Oiling up the Tape Players out in Montrose.

Fulton Crown · 16-02-2009 9:43am

Any news on whether any of those overpaid saps in RTE actually have taken their salary cut.

It's a bit like that banker goon on telly the other day who presided over a catastrophic fall in his banks value and still gets a wedge of circa 2 million spuds.

Sure some of the broadcasters are competent at their jobs....but grossly overpaid.

As i keep saying it's lovely comfortable cosy club ..so it is ...with nobody but a board of politically appointed hacks to call you to account.

Paid for by John Q Taxpayer

FlutterinBantam · 16-02-2009 10:03am

And the same John Q Taxpayer is funding their frequent holidays.

Kenny is gone today... usually back on Thur for the late late on Fri.

Cosy club is right Fulton, did I hear GR has the daughter in with him reading the papers for the show??

Another frikken dynasty starts, and people wonder why the public complain.

Public frikken facilities for their own nepotism and aggrandisment

Nice if you can get away with it:mad::mad:

Fulton Crown · 16-02-2009 10:22am

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

And the same John Q Taxpayer is funding their frequent holidays.

Kenny is gone today... usually back on Thur for the late late on Fri.

Cosy club is right Fulton, did I hear GR has the daughter in with him reading the papers for the show??
Another frikken dynasty starts, and people wonder why the public complain.

Public frikken facilities for their own nepotism and aggrandisment

Nice if you can get away with it:mad::mad:

No haven't heard that one but given the solidity of Ryans neck it wouldn't surprise me.

Didn't Gaybo have one of his daughters working on the Late late some years ago.

Unfortunately RTE got infested with alternative leftie types some years ago nad they have a tendency to self perpetuate.

When will we have a RTE board with with the guts to face down these so called "stars" an give them the proverbial shoe up the bracket. ??

Never a better time than now in this posters opinion.....

FlutterinBantam · 16-02-2009 10:30am

I'm afraid you might be waiting Fulton, I too on behalf of the long suffering John Q Taxpayer, would love to see the 'boot of reality' being introduced firmly up to the third eylet in their respective gooches,but I fear that the will to apply that eye smarting strategy is ,sadly ,not there in senior management or the Board.

iMax · 16-02-2009 10:31am

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Cosy club is right Fulton, did I hear GR has the daughter in with him reading the papers for the show??

Another frikken dynasty starts, and people wonder why the public complain.

Public frikken facilities for their own nepotism and aggrandisment

Nice if you can get away with it:mad::mad:

This annoys me.

People, it works like this. The likes of GR, PK etc are self employed. They contract out their services to the highest payer (natch). They are given X amount of money & resources to produce a show.

It is up to them whom they employ on their production staff & who does the "filling in" etc. I'm 95% sure it comes out of their pocket.

If he employs his daughter to do something on the show, he's paying her, why should we care ? Sure it's nepotism, but that's business. Get over it.

FlutterinBantam · 16-02-2009 10:42am

When a service to whom I pay €160 pa for the priviledge of listening to and watching,is in my opinion, overpaying it's staff ,I care.

I may not be totally right,but one thing is sure,whether on contract, on the staff, or otherwise,RTE stars are grossly overpaid in my opinion.

I pay my money, I have my say.

Fulton Crown · 16-02-2009 10:54am

iMax wrote: »

This annoys me.

People, it works like this. The likes of GR, PK etc are self employed. They contract out their services to the highest payer (natch). They are given X amount of money & resources to produce a show.

It is up to them whom they employ on their production staff & who does the "filling in" etc. I'm 95% sure it comes out of their pocket.

If he employs his daughter to do something on the show, he's paying her, why should we care ? Sure it's nepotism, but that's business. Get over it.[/QUOTE]

Huh ? You serious pal ...?

If you take your position to it's logical conclusion it would be OK if he employed his entire family or "The Ryan Clan" as he calls them to present the show.

Nobody should be on the show just because they are the presenters daughter surely ?

I accept that nepotism in a family owned and run business is going to happen ...but in a national radio station.....no pal...just not on.

But who will cry ...STOP ????

iMax · 16-02-2009 10:57am

I'm deadly serious. He's paid to put together a package. I think he's grossly overpaid, but that's the way it is.

mike65 · 16-02-2009 11:51am

Kenny off, Dungan on, radio off

FlutterinBantam · 22-12-2009 9:33am

I hear Joe Jackson took a delivery of Three-In-One oil the other day.

The stars should be lying back doing the nixer gigs around now, while John Q Taxpayer foots the bill for repeats and tapes over the busy holiday season.

Nice little number they have out there, although the new head seems to have put a little stop to their galloping all over the globe of spurious assignments.

TimmyTarmac · 22-12-2009 6:29pm

This annoys me.

People, it works like this. The likes of GR, PK etc are self employed. They contract out their services to the highest payer (natch). They are given X amount of money & resources to produce a show.

It is up to them whom they employ on their production staff & who does the "filling in" etc. I'm 95% sure it comes out of their pocket.

Thats not the case as far as I'm aware. They may be self employed but the production staff are not. They are staffers. All RTE gets is Pat Kenny's sharp wit or Gerry Ryan's toilet experiences. It's up to the well paid producers, very well paid series producer and not so well paid broadcast assistants to work with and make the best of the particular talent.
In short, the huge salary is a contract payment for the individual, then RTE must furnish the production staff and facilities for the show.
This may or may not include daughter of the talent.
It's all the one, as Flutt points out, John Q taxpayer takes it up the jaxy.

FlutterinBantam · 22-12-2009 7:43pm

he heh ...speaking of daughters, I nearly pooped my panties today in a moment of weakness.

yer one Donohue, the foghorn of the Mooney Show, the presenter with the most obnoxious accent and bullhorn delivery on today's airwaves was.... yes was pimping her daughters on the airwaves.

Sweet Jesus if the little 'uns have any of their mothers lambasting delivery and sledgehammer diction, God help us all.

Hope to fcuk RTE is privatised before those pair grow up!!

Meeja Ireland · 22-12-2009 8:40pm

Fulton Crown wrote: »

Any news on whether any of those overpaid saps in RTE actually have taken their salary cut.

As far as I understand it, everyone in RTE - overpaid, underpaid, sap and non-sap alike - has taken a voluntary pay cut.

The Muppet · 22-12-2009 10:44pm

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

I hear Joe Jackson took a delivery of Three-In-One oil the other day.

The stars should be lying back doing the nixer gigs around now, while John Q Taxpayer foots the bill for repeats and tapes over the busy holiday season.

Nice little number they have out there, although the new head seems to have put a little stop to their galloping all over the globe of spurious assignments.

Bah, humbug , Is it that time of year already ?

FlutterinBantam · 23-12-2009 8:04pm

Indeed, not least when the license payer has to make do with repeats and the usual shyte churned out at this time of year.

Ce la vie:D

mike65 · 28-12-2009 11:39am

IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?

Dan Dare · 28-12-2009 12:34pm

Just nod if you can hear me.:pac:

mike65 · 28-12-2009 12:40pm

Is there anyone home?

DublinWriter · 28-12-2009 1:09pm

There is no gain that I'm receiving...

goingpostal · 28-12-2009 1:49pm

In outer space, no one can hear you scream.....

FlutterinBantam · 28-12-2009 3:58pm

Thank God for the BBC..... a proper service and it's free.

Diabhal Beag · 28-12-2009 6:49pm

The following post is a collection of Diabhal Beag's most memorable posts from 2009. Please be aware that any texys sent in will not be read out etc.

This is basically an example of what I've been hearing today

FlutterinBantam · 28-12-2009 7:15pm

Meanwhile BBC5 Live have full commentaries on 3 premier matches/analysis and one Championship match,reporters at all grounds filing reports.

More Music · 29-12-2009 2:56pm

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Thank God for the BBC..... a proper service and it's free.

Somebody's paying for it (on your behalf)!

FlutterinBantam · 29-12-2009 4:55pm

I tip my cap to them so:D

Our man in Havana · 29-12-2009 4:56pm

It's me when I am doing my shopping in the north.

FlutterinBantam · 29-12-2009 4:57pm

What I want to know is where is Joe Jackson???

he was all over the place like a bad rash anuraid, but not a word so far this year:eek:

TimmyTarmac · 29-12-2009 5:46pm

It seems that Brendan Balfe's number was speed dial choice for Christmas '09 among lazy ass middle management at Montrose. His usual 'sound of the frikken century' - news clips and pop songs gets yet another airing this week.

Our man in Havana · 29-12-2009 6:19pm

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

What I want to know is where is Joe Jackson???

he was all over the place like a bad rash anuraid, but not a word so far this year:eek:

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/joejacksonsjukebox/

FlutterinBantam · 29-12-2009 6:45pm

Holy camole, he hasn't gone away.

Tks for the info

Oiling up the Tape Players out in Montrose.

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