The Giant Gerry Ryan Mega Thread

Mrcaramelchoc · 09-06-2018 03:45PM

Sleeper12 wrote: »

I listen to talk radio from 9am to around 3pm Monday to Friday.

I not only miss Gerry Ryan on the radio but I actually think about him several days a day. He was my copilot for 3 hours everyday for 20 years. I don't listen to my wife for 3 hours everyday.

I'd love RTE to release his podcasts. Possibly have an hour each week with the best bits on a radio show. I think there is enough interest there.

I have to agree with all of this.i was in a monotonous job and he was my companion at the time.3 hours a day every working day.now granted if it was a ****e subject id put on music but overall he d be switched on every day.
And id. Listen back to all of the shows if they were available.

K.Flyer · 09-06-2018 03:58PM

Enjoyed his radio shows most of the time.
I would wonder how he would react to all the goings on in todays world, I imagine he would be in his element telling most of today's people who are so easily offended to cop the fcuk onto themselves.

Radio5 · 12-06-2018 10:07AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Being on the radio and having people call in is hardly a formula.

It was considered that once upon a time. OK it was a long time ago but the idea of people interacting with a DJ/Presenter was once considered very new and exciting. Prior to that time, people just sent in dedications as they were called. The only voices that presenters spoke to or interacted with were on News and current affairs programmes.

To get on to news programmes you had to be a politician/cleric/academic/campaigner or be an eyewitness to some major public event or a neighbour in some village/town/suburb where something notable/awful happened.

Sugarlumps · 12-06-2018 10:47AM

Yes.

Sleeper12 · 12-06-2018 11:47AM

Radio5 wrote:

It was considered that once upon a time. OK it was a long time ago but the idea of people interacting with a DJ/Presenter was once considered very new and exciting. Prior to that time, people just sent in dedications as they were called. The only voices that presenters spoke to or interacted with were on News and current affairs programmes.

Younger people just can't get it. In the 80's the DJs were the celebrities more so than the bands. The bands didn't com to Ireland. 2FM sent its DJs on the road. They got mobbed like Rock Stars.

When the Gerry Ryan show started in the late 80s it had two roving reporters. Brenda O Donohue & Barbara Jordan (if memory serves). RTE gave these reporters "mobile" phones. Mobile in brackets because they weren't very mobile in 1988. They could do a report live from almost anywhere in the country because of these phones. This was totally new. Gay Byrne and other broadcasters up to this point were relying mostly on snail mail rather than people phoning in.

The Gerry Ryan "formula" compared to the previous generation (Gay Byrne) was like silent movies getting sound or black and white movies changing to colour. Plus he talked about anything & everything. He was an extremely intelligent person but childish too so he could have a serious interview about politics and the next segment could be about poo.

purple_432 · 22-06-2018 04:25PM

EdgeCase wrote: »

I really don't think we're *quite* as sensitive as the US is and the UK has been slipping.

Things have changed a lot since Gerry was around. Take this segment for example, from 31:45 onwards, would this be allowed on Irish radio today? I very much doubt that it would. https://youtu.be/CVI9D7EggV0

Sleeper12 · 22-06-2018 07:34PM

purple_432 wrote:

Things have changed a lot since Gerry was around. Take this segment for example, from 31:45 onwards, would this be allowed on Irish radio today? I very much doubt that it would.

Wow!
I only listened to 15 minutes of that so far & so much jumped out at me. First thing is the clarity on the phone calls. I know that it was only 10 years ago but even then most calls were from landlines. You can't go 15 minutes now on talk radio without the broadcaster stopping for a break while we clean up that line. In some ways we really are going backwards.

The show itself was Gerry at his best. Believe it or not Gay Byrne in his day helped drag Ireland out of the stone age. Gerry was the modern version of that. I believe that not only would Gerry still be doing shows like that but he'd have brought us even further along. I don't believe society has gone backwards in the last 10 years but I do believe that the likes of Gerry, if he was still with us would have brought further along even again.

Very intelligent man and a trained Barrister. He knew better than the powers that be in RTE what he could say.

Thanks for sharing that link. I look forward listening to the rest of it tomorrow.

the_syco · 22-06-2018 07:40PM

Was he the coke head that said coke heads were scum?

Sleeper12 · 22-06-2018 08:12PM

the_syco wrote:

Was he the coke head that said coke heads were scum?

I listened to him for over 20 years. I don't believe I ever heard him say that

L1011 · 23-06-2018 06:04PM

On call clarity - mobile to landline is awful. People are used to mobile to mobile now which is sometimes FM quality (Vodafone and Eir inter network 4G calls) or even the normal 3g codecs but when it hits a landline it's awful. The early 90s GSM codecs get used

A decade ago it was nearly all landline. We aren't used to how bad mobile to landline sounds except on radio now

4G voice telephone hybrids need to be developed - I don't believe there are any currently. That'll let stations give out mobile numbers to dial and get far higher quality

Wheeliebin30 · 23-06-2018 06:10PM

K.Flyer wrote: »

Enjoyed his radio shows most of the time.
I would wonder how he would react to all the goings on in todays world, I imagine he would be in his element telling most of today's people who are so easily offended to cop the fcuk onto themselves.

Was great at that stuff in fairness, Niall Boulanger is the closest to him with regards telling snowflakes to kop the hell on.

purple_432 · 23-06-2018 07:45PM

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Wow!
I only listened to 15 minutes of that so far & so much jumped out at me. First thing is the clarity on the phone calls. I know that it was only 10 years ago but even then most calls were from landlines. You can't go 15 minutes now on talk radio without the broadcaster stopping for a break while we clean up that line. In some ways we really are going backwards.

Yeah, the clarity of the caller's line's really stands out. It's also great to hear Gerry's voice again.

purple_432 · 23-06-2018 07:50PM

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Was great at that stuff in fairness, Niall Boulanger is the closest to him with regards telling snowflakes to kop the hell on.

When I've listened to Niall Boylan, Gerry Ryan has never come to mind.

DellyBelly · 23-06-2018 07:51PM

I miss him....but in a financial sense. I was his drug dealerðŸ˜

Charlie19 · 23-06-2018 07:51PM

A little off topic but I think his daughter Lottie is brilliant on 2FM.

She comes across really nice and has a good chemistry with Bernard and Keith on the morning show.

Puts in a lot of hours too.

Credit to her parents.

Trasna1 · 23-06-2018 07:58PM

Charlie19 wrote: »

A little off topic but I think his daughter Lottie is brilliant on 2FM.

She comes across really nice and has a good chemistry with Bernard and Keith on the morning show.

Puts in a lot of hours too.

Credit to her parents.

I've nothing against Lottie but she is only on the radio because her father was Gerry.

Mrcaramelchoc · 23-06-2018 08:00PM

Trasna1 wrote: »

Charlie19 wrote: »

A little off topic but I think his daughter Lottie is brilliant on 2FM.

She comes across really nice and has a good chemistry with Bernard and Keith on the morning show.

Puts in a lot of hours too.

Credit to her parents.

I've nothing against Lottie but she is only on the radio because her father was Gerry.

And she's crap.

trishasaffron · 23-06-2018 08:02PM

Are you insane? No one misses GR.

Charlie19 · 23-06-2018 08:07PM

Trasna1 wrote: »

I've nothing against Lottie but she is only on the radio because her father was Gerry.

My initial reaction to her appointment was the same as that but since I've dumped nova in the mornings and switched to 2fm, I've found her to be fairly decent.

Ursus Horribilis · 23-06-2018 10:56PM

If she was good at what she does, I'd be able to live with the nepotism. Her voice is like nails on a blackboard to my ears and that's before we even get to her presenting skills.

23-06-2018 10:56PM

Trasna1 wrote: »

I've nothing against Lottie but she is only on the radio because her father was Gerry.

and she would've never got that position/opportunity if her last name wasn't Ryan - its an insult to up and coming dj's/presenters

California Dreamer · 23-06-2018 11:41PM

Faith Kind Pavilion wrote: »

and she would've never got that position/opportunity if her last name wasn't Ryan - its an insult to up and coming dj's/presenters

Herself and Lyndy (John Clarkes daughter) never served their time in the regional stations. Probably never had an air check in their lives. Never worked 18 hours days for nothing and gradually worked their way up. I still can't work out that after all this time they both still have jobs will all the firing that Dan Healy did of so many talented presenters.

Leilak · 23-06-2018 11:47PM

Lottie Ryan is not a talented Radio Presenter she hasn't improved in the 4 years she's been on air, that's why she's on the 6 am slot on 2FM and she's only filling in for Jennifer Zamparelli while she's on maternity leave

Mrcaramelchoc · 24-06-2018 10:28AM

Is there any archive or links to more shows?i would gladly listen to them if they were there.

24-06-2018 10:37AM

G Ryan was great. Then was good. Then seemed to have lost all interest. His death didn’t come as any great surprise. Used to love his Grooving on a Sunday afternoon.