RTE Radio 1 schedule change

Welsh Megaman

Ronan Collins just announced he will be on the air from 11.30 to 1 'in the summer months'. Why the extra half hour? Do people tire of Pat Kenny after 90 minutes? What's the dillio?

FlutterinBantam

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Ronan Collins just announced he will be on the air from 11.30 to 1 'in the summer months'. Why the extra half hour? Do people tire of Pat Kenny after 90 minutes? What's the dillio?

Eh no...it's the heat.

Pat tires of people after 90 mins in the Summer.

Thanks for the warning mate, will steer clear of that station for the duration.

90 mins of Collins..... sweet jaysus:eek:

hotmail.com

Less news during the summer months is their excuse I think.

mike65

Good to see RTE are being creative in the off season....:rolleyes:

padd b1975

I find Ronan Collins pretty much inoffensive to be honest. He does exactly what he is supposed to do, its a music show playing what the listeners want to hear. Throw in a few birthday and death remembrances and you have a decent music show which attracts a loyal and surprisingly large listenership myself included.

FlutterinBantam

padd b1975 wrote: »

I find Ronan Collins pretty much inoffensive to be honest. He does exactly what he is supposed to do, its a music show playing what the listeners want to hear. Throw in a few birthday and death remembrances and you have a decent music show which attracts a loyal and surprisingly large listenership myself included.

Inoffensive is the word.

Bland, repetitive,boring, stupor inducing, are what I would use.

An hour and a half of that sheeeite is giving the two fingers to the license payer.Collins has the personality of a calcified dog shite.

Never changes just moves through the motions day after day, genuine lifer.

Ok Padd maybe you like it,and nothing personal here, but it's terrible crap.


In my opinion.

padd b1975

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Inoffensive is the word.

Bland, repetitive,boring, stupor inducing, are what I would use.

An hour and a half of that sheeeite is giving the two fingers to the license payer.Collins has the personality of a calcified dog shite.

Never changes just moves through the motions day after day, genuine lifer.

Ok Padd maybe you like it,and nothing personal here, but it's terrible crap.


In my opinion.

20 years in the same gig on the country's most listened to station has got to be worth a little of anyone's praise. Bear in mind the type of listener he is primarily aimed at, usually a slightly older generation.
They lap up all that birthday and wedding anniversaries guff. Not totally my cup of tea, but he does play very good music on what is a strangely almost music free schedule on radio 1.

FlutterinBantam

padd b1975 wrote: »

20 years in the same gig on the country's most listened to station has got to be worth a little of anyone's praise. Bear in mind the type of listener he is primarily aimed at, usually a slightly older generation.
They lap up all that birthday and wedding anniversaries guff. Not totally my cup of tea, but he does play very good music on what is a strangely almost music free schedule on radio 1.

Padd I'll have to agree with you, someone must like it.

Not me in fairness, have noooo time for bland, featureless, repetitive formats which haven't changed in 20 years.

Patter which hasn't changed in yonks, same delivery, could do it in his sleep and it shows doesn't stimulate this poster.


But point taken, someone likes that stuff.

padd b1975

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Padd I'll have to agree with you, someone must like it.

Not me in fairness, have noooo time for bland, featureless, repetitive formats which haven't changed in 20 years.

Patter which hasn't changed in yonks, same delivery, could do it in his sleep and it shows doesn't stimulate this poster.


But point taken, someone likes that stuff.

check out the report someone just put up on the JNLR thread, the guy is going from strength to strength and more than holding his own against higher profile and probably better paid presenters. Advertisers love those numbers so it looks like Ronan and his birthday file will be around for the even longer haul.

GSF

padd b1975 wrote: »

I find Ronan Collins pretty much inoffensive to be honest.

He played Postman Pat in the first 20 minutes today. :eek: And there weren't even postal deliveries today.

Rubik.

padd b1975 wrote: »

check out the report someone just put up on the JNLR thread, the guy is going from strength to strength and more than holding his own against higher profile and probably better paid presenters. Advertisers love those numbers so it looks like Ronan and his birthday file will be around for the even longer haul.

There is a very obvious fall off in the figures when Collins comes on and then they pick up again for News at One.

padd b1975

Rubik. wrote: »

There is a very obvious fall off in the figures when Collins comes on and then they pick up again for News at One.

News at 1 is a flagship program to be fair. He does compare favourably to Mooney.

FlutterinBantam

Rubik. wrote: »

There is a very obvious fall off in the figures when Collins comes on and then they pick up again for News at One.

Probably, I hit the off button as soon as I hear the sig.


I'm sure many others do too.

padd b1975

GSF wrote: »

He played Postman Pat in the first 20 minutes today. :eek: And there weren't even postal deliveries today.

Not one of his better moments to be honest. Made matters worse by going off on a tangent about different versions of postman pat music.

Rubik.

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Probably, I hit the off button as soon as I hear the sig.


I'm sure many others do too.

Yeah, so do I.

hotmail.com

Ronan has the handiest job at RTE. Nice little semi-part-time job.

JonathanAnon

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Ronan Collins just announced he will be on the air from 11.30 to 1 'in the summer months'.

When I hear the sig tune I dive for the radio.. and that that monotone, faux interested tone that Collins adopts.. Surely he should have been superceded by an Ipod Nano (with an LCD set list) stuck on shuffle a long time ago??

Greenman

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

I hit the off button as soon as I hear the sig.

I just switch to Newstalk and then back to The News at One.

Remember hearing Ronan on ARD radio in the late 70's but I was more a DJ Lee man myself.

bureau2009

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Collins has the personality of a calcified dog ****e.

it's terrible crap.

In my opinion.

+ 1000%

Greenman

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Ronan Collins just announced he will be on the air from 11.30 to 1 'in the summer months'. Why the extra half hour?

Just caught out by that, not the end of the world as he PK normally has his music in the last half hour.

Looked around and settled on NPR.:)

Bobba Fett

This is a regular thing for RTE Radio 1 in the Summer. Drive Time has gone from 16.30 - 19.00 to 16.30 to an 18.30 finish. Sport At Seven is now, funnily enough 18.30 to 19.30.

No big deal though.

yosser hughes

Can't stand Collins. As someone else said, an ipod could to the same job.
How much does he get paid for playing records? I'm almost afraid to ask.

orourkeda

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Eh no...it's the heat.

Pat tires of people after 90 mins in the Summer.

Thanks for the warning mate, will steer clear of that station for the duration.

90 mins of Collins..... sweet jaysus:eek:

On a positive note. We have 30 minutes less of PK

bureau2009

orourkeda wrote: »

On a positive note. We have 30 minutes less of PK

There again, Pat Kenny is an accomplished broadcaster. Compare and contrast with Ronan Collins, who, despite 32 years experience in RTE radio, sounds phenomenally untalented and unappealing.

It reflects badly on RTE Management that such a banal presenter can be employed on national radio.

Welsh Megaman

I didn't mean for this thread to turn into the 'I Hate Ronan Collins' thread!

Nothing against him, just curious as to why RTE gave him an extra half-hour and only during the summer months?

yosser hughes

orourkeda wrote: »

On a positive note. We have 30 minutes less of PK

Have to disgree with your sentiment there.Pat Kenny is one of the best on Irish radio. Wasn't a fan of him on telly,but on radio he is excellent.

FlutterinBantam

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I didn't mean for this thread to turn into the 'I Hate Ronan Collins' thread!

Nothing against him, just curious as to why RTE gave him an extra half-hour and only during the summer months?

Default.

padd b1975

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I didn't mean for this thread to turn into the 'I Hate Ronan Collins' thread!

Nothing against him, just curious as to why RTE gave him an extra half-hour and only during the summer months?

When he was on in the afternoon back in the day his show was 1.5 hours long, perhaps the powers that be promised a return to this length on an ad hoc basis in return for a smooth movement to a midday 1 hour slot. Thats just my opinion. As I remember John Creedon who had that slot before him threw a bit of a hissy fit when he heard he was being moved.

Harry Angstrom

padd b1975 wrote: »

When he was on in the afternoon back in the day his show was 1.5 hours long, perhaps the powers that be promised a return to this length on an ad hoc basis in return for a smooth movement to a midday 1 hour slot. Thats just my opinion. As I remember John Creedon who had that slot before him threw a bit of a hissy fit when he heard he was being moved.

I thought Creedon's show in that timeslot had a better mix of music and I don't think he played too many birthday requests either. To be honest I don't give a shyte if Tom from Turmonfeckin is 21 again today, and neither does 99.999% of the population apart from Tom and the person who sent in the request.

I also liked Creedon's mystery voice competition as well. Nothing against Ronan Collins but he does nothing for me and I switch over to Newstalk as soon as PK signs off. I echo all those compliments about Pat Kenny on the radio. The man is peerless when it comes to politics and current affairs. I can't understand why his programme is cut by 30 mins during the summer although I don't mind it so much when Myles Dungan fills in for him. An irritating man if ever there was one. He should've stuck to the American football.

padd b1975

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

I thought Creedon's show in that timeslot had a better mix of music and I don't think he played too many birthday requests either. To be honest I don't give a shyte if Tom from Turmonfeckin is 21 again today, and neither does 99.999% of the population apart from Tom and the person who sent in the request.

I also liked Creedon's mystery voice competition as well. Nothing against Ronan Collins but he does nothing for me and I switch over to Newstalk as soon as PK signs off. I echo all those compliments about Pat Kenny on the radio. The man is peerless when it comes to politics and current affairs. I can't understand why his programme is cut by 30 mins during the summer although I don't mind it so much when Myles Dungan fills in for him. An irritating man if ever there was one. He should've stuck to the American football.

Creedon was no stranger to the folksy style requests either but I do think the music Collins plays as requested is better. Regarding Dungan he would improve 100% if he would keep personal topics of interest off the agenda as much as possible.

Harry Angstrom

padd b1975 wrote: »

Regarding Dungan he would improve 100% if he would keep personal topics of interest off the agenda as much as possible.

Agree with you on that. As well as his personal pet topics, I feel like throwing my radio out the window every time he mentions Arsenal during the sports news.
Okay Myles, we know you're a mad Arsenal supporter but you don't need to mention it every 5 minutes!! :mad:

Dirigent

I see they've cropped Drivetime by half-an-hour as well, so that they can fit in more sport dross. So from the first week in June, we get a full hour's less talk radio from the National Broadcaster.

padd b1975

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Agree with you on that. As well as his personal pet topics, I feel like throwing my radio out the window every time he mentions Arsenal during the sports news.
Okay Myles, we know you're a mad Arsenal supporter but you don't need to mention it every 5 minutes!! :mad:

Jesus Yeah, I had forgotten his Arsenal infatuation. At least the champions league is finished.

Discodog

I find the whole "summer schedule" thing ridiculous & uniquely Irish. Like when the 6pm TV news drops to half an hour. There is just as much news in the summer which is why the BBC & every other broadcaster doesn't change it's schedules.

Has it always been like this or was it introduced ?.

michael999999

Now that Pat kenny is doing 25% less work, will hes wages be adjusted to reflect that?

Lapin

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Probably, I hit the off button as soon as I hear the sig.


I'm sure many others do too.

Yep, me too.

In fact, this week was the first time I heard that sig in almost a year.

I usually hop it before the angelus cranks up.

Got caught unawares last Tuesday and had to check my clock.

Itssoeasy

So has ronan collins got his extra half an hour yet ?

Actually doesn't sport at seven go from thirty minutes to an hour during the summer ? I only ask as I turned on radio 1 last night at 19.35 and arena was on.

SPDUB

Discodog wrote: »

I find the whole "summer schedule" thing ridiculous & uniquely Irish. Like when the 6pm TV news drops to half an hour. There is just as much news in the summer which is why the BBC & every other broadcaster doesn't change it's schedules.

Has it always been like this or was it introduced ?.

I love it when people call it uniquely Irish because it isn't .

The BBC used to do it as well up until the mid to late 80's .

It was the one one time of year that you could guarantee to get repeats of Dr Who or some comedy programme that had started during the year or Dad's Army

Discodog

SPDUB wrote: »

The BBC used to do it as well up until the mid to late 80's .

It's now 2011 & RTE presenters earn ridiculous wages.

Liveline this week:

"I am Damien O'Reilly standing in for Joe who is away " :mad:
"but he will be back tomorrow"

The only way that I can tolerate him is by imagining Father Dougal !

SPDUB

Discodog wrote: »

It's now 2011 & RTE presenters earn ridiculous wages.

So what's that got to do with it with pointing out it isn't uniquely Irish "invention" .

DuckStab

SPDUB wrote: »

So what's that got to do with it with pointing out it isn't uniquely Irish "invention" .

I don't think it was meant as an Irish invention as such. What's uniquely Irish about it is the fact that we're the only ones still doing it; as you said the beeb got a flither of sense in the 80s and stopped. Yet here we are 30 years on and still somehow feel the need to give people who "work" maybe 3 hours a day the same holidays as a teacher! That, to me at least, is uniquely Irish.

Discodog

I can never recall when the BBC News was cut by 30 mins during a summer period. There isn't less news in the summer. The Stephens day tsunami was a classic example where a world event happened whilst RTE news were on "holidays".

The weather forecast is also a good example of old tradition. The first RTE TV forecast isn't till lunchtime - bit late if you need to plan your day.

But it's the compromises that seem bizarre. Why shorten Pat Kenny ? Are RTE no capable of find items for the remaining half hour ?. Newstalk don't appear to have the same problem.

mike65

Nothing happens in summer apart from the euro crisis, Arab uprisings, presidental manoeuvrings, Norn Iron rioting/marching season (not that we need too much of that annual ritual).

Discodog

So often the reduced half hour news gets dominated by a local story. The presenter then has about 30 seconds to mention everything else that's going on in the world.

SPDUB

Discodog wrote: »

I can never recall when the BBC News was cut by 30 mins during a summer period.

Well look then through the archives of any the national newspapers from the period especially the TV listings for July/August .The BBC usually broadcast a bulletin, regional news and then the likes of Nationwide etc with the less serious stories and features .

For 4 to 6 weeks depending on the year the less serious section was dropped just like RTE do in the second half of 6.1

There isn't less news in the summer.

Actually there tends to less news to report .

Most countries Parliaments take a break so nothing to report about what MP's are getting up to .A lot of organisations take a break from their monthly meetings so no press releases about decisions taken at those meetings

The Stephens day tsunami was a classic example where a world event happened whilst RTE news were on "holidays".

How where RTE on "holidays" anymore than the BBC were that day .

On their main channels both of them had shortened bulletins and not on at the usual time like they normally do at that time of year and both extended them .The BBC didn't run endless coverage on their main channel or even on their secondary channel ( they left their news channel to do that )

If you're talking about the "I was there" school of disaster reporting then I'm not sure what that contributions more to a story than a local correspondent would .