Changes to RTE Radio 1

ford fiesta

Apart from CB moving to "Today with.." show, who else is moving?

Upforthematch

ford fiesta wrote: »

Apart from CB moving to "Today with.." show, who else is moving?

Well I would love to hear Sarah McInerney in another current affairs slot. Her "Jaysus" comment this morning really captured the national mood and will make it into reeling in the years yet

AwaitYourReply

Other Changes on the way on RTÉ Radio 1 ?

Well I often wonder how long more Joe Duffy will want to occupy the chair on LiveLine as there must be some days when it's hard to keep listeners engaged. I gather he has been off to concentrate on another series which some have speculated might be "The Meaning of Life" which the late Gay Byrne had hosted although; this has not been confirmed.

Will the Ray D'Arcy Show and Ryan Tubridy shows continue as is? Perhaps all other changes will apply to the weekend schedule?

Other programmes likely to resume may include all or some of following:

(1) "The Late Debate" on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday night at 10pm due back once the Dáil resumes?
(2) Saturday with Cormac Ó hEadhra at 1:00pm?
(3) Restoration of final 30 minutes segment on "Drivetime with Mary Wilson" which was cut short since "Des Cahill's Island Discs series began during the Coronavirus pandemic..So strange when major news developments were breaking live on Drivetime that they still had to go to Des's Island Discs! It's the national radio station!
(4) Return of "Callan's Kicks" (Oliver Callan) on Friday evenings at 6:30pm?
(5) More hours of sport covered in the weekend radio schedule ?

imme

Baron Gerry Adams to get his own advice show.

People ring him up:
-What should I study in college Gerry

-I witnessed a) a robbery
b) a murder
c) a miscarriage of justice
Should I go to the Gardai Gerry.


It could happen.:pac:

AwaitYourReply

We also know that Sarah McInerney will form part of RTÉ Radio 1 in the schedule and I would be surprised if she does not slot-in as part of a political/current affairs/news programme following her success doing mid-morning show since Sean O'Rourke retired last May. Maybe she will end up on Morning Ireland if a vacancy arises, the News at One or perhaps This Week? If I recall she has previously done "The Late Debate" so will expect to be promoted I would imagine.

flazio

imme wrote: »

Baron Gerry Adams to get his own advice show.

People ring him up:
-What should I study in college Gerry

-I witnessed a) a robbery
b) a murder
c) a miscarriage of justice
Should I go to the Gardai Gerry.


It could happen.:pac:

Needs to test the waters on a regional first. Perhaps BBC radio Foyle.

Pete2k

AwaitYourReply wrote: »

Other Changes on the way on RTÉ Radio 1 ?

(2) Saturday with Cormac Ó hEadhra at 1:00pm?

Looks like he was all set to lose his slot to Sean O'Rourke... thankfully thats now in serious doubt

imme

Pete2k wrote: »

Looks like he was all set to lose his slot to Sean O'Rourke... thankfully thats now in serious doubt

I was surprised to hear Brendan O'Connor mention this proposal today, that Sean O'Rourke would present a 1-hour Saturday 1pm radio show.

The slot has been floating around for many years.

Cormac O'hEadhra and his predecessors are all quite forgettable.

What did they in mind that retired Sean O'Rourke could bring to the slot?

AwaitYourReply

I understand that Sean O'Rourke was said to have expressed some regret via twitter although; he was one of those invited over the airwaves to come on the air on "Today with Sarah McInerney" show before the weekend but the request seems to have fallen on deaf ears. The Saturday 1-2pm slot for news & current affairs was not due to resume until after mid-September which would coincide with the return of the Dáil session after such a strange Summer 2020 thanks to Coronavirus. Not sure if the Saturday programme will be returning earlier than intended in the event of the Dáil back sooner. The slot has had numerous presenters unlike the old days when it had been called "Saturday View" with one anchor in the form of Rodney Rice.

nc6000

I guess Opus Dei had approved the move to the Saturday slot?

padd b1975

I could easily see them trimming half an hour off Ballsy's show without too much of an outcry.

Some of the filler in that second hour is pretty shameless most of the time.

Pete2k

Confirmed now that O'Rourke isn't coming back

Harry Palmr

He is having a period of reflection. He'll be back next year, no doubt.

thesandeman

Harry Palmr wrote: »

He is having a period of reflection. He'll be back next year, no doubt.

He'll be a long time looking in the mirror. He'll probably end up writing for The Mirror actually.

KevRossi

Harry Palmr wrote: »

He is having a period of reflection. He'll be back next year, no doubt.

I don't think so. I think his career with RTE is finished. The longer Golfgate rolls on, the more divisive it is becoming, it's a bit of a seachange, so RTE can hardly take him back.

Anyway, they have shown with Sarah McInerney that there are plenty of other talented broadcasters in the country* and they should be given a chance.







*Who are not related to others in RTE.

shockwave

Would be a big coup for Newstalk if they could get O Rourke but he'll have to hide in the wilderness for a while yet until things die down.

Sarah M goes to drivetime RTE Radio 1?

bureau2009

Deleted User wrote: »

Sarah M goes to drivetime RTE Radio 1?

Demotion for Mary Wilson? She certainly lacks appeal and listenability.

AwaitYourReply

shockwave wrote: »

Would be a big coup for Newstalk if they could get O Rourke but he'll have to hide in the wilderness for a while yet until things die down.

Sean O'Rourke had replaced Pat Kenny when Pat moved from RTÉ to NewsTalk in 2013 after over 40 years at the national broadcaster. It would be ironic if O'Rourke was to take up an anchor role on a rival talk based station like NewsTalk should Kenny decide to retire in the next 12 months or so as Pat was 72 years of age last January and may want to slow down.

imme

bureau2009 wrote: »

Demotion for Mary Wilson? She certainly lacks appeal and listenability.

Who Mary or Sarah about the appeal etc?

McInerney filled in for Wilson on a few occasions. I thought she was quite awkward.
Maybe the team or time of day.

Leave Mary where she is I say.

pc7

Full list here of shuffle here
https://twitter.com/fergalbowers/status/1298857626076352513?s=21

Piehead

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Sarah M goes to drivetime RTE Radio 1?

Was she not tried in that slot for
Newstalk and quickly dropped ?

ford fiesta

Cormac o'headhra is not very easy on the ear and too aggressive sounding.
He sounds like he suffers from a constant cold.

BTW where is Gavin Jennings, Morning Ireland?

AJB39

ford fiesta wrote: »

BTW where is Gavin Jennings, Morning Ireland?

No mention of Rachael English or Audrey Carville either?

Boulevardier

Does anyone know if Late Debate is coming back? It is a cinderella programme which RTE seldom talks about. I suspect that the radio bigwigs want it gone.

amlinopta

AJB39 wrote: »

No mention of Rachael English or Audrey Carville either?

Presumably Jennings, Carville and English remain in situ. Wilson and Lawlor replacing Dobson, so the show will have 5 presenters instead of 4, with 3 of the 5 not working on any given day.

ford fiesta

amlinopta wrote: »

Presumably Jennings, Carville and English remain in situ. Wilson and Lawlor replacing Dobson, so the show will have 5 presenters instead of 4, with 3 of the 5 not working on any given day.

If they are remaining, you would have expected them to be mentioned in the new line up today.

dulpit

Details here: https://www.thejournal.ie/rte-autumn-winter-season-launch-2020-5186714-Aug2020/

Late debate is on Tuesday to Thursday with Katie Hannon. She will also present the Saturday show that SOR was going to present (I assume this is Cormac O'hEadhra's old show?).

Dobbo at lunchtime is a good shout.

Boulevardier

Thanks, Dulpit, I missed that.


Good to know.

Joe_ Public

amlinopta wrote: »

Presumably Jennings, Carville and English remain in situ. Wilson and Lawlor replacing Dobson, so the show will have 5 presenters instead of 4, with 3 of the 5 not working on any given day.

You'd wonder why they'd need a roster of 5 for a 90 minute show. Plus, I've heard both Catriona Perry and Samantha Libreri presenting it just in the past couple of weeks. I know it's holiday season, but still. Happy enough to see Aine Lawlor back though, always liked her in that slot before.

CertifiedSimp

Ughh McNerny on Drivetime. Thought Wilson was very good, enjoyed listening to a mix of Yates, herself and Cooper.

Now Cooper is the only listenable option and it's still hit and miss with the likes of gannon and roe mcdermott on there sometimes.

Not a fan of McNerny, feels like she's doing a show rather than having a conversation with people.

robo

CertifiedSimp wrote: »

Ughh McNerny on Drivetime. Thought Wilson was very good, enjoyed listening to a mix of Yates, herself and Cooper.

Now Cooper is the only listenable option and it's still hit and miss with the likes of gannon and roe mcdermott on there sometimes.

Not a fan of McNerny, feels like she's doing a show rather than having a conversation with people.

I am actually the opposite - been with Cooper all the time but I liked Sarah during the Today Show stint & I might jump from TodayFM to RTE, will listen to both for a while (mix of podcasts and live radio)

I would have liked to see a shake up of the schedule, like move things around a bit? Not sure what and where at the moment, but I think a shake up of Tubs, Ronan Collins, Liveline, Ray Darcy would be interesting and maybe the Today Show with Claire Byrne moving to 11:30am to 1:30pm?

bureau2009

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Happy enough to see Aine Lawlor back though, always liked her in that slot before.

Me too. Competent, skilled and engaging interviewer. Was excellent also on 1 o'clock news.

Joe_ Public

bureau2009 wrote: »

Me too. Competent, skilled and engaging interviewer. Was excellent also on 1 o'clock news.

I've liked her on everything, bar that Down on the farm rubbish she did. Loved waking up in the morning to herself and David Hanly on the radio back in the day.

touts

So the current affairs lineup on Irish Radio is:

Early Morning (6am-7am)
6am Newstalk: Breakfast Briefing
6:30am Newstalk: Breakfast Business with Vincent Wall

Morning (7am-9am)
7am Morning Ireland with Mary Wilson Rachael English Audrey Carville & Gavin Jennings
7am Newstalk: Breakfast with Ciara Kelly & Shane Coleman

Mid-Morning
10am RTE: Today with Claire Byrne
9am Newstalk: Pat Kenny Show

Lunch time
1pm RTE: News at one with Bryan Dobson
12pm Newstalk: Lunchtime Live with Andrea Gilligan

Drive Time
RTE: Drivetime with Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra
Newstalk: The Hard Shoulder with Kieran Cuddihy
TodayFM: The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Evening
10pm Late Debate with Katie Hannon

Saturday
8am Newstalk Breakfast with Susan Keogh
10am Newstalk Down to Business with Bobby Kerr
10am RTE The Business with Richard Curran
1pm Saturday with Katie Hannon

Sunday
8am Newstalk Breakfast with Susan Keogh
10am Newstalk Taking Stock with Vincent Wall
11am On the Record with Gavin Reilly
1pm This Week David McCullagh, Carole Coleman and Justin McCarthy.


Looking at that in my opinion
Early Morning: No opposition to Newstalk from 6am to 7am
Morning: The morning Ireland crew will wipe the floor with Ciara Kelly. I feel sorry for Shane Coleman being tied to a sinking ship.
Mid-Morning: Pat Kenny unopposed from 9am to 10am but then Claire Byrne will win that battle.
Lunch Time: I think Andrea Gilligan is good but Ciara Kelly killed that slot with her inability to talk about anything but health and wellbeing. Andrea had a big job to rebuild listeners and now with Brian Dobson in that slot RTE will be impossible to topple.
Drivetime slot is shaping up to be a ding dong battle. I think Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra will be formidable and win that for RTE.
Evening: No competition to Late Debate. Newstalk desperately need to move Tom Dunne to Today FM where his 90s Irish CD collection belongs.
Saturday & Sunday: Newstalk have the edge in the morning with only Richard Curran and "The Business" winning his slot. Brendan O'Connor is dead weight dragging the RTE weekend schedule down. But then amazingly Newstalk concede the airwaves at 1pm. But that said It's hard to beat long established shows like "This Week" and "Saturday".

RTE lack a good daily business show. They should tap Shane Coleman to jump ship on that one if he would do 6am-7am.

limnam

Someone in RTE is trolling the country


Sarah Mc on drive time. Christ all mighty.

ford fiesta

robo wrote: »

maybe the Today Show with Claire Byrne moving to 11:30am to 1:30pm?

Absolutely Not.
Ronan Collins, or music from an established music presenter from 12 Noon - 1 pm is essential for RTE Radio 1.
News at 1 is nicely timed too...

...RTE Radio 1 is not Newstalk !!

TenLeftFingers

Interesting comment from Clare Byrne. According to journal.ie said that the Cliden dinner “should not have gone ahead” but that it is a “sensitive issue” because of her friendship with O’Rourke.

“I’m really reluctant to talk about individuals, because of the position that I hold now on the one hand, on the other hand, you know, I’ve known Sean for a long time.

He’s been through a difficult time and I don’t think anything that I will say will help his situation at the moment, and what he’s going through, so I’m going to leave that one there."

ford fiesta

TenLeftFingers wrote: »

Interesting comment from Clare Byrne. According to journal.ie said that the Cliden dinner “should not have gone ahead” but that it is a “sensitive issue” because of her friendship with O’Rourke.

“I’m really reluctant to talk about individuals, because of the position that I hold now on the one hand, on the other hand, you know, I’ve known Sean for a long time.

He’s been through a difficult time and I don’t think anything that I will say will help his situation at the moment, and what he’s going through, so I’m going to leave that one there."

Both from Laois. Maybe S O'R had a part in getting CB into RTE??

TenLeftFingers

ford fiesta wrote: »

Both from Laois. Maybe S O'R had a part in getting CB into RTE??

Either way, I wonder if her comments mean it would be difficult for her to interview him as thoroughly as the likes of Sarah McInerney would.

padd b1975

ford fiesta wrote: »

Both from Laois. Maybe S O'R had a part in getting CB into RTE??

I think Sean is from Galway or at least grew up there.

expectationlost

Why is a standard daily news show being described with a presenters name? "RTÉ News at One with Bryan Dobson" Public Service News should be about the news not the presenter.

generalgerry

Very surprised to get rid of Mary Wilson at this stage. She should have been gotten rid of years ago, what's the point now, and what's the point in putting her on the morning show instead?

Was any reason given for moving her, for what is surely a demotion?

Joe_ Public

Morning Ireland is the most listened to show on irish radio so I'm not sure it's that much of a demotion. Maybe having to co-host could be considered a drop, not sure, but she'll be as near doubling her listenership at that hour so that would be some compensation at least.

TenLeftFingers

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Morning Ireland is the most listened to show on irish radio so I'm not sure it's that much of a demotion. Maybe having to co-host could be considered a drop, not sure, but she'll be as near doubling her listenership at that hour so that would be some compensation at least.

That's very relevant. Thanks. Although, her interview skills on important subjects are well placed on current affairs shows. She talked about redefining the show with Cormac so hopefully we'll see more of what we've seen recently.

expectationlost

by Cormac you mean Shouty McShouty?

AwaitYourReply

touts wrote: »

So the current affairs lineup on Irish Radio is:

Early Morning (6am-7am)
6am Newstalk: Breakfast Briefing
6:30am Newstalk: Breakfast Business with Vincent Wall

Morning (7am-9am)
7am Morning Ireland with Mary Wilson Rachael English Audrey Carville & Gavin Jennings
7am Newstalk: Breakfast with Ciara Kelly & Shane Coleman

Mid-Morning
10am RTE: Today with Claire Byrne
9am Newstalk: Pat Kenny Show

Lunch time
1pm RTE: News at one with Bryan Dobson
12pm Newstalk: Lunchtime Live with Andrea Gilligan

Drive Time
RTE: Drivetime with Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra
Newstalk: The Hard Shoulder with Kieran Cuddihy
TodayFM: The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Evening
10pm Late Debate with Katie Hannon

Saturday
8am Newstalk Breakfast with Susan Keogh
10am Newstalk Down to Business with Bobby Kerr
10am RTE The Business with Richard Curran
1pm Saturday with Katie Hannon

Sunday
8am Newstalk Breakfast with Susan Keogh
10am Newstalk Taking Stock with Vincent Wall
11am On the Record with Gavin Reilly
1pm This Week David McCullagh, Carole Coleman and Justin McCarthy.


Looking at that in my opinion
Early Morning: No opposition to Newstalk from 6am to 7am
Morning: The morning Ireland crew will wipe the floor with Ciara Kelly. I feel sorry for Shane Coleman being tied to a sinking ship.
Mid-Morning: Pat Kenny unopposed from 9am to 10am but then Claire Byrne will win that battle.
Lunch Time: I think Andrea Gilligan is good but Ciara Kelly killed that slot with her inability to talk about anything but health and wellbeing. Andrea had a big job to rebuild listeners and now with Brian Dobson in that slot RTE will be impossible to topple.
Drivetime slot is shaping up to be a ding dong battle. I think Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra will be formidable and win that for RTE.
Evening: No competition to Late Debate. Newstalk desperately need to move Tom Dunne to Today FM where his 90s Irish CD collection belongs.
Saturday & Sunday: Newstalk have the edge in the morning with only Richard Curran and "The Business" winning his slot. Brendan O'Connor is dead weight dragging the RTE weekend schedule down. But then amazingly Newstalk concede the airwaves at 1pm. But that said It's hard to beat long established shows like "This Week" and "Saturday".

RTE lack a good daily business show. They should tap Shane Coleman to jump ship on that one if he would do 6am-7am.

I'd share most of your observations in that comprehensive post.
I am also amazed RTÉ Radio 1 did not see the merits in an earlier start to it's daily news/business/current affairs when it's closest speech-driven national rival opens an hour beforehand with it's 06:00am "Breakfast Briefing" to be followed by it's "Breakfast Business" slot at 06:30am. The national broadcaster has RTÉ lyric fm, 2fm, RTÉ RnaG along with it's digital radio stations (still on the air) if folk want music played at that hour on RTÉ Radio.

I think they should have better balance on Morning Ireland following the staff reshuffle (i.e.) 2 male & 2 female presenters on rotation, now you have 1 male & 3 female? Why so?

I wonder if Brian Jennings will return as newscaster on the revamped RTÉ News at One with Bryan Dobson? In recent years we've had multiple presenters in the slot whereas it had been Sean O'Rourke with Gavin Jennings as relief presenter pre-2013. Before this I think it was Shane Kenny who was there when RTÉ Radio 1's lunchtime news switched from the old "News at One Thirty" to the "News at One" a change which also ensured that it became a much longer programme. If I recall the tea-time news bulletin had been the "News at Six-Thirty" for many years.

RTÉ's Business News coverage on weekdays seems to be snippets here and there with Brian Finn & Company. They definitely need to up their game on weekday radio alright. I'm not sure Shane Coleman would jump at working at RTÉ unless he had similar control and superior remuneration package. I've not heard Shane ever covering Business on NewsTalk as he strikes me as more focused on political developments/current affairs. Possible contenders for such a role might come from one of these individuals:
Robert Short, Richard Curran, George Lee, David Murphy, John Murray etc;

Sat/Sun 11:00am-1:00pm slot (which the late Marian Finucane had owned) currently presented by Brendan O'Connor will take time to bed in although; Brendan had often replaced Marian on annual leave in the past. Not sure if they got this one right.

Today with Claire Byrne weekdays from 10:00am-12noon has yet to impress me having tuned in several times since she commenced. Sarah performed well when you consider much of her time would have been with the Dáil in recess.

If RTÉ had originally intended to have Sean O'Rourke do Saturdays, I wonder could they still not look towards other retired staff such as: David Davin-Power, Cathal McCoille, Richard Crowley, Charlie Bird...

Not sure if "Drivetime with Sarah McInerney and  Cormac Ó hEadhra" now has two co-presenters alongside each other or if it's a case of Sarah or Cormac presenting on a given weekday?
What happens Philip Boucher-Hayes who used deputise for Mary Wilson on Drivetime?
Did Brian Dowling retire from RTÉ?

As for The Tom Dunne Show on NewsTalk - it makes little sense as NewsTalk's signal is not ideal for listening to music. I would have thought that sister station Today fm would have been better suited. I still recall "Late Night Live with Declan Carty" on NewsTalk which was an enjoyable live phone-in show on weeknights after Off The Ball - later Marc Coleman had a live mid-week evening slot and there was also a show on Sunday nights back in the day. NewsTalk was far better when it first went national in my view.

sligojoek

TenLeftFingers wrote: »

Interesting comment from Clare Byrne. According to journal.ie said that the Cliden dinner “should not have gone ahead” but that it is a “sensitive issue” because of her friendship with O’Rourke.

“I’m really reluctant to talk about individuals, because of the position that I hold now on the one hand, on the other hand, you know, I’ve known Sean for a long time.

He’s been through a difficult time and I don’t think anything that I will say will help his situation at the moment, and what he’s going through, so I’m going to leave that one there."

Ah, poor Sean, god help him.

Yyhhuuu

bureau2009 wrote: »

Demotion for Mary Wilson? She certainly lacks appeal and listenability.

Mary Wilson is an excellent broadcaster. Sarah Mc Inerney may have the intellectual and debating ability but her voice is not perfect. I hope Ray Darcy and Tubridy would take early retirement.

Yyhhuuu

AJB39 wrote: »

No mention of Rachael English or Audrey Carville either?

Both excellent broadcasters. Rachel sounds so likeable and Audrey a little posh.One or was it both stood in for Marian F a few years ago.

limnam

Yyhhuuu wrote: »

Sarah Mc Inerney may have the intellectual and debating ability

I feel like I'm in a parallel universe.

She has the emotional intelligence of a brick.

She cannot string coherent sentences together.

She just shouts over guests like a spoiled child.

Intellectual debating ability ? Are you for real?