The Today with Myles Dungan Thread

mike65

Hey, c'mon give him a chance!

limnam

great theme tune!

Loafing Oaf

Todaypk now means 'today post-Kenny': thought fir a moment he wasn't going to mention it at all!

Yakuza

The RTE radio site has done a Stalinesque airbrushing of PK - it's almost the same photo as before, taken from the same angle (URL and email remains the same (for now))

serfboard

Yakuza wrote: »

The RTE radio site has done a Stalinesque airbrushing of PK - it's almost the same photo as before, taken from the same angle (URL and email remains the same (for now))

I'd have been more Stalinesque if it was me in charge. I'd have changed the email straight away.

I'd also have changed/redirected the URL (http://www.rte.ie/radio1/today-with-pat-kenny/).

padd b1975

Myles is actually not that bad, but needs to be kept on a tight leash as regards history slots and his own asides to show how knowledgeable he is on certain topics.

Could be worth a punt in the slot, but given today's figures on the operating deficit, I doubt RTE are in a punting mood right now.

serfboard

padd b1975 wrote: »

Myles ... needs to be kept on a tight leash as regards ... his own asides to show how knowledgeable he is on certain topics.

Are you sure it's Myles you're talking about?

P. Breathnach

serfboard wrote: »

I'd have been more Stalinesque if it was me in charge. I'd have changed the email straight away....

RTÉ have been paying attention to you!

artful_codger

Govt Mouthpiece FM

JonathanAnon

What and the Revenue's system conveniently cant detect that the payment was already made? Typical pass the book civil servant alright... Everybody paying now to make up for the mess the department of finance made of the country..

IvyTheTerrible

God that ones brother was in Burma - I read a bit about the POWs there, it was hellish. Easy for a bunch of dossers to jeer at him in the Liberties.

spank_inferno

Fionnan is quite the shill isnt he!

endas donkey

joan burton for a nobel prize next. Shes great isn't she and fine gael are the best now that rabitte has got rte more money

P. Breathnach

"it's called The Today Show; it's always been called that."

IvyTheTerrible

Well the ratings for this thread have gone way done since Kenny jumped ship, will the show go the same way?

Harry Angstrom

Dungan's constant historical references are really starting to grate. He even managed to drop one into the sports news there. Twit.

mike65

To be fair its always quieter with Dungan at the helm plus its August.

edit - ****ing hell he's clocked off!

Loafing Oaf

Cutting Myles off at 11.30 for the rest of his stand-in period. I think we can rule him out as the long-term successor...

JonathanAnon

mike65 wrote: »

edit - ****ing hell he's clocked off!

Collins on at 11.30... This displeases me... does this mean I have to endure either a half hour of Collins or Tom Dunne for the next few months between 11.30 and 12?

IvyTheTerrible

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Cutting Myles off at 11.30 for the rest of his stand-in period. I think we can rule him out as the long-term successor...

They do that every August, in fairness.

mike65

Try the iplayer for BBC radio 4 extra.

JonathanAnon

You'd think RTE would be really pushing things to try to retain The Today Show listenership with the four week head start that they have... Not just dole out the same "everybody's off for the summer" schedule..

constitutionus

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

They do that every August, in fairness.

which TBH makes no fecking sense whatsoever.

whomever is doing the job is standing in for pat, why the fup are we getting less content for what should be cheaper wages ?

do a bleeding movie slot or something.

IvyTheTerrible

constitutionus wrote: »

which TBH makes no fecking sense whatsoever.

whomever is doing the job is standing in for pat, why the fup are we getting less content for what should be cheaper wages ?

do a bleeding movie slot or something.

I agree completely! I just was pointing out that the fact the show is a half hour shorter doesn't have anything to do with who RTE want to replace Pat Kenny.

P. Breathnach

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

They do that every August, in fairness.

In general, there is less material for current affairs programmes in August - Dáil in recess; fewer courts in session; lots of people who might be making news away on holiday. So if the same time were given to the programme, there would be even more magazine-type stuff.

Ciaran

With 5 minutes just spent on someone losing a jumper at a GAA game, I think it's probably just as well that they're finishing 30 minutes early.

Harry Angstrom

Ciaran wrote: »

With 5 minutes just spent on someone losing a jumper at a GAA game, I think it's probably just as well that they're finishing 30 minutes early.

The silly season has officially started.

IvyTheTerrible

That was baffling.

Lenin Skynard

"So what do you think of us Irish? Aren't we great sure!"

mike65

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHIPAc0wwAY

neris

Myles keeping the barn yard music going even after pat has fled the building

P. Breathnach

neris wrote: »

Myles keeping the barn yard music going even after pat has fled the building

Who controls the content of the programme?

RayserSharp

I think he's brilliant. I have always wondered why he is just an understudy to fill in when others are absent. They are talking about moving Tubridy back from 2FM. Just give the gig to Dungan and be done with it.

Going Forward

Apprentice on the sound desk morning, every phone conversation has echoes caused by over spill.

gordongekko

sausage and jam. Only des could come up with that.

Roger_007

Has Myles moved in on Joe Duffy's territory as Dublin historian. I thought this was a current affairs program. This stuff happened 100 years ago ffs. Has the word 'current' been redefined by RTE.

neris

Show should be renamed the history today with myles.

In fairness to myles though hes probably more informed and aware of facts on Dublin history unlike Joe who makes up history to suit his agenda and pet projects

mike65

God Myles, stop boring me.

Roger_007

neris wrote: »

Show should be renamed the history today with myles.

In fairness to myles though hes probably more informed and aware of facts on Dublin history unlike Joe who makes up history to suit his agenda and pet projects

If Myles carries on like this there will be more than the reported 100,000 listeners moving to Newstalk.

P. Breathnach

I expected some negative comments on the piece about the 1913 lockout.

It was partly a promo for a series that RTE is going to broadcast this month. It's fairly standard RTE practice to promote their own content in such a way.

The 100th anniversary of the event is coming up at the end of this month. Indirectly, that makes it of current interest.

At least one listener found it interesting. Certainly more to my liking than a promotion for a little-known musician or band from Letterkenny or Kentucky.

Going Forward

neris wrote: »

Show should be renamed the history today with myles.

In fairness to myles though hes probably more informed and aware of facts on Dublin history unlike Joe who makes up history to suit his agenda and pet projects

What are his projects and agenda?

Going Forward

Has Marie Louise O Donnell been on to gush about anything mundane since Myles sat in?

Lapin

Going Forward wrote: »

Has Marie Louise O Donnell been on to gush about anything mundane since Myles sat in?

I'd say she takes her holidays from the airwaves to coincide with the summer recess in her other part time job at the Seanad.

So with a bit of luck she'll be on a permanent holiday and recess from both duties after the upcoming referendum.

RayM

Today with Seán O'Rourke

That settles it - no need to switch over to Newstalk. He's at least as good as Pat Kenny.

efb

Big SOR fan, likes this. Who gets News at One?

alaimacerc

Roger_007 wrote: »

Has Myles moved in on Joe Duffy's territory as Dublin historian. I thought this was a current affairs program. This stuff happened 100 years ago ffs. Has the word 'current' been redefined by RTE.

neris wrote: »

Show should be renamed the history today with myles.

In fairness to myles though hes probably more informed and aware of facts on Dublin history unlike Joe who makes up history to suit his agenda and pet projects

Couldn't we just farm Duffy out as the Mad Abbott of Clontarf, have Dungan take over the early afternoon slot, save another bundle of cash, and continue the (admittedly slow-incremental at best) improvement of the RTE1 schedule?

mike65

Shortest superthread on radio.

Loafing Oaf

mike65 wrote: »

Shortest superthread on radio.

Bit to go yet. Maybe mild Myles will react like this guy when Sean arrives to turf him out of the Today studio:

JonathanAnon

Valerie Cox

the_monkey

unreal that this can happen in 2013 ... disgracefull ... sure didn't they just recently treat the sewage from Howth ?

touts

Bloody hell another "President Kennedy and Ireland" segment. I'd say we don't go a week without a segment on either the 1913 lockout or President Kennedy. Stories mentioning Kennedy must get more airtime than stories mentioning Obama.