DJ earned €60 per day at Radio Station

bbability

Interesting read for all involved or who are thinking of a career in radio. The second most listened to show on Highland Radio on €300 a week before tax.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/top-presenter-at-countrys-most-popular-local-radio-station-on-60-a-day-eat-31152791.html

Geniass

bbability wrote: »

Interesting read for all involved or who are thinking of a career in radio. The second most listened to show on Highland Radio on €300 a week before tax.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/top-presenter-at-countrys-most-popular-local-radio-station-on-60-a-day-eat-31152791.html

The station obviously takes the view that the slot is the second most important because of factors not to do with the presenter. I wonder if it still remains the second best performing show?

It's likely the station took the clients off of him because he wasn't performing well enough. A purely understandable commercial decision. It's rare that on air talent would make good salespeople.

With that said if the company didn't follow certain procedures he may get an award. It looks like most of his income came from the advertising side.

L1011

Radio doesn't pay well in any role but this seems to be an unusual web of issues - I'd not be too surprised if the third and below most listened to shows were on somewhat more if they weren't in sales. Its possible his on-air rate was based on an assumed sales income which would obviously not be there if he was removed from sales.

Its not unusual for staff to work both in sales and on-air though - but sales is usually their primary role. This happens on the larger Dublin stations as well as the regional ILRs.

yosser hughes

It certainly puts in perspective what RTE 'stars' are earning.
Most of them being made millionaires by the state broadcaster.

Preset No.3

yosser hughes wrote: »

It certainly puts in perspective what RTE 'stars' are earning.
Most of them being made millionaires by the state broadcaster.

How exactly does that put it in perspective?

1 regional station versus the national broadcaster. You are not comparing like with like.

Harry Palmr

True, but think of the reach! Think of the reach!

More Music

That is sickening. The more established/older stations who have consistant JNLR's make plenty of money.

The staff in general get poor pay versus the hours and skill put in.

However management pay is pretty good and they usually look after their own.

Unions generally not allowed, except in newsrooms.

Expunge

Quote from that Indo article:
"However the Rabbitt family, he told the tribunal, took out €1.8m from the business over the next three years to service the debts on bank loans taken out to buy the station.

They had also paid €100,000 fees to outside companies who had helped with the purchase of the station and were paying large audit fees “much higher than we would normally pay for those services in Donegal”.

That bit of Charlie Collins's evidence is stunning from this case.

The Independent Broadcasters of Ireland will be having their annual conference in Dublin next Tuesday. The chairman, John Purcell will,of course, start one again with the clownish whinge about how a portion of the licence fee should be distributed to independent radio - to fund the bits of their services they don't want to spend money on.
Maybe a Labour party member like Minister Alex White might discuss with them their responsibilites as employers first.

yosser hughes

Preset No.3 wrote: »

How exactly does that put it in perspective?

1 regional station versus the national broadcaster. You are not comparing like with like.

Obviously I am not.That's why I used the word perspective.
But look at the respective listernships. If you think Tubridy,Darcy, Duffy etc are worth mutiple SIX figure salaries, for a loss making organisation, not fulfilling a public service, then fine.

soc160

bbability wrote: »

Interesting read for all involved or who are thinking of a career in radio. The second most listened to show on Highland Radio on €300 a week before tax.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/top-presenter-at-countrys-most-popular-local-radio-station-on-60-a-day-eat-31152791.html

300e a week is about 1200e a month depending on the month, over the year it's under 15,000 grand so I actually dont think tax would be a big issue here really considering the earning is so low? The DJ accepted the rate with the commercial revune, a strange situation to put yourself in, it wasn't fair for the station to take the money away from him like that though although the title of the post is rather misleading.

yosser hughes wrote: »

Obviously I am not.That's why I used the word perspective.
But look at the respective listernships. If you think Tubridy,Darcy, Duffy etc are worth mutiple SIX figure salaries, for a loss making organisation, not fulfilling a public service, then fine.

The presenters are worth as much as they can suck out of the company in fairness, the anger should be aimed at the management, id leech as much money from my job if I could but they are smart enough to put the foot down and say no because they know we are replacable.

Losty Dublin

L1011 wrote: »

Radio doesn't pay well in any role but this seems to be an unusual web of issues - I'd not be too surprised if the third and below most listened to shows were on somewhat more if they weren't in sales. Its possible his on-air rate was based on an assumed sales income which would obviously not be there if he was removed from sales.

Its not unusual for staff to work both in sales and on-air though - but sales is usually their primary role. This happens on the larger Dublin stations as well as the regional ILRs.

At the very tail of the piece it states that Lynch is looking for €67,000 to cover him for two years. Add that onto his basic salary and you are suddenly looking at €50,000 PA. That's not too shabby a wage to lose and it's no wonder that he was vexed about this being cut. It will be an interesting one to follow, that's fire sure.

bbability

soc160 wrote: »

although the title of the post is rather misleading.

How is it misleading? please explain.

soc160

bbability wrote: »

How is it misleading? please explain.

Well he was earning 60e plus commission from his sales job so he was earning in excess of 60e for a long time, something which he had agreed too. If i'm reading it right he also left a month after the situation became critical? It's a sensationalist headline, the story has more depth and detail.

More Music

This was adjourned last April until July and then adjourned again.

Back again on Tuesday 6th Oct.

More Music

Donegal radio presenter awarded €26,000 for constructive dismissal against Highland Radio. Court find in favour of presenter.

http://www.thejournal.ie/highland-radio-steven-lynch-constructive-dismissal-2443474-Nov2015/

mrsdewinter

L1011 wrote: »

Its not unusual for staff to work both in sales and on-air though - but sales is usually their primary role. This happens on the larger Dublin stations as well as the regional ILRs.

Oof... Really? Is it not kind of weird to be 'the guy off the radio' ringing around to shake down a few ads off listeners?

It's a genuine question: I work in a different branch of the media, one where advertising and editorial are strictly separate.

L1011

mrsdewinter wrote: »

Oof... Really? Is it not kind of weird to be 'the guy off the radio' ringing around to shake down a few ads off listeners?

It's a genuine question: I work in a different branch of the media, one where advertising and editorial are strictly separate.

It's very common. It would usually be music presenters rather than talk show or news staff though.