Oiling up the Tape Players out in Montrose.

AwaitYourReply wrote: »

Saturday with Cormac Ó hEadhra was an unusual edition completely devoted to Tallaght Hospital today.

Of the parts I heard it seemed to be all focused on the hospital, health service but nothing else was covered.

Below is the programme synopsis taken from RTÉ website for today Saturday 22/12/2018

"Saturday with Cormac Ó hEadhra"
On the Saturday before Christmas, Cormac is live from Tallaght Hospital where he will be discussing the true realities of spending Christmas in hospital. Cormac will be speaking to the doctors, nurses, patients and more who are going to be spending Christmas day in Tallaght Hospital.

I wonder was it broadcast live from the hospital today or was it recorded live recently but not broadcast until today due to the holiday wind down as I gather it would have been difficult to bring in a full panel with Christmas only days away? With the Late Debate not broadcast during the week it seemed odd that Saturday with Cormac Ó hEadhra was even scheduled unless it was recorded as a "special edition".

Hard to tell Wait ... had all the ‘setup’ of a recording but ...could not be sure.


anyway


Biggest star so far from the underclass........Tommy Mescell.... out at the airport since 0500 and substituting for superstar Brian (welcome to the newsrumm)Jennings

AwaitYourReply wrote: »

The news reader in question is excellent but if I was to change anything in might be in the initial greeting as it repeats itself:
"Good morning Seán and a very good morning from the newsroom" - It was a similar greeting when they both presented on RTÉ News at One on Radio 1 for many years. I wish he did not repeat the "good morning" part twice every time he started off. One good morning for Seán O'Rourke and a different good morning for the rest of us!Well that's how it comes across on radio anyway!

Another well educated presenter used often sound uncomfortable in his sign-off on each current affairs programmes like Today Tonight, Questions & Answers on TV some years ago. At the end when it was time to wrap things up you might hear something like this: Well, that's it from me/us (and awkward silence) and Good Night. In fairness, the presenter in question was always on top of his game and well able for all the academic arguments.

Vincent Browne used have his own style too and used almost trip over the words when wrapping up a programme at the end. That's it from us tonight, for more on tonight's programme log onto to Tv3.ie and bla bla bla
That said, he is missed at times. Are you ashamed of bankrupting the country he said to some guests? If not, why not? He could be quite funny at times.

Now here’s the thing, I do not know what Tommy’s greeting is but, I think Brian Jennings sails straight in except for the 1100 bulletin where he does the “ Good. morning from the newsrumm”bit.

Purely incidental all this and I am open to correction.

Philip King has an afternoon show Christmas Day. Probably prerecorded.

Oooh.……… another lad from the ‘O’Byrne Cup’ panel doing News at One or whatever it’s called.

Justin McCarthy.... could be a prospect.... what do they say in livestock circles……… an improver!

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

I was listening to Morning Ireland recently. Bryan Dobson was presenting, Brian Jennings was reading the news and Brian Finn was reading the business news. The exchange after Brian Jennings had finished his bulletin was as follows:

Jennings: And that's the news for the moment. Bryan...
Dobbo: Thank you, Brian. Now here's Brian with the business news.
Finn: Thank you, Bryan.

I suppose it's in stark contrast to how presenters used hand over on news bulletins way back pre-1990's days. I recall presenters on BBC News & ITN News used introduce their colleague.. and now for all the days sport here's "Joe Bloggs" and the sportsnews reader would begin their script but they would never acknowledge their fellow colleague by name at the start which seemed cold or clinical. And then in February 1989 came a new approach - SKY NEWS launched and it was a whole new ball game in how they presented news - they were allowed to display some personality, humour, even engage in banter unlike the stiff style still adopted by BBC NEWS, ITN News, RTÉ News.

The late Bob Friend on SKY News had a big influence in the more laid back style when appropriate and he knew when it was time to be serious as he was a class act. He could have all his colleagues in stitches laughing when it came to soft news/sports news end of the bulletin. It took quite a while before the more established stations changed their delivery style.

Bob Friend was one of the main faces of SKY NEWS from launch in 1989 and stayed for 14 Years.
Below clip was his most memorable moments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWiV0WkW56A

I can think of one reporter with RTÉ TV News who will always file a good report and sometimes be called upon to do a live interview (with newsroom studio) while out on location although; the reporter in question never seems to address the news anchor by their name at any point which is unusual given that the main news anchor would have referred to them by name once or twice during the exchange.

padd b1975 wrote: »

This Week on a Sunday Bren, been running since I was in short pants.

Justin is ex Today FM, son of former Cork hurler/manager Justin Snr.

Solid performer, could do with a few run outs on a dry sod if you catch my drift...

Stagnating at the moment.

Sorry Padd I was a little erm uh ‘emotional’ and could t remember.

The great Gerald Barry used to present, I recall , now that I am ‘recovered’

Tks for the info didn’t know his background .

What I did know though is that the producer obviously adjusted the ‘playbook’ to use an American Football term, for him, i.e. easy subjects no hard interviews and plenty of excerpts and inserts.

Yes, to use another Am.Football could do with more action on the ‘concrete’ where it’s dangerous rather out on the wings,

Is Joe Duffy doing that show from Grafton Street this morning? The one with Brendan O’Carroll and that Sil guy?

Need to make sure I’ve the radio station changed so I don’t accidentally catch a second of that awful Dublin ‘wit’. I’d prefer something prerecorded- even a 3 hour interview with Peig Sayers.

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

You could always slip in a deliver a full steel-toe boot into O’Carrolls plums, John.

That might be the answer, I’ll stay tuned and wait for the dull thuuuuummmmp.

Down in East Galway so the temptation to go into Dublin CC and land Duffy through the window of Marks with a boot up the hole wasn’t there. Cracked open the skull of my first can of stout about an hour ago so I’ve calmed down now.

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Sorry Padd I was a little erm uh ‘emotional’ and could t remember.

The great Gerald Barry used to present, I recall , now that I am ‘recovered’

Tks for the info didn’t know his background .

What I did know though is that the producer obviously adjusted the ‘playbook’ to use an American Football term, for him, i.e. easy subjects no hard interviews and plenty of excerpts and inserts.

Yes, to use another Am.Football could do with more action on the ‘concrete’ where it’s dangerous rather out on the wings,

At one stage when Vincent Browne was the Editor of The Sunday Tribune newspaper, I'm sure Gerald Barry was his Deputy Editor.

I seem to recall Gerald Barry used always say the following phrase in his intro. whilst he was presenting " ...And later in the programme..." (This Week on Sundays at 1:00pm on RTÉ Radio 1)

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Any sign of Joe Jackson yet .

Look over there,where,there goes...,sorry different Joe Jackson.

Meath lad has a strange accent..... not from Nobber anyway.

Hmmm

padd b1975 wrote: »

Very tidy shift from Samantha Libreri on News at One earlier.

Hard to fault in fact, possibly a little "reporterish" when reading but I'm probably being a bit harsh there.

Watch your back Áine.

Didn’t hear it.

Was it ‘Noos at One’ or ‘News at One’. That would be a bit of a game breaker for me?

padd b1975 wrote: »

Apologies, didn't keep an ear cocked for that one

P will listen to the playback.... first’ Noos...........bang!!

Hmmm listened back.... no ‘Noos’ but very close on the Fota Island bit.

Gob seems very ‘tacky’ tends to pronounce the I as oi as in ‘loike’ for like.

Ooh ‘ bludd for blood... bit of a Dooob here. Not good.

“Thank you for that Ooopdate.”... getting discouraged here....

“Big crooime figures”” sinking rapidly...

Again an easy playbook... reading from a script with long inserts from reporters.


Jury out.

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Hmmm another ‘Rising Star’ on for Tubs.

Maggie Doyle.....same stable as Tommy Meskill.... all rounder.

Bit of a D4 accent but shows promise... could slow down bit seems afraid of ‘dead air’

Could be a sprinter not long distance... we’ll say nowt for the minute.

Good Newsreader.

I heard the much of the show this morning and I was wondering and eventually realised it was someone by the name of: Maggie Doyle who was sitting-in for Ryan Tubridy which would have been a longer shift from 09:00-11:00am. She was well able and I liked her interview technique with one of the guests. I like the idea that RTÉ Radio 1 would give fresh voices an opportunity to showcase their ability on the national airwaves. Maggie sounded calm and experienced so; perhaps she has been given opportunities on other radio stations too prior to her current stint on Radio 1?

I suppose at the end of the day a presenter needs to ensure that they can be understood clearly by the audience tuning in. The late Gerry Ryan back in the day did not hide his Dublin accent on RTÉ Radio 2FM nationwide nor would Niall Boylan on Classic Hits (formerly 4FM) which probably has much of it's audience base from Cork, Limerick, Clare & Galway in addition to Dublin. I reckon once presenters with strong local accents can be clearly understood by a mass audience from within their intended broadcast area then it's fine. Gerry Ryan was a ratings winner for 2FM with The Gerry Ryan Show from 1988-2010 and The Niall Boylan Show is probably Classic Hits (formerly 4FM) best ratings performer.