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?
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.
Elmo wrote: » Red FM.
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.
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.
marno21 wrote: » RedFM is not a youth station. They reaffirmed that in 2014 when they took on Neil Prendeville and started playing 80s songs. There is clearly a market for 2FM in places like Cork (and Wicklow too). But there has been **** all advertising in the last few years that it's now a youth station. How are people to know?
Sam Russell wrote: » If my memory serves me right, Turbridy got the Late Late Show Orchestra (complete with violins, etc) when he took over, which shrank to the LLS House Band after the first or second season. His pay has also shrunk.
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.
irishfeen wrote: » Salary cap of about 120k should be imposed across the board in RTÉ.. if the private sector want the "stars" then so be it... its sh1t or bust for RTÉ if they don't start changing. Close 2fm and Lyric fm, demand advertisement opportunities on News Now and if they are not given close it down too. Deimand RTÉ Three's launch too with ad's - RTÉ must be one of the most restricted broadcasters in terms of running their own ship. RTÉ need to start playing hard ball too, take the GAA for example... the GAA need RTÉ as much as RTÉ need the GAA - they should be hammering home for a very decent deal - TV3 will not and cannot broadcast the shear quantity of poorer games. RTÉ is a very good broadcaster but things need to change.
Walter2016 wrote: » And if such a cap was imposed, they'd leave, viewership would drop with resultant advertising revenue and that would continue to oblivion Rte can have a max of 6 minutes of adverts, tv3 etc can have 12 and sky can have as many as they like.
irishfeen wrote: » Honestly - where would they all go? Ireland now has one loss making competitor to RTÉ. Granted Newstalk may take one or two but your not going to get C103 in Cork or the likes paying 120k to a presenter for 10-15 hrs of radio.
Elmo wrote: » Both FM104 and 98FM and national TodayFM have shows like Neil prendervill part of their news and current affairs programming commitment Also Wicklow has BeatFM are they not part of that licence?
Old Bill wrote: » There is no reason why anyone working in RTE should be paid more than a government minster.
Walter2016 wrote: » A hop across the Irish sea has tons of opportunity. Only the very top presenters are on 100k+All of their shows bring substantial advertising / sponsorship revenue that ensures their shows are profitable
learn_more wrote: » I think it's totally outrageous. It's gratuitous and unnecessary. Both parties would be stressed out enough without dealing with television cameras as they enter and leave. God forbid I'd ever be in that situation but I'd be inclined to trip them over if they came too close. There is so little big news in Ireland in comparison to the UK. Hardly a news bulletin goes by without 1 or more court cases being reported each day complete with on location reporter and crew. Cut the 6/1 news to half an hour, ditch a presenter, ditch a cameraman and a reporter or 2, and lower the license fee.
AwaitYourReply wrote: » If one is to believe today's edition of The Irish Times newspaper, it seems that music groups such as the RTÉ sponsored orchestras are under the microscope for some cutbacks. See below article link.http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/rt%C3%A9-not-making-right-noises-about-musical-movements-1.2885367 There is speculation that RTÉ's teletext service, Aertel will face the axe as part of their drive to cut costs right across the board. Given that TV3's THREEText, BBC Ceefax, ITV/C4 Oracle have all long since departed the scene, I would think the end days for Aertel are probably not far off at this stage. I often wonder can RTÉ really afford The Late Late Show house band week in, week out. In bygone years when RTÉ once held a national TV/Radio monopoly, The Late Late Show might have had a musical director in the form of Jim Doherty or Frank McNamara all on his own on the piano as they had no resident band even though RTÉ would have been earning considerably more throught TV licence fee and commercial advertising revenue and faced little or no competition in it's earlier years especially if viewers were not based along the East Coast/Border Areas. The band only arrived when Tubridy pulled the concept over from his previous Tubridy Tonight show that went out on Saturday nights. Pat Kenny had no band or musical director if memory serves me correct from 1999-2009. Most music on the show will come from performing artists anyway so; it's a luxury they can hardly afford if they are forced into making major cutbacks in quality output across RTÉ. If I hear any more jazzed-up versions of The Late Late Show signature theme played by that band, I think I'll puke as it is unnecessary and almost nauseating at this stage. In today's radio marketplace, I see absolutely little or no reason why RTÉ still supports 2FM as nowadays you have the whole independent commercial radio sector providing this choice and sometimes often better quality. After several unsuccessful revamps at 2FM it is now clear that 2FM has lost it's purpose, identity and the affection is once had with many radio listeners now aged in the over 35+Yrs category. The tide has been turning for quite some time but was never more apparent after the late Gerry Ryan had passed away around April, 2010. The best thing RTÉ could do now is to closedown 2FM altogether and request permission to transfer the "RTÉ Gold" digital station onto the FM frequency currently used by 2FM. This would make sense as you are likely to find a bigger audience tuning into the service if it was more freely available and for those on the move. Larry Gogan, Dave Fanning, Rick O'Shea do not fit well in the current younger age demographic targeted by 2FM but I'm not sure enough younger people are gonna tune in to the likes of Nicky Byrne, Ruth & Co. either as today's youth have so much more devices to choose to hear their favourite music unlike it was when 2FM was a huge player from 1979-1997. RTÉ closed Cork Local Radio (RTÉ Radio Cork/89FM) in the early 2000's and expanded FM3 Classical Music (was once one of the Radio One opt-out services) and RTÉ Lyric fm was established at the same time so; there is a precedent for closing one operation while expanding another! I would not like to be Dee Forbes as she is likely to face lots of criticism no matter what she is forced to axe or cut back but they need to make serious progress on multiple fronts from TV Licence Fee evasion, selling off expensive lands at it's Montrose Campus HQ or even moving to a much cheaper site if they can get significant income from an outright sale. RTÉ needs to outsource right across the board and be allowed to stop having to do everything as they cannot continue to expand services on much less income/revenue coming in. That said, if nobody else is performing a function they currently provide, it needs to be carefully considered and explored. If however; there is competition and no shortage of something they already provide then maybe it needs to be under scrutiny...does RTÉ really need to be purchasing EastEnders soap opera from the BBC while most viewers across Ireland now have easy access to BBC One across the country as it is available free-to-air on digital satellite and also on cable tv systems. Many viewers will probably choose to watch it over on BBC One as they won't have to wait for the commercial break half way through an episode of EastEnders on RTÉ One!
icdg wrote: » They want to close it, but unfortunately someone decided in 2009 to put a clause in the Broadcasting Act which could be read as requiring RTE to operate a teletext service. It wasn't there in the previous Broadcasting Authority Acts of course which makes the fact that it was put in as late as 2009, when teletext was already a dying technology, really bizzare.
GreenFolder2 wrote: » 2fm is a youth station?!?!!!? As for red fm their player shows what they play.http://www.redfm.ie/player/ Looks more like FM104 playlist than aimed at teens.
