THE KING IS BACK = Ray Foley to join the sound of the nation

Jps penpal

Ray Foley is to take over Saturday and Sunday afternoons on 2fm from June 11th.. Best of luck to him... It will be great having the king back

Atlantic Dawn

Source?

Itssoeasy

Jps penpal wrote: »

Ray Foley is to take over Saturday and Sunday afternoons on 2fm from June 11th.. Best of luck to him... It will be great having the king back

Source ? And out of your hole isn't a credible source btw.

IUA14

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Source ? And out of your hole isn't a credible source btw.

Doesn't bode well that the original poster of the info's account is now closed...

L1011

IUA14 wrote: »

Doesn't bode well that the original poster of the info's account is now closed...

Admittedly, this has happened countless times before with 2FM. New account, info posted, account closed.

It has usually turned out to be true, but not always. From memory, Nicky Byrne, Will Leahy/Rick O'Shea/Colm Hayes getting punted to weekends and Chris Greene joining were all 'announced' in this manner.

We've also been told, not guaranteed to be accurate, that the existing weekend contracts are all about to end.

wnolan1992

I could see this happening, but seen enough one post account rumours to know better than to get my hopes too high.

DopeTech

No Ruth Scott on yesterday. JJ was on instead and said she would be off for the next few weeks. Wonder will she be back for one last farewell show or is she gone already.

cena

Hope Ruth is not leaving 2fm. I miss the banter with her and paddy

L1011

cena wrote: »

Hope Ruth is not leaving 2fm. I miss the banter with her and paddy

Always found they were both better when the other was off.

sligono1

The entire 2fm weekend schedule is poor bar Jenny green and I'd bear will lehay but Saturday morning is pathetic and I don't get Sunday evenings when half the country is driving after 7pm the radio is unlistenable.

Broadcastonfm

sligono1 wrote: »

The entire 2fm weekend schedule is poor bar Jenny green and I'd bear will lehay but Saturday morning is pathetic and I don't get Sunday evenings when half the country is driving after 7pm the radio is unlistenable.

Has anyone any idea where 2fm is heading

zoobizoo

Turned on 2FM on Saturday morning to hear some guy talking about planting seeds with Dave Fanning...

colinod0806

sligono1 wrote: »

The entire 2fm weekend schedule is poor bar Jenny green and I'd bear will lehay but Saturday morning is pathetic and I don't get Sunday evenings when half the country is driving after 7pm the radio is unlistenable.

Half the country are driving after 7pm on a Sunday?

sligono1

Oh don't be so matter of fact will you.will I explain it for you

colinod0806

sligono1 wrote: »

Oh don't be so matter of fact will you.will I explain it for you

Please do. I would have thought after 7pm Sunday was the definition of a graveyard slot.

wnolan1992

colinod0806 wrote: »

Please do. I would have thought after 7pm Sunday was the definition of a graveyard slot.

You'd be surprised actually. Roads are always fairly busy at that time on a Sunday due to a combination of students returning to college after the weekend, families returning from day trips, people doing the weekly shop, people returning from matches, etc.

Wouldn't be "half the country" by any stretch, but I would agree with the poster that there is an unserved market there to be capitalised on.

Patty O Furniture

cena wrote: »

Hope Ruth is not leaving 2fm. I miss the banter with her and paddy

Sounds like it whenever i hear the radio on the bus,
It wasn't when she teamed up with Rick & Ruth in the mornings, was that before or after Marty in the Morning

sligono1 wrote: »

The entire 2fm weekend schedule is poor bar Jenny green and I'd bear will lehay but Saturday morning is pathetic and I don't get Sunday evenings when half the country is driving after 7pm the radio is unlistenable.

I usually tune into Jim O Neill's On The Road Again, if i'm outside, he used to have Classic Gold Sun on afternoons, but is better suited to this timeslot.

wnolan1992 wrote: »

You'd be surprised actually. Roads are always fairly busy at that time on a Sunday due to a combination of students returning to college after the weekend, families returning from day trips, people doing the weekly shop, people returning from matches, etc.

Wouldn't be "half the country" by any stretch, but I would agree with the poster that there is an unserved market there to be capitalised on.

My brother travels on Sun after dinner for work next day, so anything to pass away the 3hrs he drives, is handy!

Btw: JPS Penpal, kinda gives it away somewhat? & doesn't he have history with boards, away back when the two had a 10pm slot?

I wonder is Ray doing both 98fm+2fm, cos didn't Muireann O Connell cover a slot over the Mayday w/end & afaik is with 98fm?

Itssoeasy

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

Sounds like it whenever i hear the radio on the bus,
It wasn't when she teamed up with Rick & Ruth in the mornings, was that before or after Marty in the Morning



I usually tune into Jim O Neill's On The Road Again, if i'm outside, he used to have Classic Gold Sun on afternoons, but is better suited to this timeslot.



My brother travels on Sun after dinner for work next day, so anything to pass away the 3hrs he drives, is handy!

Btw: JPS Penpal, kinda gives it away somewhat? & doesn't he have history with boards, away back when the two had a 10pm slot?

I wonder is Ray doing both 98fm+2fm, cos didn't Muireann O Connell cover a slot over the Mayday w/end & afaik is with 98fm?

Muireann has covered on both 98fm and todayfm but since they are both in the same group it's not that suprising. Ray left 98fm so I don't understand how he could do both 98fm and 2fm. Also that combo wouldn't work IMO.

Euphoria Intensifies

Patty O Furniture wrote:

Sounds like it whenever i hear the radio on the bus, It wasn't when she teamed up with Rick & Ruth in the mornings, was that before or after Marty in the Morning

I believe Marty in the Morning was directly after Rick and Ruth.

mulbot

Now, if only they would get rid of Tracey Clifford-has to be the worst presenter ever

flangemeistro

mulbot wrote: »

Now, if only they would get rid of Tracey Clifford-has to be the worst presenter ever

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Tracy was the only primetime show that actually gained listeners on the last book.
I like her, I switch straight over once Louise Galvin comes on.

mulbot

flangemeistro wrote: »

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Tracy was the only primetime show that actually gained listeners on the last book.
I like her, I switch straight over once Louise Galvin comes on.

No idea,how often do they look at figures? She's not there that long so not sure how they'd do the figures.

Patty O Furniture

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Muireann has covered on both 98fm and todayfm but since they are both in the same group it's not that suprising. Ray left 98fm so I don't understand how he could do both 98fm and 2fm.

I didn't know they were part of the group, i forget how many Do'B owns!
Did Muireann work in the mornings with Ray+JP@98FM?
as i could have sworn i saw a pic with them?
I thought Edele, (not Adele, as she often said:rolleyes:) was still with them?

Also that combo wouldn't work IMO.

Nah, yer right that wouldn't work, as didn't other stations not play Nicky's Euro song, not that wasn't the reason he didn't win:p

mulbot wrote: »

Now, if only they would get rid of Tracey Clifford-has to be the worst presenter ever

On the newsstand i saw there was a special in the Daily mail on Sun, talking about 'new show & those ratings' was the headline!

Euphoria Intensifies wrote: »

I believe Marty in the Morning was directly after Rick and Ruth.

That was it, although now when i think of it, was that the second time he got the heave from 2FM?
As often i heard that Chumbawamba was his unofficial theme tune

liam7831

Think hes had his day, thought he was bigger than he was, ended up on his ar se on 98fm #wipeout

zoobizoo

Poor career choice to leave Today FM where he had successful tenure I felt.

2FM could do with him in the afternoon slot weekdays

seanin4711

King?
Bar set really low

wnolan1992

zoobizoo wrote: »

Poor career choice to leave Today FM where he had successful tenure I felt.

See, I get where you're coming from there, and I both disagree and agree with it.

They said themselves at the time that they probably could have stayed at Today FM indefinitely, but that they had become bored with lunchtimes and wanted to try something new. They'd been doing the lunchtime show for what, 7 years by the time they left?

Plus they've said before that they were getting more money at 98, so I totally get why they moved. Dempsey wasn't going anywhere, so their only real options were to jump ship to 2FM, or stay in the communicorp group and go to 98.

That said, it was a huge gamble that didn't pay off. They've never been that popular in Dublin and Foley's style doesn't really suit uber-tight formatting IMO.


So essentially what I'm getting at is, sure the move didn't work out and has probably damaged his cache as a presenter, but at the time I totally get why they made the move.

zoobizoo

Yeah fair point.

But I think that going to 98 would have been a retrograde step in anyone's career - going from national to local.

Maybe they felt that doing a morning show would have given them leverage to do a morning show nationally.

IUA14

Safe to say this isn't happening...doubt they would have him appear on air with no promotion tomorrow. Interesting to hear Louise Duffy say at the end of her show that after a 3 week holiday Ann Gleeson will be back in a different role at Today FM with "a lot changing around Today FM"...

wnolan1992

IUA14 wrote: »

Safe to say this isn't happening...doubt they would have him appear on air with no promotion tomorrow. Interesting to hear Louise Duffy say at the end of her show that after a 3 week holiday Ann Gleeson will be back in a different role at Today FM with "a lot changing around Today FM"...

That's probably just a reference to Fergal moving to daytime and Phil leaving Friday Night 80's...

While I'd love ti to happen, I just can't see Foley back at Today FM... He seemed to be very bitter about the goings on there while he was at 98.

IUA14

wnolan1992 wrote: »

That's probably just a reference to Fergal moving to daytime and Phil leaving Friday Night 80's...

While I'd love ti to happen, I just can't see Foley back at Today FM... He seemed to be very bitter about the goings on there while he was at 98.

I would imagine when Fergal Darcy takes over from Louise Duffy he will no longer be on weekends aswell!

The new role for Ann on air will be interesting, don't see her fitting with Darcy or any other current show on air right now. As for Foley, I wouldn't hold much stock in the piss taking he did with Today FM when they were at 98, Foley being Foley...sure he ripped 98 to shreds on air at Today FM in the run up to leaving there to go to 98...

wnolan1992

IUA14 wrote: »

I would imagine when Fergal Darcy takes over from Louise Duffy he will no longer be on weekends aswell!

The new role for Ann on air will be interesting, don't see her fitting with Darcy or any other current show on air right now. As for Foley, I wouldn't hold much stock in the piss taking he did with Today FM when they were at 98, Foley being Foley...sure he ripped 98 to shreds on air at Today FM in the run up to leaving there to go to 98...

You could be right. I dunno though, I always got a very bad vibe whenever he was slagging Today FM, both on air at 98 and in the NTN.

Money talks of course, and it's been a year since NTN ended and 6 months since he's been on 98, so who knows.

PhoneMain

JP was on Off the Ball last night doing the weekly review, wasn't listening properly but the lads were saying "Producer JP". Wonder is this correct?

IUA14

PhoneMain wrote: »

JP was on Off the Ball last night doing the weekly review, wasn't listening properly but the lads were saying "Producer JP". Wonder is this correct?

Yep...there he is at the end of this video...guess he took over from Producer Mick?

https://twitter.com/offtheball/status/740975838246674432

jackmcc

Well... was Ray on?

The original post said he would start on the 11th?

More Music

Jps penpal wrote: »

Ray Foley is to take over Saturday and Sunday afternoons on 2fm from June 11th.. Best of luck to him... It will be great having the king back

This couldn't be more wrong. I'm not going to steal anyone's big announcement so I'll keep quite for now

Big announcement very soon.

wnolan1992

More Music wrote: »

This couldn't be more wrong. I'm not going to steal anyone's big announcement so I'll keep quite for now

Big announcement very soon.

If this forum has taught me anything, it's to always, ALWAYS distrust rumours. :P




I hope you're right though. :P

Brother camping

iradio is where I can see him next.

DopeTech

Brother camping wrote: »

iradio is where I can see him next.

I know he used slag off every station but I think he really disliked iradio , he used call it whyradio coz it was so bad. Would really be surprised to see him pop up there.

More Music

Not iRadio.

ford fiesta

mid west radio in mayo and ocean fm in sligo were recently looking for presenters, so maybe there!

wnolan1992

Brother camping wrote: »

iradio is where I can see him next.

A Google search tells me the commute from Dublin to Athlone is 90minutes though. What with him having 2 young kids and regular enough TV work, that could be an issue you'd imagine.

Also wouldn't iRadio be very yoof focused? I don't think he'd really appeal to the bottom end of the 15-34's much these days.

MidlandBlowin

RedFM cause it's the only one not guessed :P :P :P :P

wnolan1992

MidlandBlowin wrote: »

RedFM :P

lol

KC is PD there now isn't he? The two always seemed to get on at Today FM. :pac:

IUA14

I think with his TV commitments and family life safe to say it will be a Dublin based station...safe to assume not Newstalk or Today FM given they have both just announced schedule changes so doubt they will have a separate announcement for Foley. Highly doubtful it would be a local Dublin station though as 98FM wasn't successful...that leave Nova (who are expanding across the country) and 2FM weekdays...hmmm...

gimmick

IUA14 wrote: »

I think with his TV commitments and family life safe to say it will be a Dublin based station...safe to assume not Newstalk or Today FM given they have both just announced schedule changes so doubt they will have a separate announcement for Foley. Highly doubtful it would be a local Dublin station though as 98FM wasn't successful...that leave Nova (who are expanding across the country) and 2FM weekdays...hmmm...

Close. But you are way off.

IUA14

gimmick wrote: »

Close. But you are way off.

I assume the close part refers to location but not station...I am at a loss then, really can't seen any other station he could be off to...

flangemeistro

Guys come on. Stop taking the bait, this has been going on far too long. How can you be close but at the same time be easy off?
You're all being had.

I just noticed I used the term has been in the above comment, fairly apt I suppose as we're talking about Ray Foley.

IUA14

flangemeistro wrote: »

Guys come on. Stop taking the bait, this has been going on far too long. How can you be close but at the same time be easy off?
You're all being had.

I just noticed I used the term has been in the above comment, fairly apt I suppose as we're talking about Ray Foley.

Ah well, sure we will see what happens, I'm not taking things said on Boards too seriously so relax a bit.

Why bother getting involved if he's a ''has been''? Just ignore it surely?

gimmick

flangemeistro wrote: »

Guys come on. Stop taking the bait, this has been going on far too long. How can you be close but at the same time be easy off?
You're all being had.

I just noticed I used the term has been in the above comment, fairly apt I suppose as we're talking about Ray Foley.

Its a Simpsons reference :pac:

wnolan1992

gimmick wrote: »

Its a Simpsons reference :pac:

I almost wish it WAS NewsTalk. :P