Newstalk demise

markkeane

So Ivan Yates is joining Newstalk. Eh. Where will he fit in? It won't be hard because it is a very poor radio station. They simply won't spend money on hiring experienced journalists. Hence each programme including Big Ego Hook rings up the crime corr, security corr, political corr or whatever of the national papers to do interviews on running stories before they have filed the story for their own papers. Pathetic.

Why don't they appoint their own correspondents instead of relying on journalists from other media outlets? Because its cheaper.

As for Eamonn Keane! Typical Kerryman. Afraid to ask a 'direct' hard question of his guests. Sycophant. Listenig to him on Tuesday interviewing one of the new junior ministers Calerally or somebody from Mayo, you'd thing he was best mates with the guy. Gushing with thanks for doing the interview. Sick listening to it. If I was head of news in that station he'd be the first one to be sacked, followed by the snotty nosed guy on their sports show.

Newstalk is not a patch on RTE radio nor BBC. And before they all come out and say RTE and BBC have huge budgets which they have Newstalk is bankrolled by none other that Denis O'Brien. So the money is there. But they only want to make profit from advertising and don't give a fiddlers **** about the product.

Pen1987

Edited. This what happens when you stays awake after returning from the pub.

Shall return in the AM.

Where will Yates fit in? Probably in Hook's slot, with Hook moving to a morning show.

*For the record* I've never worked for Newstalk or any IN&M outlet, even on a freelance basis.

sceptre

Pen1987 wrote: »

Newstalk is run by IN&M, not Denis O'Brien[/I]

Since when? Isn't Newstalk run by News 106, registered in Dublin, wholly owned by communicorp, registered in Dublin, which in turn is wholly owned by O'Brien?

Pen1987

Pah. Maybe!

Edited while I await full sobriety.

deadhead13

I have heard Newstalk presenters refer to TalkSport as a sister station. Talksport is owned by UTV.

Trouser_Press

markkeane wrote: »

Why don't they appoint their own correspondents instead of relying on journalists from other media outlets? Because its cheaper.

No sh1t Sherlock.

Elmo

deadhead13 wrote: »

I have heard Newstalk presenters refer to TalkSport as a sister station. Talksport is owned by UTV.

I would be very surprised by this.

Communicorp the same problem that all Irish media outlets have. The feel the need for big names rather then big stories. I do think Tom Dunne is a good entertainment/arts/music presenter but where does he fit in NewsTalk?

newsTalk: More Talk, Less News.

newsTalk want to become a Talk radio station not a news radio station. They should rename as TalkTodayFM.

deadhead13

Elmo wrote: »

I would be very surprised by this.

I think UTV bought Capital Radio Productions/Fm 104 which had a stake in Newstalk. How much of a stake I don't know.

Elmo

deadhead13 wrote: »

I think UTV bought Capital Radio Productions/Fm 104 which had a stake in Newstalk. How much of a stake I don't know.

UTV bought FM 104 from Communicorp, so they may not have sold the NewsTalk share with FM 104.

deadhead13

Elmo wrote: »

UTV bought FM 104 from Communicorp, so they may not have sold the NewsTalk share with FM 104.

I wasn't aware that Communicorp had briefly owned FM 104 before selling it to UTV. As you say, it is unlikely they would have sold a stake of Newstalk aswell. But I am positive the "Off The Ball" presenters have, on more than one occasion, refered to TalkSport as a sister station.

squonk

A purely talk orientated station is a pile of crap anyway. I'll never listen to newstalk. Boring and it annoys me that they contiunually flout their names Get some decent content and you might pull me in. Hook is a loudmouth vacuous twat. Today FM/RTE are far better at the current affairs they do than NewsTalk, and you get away from the talk stuff with those stations also.

Elmo

squonk wrote: »

A purely talk orientated station is a pile of crap anyway.

I was listening to Monicreiff a few days ago and they where talking about where to take someone out on a date. I didn't realize this was news.

The BCI should tell it to rebrand as Talk there is more news on Adrian Kennedy.

pieye

It's not all bad, Talking History is great.... so that's a solid two hours they've got there.

I used to listen to Newstalk a lot last year and every-time I tune in there's a new this or that, Ben Dunne replaces harpies, nighttime panel disappears, oddly shaped sports guy replaced by samwhich man.

Now I think about it Yeats is the one who went into bookieing but I care not.

Red Crow

pieye wrote: »

It's not all bad, Talking History is great.... so that's a solid two hours they've got there.

I used to listen to Newstalk a lot last year and every-time I tune in there's a new this or that, Ben Dunne replaces harpies, nighttime panel disappears, oddly shaped sports guy replaced by samwhich man.

Now I think about it Yeats is the one who went into bookieing but I care not.

Always thought Dunphy was a big loss. He was great to listen to in the mornings.

Elmo

Kurtza wrote: »

Always thought Dunphy was a big loss. He was great to listen to in the mornings.

He is possibly to volitile for most companies. Is his RTÉ Radio show live?

poindexter

tom (i'm telling you, honest to god) dunne. more and more this guy gets on my tits.
how george hook is in there i'll never know, the one plus of his show is michael graham from boston on a friday evening.

kpbdublin

I was glued to a radio on Saturday morning, trying to get the first results. Newstalk were much quicker off the mark with first news of George Lee's victory. They had first indications at 9.20 am, while RTE only had it at 10 and no comprehensive results until 11. Ivan Yates and Claire Byrne were particularly good, and even Hook was interesting.