RTE Gold discussion thread

deise man

odyssey06 wrote: »

Loving the Top 100 Cover songs of all time, some covers by George Michael (I Can't Make You Love Me) and Paul Weller (Thinking of You) I'd never heard before

Totally agree. It was really enjoyable. I wonder if rte gold would get more listeners than lyric if it was on fm?

Mickey Mike

deise man wrote: »

Totally agree. It was really enjoyable. I wonder if rte gold would get more listeners than lyric if it was on fm?

RTE Gold so get many many more listeners if on fm instead of Lyric, it would be a bold and brave move and worth it if RTE did, and put Lyric online.

Former Former

deise man wrote: »

Totally agree. It was really enjoyable. I wonder if rte gold would get more listeners than lyric if it was on fm?

It absolutely would, but they can't just put it on FM.

ford fiesta

There is a huge interest out there for an RTE station like RTE Gold with the 80s, 90s, 00s 2FM listener, who are loyal to RTE radio and the presenters such as Will Leahy and Michael Cahill ...but have moved away from 2FM since Dan Healy changed the station.

alzer100

I still think that of all the Irish based "classic hits" formatted stations RTE Gold seems to have the most comprehensive playlist of all
I have great respect for Mike Moloney and for putting together goldradio.ie and I know it's early days but listening to the station over the past few days the playlist strikes me as being a bit too bland.
I think a lot of this comes down to royalty payments for a private commercial venture. All independent commercial stations seem to store a music library of about 600 to 800 songs as part of their business model. From early listening to goldradio, I don't think they are any different. I hope I am wrong as I genuinely think Mike Moloney is an extremely experienced and talented radio guy.
RTE would naturally have the largest popular music library and can afford to pay out all the relevant royalties. Sometimes listening to RTE Gold I hear a song that I have not heard for a very long time as the song may not have made it into the top 20 for a particular year. In other words RTE Gold's playlist isn't "that" predictable and covers a greater time period.
I hope goldradio can expand their playlist so in the scenario that RTE Gold gets the chop, there is a competent replacement.

Infoanon

alzer100 wrote: »

I still think that of all the Irish based "classic hits" formatted stations RTE Gold seems to have the most comprehensive playlist of all
I have great respect for Mike Moloney and for putting together goldradio.ie and I know it's early days but listening to the station over the past few days the playlist strikes me as being a bit too bland.
I think a lot of this comes down to royalty payments for a private commercial venture. All independent commercial stations seem to store a music library of about 600 to 800 .

Music library size has nothing to do with Royalties - it's not eg a television model.

Commercial radio stations have a very selective playlist based on their audience preferences - the playlist is heavily researched and allows for little or no deviation by the presenter / DJ.
The commercial 'Gold' stations eg Capital in the UK or WCBS in New York work of a playlist of 750 songs max and it is normal th hear a track played multiple times in the day.

RTE Gold is not running as a commercial station which allows greater flexibility in what gets played - afaik there are very few restrictions on the RTE Gold playlist.

If in a fantasy world if RTE Gold was to go onto FM then in time it would move to a very reduced commercialised playlist.

Tork

The people behind Gold Radio are probably cursing their bad luck regarding the RTE Gold stay of execution. If the pandemic hadn't hit, RTE Gold would be gone by now and this new station would've been marketed as an alternative.

alzer100

Infoanon wrote: »

Music library size has nothing to do with Royalties - it's not eg a television model.

Commercial radio stations have a very selective playlist based on their audience preferences - the playlist is heavily researched and allows for little or no deviation by the presenter / DJ.
The commercial 'Gold' stations eg Capital in the UK or WCBS in New York work of a playlist of 750 songs max and it is normal th hear a track played multiple times in the day.

RTE Gold is not running as a commercial station which allows greater flexibility in what gets played - afaik there are very few restrictions on the RTE Gold playlist.

If in a fantasy world if RTE Gold was to go onto FM then in time it would move to a very reduced commercialised playlist.

I agree. However, I was hoping goldradio would match RTE Gold's playlist as it was apparently set up to replace. If it's purpose is to replace RTE Gold and it's purely a digital and not an FM operation, I would hope that they would approach their playlist the same way as RTE Gold approach theirs and not from an FM marketing perspective. It's still early days but so far I still have not heard anything that replaces RTE Gold.

thesandeman

Mickey Mike wrote: »

RTE Gold so get many many more listeners if on fm instead of Lyric, it would be a bold and brave move and worth it if RTE did, and put Lyric online.

A lot of people who are listening to the simulcast on Radio 1 are raving about it. Quite a few have said they will follow it once Radio 1 goes back to normal programming.

djemba djemba

I listened to gold since last year. Always found it enjoyable but now wahat is the story with Keith I think, starts at 1pm. Every day he sings over the rte gold sting... Very annoying. Just play the sting.

ka2

I’ve noticed this morning that the text number has changed. Instead of the usual 087 number it’s 51554. Seems like a bit of a backwards step to me because you have to text it, can’t use WhatsApp on a shortcode.

Red Fred

ka2 wrote: »

I’ve noticed this morning that the text number has changed. Instead of the usual 087 number it’s 51554. Seems like a bit of a backwards step to me because you have to text it, can’t use WhatsApp on a shortcode.

I noticed the 51554 number on Gold's website but am confused because as far as I remember that is/was Lyric's text number.

real rocker

Red Fred wrote: »

I noticed the 51554 number on Gold's website but am confused because as far as I remember that is/was Lyric's text number.

I think you have to precede your message with Gold or RTE Gold

ka2

Will Leahy explained the reasoning behind it.

Eric receives the WhatsApp messages in Dublin and would e-mail them down to him in Limerick. But Eric is on holidays for three weeks and they don’t have any other staff to do that because Gold is run on such a shoestring. So the 51554 number is a temporary measure until Eric comes back.

I always suspected that this was the case because Will would comment when he was in Dublin that he could “see your faces” on the WhatsApps.

Mickey Mike

Is the future of RTE Gold secure? now that Gold Radio has failed, I see RTE TV advertising new programs to start on RTE radio 1 extra.

alzer100

Mickey Mike wrote: »

Is the future of RTE Gold secure? now that Gold Radio has failed, I see RTE TV advertising new programs to start on RTE radio 1 extra.

Who knows??

RTE should make an official statement with regards to their position on Gold.

Even if they are fully intent on closing the DAB network, they really should seriously consider retaining RTE Gold as a digital streaming service.

Greatest Hits

Mickey Mike wrote: »

Is the future of RTE Gold secure? now that Gold Radio has failed, I see RTE TV advertising new programs to start on RTE radio 1 extra.

The future of RTÉ Gold should have nothing to do with Gold Radio’s unsuccessful launch.

Looking through some of the posts on this board recently and you'd swear there were no Irish digital alternatives to RTE Gold – there are, and its growing all the time.

Greatest Hits launched on May 1st. We're far from the finished product, but have big plans, and are steadily increasing listeners. It's a hard slog, but very rewarding as numbers climb.

The overall quality of digital stations has improved in recent years. The 90s Network, All Gold, 8Radio, All 80s, Zenith, GCR, Radio Leinster, and our sister station Country Hits are nice Irish alternatives.

I hope for those involved with RTE Gold. at very least, it continues online. It’s a shame Gold Radio didn’t work out, and I wish Mike Moloney well with his new venture. Quality stations, with top broadcasters will simply move more and more people online, until it inevitably becomes the dominant platform (Up to 58% now in the UK – albeit way ahead of us with DAB)

Greatest Hits - Feel Good Flashbacks greatesthits.ie

Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits wrote: »

The future of RTÉ Gold should have nothing to do with Gold Radio’s unsuccessful launch.

Looking through some of the posts on this board recently and you'd swear there were no Irish digital alternatives to RTE Gold – there are, and its growing all the time.

Greatest Hits launched on May 1st. We're far from the finished product, but have big plans, and are steadily increasing listeners. It's a hard slog, but very rewarding as numbers climb.

The overall quality of digital stations has improved in recent years. The 90s Network, All Gold, 8Radio, All 80s, Zenith, GCR, Radio Leinster, and our sister station Country Hits are nice Irish alternatives.

I hope for those involved with RTE Gold. at very least, it continues online. It’s a shame Gold Radio didn’t work out, and I wish Mike Moloney well with his new venture. Quality stations, with top broadcasters will simply move more and more people online, until it inevitably becomes the dominant platform (Up to 58% now in the UK – albeit way ahead of us with DAB)

Greatest Hits - Feel Good Flashbacks greatesthits.ie

That’s great to have more choice! What is the web stream urls for the Greatest Hits and Country stations? I’d like to add them to my Internet radio. You should get them added to the Frontier Nuvelo database which serves Roberts Stream Internet sets!

Greatest Hits

zorro2566 wrote: »

That’s great to have more choice! What is the web stream urls for the Greatest Hits and Country stations? I’d like to add them to my Internet radio. You should get them added to the Frontier Nuvelo database which serves Roberts Stream Internet sets!

Will look into that, thanks

Not allowed post URLs, as we’re a new user! Boards must think we’re trying to promote something 😉

Both are easy to find... greatesthits.ie and countryhits.ie

Guramoogah

I usually listen to RTÉ1 but in these sports-less days of Covid-19, RTÉ Gold is broadcast on RTÉ1 on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I was listening today as I prepared my evening meal and there was a fella named Rick O'Shea playing a song called 'Disco Inferno'. Surely this song was (unofficially) banned from all Irish channels following the Stardust fire in 1981 which took the lives of 48 young people. I realise that O'Shea was probably only a young child at the time of the fire but surely he must have heard of the events or seen it on Reeling In The Years? I still cannot believe that this song was being played today on the main national radio station, where it could be heard by any of the relatives or friends of all of those who were incinerated in that fire. Insensitive behaviour or just pure ignorance?

TheBMG

Guramoogah wrote: »

I usually listen to RTÉ1 but in these sports-less days of Covid-19, RTÉ Gold is broadcast on RTÉ1 on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I was listening today as I prepared my evening meal and there was a fella named Rick O'Shea playing a song called 'Disco Inferno'. Surely this song was (unofficially) banned from all Irish channels following the Stardust fire in 1981 which took the lives of 48 young people. I realise that O'Shea was probably only a young child at the time of the fire but surely he must have heard of the events or seen it on Reeling In The Years? I still cannot believe that this song was being played today on the main national radio station, where it could be heard by any of the relatives or friends of all of those who were incinerated in that fire. Insensitive behaviour or just pure ignorance?

You need to talk to Joe

Guramoogah

TheBMG wrote: »

You need to talk to Joe

Or perhaps the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

Simon201

Loving Keith in the afternoons, I'm sure his humour goes above the head of some but he plays some great gold stuff! He was good on Spin but the other fella seemed to be in control? Wonder if didn't really like playing the young stuff on Spin?

alzer100

Guramoogah wrote: »

I usually listen to RTÉ1 but in these sports-less days of Covid-19, RTÉ Gold is broadcast on RTÉ1 on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I was listening today as I prepared my evening meal and there was a fella named Rick O'Shea playing a song called 'Disco Inferno'. Surely this song was (unofficially) banned from all Irish channels following the Stardust fire in 1981 which took the lives of 48 young people. I realise that O'Shea was probably only a young child at the time of the fire but surely he must have heard of the events or seen it on Reeling In The Years? I still cannot believe that this song was being played today on the main national radio station, where it could be heard by any of the relatives or friends of all of those who were incinerated in that fire. Insensitive behaviour or just pure ignorance?

I am aware of the Stardust tragedy of February of 1981. I know a girl who died there along with two of her brothers.

Look, I don't think that song has any real bearing with respect or rather disrespect to that terrible tragedy.
I think that song was included on the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack which was released four years previous.
If we are to take offense to the playing of that song, we would need to request that every radio station in the world remove it from their playlist.

Declan A Walsh

Guramoogah wrote: »

I usually listen to RTÉ1 but in these sports-less days of Covid-19, RTÉ Gold is broadcast on RTÉ1 on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I was listening today as I prepared my evening meal and there was a fella named Rick O'Shea playing a song called 'Disco Inferno'. Surely this song was (unofficially) banned from all Irish channels following the Stardust fire in 1981 which took the lives of 48 young people. I realise that O'Shea was probably only a young child at the time of the fire but surely he must have heard of the events or seen it on Reeling In The Years? I still cannot believe that this song was being played today on the main national radio station, where it could be heard by any of the relatives or friends of all of those who were incinerated in that fire. Insensitive behaviour or just pure ignorance?

You've never hear of Rick O'Shea before?? Or maybe that was just a turn of phrase. Before he became a mainstay of RTE Gold, he was with 2FM for a number of years.

Simon201 wrote: »

Loving Keith in the afternoons, I'm sure his humour goes above the head of some but he plays some great gold stuff! He was good on Spin but the other fella seemed to be in control? Wonder if didn't really like playing the young stuff on Spin?

That would be Keith Walsh, also from 2FM. The "other fella" he used to present with on Spin is Joe Donnelly. They reunited for a while on Phantom, a station they had also been on previously as a pirate.

ford fiesta

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

You've never hear of Rick O'Shea before?? Or maybe that was just a turn of phrase. Before he became a mainstay of RTE Gold, he was with 2FM for a number of years.

Keith walsh is still part of the 2FM schedule...Sat and Sundays 5pm to 7pm

Declan A Walsh

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

You've never hear of Rick O'Shea before?? Or maybe that was just a turn of phrase. Before he became a mainstay of RTE Gold, he was with 2FM for a number of years.




That would be Keith Walsh, also from 2FM. The "other fella" he used to present with on Spin is Joe Donnelly. They reunited for a while on Phantom, a station they had also been on previously as a pirate.

ford fiesta wrote: »

Keith walsh is still part of the 2FM schedule...Sat and Sundays 5pm to 7pm

You quoted the Rick O'Shea part of my post!

Tork

Didn't Today FM have a show called Disco Inferno years ago?

Damian F

Tork wrote: »

Didn't Today FM have a show called Disco Inferno years ago?

Yep with Declan Meehen Saturday nights 6 till 11, Declan was eventually moved to weekend breakfast and Enda Caldwell took over the Saturday night slot with a chart hits show called Planet Hits.

Tork

Guramoogah really is out of the loop. By about 20 years!