Niall Boylan

madnessnmayhem

He announced tomorrow (Friday 10th March) will be his last day time show, wonder will he still do nights? Will Adrian or Jeremy do daytime?

https://twitter.com/Niall_Boylan/status/1633850323075756033?t=KVhOn-JFHhlnFxjnFAQnVw&s=19

Yep he says next tweet that he'll still be doing nights. Maybe The Bai have agreed for Classic Hits to have an all music daytime schedule? The two hours of talk at Midday is a legacy thing from the very early days of 4fm when Damien Kiberd did a current affairs Lunchtime show

mykrodot

aw that's a pity, I really liked his Lunchtime Show.

I was never really a fan of The Boylan shows as i always associate them with the massive dumbing down of the original 4fm that occured in 2011 but I admire Niall an awful lot since 2020, when he was one of a tiny few mainstream presenters not entertaining the "zero covid" crowd.

archfi

He'll be doing an expanded night show by the sounds of it, Mon-Thurs

He's actually a pretty good interviewer.

https://twitter.com/Niall_Boylan/status/1633860921238929410

zoobizoo

He's the reason I never listen to the station.

Might start listening to them again.

Pelvis Parsley

Niall is alright-he has his own views and isn't afraid to voice them.

Of course that will make him persona non grata to some.

JDxtra

No issue with Niall, we need more broadcasters like him who actually question things like government decisions.

Too many follow the official narrative.

Gusser09

His slot at lunch is real bottom feeder stuff with scripted callers. Good riddance.

Get that pipe Lucy kennedy off now. Pure shite.

Hangdogroad

Good. Cant stand the man and the sound of his voice.

chilloutrelax

Is it known what is replacing him on day time?

madnessnmayhem

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120339558#Comment_120339558

Why do u listen to him then? Don't say u don't otherwise why make a comment? And if u do, change station

Muller1991

I'd wonder will the station move to a more music orientated show at that time or will Adrian or Jeremy take the reigns.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120340095#Comment_120340095

It depends if they've been given Bai approval as the only reason Boylan was put on twice a day was due to them being tied to Martin Block's 30% talk commitment. I wouldn't be one bit surprised if Kennedy and Dixon are taking over tho

archfi

His slot is more music from Monday, Tara can't remember the surname.

end of the road

this is good, i always prefered him doing just the night show as a lot more varied things could be discussed.

if the night show is going back to being longer again then that is a good result also.

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120339998#Comment_120339998

A: I've heard enough of him from his show being played in shops, bus , etc.

B: This is a discussion forum.

Leilak

Did he leave voluntarily ?

he’s starting a new podcast so it couldn’t have come at a better time for him. Talk radio is dead, he knows that but is keeping his foot in the door in case podcast dosen’t work out imo

If they are changing to a music format, it's extremely unlikely to be his choice to leave the slot voluntarily. Does anyone remember David Harvey doing the lunchtime before Niall ? Hard to believe it's about 12 years ago now. Originally after the failure of the original mature sounding 4fm, David Harvey replaced Damian Kiberd on lunchtime, and after a short awhile of doing a magazine type show changed to the shock Jock format that Niall continued for many years. Niall was originally doing nights only and his late show came about to to fill the talk quota after Tom Mcgurk's Drivetime talk show was axed.

Ozvaldo

I dont mind him but my issue is that its the same callers on anytime i tune in

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120343946#Comment_120343946

That's true but it's totally understandable because all phone in shows have always had "regulars" (e.g John O'Donovan) 4fm/Classic Hits has always had a relatively low listenership, when you add that to the fact that not many average people want to talk live on the radio, it's not surprising

Ozvaldo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120343999#Comment_120343999

Indeed John of red fm /96 fm/ newstalk/county sound/ 4 fm busy bloke

Terrier2023

treat his show as comedy then its fun some of his callers are priceless !

cute geoge

Imo niall boylan is a far superior interviewer than nearly all rte talk show hosts but suppose too conservative to every get promoted to their ranks. he is impressive handling difficult callers when on an important subject

Muller1991

So is it 4 hours of Trina Mara now, or is there a different presenter between 12 and 2 ?

bannedboyband

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120337712#Comment_120337712

He's a 💩 stirrer.

bannedboyband

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120337712#Comment_120337712

He's a 💩 stirrer.

1992ChainGang

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120354148#Comment_120354148

Yeah 4 hours of Trina now, real shame cutting Niall in the afternoon was a great alternative daytime talk show that wasn't afraid to highlight other views to the RTE narrative.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120354173#Comment_120354173

How depressing that Niall is replaced by more Trina Mara vocetracking.(she's already on air 7 days a week) If they were launching an new lunchtime show with Barry Lang or Gareth O'Callaghan or something I'd understand but not this bloody soulless rubbish

Muller1991

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120355850#Comment_120355850

4 Hours of Voice tracking during prime time morning and afternoon radio, Not sure if that will work to be totally honest.

Leilak

Exactly the same happened to Adrian and Jeremy on 98, they were replaced with a full music schedule, now 4fm are taking the same approach