Bring back Gay Byrne to radio full time

Mitch epitag

Gay Byrne should be on 2fm weekdays 9-Midday. He would trash Ray Darcy in the ratings and bring 2fm back to the glory days of the G Ryan show of 400k plus listeners.

RadioRetro

Erm.... no thanks, for a number of reasons.

GoodisonPark

Definately not.

telekon

I'd listen. The standard of shows at that time of the morning really is atrocious. Tubridy, D'Arcy, Murray, Dunne. ..jesus like.

Besides the 10-10.30 current affairs slot on Pat Kenny, it would be unlistenable altogether.

And even as a smallie, I remember liking the Gay Byrne Show, though that was probably just because of the awesome theme song.

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Mitch epitag wrote: »

Gay Byrne should be on 2fm weekdays 9-Midday. He would trash Ray Darcy in the ratings and bring 2fm back to the glory days of the G Ryan show of 400k plus listeners.

nah couldn't see that working, l'd love to see him back on the late late, the only man to do the job proper imo!

MJ23

He could call the show...

"patronising to the people"

I for one, would definitely not be listening to it, I can't stand him. I switch off those saorview ads the second they come on, can't look at his smug, holier than thou, i have excellent elocution head.

Max Power

No! Let him die in peace.

lertsnim

I wish he would just piss off for good like he was supposed to do years ago.

JonathanAnon

Good idea, and let him present the LLS as well.. given that Tubridy's grandfather tried to get him fired from the LLS many years ago it would be some sweet revenge for Uncle Gabriel Mary.

hmmm, hmmm, hmmmmm

neris

No thanks. The man should be retired completly out of rte. patronising old p**** shouldnt be herd from again.

MJ23

Are you being serious OP or are you having a laugh?

Leave him on Lyric, out of the way, to play a few tunes for the auld wans.

sligojoek

MJ23 wrote: »

Are you being serious OP or are you having a laugh?

Leave him on Lyric, out of the way, to play a few tunes for the auld wans.

As Dustin said. 'Poor old Gay Byrne, God rest him. Playing music by the dead for the nearly dead'

Rebelheart

A patronising, obnoxious arsehole of the highest order. Full of himself.

Annie Murphy? Anybody remember what a thug he was to that much maligned lady in 1993 - even Byrne's comment that Murphy's son will be fine if he's "half the man his father is", to which Murphy responded "I'm not so bad either" before walking off the show?


And who could forget his behaviour towards an invited guest of The Late Late Show in October 1994, and how he refused to shake his hand and encouraged a mob attack led by the emotionally unstable Hugh Leonard of the Sunday Independent on said guest, Gerry Adams? Interestingly when Byrne's Eoghan Harris-inspired stunt backfired hugely and Adams was widely praised Byrne blamed the RTÉ Head of Television, another Sticky named Joe Mulholland, for his refusing to shake hands with the invited guest in question.

Gay Byrne is far too closely aligned with the political culture and prejudices of the Sunday Independent, particularly in its Sticky Eoghan Harris/John Caden incarceration from RTÉ in the 1970s. He is a has been, who is only admired by doddery old grannies who wouldn't have the wit to identify sarcasm, patronisation and an egomaniac.

Byrne, the arrant ceolán, is poisoning Lyric FM with his constant yattering, just as is that other waffler Marty Whelan. I wish RTÉ would keep all the shallow, egomaniac "personalities" away from Lyric FM and allow us to have our oasis of classy, fresh music with presenters who stay in the background and talk only when necessary. If Byrne must be on RTÉ, keep him with the morons who listen to Joe Duffy or the other overpaid waffling sycophants on RTÉ Radio 1.

Rebelheart

MJ23 wrote: »

Leave him on Lyric, out of the way, to play a few tunes for the auld wans.

It's people who think like this who run RTÉ Radio and decided to throw that unbearably self-obsessed waffling arsehole Gay Byrne on Lyric FM in the first place. If anything he should be back in RTÉ Radio 1 where he apparently was so great waffling the arse off Biddy Mulligan the pride of the Coombe.

Byrne lacks the calm, the serenity, the lack of ego, to present on LyricFM. His style is all about him. From the "requests" to the praise, it's all about him. He's a taker, not a giver.

Lyric is the best station in Ireland because it is different, fresh, informative and calming amid the hustle and bustle of life. It is radio decisions which dump "old hands" like Byrne on Lyric FM, out of a sense of loyalty in RTÉ management to said people (in this case Byrne and Marty Whelan), which destroys the niche market for which it was set up to cater.

There is far, far, far too much waffling on Irish radio, and Lyric is the only station which keeps waffling to a minimium. I want to keep it that way, as would most people who value diversity in Irish radio.

Yakuza

The radio forum seems to have a plethora of new registrations coming on to pimp or decry a certain radio personality and then disappearing. Does this happen elsewhere on boards with the same frequency? (See what I did there, boom boom!)

heybaby

Good old gaybo is an institution and the father of telly in this country but he would be the first to admit that he's had his time in the mainstream media. Im quite sure however if he returned to primetime airwaves he would still wipe the floor with all of them Darcy included purely because the blue rinse brigade adore him. Probably time for Gaybo to retire completely and give the next generation a chance.

trishasaffron

Mitch epitag wrote: »

Gay Byrne should be on 2fm weekdays 9-Midday. He would trash Ray Darcy in the ratings and bring 2fm back to the glory days of the G Ryan show of 400k plus listeners.

Hello there Gay or RTE producer or whoever you are! I long ago moved to Lyric or the other patronising gits on BBC R4 to avoid the likes of Gay (funny he makes my skin crawl just like Jimmy S did). Now of course Lyric is a no go zone - otherwise I'd live in terror of hearing the weary tones of yer man.

SEPT 23 1989

You can say what you want about him but the man is a professional,always at the top of his game and i would welcome him back on the radio full time

Big Daddy Cool

The man may be near 80 but in my opinion there is nobody in this country on either radio or television who does an interview better then Gay Byrne. i would love to see him back on the Late Late instead of Tubbers.

trishasaffron

Well I suppose it takes all sorts. But if RTE are interested in finding out what's happening to their listening figures they might like to start catering for the more sophisticated media consumers of today - or perhaps they are happy to cater for the ill-educated Ireland that used to exist in the 1950s and 1960s.

Gay professional? yeh - in the same way that arrogant male consultants were lauded as the ultimate in medical knowledge. He comes across to me as extremely small minded - but I suppose some people feel comfortable with that.

S28382

Sean moncrief would be the ideal person for the 9 - 12 slot

Rebelheart

S28382 wrote: »

Sean moncrief would be the ideal person for the 9 - 12 slot

Yeah, Seán Moncrieff would be much better than anyone else. Although really I'd be happy with Irish radio if I could get Whelan and Byrne and their utter waffle off LyricFM and replaced by quieter, calmer, less egotistical, more intelligent, cultured and empathetic people who know and love music.

T-K-O

You like people talking down to you?

Lennonist

No Gay Byrne should be finished, it's embarrassing that he's still hanging around. 2FM btw should be removed from the tv licence paying support of the public. It is a purely commercial station with no public service output and if it is getting any public funding it should be removed and reallocated elsewhere in RTE.

torrentum

I think he's good. I'm 33 and actually surprise myself by tuning to the time warp every Sunday. In fairness his presentation styles are great and an example to some other presenters. He's old skool, sure, but there's something nice in that.
Agree BTW with the previous posters 2FM opinion.

L1011

If it gets him out of the RSA, by all means do...

ford fiesta

This Sunday is Gay's final show it seems....

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/gay-byrne-says-goodbye-to-rte-but-hes-not-ready-to-retire-just-yet-30127120.html

lertsnim

I'll be able to start listening again

Evan DietrichSmith

sligojoek wrote: »

As Dustin said. 'Poor old Gay Byrne, God rest him. Playing music by the dead for the nearly dead'

Better than playin music on 2fm for the brain dead.

Evan DietrichSmith

heybaby wrote: »

Good old gaybo is an institution and the father of telly in this country but he would be the first to admit that he's had his time in the mainstream media. Im quite sure however if he returned to primetime airwaves he would still wipe the floor with all of them Darcy included purely because the blue rinse brigade adore him. Probably time for Gaybo to retire completely and give the next generation a chance.

If the next generation learn to speak correctly, and spell, I'd endorse that.