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Fromthetrees

Anyone know what people get paid at Newtalk?

Sean, Eoin McD and Hook already have other jobs but what's their NT salary? Even an appearance by Paulo or Richie S, or Henry McK. Any information would be appreciated.

I'd love to get an idea of the money involved. NT are making a loss aren't they?

kneemos

Fromthetrees wrote: »

Anyone know what people get paid at Newtalk?

Sean, Eoin McD and Hook already have other jobs but what's their NT salary? Even an appearance by Paulo or Richie S, or Henry McK. Any information would be appreciated.

I'd love to get an idea of the money involved. NT are making a loss aren't they?

It's a private company why would it matter?

Imhof Tank

Chris this morning on breakfast reckoned 60% of the population of Ireland qualify for medical cards. WTF?

This is from a guy who spends at least half of his time on air lifting current affairs stories from the newspapers and gabbing with Shane about such matters.

kneemos

Imhof Tank wrote: »

Chris this morning on breakfast reckoned 60% of the population of Ireland qualify for medical cards. WTF?

This is from a guy who spends at least half of his time on air lifting current affairs stories from the newspapers and gabbing with Shane about such matters.

Over 70s,unemployed,those on low income or large famlies,it might be higher than you think.

Fromthetrees

kneemos wrote: »

It's a private company why would it matter?

I'm curious, are we as human beings not that way naturally inclined?

It'd also be interesting to compare NT with RTE as personally I feel NT have a far better output and it costs me nothing, fecking RTE do.

kneemos

Fromthetrees wrote: »

I'm curious, are we as human beings not that way naturally inclined?

It'd also be interesting to compare NT with RTE as personally I feel NT have a far better output and it costs me nothing, fecking RTE do.

Can't think of anything RTE does better except maybe Pat Kenny,even he goes a bit tabloid after the first hour.

Imhof Tank

kneemos wrote: »

Over 70s,unemployed,those on low income or large famlies,it might be higher than you think.

Its in the region of 40%.

Chris has no real world experience and is totally uninformed on what should be his specialist subjects as a national talk radio presenter.

Speak Now

Imhof Tank wrote: »

Its in the region of 40%.

Chris has no real world experience and is totally uninformed on what should be his specialist subjects as a national talk radio presenter.

Problem being that Chris thinks he is well informed and believes everything he reads in the papers

bamboozle

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Problem being that Chris thinks he is well informed and believes everything he reads in the papers

'eh we've a very busy show today, a lot to get through'

is it me or does he say this every morning....but still finds enough time to beg the listeners to text in.

Bits_n_Bobs

bamboozle wrote: »

'eh we've a very busy show today, a lot to get through'

is it me or does he say this every morning....but still finds enough time to beg the listeners to text in.

Every
Bloody
Morning

There needs to be a thread for Chris'isms
'Osh'
'I read the report at 3am this morning'
'if your just tuning in where have you been?'

constitutionus

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Imhof Tank wrote: »

Its in the region of 40%.

Chris has no real world experience and is totally uninformed on what should be his specialist subjects as a national talk radio presenter.

Problem being that Chris thinks he is well informed and believes everything he reads in the papers

Puts him in the same camp as the rest of the media then .

Those feckers think the average industrial wage is low FFS.

Speak Now

Bits_n_Bobs wrote: »

Every
Bloody
Morning

There needs to be a thread for Chris'isms
'Osh'
'I read the report at 3am this morning'
'if your just tuning in where have you been?'

"A great read"

EchoO

Fromthetrees wrote: »

Anyone know what people get paid at Newtalk?

Sean, Eoin McD and Hook already have other jobs but what's their NT salary? Even an appearance by Paulo or Richie S, or Henry McK. Any information would be appreciated.

I'd love to get an idea of the money involved. NT are making a loss aren't they?

I don't know about the main presenters but the production staff don't get paid that much. Or as Sean Moncrieff put it the other day - "feck all".

GSF

EchoO wrote: »

I don't know about the main presenters but the production staff don't get paid that much. Or as Sean Moncrieff put it the other day - "feck all".

Certainly not as well paid as Dunphy was

Imhof Tank

Gud Stuff. Thanks Ush!

MJ23

Another American on Moncrief. Some eejit waffling on about tickling children. Poor Sean has to put on a fake laugh.
Where do they get these people?

ThisRegard

MJ23 wrote: »

Another American on Moncrief. Some eejit waffling on about tickling children. Poor Sean has to put on a fake laugh.
Where do they get these people?

I don't think it was fake, the stories were actually amusing.

DEFTLEFTHAND

EchoO wrote: »

I don't know about the main presenters but the production staff don't get paid that much. Or as Sean Moncrieff put it the other day - "feck all".

Yates was rumoured to be on 100k. I suppose you could take that as the top end of the scale. Like you said the lower end is probably peanuts, especially considering that the station is not profitable.

Lapin

It seems the main sports story of the day on Newstalk is not Mayo's win yesterday, but the fact that Dublin lost.

Jonathon Healy cutting to an ad break just now - "Next up Eugine Magee on the heartbreak for the Dubs".

FFS can't they give Mayo a little respect?

No wonder people turn against Dublin football.

That, and the fact that they are a dirty bunch of players when losing.

giftgrub

Not a GAA fan at all, but i was annoyed at all De Dubs crap last year, Healy is still on about it...

Will this years all Ireland winners be on the Late Late as well?

touts

It's a bit one sided alright. They way they reacted last year you would think the Dubs were the first Irish team to win the All Ireland.

Caledonman

Bits_n_Bobs wrote: »

Every
Bloody
Morning

There needs to be a thread for Chris'isms
'Osh'
'I read the report at 3am this morning'
'if your just tuning in where have you been?'

Chris is a very weak presenter, and his complete lack of business experience shows. He was Ivan's whipping boy, and believes his own hype. Haven't listened much since Ivan went to declare himself bankrupt in the UK. The morning presenters in Newstalk have no balls, afraid of their sh..e of the union speakers, and likewise with politicians. How they let Rabbitt, Noonan and Varadakar waffle on so much is beyond me. They could do with blooding some new presenters, but I do believe that they pay poorly, with the exception of Hooke and Moncrief

el diablo

That Caaark lad on Hook's show this evening talking about Dallas. Bruuutal.

bamboozle

Lapin wrote: »

It seems the main sports story of the day on Newstalk is not Mayo's win yesterday, but the fact that Dublin lost.

Jonathon Healy cutting to an ad break just now - "Next up Eugine Magee on the heartbreak for the Dubs".

FFS can't they give Mayo a little respect?

No wonder people turn against Dublin football.

That, and the fact that they are a dirty bunch of players when losing.

deep breaths....
George Hook spoke about the great victory for Mayo and the fact he was cheering for them.

As for dirty players, as far as i can see all teams have resorted to snide cynical tactics to get over the line. Kildare all last summer, Donegal v's dublin was a joke of a game - while donegal were leading their players were dropping like flies with 'injuries', once Dublin take the lead its the Dublin players suddenly getting 'injuries', same again on sunday Kildare lads spent half the second half getting treatment.

Its turned me off the game until the hierarchy brings in measures to stop cynical fouls and blatant time wasting.

califano

Looks like im back to 104 for the 9-10am slot as i cant suffer that katherine thomas on radio1. Hope shes just covering for someone?.

Rovi

I find myself switching to BBC Radio 5 or World Service for that hour.

jimmyw

rounders123 wrote: »

Looks like im back to 104 for the 9-10am slot as i cant suffer that katherine thomas on radio1. Hope shes just covering for someone?.

But this is a newstalk thread.

ballsymchugh

Rovi wrote: »

I find myself switching to BBC Radio 5 or World Service for that hour.

really?? i think mornings on 5live to be the worst radio, just like joe duffy (albeit not so trivial) with people ringing in to complain for the sake of it.

wnolan1992

ballsymchugh wrote: »

really?? i think mornings on 5live to be the worst radio, just like joe duffy (albeit not so trivial) with people ringing in to complain for the sake of it.

That's all ANY radio station seems to do at that time. D'Arcy, Tubridy, Dunne, PK.... not to mention the local stations.

It's getting to the stage where I'm considering listening to Spin SW just so I don't have to listen to drab radio, and I don't say that lightly.

ballsymchugh

wnolan1992 wrote: »

That's all ANY radio station seems to do at that time. D'Arcy, Tubridy, Dunne, PK.... not to mention the local stations.

It's getting to the stage where I'm considering listening to Spin SW just so I don't have to listen to drab radio, and I don't say that lightly.

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