Will Leahy’s Breakfast Show on RTE Gold

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Mikey From Dublin

Is anybody still listening to will Leahys gold breakfast since the demise of DAB or are RTE basically paying him to talk to himself?

Brian CivilEng

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117892494#Comment_117892494

I listen every morning.

ford fiesta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117892494#Comment_117892494

RTE Gold is a very popular station. I doubt many people listened on DAB anyway

Glaceon

I still listen on the bus when I’m working in the office, usually two or three times a week. I noticed they’ve gone back to the original intro at 7am, not sure if it’s down to Eric being off. I miss DAB though, had a lot of problems with the stream this morning.

Brian CivilEng

Listeners on DAB were never counted in any case so who knows.

Still, RTÉ Gold is a great station, no matter how it broadcasts.

HildaOgdenx

I listen to Gold a lot, listening right now, in fact.

ford fiesta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117893127#Comment_117893127

I 100% "LOVE" RTE Gold - but the Text messages / Whats App line not being active, due to Eric being on holidays is just ridiculous.

Why can't the presenter, or someone else, not man this line?

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117911875#Comment_117911875

Honestly it's RTE I wouldn't be surprised if its a clause in their Union for presenters not to read them out.

ford fiesta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117945548#Comment_117945548

RTE Gold presenters usually read whatsapp and text messages out, though only when a broadcast assistant (Eric) is working on the shows.

It seems Eric is the only person who can directly receive the messages and then he forwards them (remotely) to the presenter in studio.

Glaceon

Will was asked about this before and he said it's because the WhatsApp phone is in Dublin. WhatsApp Web also requires you to have the phone on you, or at least it did before. So the broadcast assistant (Eric, formerly Niamh McManus) gets the messages in Dublin and forwards them to Will in Limerick. On the odd occasion that he presents the show from Dublin, he has commented that he can "see your faces" because he has direct access to WhatsApp when in Dublin.

On one occasion, maybe a year or two ago, they piggybacked off the Lyric FM text number for a few weeks when Eric was off. They didn't do that this time.

Maz2016

I listen to will every morning. Is the show from 9-10 pre recorded?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117964497#Comment_117964497

Of course it is, Will has a day job to get to.

ford fiesta

Its the 80s hour between 9 and 10 and its recorded, probably does his links during 7 to 9

Maz2016

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117966071#Comment_117966071

I was thinking that.

Glaceon

It just dawned on me that Freedom FM have DJs on the other side of the world and they aren't having any issues accessing WhatsApp. I've heard some shows coming from Canada and Australia. So I'm guessing that you don't need the phone on you anymore.

L1011

Or you just screen share the pc the Web version is on. RTÉ likely don't allow screen sharing.

byte

They might be using the WhatsApp Multi-device beta program which allows 4 devices and 1 phone to be used at once.

Glaceon

I heard a couple of Windows 10 sounds during the show today, one during Jessie by Joshua Jackson and another during Going Loco Down in Acupulco. I was listening on an iPhone so it wasn’t from my end.

Maz2016

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118105408#Comment_118105408

Yes!! I listen back on the player and heard these as well. Unlike your, I was checking my phone for the notification 😂