AwaitYourReply wrote: » They are accomplished and talented musicians to be fair but I'm just not sure they are an essential requirement every week (or most weeks) just for a few fancy introductions especially given that RTÉ is in major debt and needs to make tough cut back right across the whole operation. If I was charged with making huge cutbacks in an organisation, this would be just one of the many areas I would be considering. Otherwise, if RTÉ does not achieve major savings, we will end up with yet more repeats of programmes like "Reeling In The Years" which is an excellent programme but is sadly ending up scheduled for broadcast during prime-time hours far too often. We liked it the first time and maybe the 2nd but after the 10th or 15th showing it starts becoming a bit ridiculous for a channel like RTÉ One.
Elmo wrote: » Red FM.
marno21 wrote: » 2FM is still the only "youth station" in Cork city and county. There's a youth station in Limerick, Galway and Waterford, but none in Cork. 2FM is still not a consistent station. Game On has no business on a youth station, and Breakfast Republic still has questions over its head. The policy of demoting the older presenters to the weeeknd (Dave Fanning especially) is doing them no favours either because those presenters and their content don't belong on a CHR driven youth station. Also, Colm Hayes earning 170k in 2014 is absoluely scandalous.
NIMAN wrote: » I don't think he ever made the Top Ten but I think I seen a figure of 160k once. I'm sure thats not too far off if its not accurate. Likes of Derek Mooney used to be on 190k too. I would say that very few of the old timers in RTE are on anything under 100k. For example, what do you think Larry Gogan's salary would be?
Elmo wrote: » I don't think Dave Fanning ever many the list of top 10 earners.
NIMAN wrote: » The No1 for me has to be wages, end of. How we can have a handful of presenters/radio hosts earning in excess of the President of the USA for hosting a radio show is baffling. I'd cap the wages at €100k, and if all the 'talent' wants to leave and get employment elsewhere, so be it. I'm guessing most will not have that many offers. Figures from 2014 (not sure if 2015 was ever released) 10. Derek Mooney - €168,871 9. Colm Hayes - €169,992 8. Richard Crowley - €174, 120 7. George Lee - €179,031 6. Bryan Dobson - €195,816 5. Miriam O'Callaghan - €280,445 4. Sean O'Rourke - €290,096 3. Marian Finucane - €295,000 2. Joe Duffy - €416,893 1. Ryan Tubridy €495,000 Those are scandalous figures for the ability of some of those folk. We are a tiny nation, its not like they are presenting in the US or Britain. And don't forget Ray D'Arcy has to be added to that list.
NIMAN wrote: » There's plenty of people on big money in RTE I'd guess. I'd say anyone in a long time is on the pigs back. That list of big earners I gave, well a couple of years ago I also seen wages for the likes of Dave Fanning and George Hamilton as well, and they were between 160k-200k iirc. Thats huge wages for the jobs they do. Remember George Hamilton is flown all over the world to the best sporting events, put up in best hotels and fed and watered on the licence payers money, and yet he still earns 200k per year! Good work if you can get it.
Pokemon Battle wrote: With lots of talk about cutbacks in RTE the past week, What cuts would you do? This is what i would do - cap all presenters "fees" at €200k. Close RTE News now, +1 and Junior (RTE Jr would still be on RTE 2) Cut 2fms staff by at least 50%
reubenreuben wrote: » While we at at it with RTE, why not cap wages at all the other overpaid public sector workers and also the overpaid Ministers, who get more than equivalent sized other countries. Where will this stop! Its like a witch hunt this, ridiculous.
NIMAN wrote: » The No1 for me has to be wages, end of. How we can have a handful of presenters/radio hosts earning in excess of the President of the USA for hosting a radio show is baffling. I'd cap the wages at €100k, and if all the 'talent' wants to leave and get employment elsewhere, so be it. I'm guessing most will not have that many offers.
GreenFolder2 wrote: » I'd like to see a breakdown of what % if RTE staff are actually involved in programme making. It seems to have a huge number if non essential jobs. They need to look at rationalising a lot of things. Also I would question all the sponsorship of events and cultural stuff. Is that really appropriate? The licence fee is supposed to be funding broadcasting, not indirectly propping up festivals and sports organisations etc etc. That's a job for the state and for genuine commercial sponsors. I'd be of the view that they should look at switching off DAB radio as very few people seem to be listening to it and the commercial sector has no interest in it. LW 252 is also serving no propose other than nostalgia. 2fm, should be retained if it's profit making. If it's not, it needs to go. It's hardly a public service. It's just w commercial music station. The fact that there's limited choice outside Dublin and Cork isn't really an excuse. Beat, Spin SW and iRadio successfully filled that market in much of rural Ireland. It's just a matter of extending that model a bit further. If anything, 2fm may have held up that development. Children's programming was always poorly funded but hugely creative. It seems daft to defund that when it was a core element of RTE's remit as a public service. There are a lot of things I'd have on the chopping board before that!
brick man wrote: » 4; sadly I think 2fm needs to be closed it has completly lost its sense of direction . i think put gold in its place
AwaitYourReply wrote: I also have a recollection of viewing FM3 opt-out programme schedule within the wider RTÉ Radio One listing if you were able to obtain full comprehensive breakdown of programmes in places like the RTÉ Guide magazine. There was not much to view for FM3 and Bernadette Comerford is one name in the FM3 schedule at that time. I think it was early-mid afternoon and I'm not sure if it came back on for a while in the evening after 7pm. Some of the details on wikipedia can be inaccurate at times such as the close down of RTÉ Radio Cork as I understand it did in fact close in January, 2000 unlike the details published on the RTE Radio 1 wikipedia page. There may well be other inaccuracies out there or generalisations that do not account for the whole time period.
brick man wrote: » It did indeed share with RnaG but before that it was a 2 hour opt out of radio 1
AwaitYourReply wrote: » I recall the former Tubridy Tonight show on Saturday nights prior to Summer 2009 Ryan had a resident band on the show called "The Camembert Quartet" and although, I can recall occasional appearances by orchestras on The Late Late Show but I don't remember the orchestra(s) as being a weekly fixture. However; as I was not certain I went away and did some research...http://www.rte.ie/tv/latelate/20090911.html I've since checked an episode dated Friday 11th September, 2009 (Ryan's 2nd episode as Late Late Show host) and after Ryan makes his entrance on screen he then salutes the band which in the previous set were situated at same level as the studio audience. They are accomplished and talented musicians to be fair but I'm just not sure they are an essential requirement every week (or most weeks) just for a few fancy introductions especially given that RTÉ is in major debt and needs to make tough cut back right across the whole operation. If I was charged with making huge cutbacks in an organisation, this would be just one of the many areas I would be considering. Otherwise, if RTÉ does not achieve major savings, we will end up with yet more repeats of programmes like "Reeling In The Years" which is an excellent programme but is sadly ending up scheduled for broadcast during prime-time hours far too often. We liked it the first time and maybe the 2nd but after the 10th or 15th showing it starts becoming a bit ridiculous for a channel like RTÉ One.
Elmo wrote: Minister would sit on that permission and I would question why Gold would get that frequency over 2XM due to the demise of TXFM. AFAIR FM3 shared with RnaG not Radio1.
