Nicky Byrne to replace Colm Hayes

dr Golden

Just announced by will Leahy, Nicky Byrne is to take over the 11-1 talk show on 2fm.

efb

Lolz

Caledonman

Like anyone else, he deserves a chance to see how he gets on, but not holding out much hope. If they go with a more musical chat show, he will be good but don't think he has the skills for a general chat show. I assume Colm will be facilitated in another show, just to keep the wage bill up!!

ButtersSuki

The merry go round, circus and joke that is 2fm continues.

Hayes will probably get a raise! Lol.

Skid X

Once again, Dan Healy does a U turn.

From last July -

New 2fm boss Dan Healy has said the station is to focus on content rather than personalities, and that the Westlife singer won’t be returning.

Nicky covered for Ryan Tubridy recently, and even said he’d love to present more radio for the state broadcaster, but it doesn’t look likely.

“Why would we bring in personalities, when we already have some of the biggest personalities in Irish broadcasting?” he told the Herald.

http://radiotoday.ie/2013/07/no-more-2fm-programmes-for-nicky-byrne/

LeakyGee

Dan Healy. What a bull s*it artist

Atlantic Dawn

From today www.rte.ie/2fm/static/2014/0204/502185-guess-who-just-signed-for-2fm/

Head of 2fm, Dan Healy said: “I am thrilled that Nicky is joining the team. I started to talking to Nicky about 2fm as soon as I arrived. I believe that Nicky will appeal to young audiences through instant likeability and humour. Following our breakfast show announcement last week Nicky is the latest high profile bagging for 2fm....watch this space.”

roshje

Is Colm Hayes on gardening leave at the moment?

ButtersSuki

LeakyGee wrote: »

Dan Healy. What a bull s*it artist

A prerequisite for any job in RTE one suspects.

StaticNoise

Major U-Turn right there.

It's great to see that nepotism is alive and well in RTÉ, that they are being consistently lousy, that Dan doesn't like change and made no difference, and that we can all continue to enjoy a rubbish network.

Piss away the money, lads. Piss it away.

bbability

Nail and coffin spring to mind... It's not attracting me to listen one bit.

e.r

How did they get rid of Jim Jim and were lumbered with Colm Hayes

JoeA3

Proves once and for all that this Dan Healy guy is a total spoofer.

Listening to Will Leahy this evening and he sounds like a man working out his notice. Shame, as I think he's one of their better presenters.

ButtersSuki

e.r wrote: »

How did they get rid of Jim Jim and were lumbered with Colm Hayes

Because Hayes and Gerry Ryan were buddies outside of RTE. Have been for years. I suspect they couldn't get rid of Gerry's pal when Gerry was all powerful in Montrose.

ButtersSuki

Now if only Dan Healy's next move could be Radio 1 and get rid of Joe Duffy and Tubs then I might have some respect for him…..


I was at the match on Sunday. I would estimate there were 40-60 RTE heads (Sales people mainly, but also presenters etc) around the place that I saw (I used to involved in media buying as a client in a former life so would recognize these people quitter easily). Good to see my licence fee is being put to good use…….:rolleyes:

Hannibal Smith

JoeA3 wrote: »

Proves once and for all that this Dan Healy guy is a total spoofer.

Listening to Will Leahy this evening and he sounds like a man working out his notice. Shame, as I think he's one of their better presenters.

I got that feeling too about Will this eve. It's a huge shame

ford fiesta

As brought up in another thread...Dan Healy also confirmed he definitely wasnt getting rid of Hector ...a few weeks later he did!

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/hector-is-not-getting-the-axe-says-2fm-boss-29757165.html

Welsh Megaman

Where's Matthew Bannister when you need him?

mikom

In fairness Nicky was brilliant on the RTE's new show "The hit"..............

bbability

It kinda stinks doesn't it? The only measure I'm taking from it is that one of the latest requirements to have any chance of securing a radio slot on the nations white elephant is having a ridiculous amount of Twitter Followers and having no or little radio presenting experience. #reciepefordisaster

ThisRegard

Who's the target audience for this show? Grown up Westlife fans? Surely he's going to alienate a huge portion of the potential audience.

fatalll

that rte circle is still intact so i see...#jobsfortheboys
ridicolous...Where was the advertisment for this job?

bbability

I'm surprised the gig didn't go to a Noel Kelly recruit. Am I missing something?

finisklin

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Because Hayes and Gerry Ryan were buddies outside of RTE. Have been for years. I suspect they couldn't get rid of Gerry's pal when Gerry was all powerful in Montrose.

How could Gerry influence this when after he passed away? Am I missing something?

Diabhal Beag

It's still an improvement IMO

ButtersSuki

News just in -Lottie Ryan to replace Miriam O'Callaghan on Primetime.......:rolleyes:

StaticNoise

ButtersSuki wrote: »

i was at the match on Sunday. I would estimate there were 40-60 RTE heads [...] around the place that I saw [...] Good to see my licence fee is being put to good use…….:rolleyes:

http://www.rte.ie/about/en/serving-our-audience/2012/0417/317444-rte-and-freedom-of-information/

thesaurus2

For a so-called talk show with music Colm Hayes showed very little interest in talking about anything his listeners wanted to talk about, and he certainly hadn't a clue about music. From the moment he got that slot the show was doomed, with his pompous upper middle class nonsense taking over. He has no empathy with the 'common man' and no interest in music, but give him an upper class twit to talk to and a new Coldplay single to play and he was away. His twitter post tonight just about sums him up. Good riddance to him I say. He was rubbish.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Watch this space. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=#notleaving2fm&amp;src=hash&quot;&gt;#notleaving2fm&lt;/a&gt;.&#10;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=#honest&amp;src=hash&quot;&gt;#honest&lt;/a&gt;.&#10;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=#lovemyRTEparkingspace&amp;src=hash&quot;&gt;#lovemyRTEparkingspace&lt;/a&gt;.&#10;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=#lovetheRTEcanteenespeciallyonfridays&amp;src=hash&quot;&gt;#lovetheRTEcanteenespeciallyonfridays&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=#wheresPatKenny&amp;src=hash&quot;&gt;#wheresPatKenny&lt;/a&gt;??&lt;/p&gt;&mdash; colm hayes (@colmhayes2fm) <a href="

https://twitter.com/colmhayes2fm/statuses/430777530426355712&quot;&gt;February

4, 2014</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

@colmhayes2fm
Watch this space. #notleaving2fm.
#honest.
#lovemyRTEparkingspace.
#lovetheRTEcanteenespeciallyonfridays!#wheresPatKenny??

All in all though, Dan Healy is making a shambels of his new announcements. There seems to be no plan, just sticking announcements out there willy nilly. He should have waited and did a thorough relaunch in one - bang - Here's Nicky, Here's Brezzie, Here's Republic of Telly, Here's yer man from the Voice, here's some of my old pals from iRadio, here's Tubridy who we can't get rid of and there's one of your old favourites on a 6am or in the graveyard shift.

Instead, Hayes goes on "holidays" two weeks into the new year, Leahy a dead man walking for weeks, a job-bridger on breakfast, poor Larry left dangling, Dan Hegarty auditioning for a Phantom show, Hector obviously walking before he was fired.

What will become of Fanning and Larry? Aside from his stupid studio guests on a Saturday, Fanning is brilliant and should be cherished as such. Larry would be grand at at the weekend, but one thing I've noticed in recent weeks, when all the others have either fecked off on hols or sound like their working out their notice, Larry is still enthusiastic about his music, which is how it should be at 2fm. There's enough talking on the other stations.

Infoanon

Have to ask how Tubbs can fit into this line up - 'yuff' breakfast show, then Tubbs, then Nicky Byrne with a music ?? based show (then Larry?) - cannot see this working

dr Golden

Apparently Larry is going to weekends

Infoanon wrote: »

Have to ask how Tubbs can fit into this line up - 'yuff' breakfast show, then Tubbs, then Nicky Byrne with a music ?? based show (then Larry?) - cannot see this working

withless

He's under 40 so that's something. He will be 'great craic'.

QuadLeo

fatalll wrote: »

that rte circle is still intact so i see...#jobsfortheboys
ridicolous...Where was the advertisment for this job?

I don't understand this point. The guy was in one of the biggest boy bands in the world, a huge celebrity (although maybe not quite the status he once had). And has proven he can present with the hit etc... Surely he's a major name for any station to get on their schedule? Hardly jobs for the boys.... Whether his show will be any use is a different matter but I really don't see it as rte looking after a mate. If he had zero experience and wasn't a household name I'd agree with you. As for advertising the job, it looks like rte wanted him, and they offered him the job. Pointless to advertise and hope he applies.

StaticNoise

Hi Dan/Bertie/Nicky's Wife/Cleaner/Nicky himself. I hope you're well!

ButtersSuki

StaticNoise wrote: »

Hi Dan/Bertie/Nicky's Wife/Cleaner/Nicky himself. I hope you're well!

Given the relative level of articulation expressed in the post you refer to, we can safely rrrrrrrrrrrrrule out Bbbbbbbbbertie.

Welsh Megaman

Mr. Bland is on Tubs' show right now

Brace yourself for brown-nosing radio!

bureau2009

ButtersSuki wrote: »

News just in -Lottie Ryan to replace Miriam O'Callaghan on Primetime.......:rolleyes:

No problem there - they're both two of a kind............:eek:

Expunge

Is it possible that this Nicky Byrne thing might turn out to be alright in the medium term if he keeps his gob mostly shut and plays some music?

I know that would be a radical departure for 2 FM during the day, but it is possible, no?

gazzer

Expunge wrote: »

Is it possible that this Nicky Byrne thing might turn out to be alright in the medium term if he keeps his gob mostly shut and plays some music?

I know that would be a radical departure for 2 FM during the day, but it is possible, no?

I wonder if he will bring his Father in Law onto the show for a weekly sports slot. Perhaps every Friday he could come on and do a summary of the weekends games

ButtersSuki

gazzer wrote: »

I wonder if he will bring his Father in Law onto the show for a weekly sports slot. Perhaps every Friday he could come on and do a summary of the weekends games

Ah, "The Premiership" show with Bertie as guest panelist - that was one of the most disgraceful stunts ever by RTE to allow a serving politician (leader of the country actually at the time) effectively an hour and a half of prime time television to show how "down with de ord-in-airy man o' de street" he really was. That he failed to get the players names of not only global superstars but those of his "beloved" Manchester United correct illustrated how little this fraud really knew about the game he was providing his "analysis" on, but given the Bertie love-in that many were engaged in at the time he of course got away with it relatively unscathed.

joi99

Is it true Lottie Ryan will be co-presenting with him?? :mad::mad::mad:

ButtersSuki

joi99 wrote: »

Is it true Lottie Ryan will be co-presenting with him?? :mad::mad::mad:

Ah here…...

thesaurus2

Sweet jaysus. privileged child of former broadcaster gets gig on basis of who she is. I thought Dan Healy was about talent not nepotism? I heard her "contributions" to Colm Hayes before I gave up on his show and they were pathetic. Her tweets are even worse.

JoeA3

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Ah, "The Premiership" show with Bertie as guest panelist - that was one of the most disgraceful stunts ever by RTE to allow a serving politician (leader of the country actually at the time) effectively an hour and a half of prime time television to show how "down with de ord-in-airy man o' de street" he really was. That he failed to get the players names of not only global superstars but those of his "beloved" Manchester United correct illustrated how little this fraud really knew about the game he was providing his "analysis" on, but given the Bertie love-in that many were engaged in at the time he of course got away with it relatively unscathed.

I remember this well. It was cringe-worthy television. He actually "got away with it" at the time because it was the Saturday evening before 9/11. Don't ask me how I remember that! But as a result, Bertie's soccer punditry debut soon became yesterday's news.

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Where's Matthew Bannister when you need him?

Very true, never was someone like Matthew Bannister so badly needed.

'The Nations Favourite: True Adventures of Radio 1' by Matthew Garfield is a great fly on the wall account of how Bannister dismantled and rebuilt BBC Radio 1. You can pick it up on ebay for a few euro. In some ways, 2FM would be a far easier task because their ratings have fallen so much.

And there must be talent around the local stations and pirates who could make 2FM into an energetic youth station which has some relevance.

dr Golden

What s the matter with you people. ? Big changes are coming to 2fm as well as new talent.

Skid X wrote: »

Very true, never was someone like Matthew Bannister so badly needed.

'The Nations Favourite: True Adventures of Radio 1' by Matthew Garfield is a great fly on the wall account of how Bannister dismantled and rebuilt BBC Radio 1. You can pick it up on ebay for a few euro. In some ways, 2FM would be a far easier task because their ratings have fallen so much.

And there must be talent around the local stations and pirates who could make 2FM into an energetic youth station which has some relevance.

Welsh Megaman

Byrne said this morning he will be co-presenting with a female DJ - looks like it will be Lottie...stupid that even a co-presenting slot can't be given to a new/non-RTE talent.

michael999999

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Byrne said this morning he will be co-presenting with a female DJ - looks like it will be Lottie...stupid that even a co-presenting slot can't be given to a new/non-RTE talent.

Lottie Ryan has no talent whatsoever. Its a disgrace that just because of who's daughter she is, that she is given a job on national radio.

If her time filling in on Saturday morning breakfast is anything to go by, 2 FM may as well close up shop now!

ButtersSuki

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Byrne said this morning he will be co-presenting with a female DJ - looks like it will be Lottie...stupid that even a co-presenting slot can't be given to a new/non-RTE talent.

Could be Twink……….lol.:rolleyes::D

What are Ryan's other kids going to do with Lottie getting all of these jobs?

Skid X

Putting Lottie Ryan into a full time radio job makes as much sense as a Premier League team buying Callum Best.

She just isn't cut out for Radio.

L1011

Seem to be taking the approach the telco I worked for in the mists of time had - lets through two newbies at one job and they should muck through it...

Itssoeasy

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Could be Twink……….lol.:rolleyes::

Or maxi ?