RTE Gold schedule change

John from Carlow

Rick O'Shea is moving to 10am-1pm from September 17th

ford fiesta

John from Carlow wrote: »

Rick O'Shea is moving to 10am-1pm from September 17th

Interesting
I wonder who, if anyone, will take over the Afternoon slot

Great station..pity it is not on FM

JoeA3

I’m kinda surprised he’s still on it. Are he and Will Leahy actually still doing live shows every weekday?! Surely their listenership is miniscule.

vicwatson

ford fiesta wrote: »

Interesting
I wonder who, if anyone, will take over the Afternoon slot

Great station..pity it is not on FM

Was a lot better when no/very little talking

smallfridge

Will Leahy’s show has just yesterday been nominated for best breakfast show at the IMRO Radio Awards

ford fiesta

Chat is at a minimum to be honest. Great varied selection of tracks during the night

The weekend shows are all voicetracked.

Weekday shows are live.

mr_edge_to_you

Really enjoy it. I wouldn’t have listened to RoS before but really the 3pm to 6pm slot. I sit in an office on my own - I texted him one Thursday and he played Today by the Smashing Pumpkins for me. That’s my kind of radio!

Hope the new show goes well for him.

MikeyTaylor

mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

Really enjoy it. I wouldn’t have listened to RoS before but really the 3pm to 6pm slot. I sit in an office on my own - I texted him one Thursday and he played Today by the Smashing Pumpkins for me. That’s my kind of radio!

Hope the new show goes well for him.

Me too.

Who is taking Ricks slot in the afternoon? Wonder will they end up with a presenter on all the daytime shows!

washiskin

I must say, much and all as I enjoy Rick's show, I do love their no dj sections too.....some great playlists....

gamecube

zorro2566 wrote: »

Who is taking Ricks slot in the afternoon? Wonder will they end up with a presenter on all the daytime shows!

Will they move Dave Fanning to RTE Gold from 2fm?

coylemj

RTE Gold has a schedule? I only ever listen to it at night.

ford fiesta

coylemj wrote: »

RTE Gold has a schedule? I only ever listen to it at night.

yeah has had a schedule for over 10 years now:). with live shows since last year.

gamecube

ford fiesta wrote: »

yeah has had a schedule for over 10 years now:). with live shows since last year.

Moving Rick to 10am is a good move

ford fiesta

Current presenter line-up (note: just one female presenter!!):

Will Leahy
Rick O'Shea
Michael Comyn
John Daly
Amanda Fennelly
Micky Mac
Al Dunne
Larry Gogan
Lorcan Murray
Michael Cahill
Eric Moore
Stephen Daly
Robbie Irwin
Karl Tsigdinos

kneemos

DJ's will be its ruination. Much like Lyric.

mr_edge_to_you

Doesn’t bother me in the slightest that there’s no women presenters.

As long as there’s no waffle, no celeb presenters (likes of Nicky Byrne), no comedians, no talkshows I’m fine.

Ursus Horribilis

You might as well use Spotify if you don't want presenters.

ford fiesta

If they put it on LW 252 would be great

Or on FM instead of Lyric or R na G as Lw isn’t readily available these days particularly on car radios!

trixiebust

I never realised there was even presenters on the station. Every time I happened to listen, it was track after track. Playlist is very good though.

ford fiesta

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

You might as well use Spotify if you don't want presenters.

Even if you don't pay the TV licence. RTE Gold is essentially free.

It’s a great station and seems to be growing in popularity. Hopefully RTE will take notice and get it on national FM!

trixiebust

zorro2566 wrote: »

It’s a great station and seems to be growing in popularity. Hopefully RTE will take notice and get it on national FM!

There's nothing in that age demographic that I like. Used to like BBC R2, but that's not great these days.

National, & in the car, this would be great.

kneemos

zorro2566 wrote: »

It’s a great station and seems to be growing in popularity. Hopefully RTE will take notice and get it on national FM!

That's the trouble, it'll turn into another 2FM.

ford fiesta

How about RTE Gold replacing 2FM, on FM!!
Move 2FM to Digital.

kneemos

ford fiesta wrote: »

How about RTE Gold replacing 2FM, on FM!!
Move 2FM to Digital.

Sell 2FM, there's no justification for it on a public service station,plus it has lost million over the years.

ford fiesta

Any chance of RTE Gold/Radio 1 changing the voiceover on their overnight service??

She pronounces "Radio One" as "Radio Wen"

flos1964

Was great....all music...then the gravy trainers arrived..rte retirement home now.

Rick started his new show at 10! I wonder will the afternoon/drivetime show have a presenter or just a jukebox format!

ford fiesta

Will said there would be a presenter after Christmas

MikeyTaylor

ford fiesta wrote: »

Will said there would be a presenter after Christmas

Maybe it'll be JJ Hartigan?

ford fiesta

hopefully it won't be a female celeb who hasn't a clue what she's playing :-(

gamecube

Dave fanning maybe?

David Bowie once wrote a song about Rick O’ Shea :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNQ4X61bsno

ford fiesta

Heard Al Dunne saying that his Fri and Sat 80s show is now more.
He is moving to Aidan Leonard's slot on a Saturday morning.

Hopefully Aidan is staying with RTE Gold!


Rick O'Shea taking over Will Leahy's 80s show.
Will is starting a 90s show

Radio Gold

ford fiesta wrote: »

Heard Al Dunne saying that his Fri and Sat 80s show is now more.
He is moving to Aidan Leonard's slot on a Saturday morning.

Hopefully Aidan is staying with RTE Gold!


Rick O'Shea taking over Will Leahy's 80s show.
Will is starting a 90s show

Yep i heard that last night, unless they are getting someone else to do the Friday night/Saturday 80s show. Hope they bring it back because i always enjoyed listening every Friday night.

Radio Gold

ford fiesta wrote: »

Heard Al Dunne saying that his Fri and Sat 80s show is now more.
He is moving to Aidan Leonard's slot on a Saturday morning.

Hopefully Aidan is staying with RTE Gold!


Rick O'Shea taking over Will Leahy's 80s show.
Will is starting a 90s show

Yep i heard that last night, unless they are getting someone else to do the Friday night/Saturday 80s show. Hope they bring it back because i always enjoyed listening every Friday night.

gamecube

Rick O' Shea & Will Leahy are on RTE Gold a year now after getting moved from 2fm

Are people here enjoying their shows this past year or are people thinking that RTE Gold is just a retirement home for presenters too old for 2fm?

mr_edge_to_you

gamecube wrote: »

Rick O' Shea & Will Leahy are on RTE Gold a year now after getting moved from 2fm

Are people here enjoying their shows this past year or are people thinking that RTE Gold is just a retirement home for presenters too old for 2fm?

I prefer current affairs or OffTheBall AM before 9 so don’t really listen to Will.

Have to say that Rick O’Shea’s show is the best 3 hours of “radio” on a week day. I could never listen to him on 2FM. I’d just gotten used to the afternoon show when they reshuffled but the 10:00 to 13:00 slot fits perfectly in to my day. Hopefully they’ll get someone in for the afternoon.

mr_edge_to_you

gamecube wrote: »

Rick O' Shea & Will Leahy are on RTE Gold a year now after getting moved from 2fm

Are people here enjoying their shows this past year or are people thinking that RTE Gold is just a retirement home for presenters too old for 2fm?

I prefer current affairs or OffTheBall AM before 9 so don’t really listen to Will.

Have to say that Rick O’Shea’s show is the best 3 hours of “radio” on a week day. I could never listen to him on 2FM. I’d just gotten used to the afternoon show when they reshuffled but the 10:00 to 13:00 slot fits perfectly in to my day. Hopefully they’ll get someone in for the afternoon.

gamecube

mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

I prefer current affairs or OffTheBall AM before 9 so don’t really listen to Will.

Have to say that Rick O’Shea’s show is the best 3 hours of “radio” on a week day. I could never listen to him on 2FM. I’d just gotten used to the afternoon show when they reshuffled but the 10:00 to 13:00 slot fits perfectly in to my day. Hopefully they’ll get someone in for the afternoon.

I don't get to listen to Rick's show that often but when I do it's always very good & I enjoy his choice of songs over the 3 hours.

ford fiesta

Mike Maloney, Nails Mahoney and Marian Farrell joining the line up at the weekend

L1011

I would imagine they're getting paid (Nails having been on Q102 very recently for instance) - does Gold have any ads or is it solely licence funded?

Not going to be an expensive service and I imagine much of the audience are of the age to be licence payers anyway!

ford fiesta

Larry doesn't really feature on the new weekend schedule.

Sounds of the 60s and The Classic Countdown are gone..just The Classic Album remains for Larry with him introducing an album.

Radio Gold

ford fiesta wrote: »

Larry doesn't really feature on the new weekend schedule.

Sounds of the 60s and The Classic Countdown are gone..just The Classic Album remains for Larry with him introducing an album.

Living in the 60s is on Mondays and the Classic countdown is now on Fridays both at 1pm.

mr_edge_to_you

Is Rick gone from 10:00 to 13:00? Flipping raging if if he is.

real rocker

mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

Is Rick gone from 10:00 to 13:00? Flipping raging if if he is.

On leave this week. Marian Farrell sitting in.

mr_edge_to_you

real rocker wrote: »

On leave this week. Marian Farrell sitting in.

Panic over - cheers

odyssey06

Dalys 80s seemed to go into repeat mode coming up to christmas and now is gone completely from the schedule
Really liked the mix of music and retro pieces in that show.

nice_guy80

I'm getting very fed up with the music played on Gold
We've a 5 month old to get to sleep so it is on most of the day and evening.

The same songs play every night. It is gone beyond a joke.

I have sent in emails, texts and facebook messenges about it.
Not one reply.