Tom Dunne, Newstalk V Today FM

undergroundeye

Just to put it out there, I'm not a Tom Dunne basher. Too be honest I think he has his strengths. However I think morning talk shows were never for him, now he has been moved to the graveyard shift with Newstalk.
Should he have left his nice evening slot with Today FM where he had a loyal fan base and a solid foundation of knowledge

Hootanany

Loved the Today Fm slot, might he be tempted back?

mike65

That Dunne is on NT and the Last Word is on Today FM makes no sense to me. Move Dunne to teatime on Today FM and move Cooper to a late evening discussion slot and boot off Coleman. Sadly, inexplicably Hooky is too popular to drop.

mrkr

Dunne should be back doing a music show, I loved Pet Sounds but found the NT show a bit tedious to listen tbh. I dunno what to think of him doing a late night talk show.

beagle

Back in the day we had 'The Last Word' followed by 'Pet Sounds' and then Donal Dineen. That was good radio.

RachaelVO

beagle wrote: »

Back in the day we had 'The Last Word' followed by 'Pet Sounds' and then Donal Dineen. That was good radio.

Yep, that was good listening alright.

peadar76

beagle wrote: »

Back in the day we had 'The Last Word' followed by 'Pet Sounds' and then Donal Dineen. That was good radio.

yeah, twas great. the last word was good with dunphy, navan man and the drunken politician. and pet sounds was f*cking awesome

touts

mike65 wrote: »

That Dunne is on NT and the Last Word is on Today FM makes no sense to me. Move Dunne to teatime on Today FM and move Cooper to a late evening discussion slot and boot off Coleman. Sadly, inexplicably Hooky is too popular to drop.

I'd say The Last Word and Matt Cooper will move over when Hook retires. That's got to be soon. I agree that's the slot (Today FM 4:30-7) Dunne will then be most suited to. A bit of light chat and a few interviews and phone ins but mainly music. I can't see Dunne being happy to have a late night slot (he has kids) so my bet is he accepted it for a limited time on the promise that another slot was going to open up.

Badabing

touts wrote: »

I'd say The Last Word and Matt Cooper will move over when Hook retires. That's got to be soon. I agree that's the slot (Today FM 4:30-7) Dunne will then be most suited to. A bit of light chat and a few interviews and phone ins but mainly music. I can't see Dunne being happy to have a late night slot (he has kids) so my bet is he accepted it for a limited time on the promise that another slot was going to open up.

I don't think Tom Dunne is in any position to be promised anything or demand a time slot, 55,000 listeners after 5 years in a prime time slot says it all.

Heroditas

touts wrote: »

I'd say The Last Word and Matt Cooper will move over when Hook retires. That's got to be soon.

Hook won't retire for another good while. He spends his whole time rabbiting on about how his pension is worth nothing and how he needs to work.

mike65 wrote: »

That Dunne is on NT and the Last Word is on Today FM makes no sense to me. Move Dunne to teatime on Today FM and move Cooper to a late evening discussion slot and boot off Coleman. Sadly, inexplicably Hooky is too popular to drop.

I bet it's the time slot that is popular, not Hook.

wnolan1992

Badabing wrote: »

I don't think Tom Dunne is in any position to be promised anything or demand a time slot, 55,000 listeners after 5 years in a prime time slot says it all.

I disagree that it says it all tbh. Put Joe Duffy doing a pop music show and he'd struggle to pull in 50,000 listeners. I don't really know what they expected from Tom, it was clear after a year in that slot that he was never going to be a powerhouse in talk radio. At best he was the likable personality of a mid-morning schedule full of dullards.

I agree that he's in no position to be promised a future slot though.

Lovely Bloke

I'd hate to see McLoone moved off his slot.

gobnaitolunacy

Heroditas wrote: »

Hook won't retire for another good while. He spends his whole time rabbiting on about how his pension is worth nothing and how he needs to work.

And rabbiting on about the lovely Ingrid. That woman must be a saint.

donegal11

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I disagree that it says it all tbh. Put Joe Duffy doing a pop music show and he'd struggle to pull in 50,000 listeners. I don't really know what they expected from Tom, it was clear after a year in that slot that he was never going to be a powerhouse in talk radio. At best he was the likable personality of a mid-morning schedule full of dullards.

I agree that he's in no position to be promised a future slot though.

Tom Dunne could do whatever show he'd like but still wouldn't pull in more then 50,000, doubt petsounds did better then that.

Rebelheart

mike65 wrote: »

That Dunne is on NT and the Last Word is on Today FM makes no sense to me. Move Dunne to teatime on Today FM and move Cooper to a late evening discussion slot and boot off Coleman. Sadly, inexplicably Hooky is too popular to drop.

I suspect the large amount of advertising during Cooper's show is keeping Today FM in business. I certainly have no interest in tuning into Today FM were it not for the Last Word. Cooper could, however, offer us a better inquisition of guests (particularly political ones and their claims). Nevertheless, he is a far better presenter than that clown Hook and his juvenile trolling of us all by putting an endless supply of rightwing US lunatics (no need for the tautology, of course) spouting shíte relentlessly.

Eggonyerface

touts wrote: »

I can't see Dunne being happy to have a late night slot (he has kids)

Really? He never mentioned it

Tomk1

If he did a music-talk show, interviews, upcoming events, could work, maybe prerecorded. but ditch the nuddie-pens, pet sounds & no psychic rabbits.