Breakfast with Ray (Foley) and Jay [Cork's Red FM, 6am-9am]

jezzer

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Been listening to her since she had an afternoon show on phantom around 5 or 6 years ago. she deserves to be way further up the pecking order. She would kick Louise duffys ass on today fm if she had that slot imo

yes i agree, i always felt louise duffy got an easy ride in the door for some reason

corcaigh_abu

jezzer wrote: »

yes i agree, i always felt louise duffy got an easy ride in the door for some reason

Probably just a 'right time right place'. KC didn't stick around that long and so she was clearly an interim solution at lunchtimes. Then T-bone needed cover so may as well put her in there and kinda hard to kick her out after he passed. The station needs a bit if female face too so another box ticked by default. Unless her numbers are taking a hit I can't see them making a change. Today FM is the station of consistency. Before Foley left there hadn't been a change in the main line-up (7-7) in how many years?

And i'd echo the NTN comments. Started listening to them again recently. Fcukn hilarious and no real mention of work.

Synode

Is iTunes the only place to get the NTN podcasts? I use Beyond Pod on Android and can't figure out how to listen to them. Feedly don't have them at all

IUA14

Synode wrote: »

Is iTunes the only place to get the NTN podcasts? I use Beyond Pod on Android and can't figure out how to listen to them. Feedly don't have them at all

As far as I remember they switched from PodBean to Soundcloud so you can get them on there too. Listening back to them myself, the last 7 were gold!

Itssoeasy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HCjQbKowUo

LAZY RADIO NOSTALGIA !!!! Gummi bear juice JUICE.

jezzer

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME HOW JP IS DOING???? JP I'm sure you read this, how are you doing? we are worried about you...

IUA14

jezzer wrote: »

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME HOW JP IS DOING???? JP I'm sure you read this, how are you doing? we are worried about you...

Some say he spends his days looking up on flames on Facebook...

Itssoeasy

jezzer wrote: »

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME HOW JP IS DOING???? JP I'm sure you read this, how are you doing? we are worried about you...

Going by ray's twitter account he was fine and well as of the 20th of February.

flangemeistro

Certain posters on this thread are probably after getting a stirring in their loins as Foley just pulled his shirt up on the 7 o clock show to reveal a sprayed on 6 pack!

wnolan1992

flangemeistro wrote: »

Certain posters on this thread are probably after getting a stirring in their loins as Foley just pulled his shirt up on the 7 o clock show to reveal a sprayed on 6 pack!

I knew there HAD to be a reason why I was so cheerful tonight. :pac:

Sono

flangemeistro wrote: »

Certain posters on this thread are probably after getting a stirring in their loins as Foley just pulled his shirt up on the 7 o clock show to reveal a sprayed on 6 pack!

That was some sight I'm sure, any pics!?

IUA14

flangemeistro wrote: »

Certain posters on this thread are probably after getting a stirring in their loins as Foley just pulled his shirt up on the 7 o clock show to reveal a sprayed on 6 pack!

Really like Louise Duffy on The Seven O'Clock Show, much better setting for her than radio, comes across far more likeable.

Fr_Dougal

Contractual gardening leave re: radio.

Loughc

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Contractual gardening leave re: radio.

Really? I didn't think that counts if they sack you.

wnolan1992

Loughc wrote: »

Really? I didn't think that counts if they sack you.

They probably weren't "sacked". Think of it like when a football manager leaves a club "by mutual agreement". It's just a way of both parties saving face.

Loughc

wnolan1992 wrote: »

They probably weren't "sacked". Think of it like when a football manager leaves a club "by mutual agreement". It's just a way of both parties saving face.

Yeah makes sense.

IUA14

So are we thinking they had more than a 3 year contract then? If it was 4 then we may not be hearing them on the airwaves until November at the earliest if they are in fact on gardening leave...would be surprised if that was the case but would explain why no podcasts perhaps...

jezzer

foley was class on the 7 o clock show last night, the sprayed on 6 pack was hilarious, great chemistry with louise duffy

Euphoria Intensifies

They're hardly on gardening leave. I'd say they had a 3 year contract which was up in November and they were given the boot then, but they and 98 decided they'd stay on until Christmas just for handiness.

I know this forum has a good record when it comes to "rumours", but I just can't believe this one tbh.

SEPT 23 1989

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paddylonglegs

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

500k a year folks

500k

not in on the story,please go on.....

heybaby

paddylonglegs wrote: »

not in on the story,please go on.....

Presumably they are talking about the 500k a year Darcy is on for switching to RTE, he was in the papers yesterday saying while he missed Today FM he made the right move to RTE.

SEPT 23 1989

paddylonglegs wrote: »

not in on the story,please go on.....

wrong thread apologies

L1011

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Contractual gardening leave re: radio.

Chance of that is zero. 3 year contract, expired, let go. Nobody else even vaguely willing to pay what they want. Their Dublin numbers were abysmal, and the national outlets won't want them either.

jezzer

ray is class on the 7 o clock show, i thought i would miss juicy lucy and mad martin but i'm enjoying this week

wnolan1992

L1011 wrote: »

Chance of that is zero. 3 year contract, expired, let go. Nobody else even vaguely willing to pay what they want. Their Dublin numbers were abysmal, and the national outlets won't want them either.

Not sure if I posted this already, but I think they'd fit in well on 2FM now tbh. If they were to replace Breakfast Republic then I think 2FM would have a pretty strong line-up 7-7.

Though it's hard to gauge how well or bad BR has ben doing with all the slot changes, so if they really are doing well figures-wise, then this is unlikely, plus would Ray do another breakfast show...

IUA14

L1011 wrote: »

Chance of that is zero. 3 year contract, expired, let go. Nobody else even vaguely willing to pay what they want. Their Dublin numbers were abysmal, and the national outlets won't want them either.

Agree with the statement that they are most likely not on gardening leave. Dublin numbers were not good and that was not helped given that 98FM is in a state.

But as for the rest of it not so sure...they were on national radio at lunchtime for 6 very successful years and before that on The Blast in the evening and they were consistently beating expectations numbers-wise...nobody has gotten close to their numbers since! They tried local radio in Dublin and it didn't work out...took a chance on doing something different and had no joy. There are realistically two viable destinations for the lads, 2FM and Today FM, neither of which have space on their schedules right now as they both made changes in the last year or two on weekdays 5am-7pm...so wouldn't assume its a case of not being wanted, also a case of right opportunity coming along.

Martypants1

jezzer wrote: »

ray is class on the 7 o clock show, i thought i would miss juicy lucy and mad martin but i'm enjoying this week

How could you enjoy that show whoever is presenting it? Nobody guests, chefs do be like people they pull from catering courses. Set is an eyesore, fuzzy on camera.

jezzer

Martypants1 wrote: »

How could you enjoy that show whoever is presenting it? Nobody guests, chefs do be like people they pull from catering courses. Set is an eyesore, fuzzy on camera.

well now that you say it, its true, ronan keatings ex missus was on one day and she said she does a bit of cooking, next thing she is on most days cooking....one day they were stuck and they got the consumer affairs lad that always wears pajamas to work in doing the cooking....

twink is always on, mammy o rourke as well....the set is atrocious, looks like it was thrown together using the bits left over from your ikea purchases and the camera quality is terrible, all the birds legs look terrible for some reason....however as bad as all that is, its still better than the late late show and the ray darcy show put together which says it all really... on the upside, the sports girl and ciara king are nice to look at

L1011

IUA14 wrote: »

But as for the rest of it not so sure...they were on national radio at lunchtime for 6 very successful years and before that on The Blast in the evening and they were consistently beating expectations numbers-wise...nobody has gotten close to their numbers since! They tried local radio in Dublin and it didn't work out...took a chance on doing something different and had no joy. There are realistically two viable destinations for the lads, 2FM and Today FM, neither of which have space on their schedules right now as they both made changes in the last year or two on weekdays 5am-7pm...so wouldn't assume its a case of not being wanted, also a case of right opportunity coming along.

There's three national stations - one won't have them back, one is a talk station and the other is 2FM and has a full new schedule with no openings right now.

IUA14

L1011 wrote: »

There's three national stations - one won't have them back, one is a talk station and the other is 2FM and has a full new schedule with no openings right now.

No actually there are 4 mainstream national stations but I said two VIABLE destinations for the lads, and those are 2FM and Today FM. Unless you work there or have inside info where is the "one won't have them back" view from? They left on good terms and have a lot of friends there still, Colm O'Sullivan is PD now there aswell I believe. Regardless, my point is both stations have full, relatively new, schedules in place so don't see an opening right now for them that would fit, particularly on weekdays.

wnolan1992

The potential options I see for them at present are (in order of perceived likelihood):

1) Replace Breakfast Republic on 2FM if BR's figures aren't actually as good as the JNLR's make them look (timeslot gerrymandering has made their figures hard to analyse for myself)
2) Replace Louise Duffy if Today FM wanted to make a move there.
3) If Matt Cooper were to move to NT when Hook retires, potentially Ray to do a new music-based drivetime show on Today FM.
4) Weekend radio
4) Replace Ian Dempsey if he were to retire/move slot.

lambayire

Can't see anything happening with Today FM anytime soon.

wnolan1992

Well it's just the conspiracy theorist in me that thinks it'd be rather convenient if Ray were to be finished his Masters in September (he started in September last year yeah?), around the same time Hook is retiring...

<_<
>_>

:P

jezzer

wnolan1992 wrote: »

The potential options I see for them at present are (in order of perceived likelihood):

1) Replace Breakfast Republic on 2FM if BR's figures aren't actually as good as the JNLR's make them look (timeslot gerrymandering has made their figures hard to analyse for myself)
2) Replace Louise Duffy if Today FM wanted to make a move there.
3) If Matt Cooper were to move to NT when Hook retires, potentially Ray to do a new music-based drivetime show on Today FM.
4) Weekend radio
4) Replace Ian Dempsey if he were to retire/move slot.

who said today fm wont have them back?

On 98 ray proved he wasnt breakfast material
Replacing louise duffy could be an option
I would assume the cooper man (saherday) would move to NT as he is not really today fm material
I would say he thinks he is above weekend radio
Dempsey wont be going anywhere for at least another 10 years

wnolan1992

jezzer wrote: »

who said today fm wont have them back?

I think this comes from Ray's own comments on Today FM (i.e he didn't seem happy with the direction it had gone in since he left, and was very vocal about it.) I think people assume Today FM will hold a grudge about that. I for one don't. If Today FM think Ray can win them back listeners, and if they offer Ray money, both sides'll quickly forget all that was said.

On 98 ray proved he wasnt breakfast material

I disagree. I think he proved he wasn't Dublin local radio material. I don't think his style of presenting fits in with a tight format, and he isn't popular in Dublin.
But this has been discussed before.

Replacing louise duffy could be an option
I would assume the cooper man (saherday) would move to NT as he is not really today fm material
I would say he thinks he is above weekend radio

Probably, but weekend work might be a way of getting an "in" to a station short-term. Include cover work with that, and you'd imagine that and TV work would be a nice living.

Dempsey wont be going anywhere for at least another 10 years

Probably. But if Cooper were to leave, maybe Dempsey would fancy getting off early mornings and doing drive?

Anything could happen really.

jezzer

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I think this comes from Ray's own comments on Today FM (i.e he didn't seem happy with the direction it had gone in since he left, and was very vocal about it.) I think people assume Today FM will hold a grudge about that. I for one don't. If Today FM think Ray can win them back listeners, and if they offer Ray money, both sides'll quickly forget all that was said.



I disagree. I think he proved he wasn't Dublin local radio material. I don't think his style of presenting fits in with a tight format, and he isn't popular in Dublin.
But this has been discussed before.



Probably, but weekend work might be a way of getting an "in" to a station short-term. Include cover work with that, and you'd imagine that and TV work would be a nice living.



Probably. But if Cooper were to leave, maybe Dempsey would fancy getting off early mornings and doing drive?

Anything could happen really.

true he defo isnt dublin material but you would have imagined they would have looked at this listener figures from today fm and saw that dubs dont like him?

No way would the self professed king of radio ever ever cover for someone else on radio or do weekend/graveyard shifts

regarding dempsey, as opposed to foley i think his style suits a tight format, he is far too much of an air head (and i mean that is the best possible way) for drive time, when they did the presenter switcharoo there a while back he was way out of his depth in sahurday coopers slot....he suits breakkie radio to the last, airy fairy couple of laughs in the morning type, a nice guy and has the bants with the girls in the office...

I think either louise duffys or fearghal darcys slots would suit foley best, anyone know how duffys slot is? they give her show plenty of advertising anyway

IUA14

jezzer wrote: »

true he defo isnt dublin material but you would have imagined they would have looked at this listener figures from today fm and saw that dubs dont like him?

No way would the self professed king of radio ever ever cover for someone else on radio or do weekend/graveyard shifts

regarding dempsey, as opposed to foley i think his style suits a tight format, he is far too much of an air head (and i mean that is the best possible way) for drive time, when they did the presenter switcharoo there a while back he was way out of his depth in sahurday coopers slot....he suits breakkie radio to the last, airy fairy couple of laughs in the morning type, a nice guy and has the bants with the girls in the office...

I think either louise duffys or fearghal darcys slots would suit foley best, anyone know how duffys slot is? they give her show plenty of advertising anyway

I think a lot of the TodayFM comments Foley and JP made were in jest, sure the first 2 years on 98FM they were often calling Today FM on the podcast speaking to reception, Ann, Adelle, Shauna, Paul Collins etc. And they have a lot of friends still there so not a case of them burning bridges. I think after Wille stepped down as Chief there and Peter McPartlin took over is when the enjoyment they had there lessened, he of course stepped down just before Christmas so if that was an obstacle for them going back its gone now.

He definitely didn't suit a Dublin market but if he could bring the 37,000-40,000 Dublin listeners he had to a show on Today FM or 2FM and add that to national listeners he would draw, that's a win. I think his show when he had 156,000+ listeners only had about 24,000 from Dublin. He is a proven national draw and if he can add listeners from the capital to that from his Dublin misadventures then that's positive.

I don't know if Foley would want another breakfast show...but I guess 7-9 is a damn sight better than 6-10. Dempsey signed a new 3 year deal in November 2014 so don't see him leaving or moving slots soon, most successful show on the station so why would he. Afternoons or drivetime could be an option I think depending on what happens with Hook/Cooper.

Louise Duffy is at 94,000 listeners so not great at all numbers wise but they seem to be keeping faith with her. I know on the 2FM side of things Nicky Byrne & co. will be off for about a month over Eurovision time and he has ambitions to get back into music so that slot could come up in the near future. And McDermott seems to have a real urge to get back on air in the UK so that schedule could change again...don't know how Dan Healy and Foley would get along tho...anyways nothing imminent it seems which is a pain cause miss the lads on air...WISH THEY WOULD BLOODY PODCAST!!!!

Martypants1

jezzer wrote: »

, all the birds legs look terrible for some reason....

FCUK YES!! Someone I can relate too. What's with that?

paddylonglegs

Would love to hear ray back on the airwaves. But it should be in a different guise...

The Ray we love is from the 'crazy' days of today fm. Ray is older, wiser, his lifestyle etc has changed. He has a lot of mileage and talent left in him, but to succeed he should change his presentation style to something a bit more mature, and show his ability to carry a show on his own. Rely less on the banter with Jp, zany game show style slots, tone it down and play off the interaction of the listeners. This role would suit him down to the ground, and a drive time would fit the bill. Get cooper over to news talk and foley steps in, compete with the other drive timers on the other stations

DopeTech

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Would love to hear ray back on the airwaves. But it should be in a different guise...

The Ray we love is from the 'crazy' days of today fm. Ray is older, wiser, his lifestyle etc has changed. He has a lot of mileage and talent left in him, but to succeed he should change his presentation style to something a bit more mature, and show his ability to carry a show on his own. Rely less on the banter with Jp, zany game show style slots, tone it down and play off the interaction of the listeners. This role would suit him down to the ground, and a drive time would fit the bill. Get cooper over to news talk and foley steps in, compete with the other drive timers on the other stations

I know it would never happen but it would be cool to hear them on a pirate just playing whatever the hell the wanted, talking sh**e with Al on the phone.

IUA14

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Would love to hear ray back on the airwaves. But it should be in a different guise...

The Ray we love is from the 'crazy' days of today fm. Ray is older, wiser, his lifestyle etc has changed. He has a lot of mileage and talent left in him, but to succeed he should change his presentation style to something a bit more mature, and show his ability to carry a show on his own. Rely less on the banter with Jp, zany game show style slots, tone it down and play off the interaction of the listeners. This role would suit him down to the ground, and a drive time would fit the bill. Get cooper over to news talk and foley steps in, compete with the other drive timers on the other stations

I would love to see the lads do a similar show to what they did on Today FM simply because nobody on the air does a fun show as well as they did and I miss that! I know on an NTN podcast with Al before they said they would do the show they are doing now (98FM breakfast show at the time) for few years which is something new for them and then go back to what they did before, so that seemed to be the plan at one point anyway...but I think now Ray is getting his masters it may indicate he might go a different route and perhaps do a different type of show...something akin to what Anton does maybe a mix of music and chat?

I know someone mentioned maybe Foley taking over if Matt goes to Newstalk and do a more music focused drivetime show...maybe Anton to go to The Last Word and have the mid-morning slot available? I don't think that TodayFM will ditch the last word, doubt they would do better in the ratings with a music show in thats lot. Saw on Twitter and in a different thread here some suggesting Louise Duffy may be pregnant? That would be an interesting development.

paddylonglegs

IUA14 wrote: »

Saw on Twitter and in a different thread here some suggesting Louise Duffy may be pregnant?.

If Louise is pregnant, then who's going to fill her slot?

DopeTech

paddylonglegs wrote: »

If Louise is pregnant, then who's going to fill her slot?

I think somebody already has if she's pregnant!

IUA14

paddylonglegs wrote: »

If Louise is pregnant, then who's going to fill her slot?

I'd take that as pure rumour on here for now but would be interesting. I can't see them moving Paula McSweeney there to cover for her if its true and she departs on maternity leave, need someone a bit more solid. Part of me is dreading the thought of Fergal D'Arcy doing it...best case scenario is Foley joins Ann as cover for Duffy till September when something may or may not happen with Cooper leading to schedule changes. I think 2.30 to 4.30 would be a good slot for them...and with 94,000 listeners currently its something they could probably improve on.

bbability

So after careful consideration and the fact that some seasoned and very good contributors to this forum have contact me in relation to this thread I am going to reopen it. Maybe we can keep the discussion on previous radio days (not TV as that can be discussed on another forum)

hufpc8w3adnk65

I'm still
Holding out for him too return too Today FM

Loughc

bbability wrote: »

So after careful consideration and the fact that some seasoned and very good contributors to this forum have contact me in relation to this thread I am going to reopen it. Maybe we can keep the discussion on previous radio days (not TV as that can be discussed on another forum)

I was going to message you myself on it, could we move this to the Celebrity & Showbiz Forum until he gets fully back into Radio?

I'm glad it's re-opened, there's a nice little community building up on this thread.

Synode

MrMac84 wrote: »

I'm still
Holding out for him too return too Today FM

I don't care what station he comes back to as long as it's a national one

jezzer

Loughc wrote: »

I was going to message you myself on it, could we move this to the Celebrity & Showbiz Forum until he gets fully back into Radio?

I'm glad it's re-opened, there's a nice little community building up on this thread.

yes good point, as he is not currently in radio and is on television that would be a good idea.....if louise duffy is preggers then i could see foley in that slot, mid daytime/afternoon radio is where he belongs