Post George Hook September 2016

kneemos

Heard him say he's going in September. Who would be a good replacement for the contrary old goat?
Shane Colman I like,better in small doses though.
Ian O'Dorherty maybe,they love that guy.
Nobody else springs to mind immediately.

Birneybau

kneemos wrote: »

Heard him say he's going in September. Who would be a good replacement for the contrary old goat?
Shane Colman I like,better in small doses though.
Ian O'Dorherty maybe,they love that guy.
Nobody else springs to mind immediately.

Pulls up a chair.

leonards

kneemos wrote: »

Heard him say he's going in September. Who would be a good replacement for the contrary old goat?
Shane Colman I like,better in small doses though.
Ian O'Dorherty maybe,they love that guy.
Nobody else springs to mind immediately.

Ivon Yates?

Brave_Horatius

Birneybau wrote: »

Pulls up a chair.

It'd be... Interesting at least. I've never heard iod do a full timeslot though, it's usually as a guest for 15 mins max.

seachto7

What about Moncrieff in that spot? Or Jonathan Healy?

soc160

Ivan Yates seems like a good choice, the problem is you have a hole in your schedule then at breakfast, but i imagine with Ivan's other commitments and age breakfast isn't ideal for him anymore.

It's a more personality driven show rather than a typical presenter, so I don't see Coleman getting it.

PeterTheEighth

God, the thoughts of having to listen to Mary Wilson at 4.30pm doesnt bear thinking about.

wnolan1992

Ivan Yates would seem a logical move, with Shane Coleman joining Chris on Breakfast then.

What I would like to happen is see Cooper move over from Today FM and make Today FM fully music driven 7-7, with NT being the talk alternative. Potentially bring Ray Foley back to do drive on Today FM then.

If they want to keep the Donoghue-Yates partnership going and the Cooper switch isn't possible, then maybe Shane Coleman or Aigneala Flannery might get a shot.

gimmick

Never understood why Today and Newstalk have competing shows on at the same time given they are essentially sister stations.

padd b1975

gimmick wrote: »

Never understood why Today and Newstalk have competing shows on at the same time given they are essentially sister stations.

Lol.

How many RTE and BBC stations are running side by side???

robo

I would second the move for Matt Cooper - but then what happens to the regular guests cos they have different ones - eg the US guest on TodayFM is Cal Thomas & does Hook still have Michael Graham? Well which gets the cut? Don't agree with Cal, but always find him interesting.

Is there a market for both shows to continue & do some guests who are topical on the day go from each of the studios for interviews - overlapping?

Claude Burgundy

robo wrote: »

I would second the move for Matt Cooper - but then what happens to the regular guests cos they have different ones - eg the US guest on TodayFM is Cal Thomas & does Hook still have Michael Graham? Well which gets the cut? Don't agree with Cal, but always find him interesting.

Is there a market for both shows to continue & do some guests who are topical on the day go from each of the studios for interviews - overlapping?

His show he brings on who he wants BUT the idea that George going would lead to Foley coming back is one loudmouth gob$hite for another !

Its Yates for me, silly for Today FM to risk a high rating show.

TheHomeService

I suspect Yates wants it, hence his increasingly belligerent and curmudgeonly act in the mornings.

Frynge

Dr Ciara Kelly!






















Runs away.

Claude Burgundy

Frynge wrote: »

Dr Ciara Kelly!






















Runs away.

I don't know who you are. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you withdraw that comment, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you...............

SEPT 23 1989

O'Dorherty would be good but he would only last a week:D

soc160

Never understood the idea of Cooper moving over from today fms perspective, why would you risk a big show and a drop off in ratings for the sake of continuity of music. If both shows are ratings winners then it's more beneficial for DOB.

Its gonna be some journalist/celeb or what not and not an actual presenter like Chris or Shane Coleman.

Mr Snow

richard chambers gets my vote he was a good stand in at lunchtime. he needs a full time show

meeeeh

Pat Rabitte was mentioned as possible replacement before. I don't doubt his skills as a guest but I don't know about his ability to pull off the whole show.

Say Your Number

Surely it'll be the glorious return of the Second Captains, DOB wouldn't be the type to hold a grudge, it could feature the long awaited return of Dog Chat and Ken Early's Philosophy Hour.

jimmyw

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kneemos wrote: »

Heard him say he's going in September. Who would be a good replacement for the contrary old goat?
Shane Colman I like,better in small doses though.
Ian O'Dorherty maybe,they love that guy.
Nobody else springs to mind immediately.

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wnolan1992 wrote: »

Ivan Yates would seem a logical move, with Shane Coleman joining Chris on Breakfast then.

If they want to keep the Donoghue-Yates partnership going and the Cooper switch isn't possible, then maybe Shane Coleman or Aigneala Flannery might get a shot.

Frynge wrote: »

Dr Ciara Kelly!

Good choice, why not a woman!!


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soc160 wrote: »

Its gonna be some journalist/celeb or what not and not an actual presenter like Chris or Shane Coleman.

* I HOPE NOT!!!!!!!

newcavanman

I would think its very likely it will be Pat Kenny. The midmorning show is not working as we all expected. Sean O'Rourke is more than holding his own and has amply filled Pats shoes. The thoughts of a damp squib like Chris Donoghue or Shane Coleman taking the drive time slot would drive you to dispair. They are both useless, very very poor interviewers. Id dont see Yates leaving Breakfast, he has it well sussed there, and Chris makes him look great, even on a bad day. matt Cooper is just like donoghue or Coleman on steroids. He is another very poor interviewer who believes in giving easy sympathetic chats to those whose causes he believes in. No nasty questions if he likes you.
Say what you like about the Hookster, he does ask the questions that we all want to be asked

Canadel

Glad to hear George has decided to sling his hook.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Yates has declared interest in the past. He doesn't like the early starts which come with doing breakfast.

Canadel

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Yates has declared interest in the past. He doesn't like the early starts which come with doing breakfast.

Typical Newstalk mentality. Afraid of hard work themselves but not afraid to accuse others of not working hard enough.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Canadel wrote: »

Typical Newstalk mentality. Afraid of hard work themselves but not afraid to accuse others of not working hard enough.

In fairness I wouldn't accuse Ivan of being afraid of hard work considering that he ran his family farm, was elected as a TD and held a ministerial position and built up a nationwide chain of bookmakers (even if it did go belly up in the end).

meeeeh

I wouldn't want to be up that early, especially if you have also other engagements like Yates does. I think he does a lot of corporate stuff too.

Anyway I think Yates is better bouncing off another Co-presenter and I quite like him in the morning.

Expunge

Is there anything to be said for Moncreiff to be given a go? Lord knows he's done his time conducting essentially the same interview over and over again for years. He might be good in it.

Say Your Number

Expunge wrote: »

Is there anything to be said for Moncreiff to be given a go? Lord knows he's done his time conducting essentially the same interview over and over again for years. He might be good in it.

Doesn't his current show cover a wide range of topics? I would have thought a show where politics is main focus would be more repetitive than that.

Expunge

Every time I listen it's some quirky subject with either a U.S. or UK author. You could well be right though. He's very experienced at this stage. He seems to follow a liberal template and is not afraid to defend that.
Similar to Hook in having a strong stance through which all issues are treated.
Just a different stance.

I think his time for a move could have come.

kneemos

Expunge wrote: »

Is there anything to be said for Moncreiff to be given a go? Lord knows he's done his time conducting essentially the same interview over and over again for years. He might be good in it.

There's two things to be said against it.

Tara Duggan.

Ol' Donie

Expunge wrote: »

Is there anything to be said for Moncreiff to be given a go? Lord knows he's done his time conducting essentially the same interview over and over again for years. He might be good in it.

No! Stop that! Stop that now!

Moncrieff gets me through the afternoon. Just leave it alone!

Meanwhile, i seem to remember Ciara Kelly was good when she was standing in for George. That's right. That's what I said, dudes.

PeterTheEighth

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

O'Dorherty would be good but he would only last a week:D

It would be an interesting social experiment just to see who he would end up sitting beside in the canteen. Can you imagine him sharing a table with Chris Donoghue and a breastfeeding Dil Wickremasinghe.

StaticNoise

I think that it would make sense:

- Move Cooper to Today FM
- Extend Dermot and Dave to 3:30pm
- Louise until 5pm
- Tom Dunne from 5pm to 7pm

farmerjj

StaticNoise wrote: »

I think that it would make sense:

- Move Cooper to Today FM
- Extend Dermot and Dave to 3:30pm
- Louise until 5pm
- Tom Dunne from 5pm to 7pm

Good way of getting rid of today fm anyway,d & d are terrible all they do is chuckle away at each others"jokes", I,d say Moncrieff is the best man for the job, even do I will miss g hooks take on things

AwaitYourReply

George Hook on The Right Hook has become a unique institution on NewsTalk 106-108 and I gotta say I have found him a much better radio presenter in comparison to his latter days as a TV pundit on RTÉ 2 TV rugby panel. George's NewsTalk 4:30-7:00pm weekday radio show is lively and quite varied in terms of the topics covered, pool of guests & regular contributors and the selection of issues raised.

I admire Matt Cooper as an excellent journalist and also a former editor of the now defunct newspaper: The Sunday Tribune and he has improved on those TV3 sports programmes especially in more recent times. That said, in the days that NewsTalk was only available in the Greater Dublin area I would have listened a lot to "The Last Word" radio show on Today FM but I miss the style used in the early years of that show when the anchor presenter was: Eamonn Dunphy who used have an excellent production team including Stuart Carolan and you had a lot more humourous sketches interspersed in the show from "Navan Man", "The Drunken Politician" and later you also had "Dr. Bill" (Dr. Bill played by DJ Tom Dunne) Then the show lost much of the humour and banter balance that used act as a great counterbalance after serious topics were covered and the show needed more variety and not so much of Matt's serious tone all the time as it loses it's impact without the light entertainment mix.

As for who do i reckon will succeed George Hook after September/October? My head is saying senior management at Denis O'Brien's Communicorp in Marconi House will probably use the opportunity of doing some consolidation where major duplicity occurs across both Irish national radio stations rather than a continuation of both doing same thing with "The Last Word" on Today FM and also a News/Politics/Current Affairs show at drivetime on NewsTalk 106-108fm. A big loud personality like George from his beloved Cork could carry it but once he goes, I expect big changes and reorganisation in schedules. Something tells me Matt Cooper will bring "The Last Word" show over from Today FM to NewsTalk but I hope that does not happen as I no longer enjoy the style of The Last Word as it changed too much after 2010 and I will probably end up switching to RTÉ Radio 1 instead.

If The Last Word was to continue with Matt Cooper on Today FM after September I would be very very surprised

Otherwise, some contenders that could replace George Hook may include any of the following:

Ivan Yates (His partnership with Chris Donoghue on NewsTalk Breakfast is good)
Shane Coleman (Former NewsTalk Business Editor, maybe they will tempt him back to Newstalk in a full time well paid role)
Marc Coleman (unless he prefer Political Editor/The Sunday Show/relief presenter roles)
Kevin Myers used often stand-in for Dunphy on The Last Word over the years
Sean Moncrieff (switch from 1:30-4:30pm slot and replace with Tara Duggan)
Eamonn Dunphy former presenter of The Last Word on Today FM from 1997-2002 period
Pat Kenny (He launched & presented Today At 5 drivetime show on RTÉ Radio 1
Hugh Linehan used often stand-in for Dunphy/Cooper on The Last Word over the years
Audrey Carville - experienced news+current affairs presenter with both RTÉ & BBC
Claire Byrne (RTÉ TV current affairs host)
Colette Fitzpatrick (TV3 News anchor)
Alison Comyn (UTV Ireland news anchor)
Declan Carthy (used present Late Nite Live on NewsTalk)
Eamon Keane (former Lunchtime presenter)
Jonathan Healy (Lunchtime presenter from Cork)
David Harvey (former 4FM presenter)
Alan Cantwell (TV3 News anchor)
Vincent Browne (should he decide to come off late night broadcasting on TV3 for health reasons)

ShagNastii

Yeats would be quite a natural replacement. And I'd imagine he'd be bulling to get it. Would leave a void in the breakfast but I think Shane Coleman is a fine presenter and shares great chemistry Chris OD. Would there be any chance of Ivan AND Chris moving to drivetime.

Wouldn't be one bit surprised if NT placed a women in the time slot just cause.

Kenny has been mentioned. I would be all for that too. Always fine him straight shooting. Never is fearful to cut the crap aqnd call a spade a spade, much like beloved Hooky.

ghostdancer

if i was to bet, I'd say Yates to Hook's slot, then Tara Duggan or another woman to fill the breakfast show vacancy.

ghostdancer

AwaitYourReply wrote: »

Shane Coleman (Former NewsTalk Business Editor, maybe they will tempt him back to Newstalk in a full time well paid role)
Marc Coleman (unless he prefer Political Editor/The Sunday Show/relief presenter roles)

you have the 2 of them mixed up. Shane Coleman is the political editor/Sunday Show presenter.

Iang87

kneemos wrote: »

There's two things to be said against it.

Tara Duggan.

Is Tara Duggan the one that sits in for moncrieff when he's out

wnolan1992

ghostdancer wrote: »

if i was to bet, I'd say Yates to Hook's slot, then Tara Duggan or another woman to fill the breakfast show vacancy.

Shona Murray or Colette Fitzpatrick might be a good shout if they were going down that route.

Neither of which I'd particularly relish hearing every morning if I was being honest (I think Shona is really good at the reports she does, I just can't see myself listening to a show where she's the main presenter 5 days a week).

kneemos

Iang87 wrote: »

Is Tara Duggan the one that sits in for moncrieff when he's out

Uh huh.

Iang87

Not a fan of her now I must say. I cant put my finger on why but I can't take to her

heebusjeebus

I really like Neil Delamare and what he does on his weekend show.
I think he'd be a good option to take over from Hook.

ThisRegard

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Meanwhile, i seem to remember Ciara Kelly was good when she was standing in for George. That's right. That's what I said, dudes.

I said it before, and I'll say it again, I think she's good and she handles herself well on the Friday get together shows. I'm sure though she has enough on her plate with her GP practice.

crkball6

meeeeh wrote: »

Pat Rabitte was mentioned as possible replacement before. I don't doubt his skills as a guest but I don't know about his ability to pull off the whole show.

Pat would be perfect for the slot. Perfect.

But I think he might have problems with the lighter side of things.

LostinBlanch

crkball6 wrote: »

Pat would be perfect for the slot. Perfect.

But I think he might have problems with the lighter side of things.

Perfect if you want people to turn the dial to Matt Cooper or somewhere else.

Another arrogant, failed ex politician not satisfied with his €2 million pension pot, busy looking for another trough to stuff his snout into.

No thanks.

Euphoria Intensifies

If Pat Rabbitte gets a regular slot on radio it'll be more than.the dial I'll be moving. The fecking radio will move out the window.

kneemos

Euphoria Intensifies wrote: »

If Pat Rabbitte gets a regular slot on radio it'll be more than.the dial I'll be moving. The fecking radio will move out the window.

Not gifted for radio I'd say.Even being interviewed I tend drift off.

crkball6

LostinBlanch wrote: »

Perfect if you want people to turn the dial to Matt Cooper or somewhere else.

Another arrogant, failed ex politician not satisfied with his €2 million pension pot

Pretty much why he'd be perfect :pac:

soc160

AwaitYourReply wrote: »

Shane Coleman (Former NewsTalk Business Editor, maybe they will tempt him back to Newstalk in a full time well paid role)

IS he gone from Newstalk, he was on Pat Kenny last week?