Second Captains are coming to RTE Radio 1

Skid X

http://thescore.thejournal.ie/second-captains-rte-radio-1503572-Jun2014/?utm_source=twitter_self

AFTER MONTHS IN the radio wilderness, the Second Captains team will be back on the airwaves with a new show on RTÉ Radio One called Second Captains Championship.

The quintet – who parted company with Newstalk in March 2013 - will take over the Sunday evening slot previously occupied by Take Your Point for the summer.
The move isn’t a huge surprise after filming two successful seasons of Second Captains Live for RTÉ television and many will welcome their return to radio.

Interesting. It might shake up the RTE Radio coverage a bit. That 'Take Your Point' phone in was weak.

heybaby

Just announced on twitter, the lads are joining radio 1 .. end of their deal with Irish Times ?

Utopia Parkway

Seems to be just a GAA show on Sunday's at 6. Eoin and Murph. No Ken.

Imagine their IT gig will continue as normal.

CountyHurler

I think the TV show is poor enough... To be fair to the lads, none of them have any experience in front of the camera, but it's all a bit "Student version of Top Gear" for my liking... McDevit keeps looking out in to the crowd, Murphy cant get through one monologue without stumbling over his words, and Ken just sits in the corner hoping that he doesnt get asked a question..

Hopefully a return to radio for them will give the audience a bit more choice, which is always a good thing. I dont know why RTE dont just get rid of Sean Rocks and put them head to head against OTB...

Diabhal Beag

The foot is well and truly in the door. Would definitely say leaving has worked out well for them.

foxtrot101

Meh, Its just gaa and no Ken - not interested.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

No reason RTE won't keep giving them more and more gigs which is good to hear.

Skid X

Could be a great move for Ciaran Murphy, Eoin McDevitt and Mark Horgan. If they can use this as a segway into the broader RTE Sport Department, they will be set up for decades of gainful employment.

They wouldn't want to go demanding Mary Wilson's slot just yet. They are lucky to get back into Radio after making unrealistic demands at Newstalk.

CountyHurler

Skid X wrote: »

They wouldn't want to go demanding Mary Wilson's slot just yet.

chortle, chortle....

foxtrot101

This move to RTE hasn't worked out to well for Ken though. Completely Sidelined in TV series and now cut out of the new radio show. He deserves better I think.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I don't know why they don't push back 'Arena' by an hour and have them on after Drivetime Mon-Fri. Ore else just let them take over 2fm's 'Game On' programme.

foxtrot101

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I don't know why they don't push back 'Arena' by an hour and have them on after Drivetime Mon-Fri. Ore else just let them take over 2fm's 'Game On' programme.

Apparently the TV show will be on 3 times a week in the autumn, so they couldn't do a weekday radio show as well. If it was up to me I know which one I would prefer though. They are much more at home doing radio.

Skid X

heybaby wrote: »

Just announced on twitter, the lads are joining radio 1 .. end of their deal with Irish Times ?

The Irish Times appears to be sponsoring the Radio show, and the podcasts are continuing. It is classic multimedia cross platform pollination, or something

http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2014/0606/622087-second-captains-to-present-radio-1-gaa-show/

The GAA-focussed programme, which is being broadcast in association with the Irish Times, will go out at 6pm on Sundays from 22 June. It will be presented by Eoin McDevitt and Ciaran Murphy ...

We're delighted to add live radio to Second Captains' existing midweek online shows with the Irish Times and Second Captains Live on RTÉ Two,” added Horgan.

Fr Tod Umptious

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

The foot is well and truly in the door. Would definitely say leaving has worked out well for them.

Has it ?
A year and a half without a regular full time gig.
A very short seasonal TV show, now a summer job on the radio.

Deedsie

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Has it ?
A year and a half without a regular full time gig.
A very short seasonal TV show, now a summer job on the radio.

I think there were two 6 episode seasons of the TV show so far. And another on the way? And now they are back on radio too...

It's prob just testing the water. RTÉ were never going to leap in and install them as the sports department straight away. They tested out the working relationship and are clearly happy enough to expand it. More may come in the future.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Has it ?
A year and a half without a regular full time gig.
A very short seasonal TV show, now a summer job on the radio.

A commissioned and then recommissioned TV show, now having a regular RTE radio gig as well as presenting the most popular podcast in the country is hardly a massive step backwards now though is it.
They took a chance leaving Newstalk but I assume they did it with the fully held belief they had brought the show as far as they could. I don't know if they were right or not to do it but one way or another they wanted to move on from it.

Hidalgo

This is most likely a tester. If the summer gig goes well I'd imagine a more regular and weeknight slot would be next.

Diabhal Beag

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Has it ?
A year and a half without a regular full time gig.
A very short seasonal TV show, now a summer job on the radio.

They did get 2 seasons with another on the way, started a fairly popular podcast and are on Radio 1 now all in a year where they could've had nothing going. That's a lot of progress considering they want an all for one deal (obviously Ken knows Dan Shanahan's stats off by heart still). It's all about getting a foot in the door and they've done just that now.

petronius

I loved the lads when they were on Newstalk. How they will fit in on Radio One i dont know.
I would actually like to see them on TV as either with a more light entertainment/sport obsessed view, like this week in the championship, or today in the world cup, or to cover a whole gambit of sports.

pconn062

Shame that it is limited to GAA, which immediately means that I won't be tuning in but lines up perfectly with RTE's obsession with that sport.

Chun the Unavoidable

pconn062 wrote: »

Shame that it is limited to GAA, which immediately means that I won't be tuning in but lines up perfectly with RTE's obsession with that sport.

its a phone in/debate show on summer sundays, in effect a replacement of the one they have had for years. its a bit like slating fanzone on Today FM for being limited to Soccer.

I think that RTE's obsession with GAA may be linked to the hundreds of thousands who listen and watch GAA broadcasting during the summer, same as OTB's GAA obsession.

Deedsie

Enjoyable listening so far... Nice to have them back on live radio

Say Your Number

Jim Carney gives Dave Fanning a run for his money in the quick talking stakes.

Lapin

Good to hear them back and all that but NOT on a Sunday evening.

They were fine on weeknights but Sunday evenings after 6pm belonged to Take Your Point.

It was an excellent programme to listen to on the way home from a game with insightful calls from genuine fans that were at the match too.

This muppetry on now doesn't do it for me.

Skid X

Decent enough show for their first outing.

I prefer the texts/tweets format to the old Take Your Point, the callers tended to go on for ages without saying anything interesting,

Jim Carney should be given longer, he was in flying form.

Deedsie

Lapin wrote: »

Good to hear them back and all that but NOT on a Sunday evening.

They were fine on weeknights but Sunday evenings after 6pm belonged to Take Your Point.

It was an excellent programme to listen to on the way home from a game with insightful calls from genuine fans that were at the match too.

This muppetry on now doesn't do it for me.

If I recall there was a fair bit of muppetry ringing into take your point. I do see what you mean though, it was a great feature of Take Your Point. Maybe the second captains should consider adding a Take Your Point feature.

I'm enjoying it anyway.

Diabhal Beag

That was excellent. Probably a bit to jokey for most though. Loved Murph and Jim Carney at the end.

Hidalgo

Jim will choke himself if he keeps talking t that speed.

I'd love it if they did a few excerpts from his commentary
'a seeuuperb point by big Dan Shanahan' was one he used on more than one occasion.

delaad

Hidalgo wrote: »

Jim will choke himself if he keeps talking t that speed.

I'd love it if they did a few excerpts from his commentary
'a seeuuperb point by big Dan Shanahan' was one he used on more than one occasion.

Anyone remember a Wicklow game during which one of their more doughty defenders, Moses Coffey, performed a particularly spectacular defensive manouevre, not to Jim's liking. His response was something like "In the name of God, Moses, you cant do that!"

Radio5

Pleasantly surprised to hear them on yesterday evening as I drove home from a match. An improvement on Take your Point.

They'd want to get someone to check the stats though- Micheal Quirke has 3 All Ireland medals not 5 AFAIK.

Say Your Number

It was good this evening, the talk about characters was particularly interesting.

Diabhal Beag

Murph just slated a group of Limerick fans. They texted in on the way back from Thurles criticising him for writing off Limerick and Murph immediately on the mark "Wouldn't have thought it would take four people to send in a text". Still laughing 10 minutes later.

Say Your Number

It was funny when they were taking the piss out of Darragh Moloney for saying some Tipperary player (Can't remember who) has the best wrists in the county.

Jim talks even faster than the Limerick manager which is some achievement.

Harry Angstrom

Uncle Jim must be the easiest person to interview. You ask him one question and he rabbits on and on, without even coming up for air

Fr Tod Umptious

Listened to the last 30 mins this show on my way back from Croke Park on Sunday.

Thought it was very poor compared to the Take Your Point show that had been on in previous years.

Now I may have missed the proper analysis at that stage but all it seemed to be was waffle between the presenters and guests.

And the Jim Carney segment was pure filler, him going on about the '73 hurling final, reminded me of 'The Memory Man' Jimmy McGee on 'Know your Sport' back in the day

chinguetti

Heard the full show the first time the other night and it always reminds me of college radio in parts. To me, they sound like they're trying too hard and they're like two lads trying to butt in and say something funnier before the other one does. Sometimes a bit of straight up discussion about a match isn't a bad thing.

Fr Tod Umptious

chinguetti wrote: »

Heard the full show the first time the other night and it always reminds me of college radio in parts. To me, they sound like they're trying too hard and they're like two lads trying to butt in and say something funnier before the other one does. Sometimes a bit of straight up discussion about a match isn't a bad thing.

That sums it up perfectly.

Say Your Number

Enjoyed Uncle Jim talking about past hurling draws.

They are finishing up 15 mins early this week.