The Late Date RTÉ Radio 1

rino87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123792974#Comment_123792974

Yeah. Wasn't much of a fan of Aoife Scott's shows, but still better that repeats....or Michael cahill. Loah was settling in well and carving out her own style on the show I felt too.

RoTelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123792974#Comment_123792974

The financial reason are of their own doing, and if anyone RTÉ suggests "financial reasons" don't forget to remind them.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123793067#Comment_123793067

They seems to have put her on some gardening leave really, in the most general terms of any big contract. Really she should have been put on a Six month gardening leave so her show would not start until June Next year, seems they've agreed she goes in October and she is not on Newstalk until February. That's 3 months for a host that was largely given the position on the base of "Keep Calm and Carry On". I can't see her bring in any new audiences to Newstalk and I'd be worried she might lose a few.

Late Debate and TWIP politics all seem to revolve around the Dail Term, you can't have a debate outside such times!

GSF

still running ads for Clare Byrne’s show this morning- anyway starting Late Date at 10pm was a bit of a joke but cancelling it for 2 weeks is taking it to a higher level of comedy

Beagslife

Terrible from RTE on Late Date. I get changing things around for the Dawn Chorus or the like, but dropping shows like this willy nilly is big time amateur hour.

Get in some transition year students or someone from one of the various media courses. It used to amuse me, some of the news presenters on the late shift, but at least they were getting experience.

Are there ever any JNRL (or similar) figures for the likes of Late Date and the Creedon Show? It would be interesting to get an idea of the numbers of listeners they are inconveniencing.

RoTelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123793411#Comment_123793411

Ah! Sorry I think someone (could be me) has mixed up the Late Debate with Late Date.

Why is Late Date on a break, its a music show, do they no just have stand in DJs?

gluppers

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123792532#Comment_123792532

Yep, even lower than the Aonghas McNally spell

GSF

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123793445#Comment_123793445

seems not or at least they can’t persuade anyone to work after 10pm

rino87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123792686#Comment_123792686

Still stuck in Curraghmore tonight...

What happened to Ray anyway? He was back on weekends for a while.

thesandeman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123794860#Comment_123794860

Is he still a Muínteíor? If so that rules him out until Halloween.

thesandeman

They even finished Louise at midnight. That's ridiculous on a Sunday night.

Could they not even repeat one of Gold's presenter led shows instead of the simulcast? If I was out I would only be getting home now and would love to listen to a live programme.

Serious idea here. Johanna Donnelly for a couple of hours. Make it into a mix of Late Date and LBC/Liveline, chats and music.

I could see her handling that a lot better than being president. They probably wouldn't pay for producers/telephonists though.

Losty Dublin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123792974#Comment_123792974

Legitimately it is becoming the case that some of the stand in Late Date presenters are not well enough rewarded by RTÉ to commit to occasional or ad hoc shows such as Late Date or Rising Time to refuse other work or gigs. Given the offer of what effectively ends up as being six hours in Montrose or the chance to earn more doing a live gig, I can well imagine why Aoife Scott or Fiachra or Grainne Brookfield would plum for the latter.

Notwithstanding this, there really needs be a greater effort to get cover in for Late Date within the industry at large.

thesandeman

Fiachna using the Late Date email address for the Creedon Show at the moment because the other one won't work for him.

If somebody who works night shift happens to wake up during the show they're going to get into an awful panic.

geographica

come back Cathal, please

Welsh Megaman

Fiachna (sitting in for Creedo) just mentioned that Ray Cuddihy will be back on ‘The Late Date’ this weekend.

Losty Dublin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123800838#Comment_123800838

Great news. That's just four days of, as Enda Caldwell calls it, Aidan Leonard's iPod.

GSF

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123802320#Comment_123802320

Late Date used to always be on the air 365 days a year including Christmas Day. Is this the 1st year when it hasn’t regularly been on the air for multiple days?

did it start in 1979? And was Morgan O’Sullivan the first host?

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/93FIAB2ODJIS/2fm-july-79.jpg

ford fiesta

Has there been any explanation / statement from RTE why Late Date is off air ?

gluppers

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123804148#Comment_123804148

Probably ran out of Van Morrison tracks

Beagslife

For anyone having their heads wrecked by RTE Gold

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I've been listenging to this station for the last couple of years via TuneIn or Alexa. It is listener supported, so very few ads or commercial play lists. Americana, folk, rock, blues, jazz, Irish.

Enjoy 😎🎸

ford fiesta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123797816#Comment_123797816

I disagree with posters above saying Late Date is off air for financial reasons.

Hardly !!!

As far as I know Cathal murray is an RTE staffer, so they are paying him anyway.

Also, for the programmes that are broadcast instead of Late Date there are presentation / babysitting staff such as Niall Ó Sioradáin (also a staffer) introducing them.

Why can't he or other continuity play some songs for a few hours to keep the Late Date show on the road with its jingles, Radio 1 recommends etc??

GSF

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123807694#Comment_123807694

there is also a producer - presumably the continuity announcer goes home at midnight?

rino87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123806261#Comment_123806261

https://martinperc730.wixsite.com/my-site

Stumbled across this on Radio Garden. "Smooth Gold Radio Ireland".... Live from Rathdowney.

Music is grand....easy listening for this hour, but the website is hilarious!

ford fiesta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123807769#Comment_123807769

does Late Date need a producer??

If it has, makes no difference ….they would probably still get paid when Late Date is off air ??

If Cathal Murray has departed from RTE or is unavailable, they would not take the show off the schedule. It is not done for any other show, except for some shows that take a break for the summer.

It is all very strange.

I fear that all of this absence is preparing the listener for Late Date being axed…

GSF

Late Dare used to be the filler for other shows coming off air in the summer, starting earlier. If they really want to shut at 12 midnight they could still have a one hour late date like it was in the early 80s when they simulcast Dave Fanning from midnight to 1.50 am

rino87

Aoife Scott filled in for Louise at lunchtime today, so they still have her number anyways....

thesandeman

Ray back tonight anyway.

gluppers

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123811554#Comment_123811554

Poor Ray, he'll probably be inundated with unhappy texts 😀

thesandeman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123811568#Comment_123811568

Good call 🤙.

Back to normal from Monday apparently.

rino87

Ray was fairly towing the party line there....

"It wasnt for lack of trying that no one was on"....

A Michael Cahill filler show once in a nearly two week silent period doesn't count as "trying"

thesandeman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123811780#Comment_123811780

Is that what he apologised for later? I missed the first few minutes.