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If Gerry Ryan was still alive ?

  • 28-12-2018 03:14PM
    #1
    Jay Zee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 68 ✭✭


    Would he still be broadcasting on 2fm ?


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  • #2
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,295 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    Jay Zee wrote: »
    Would he still be broadcasting on 2fm ?

    I’d say so yes

    He was the main man on the schedule for them


  • #3
    Mutant z
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Mutant z


    Without a shadow of a doubt.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,847 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Jay Zee wrote: »
    Would he still be broadcasting on 2fm ?

    No. He was losing his appeal.


  • #5
    Mutant z
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Mutant z


    Deleted User wrote: »
    No. He was losing his appeal.

    He was still the biggest draw for them and when you look at the way they have kept hold of washed up has beens there's absolutely nothing to suggest that Gerry wouldn't still be there if he was alive today i have no doubt he would.


  • #6
    Jay Zee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 68 ✭✭Jay Zee


    Deleted User wrote: »
    No. He was losing his appeal.

    But RTE love flogging dead horses, they hired ray Darcy when he was as stale as last week's bread


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  • #7
    dan1895
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭dan1895


    He'd probably have died of an overdose by now.


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
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    Mutant z wrote: »
    He was still the biggest draw for them and when you look at the way they have kept hold of washed up has beens there's absolutely nothing to suggest that Gerry wouldn't still be there if he was alive today i have no doubt he would.

    I think that Gerry would have walked. He may even have emigrated and made a new life and career abroad.


  • #9
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    the tv license fee would have been increased dramatically so as he could still afford his addiction through the recession. Wasn’t he broke as stones?


  • #10
    OU812
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,114 ✭✭✭OU812


    Gerry Ryan WAS 2FM. They've struggled to make up the numbers since he died. They would have kept him as long as possible before having him on RTE1.

    Love him or hate him, he was one of a kind as far as Irish Radio was concerned. Unlikely there'll ever be a presenter as popular again.

    Unfortunately though he was very much a big fish in a small pond, wouldn't have been able to compete with some of the UK or US presenters of the same era.


  • #11
    Odhinn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,051 ✭✭✭Odhinn


    Sullivan Disgusting Robber wrote: »
    the tv license fee would have been increased dramatically so as he could still afford his addiction through the recession. Wasn’t he broke as stones?


    No, but he had a lot less than he could have. The aul coke doesn't lend itself to solid financial decison making.


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  • #12
    ozzy jr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,519 ✭✭✭ozzy jr


    Once you get a job in RTE you seem to have it for life, no matter how good or bad a presenter you are.


  • #13
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    dan1895 wrote: »
    He'd probably have died of an overdose by now.

    But, but....


  • #14
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    ozzy jr wrote: »
    Once you get a job in RTE you seem to have it for life, no matter how good or bad a presenter you are.

    True, but he was talented. I’d say though he would now be on RTE 1


  • #15
    Mutant z
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Mutant z


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I think that Gerry would have walked. He may even have emigrated and made a new life and career abroad.

    He would have remained at RTE for as long as he wished and for as long as they wanted him he was by far the biggest name there whether you liked him or not a massive fish in a small pond why would he give that up to become a nobody on a UK or US radio station when he had everything he wanted on RTE.


  • #16
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Sullivan Disgusting Robber wrote: »
    the tv license fee would have been increased dramatically so as he could still afford his addiction through the recession. Wasn’t he broke as stones?

    Not at all, he was on 600k a year before he died, refused a paycut in the recession, said it was bull****!

    "The robin in the garden,

    That was me,

    I'm still here, Loving you..

    Until we meet again. "



  • #17
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    He had lost his appeal for most people, was much less popular than he was in the mid to late 90s. But he still had a good following, might have been changed from that time slot or even gone to Radio 1 but he’d still be v prominent. In fairness there was a time when his show was very good craic.


  • #18
    [Deleted User]
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    ozzy jr wrote: »
    Once you get a job in RTE you seem to have it for life, no matter how good or bad a presenter you are.

    And Gerry Ryan was good.
    He was a ratings magnate


  • #19
    decky1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 974 ✭✭✭decky1


    he was only a mouthpiece wish people would stop making him out to be a god.


  • #20
    leonffrench
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭leonffrench


    Probably would have been "taken out" for saying something "offensive" by this stage.


  • #21
    decky1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 974 ✭✭✭decky1


    leonffrench wrote: »
    Probably would have been "taken out" for saying something "offensive" by this stage.

    still lots of work [taking out guys] if you ask me.:D


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  • #22
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    The closest thing to a Howard Stern or Anthony Cumia that we've ever had on Irish radio.



    He wouldn't have survived in today's environment. P.C would have killed his career.


  • #23
    ZX7R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,396 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    I would like to have tough he would be still on air.but I believe the PC bergade would have someone to say about that


  • #24
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    Not at all, he was on 600k a year before he died, refused a paycut in the recession, said it was bull****!
    Didn’t one of his buddies have to pay for his funeral?


  • #25
    pleas advice
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,488 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    dan1895 wrote: »
    He'd probably have died of an overdose by now.

    Sometimes I wonder what keeps me coming back to Boards, and then sometimes


  • #26
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Sullivan Disgusting Robber wrote: »
    Didn’t one of his buddies have to pay for his funeral?

    The profits allegedly were hoovered up.


  • #27
    pleas advice
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,488 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    He'd be 62 now


  • #28
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,082 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Its not inconceivable that the gerry would be hosting the Late Late Show now. Was more tech savvy than Tubbs too.
    Gerry was more head on as well against violent Criminal.


  • #29
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Its not inconceivable that the gerry would be hosting the Late Late Show now. Was more tech savvy than Tubbs too.
    Gerry was more head on as well against violent Criminal.
    Which is funny when you think about it considering he contributed so much to it


  • #30
    nim1bdeh38l2cw
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    ozzy jr wrote: »
    Once you get a job in RTE you seem to have it for life, no matter how good or bad a presenter you are.

    Tell that to Martina Fitzgerald


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  • #31
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 81,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Sullivan Disgusting Robber wrote: »
    Didn’t one of his buddies have to pay for his funeral?

    I don't think so, his kids are minted now with the inheritance they got.

    "The robin in the garden,

    That was me,

    I'm still here, Loving you..

    Until we meet again. "



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