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Testament1 · 01-08-2019 08:42AM

Listening to the podcast from Wednesdays Ray Foley show where he likened the current method of programming decisions to standing outside the Today FM building after it's been doused in petrol with a match in hand :pac:

Mr Tickle · 01-08-2019 09:05AM

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

According to a recent report from RTE the number of people who listen to radio on a daily basis is 87%.

Now I think that's absolute bollocks but that's what they claim.

you have to wonder about the question asked there. and who they asked.

I'd believe that 87% of people hear radio on a daily basis. nowhere near that would call themselves listeners.

prunudo · 01-08-2019 09:05AM

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

According to a recent report from RTE the number of people who listen to radio on a daily basis is 87%.

Now I think that's absolute bollocks but that's what they claim.

I'd say its more likely that the survey revealed 'of the people listening to the radio only 87% are actually listening to the radio'

Man Vs ManUre · 01-08-2019 01:50PM

It’s in the news now about Muireann getting more popular after her “I got fired” tweet. There’s a breaking article in the independent.
Go on Muireann ya good ting!!

Ursus Horribilis · 01-08-2019 02:02PM

We'll see if online popularity translates into actual job offers.

TaurenDruid · 01-08-2019 02:11PM

JNLR stats as reported by the Indo:

Muireann O'Connell: 96,000 (+3,000)
Louise Duffy: 29,000 (-1,000) (That must surely be a typo? It must be 129,000... mustn't it?!)
Ian Dempsey: 179,000 (-2,000)
Dermor & Dave: 163,000 (no change)
Fergal Darcy: 109,000 (+3,000)
Matt Cooper: 151,000 (-1,000)

(Edited to add Alison Curtis)

Alison Curtis (Saturday mornings): 133,000 (previous quarter not given)

01-08-2019 02:53PM

TaurenDruid wrote: »

JNLR stats as reported by the Indo:

Muireann O'Connell: 96,000 (+3,000)
Louise Duffy: 29,000 (-1,000) (That must surely be a typo? It must be 129,000... mustn't it?!)
Ian Dempsey: 179,000 (-2,000)
Dermor & Dave: 163,000 (no change)
Fergal Darcy: 109,000 (+3,000)
Matt Cooper: 151,000 (-1,000)

So a presenter who gains 3,000 listeners is let go,and Ian Dempsey loses 2,000, stays where he is..Like I said in an earlier post..Radio is more about politics,than talent these days..

Stevieluvsye · 01-08-2019 02:57PM

Deleted User wrote: »

So a presenter who gains 3,000 listeners is let go,and Ian Dempsey loses 2,000, stays where he is..Like I said in an earlier post..Radio is more about politics,than talent these days..

Iano nearly has double her listeners so that's a bad comparison

Ursus Horribilis · 01-08-2019 03:41PM

In radio terms, would a change of a couple of thousand listeners really make that much difference?

TaurenDruid · 01-08-2019 03:43PM

Deleted User wrote: »

So a presenter who gains 3,000 listeners is let go,and Ian Dempsey loses 2,000, stays where he is..Like I said in an earlier post..Radio is more about politics,than talent these days..

Nope. As mentioned, Ian has nearly double Muireann's numbers.

But there's clearly an audience switching off Dermot & Dave when Muireann came on, and switching back on when Fergal D'Arcy comes on. (Or, there's a natural dip in radio listeners at lunchtime as people go out? Or a combination of both).

Stevieluvsye · 01-08-2019 03:46PM

TaurenDruid wrote: »

Nope. As mentioned, Ian has nearly double Muireann's numbers.

But there's clearly an audience switching off Dermot & Dave when Muireann came on, and switching back on when Fergal D'Arcy comes on. (Or, there's a natural dip in radio listeners at lunchtime as people go out? Or a combination of both).

67k actually switch off after D&D, wow, that's a considerable drop in numbers

Claude Burgundy · 01-08-2019 03:56PM

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

67k actually switch off after D&D, wow, that's a considerable drop in numbers

I was one of them, i listened for a while but i only lasted a month or two.

Stevieluvsye · 01-08-2019 03:58PM

Claude Burgundy wrote: »

I was one of them, i listened for a while but i only lasted a month or two.

I gave it a day

TaurenDruid · 01-08-2019 04:54PM

Mr Tickle wrote: »

you have to wonder about the question asked there. and who they asked.

I'd believe that 87% of people hear radio on a daily basis. nowhere near that would call themselves listeners.

They're getting that figure from the JNLR (the current figure is 82%), and that comes from IPSOS/MRBI interviewing over 16,000 people every year. I've gotten a couple of cold-call phonecalls from them over the past couple of years.

EverythingGood · 01-08-2019 06:21PM

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

67k actually switch off after D&D, wow, that's a considerable drop in numbers

Or people start work?

johnire · 01-08-2019 06:29PM

Cannot believe Darcys figures have increased by 3,000...

Stevieluvsye · 01-08-2019 07:01PM

EverythingGood wrote: »

Or people start work?

They finish at 12

TaurenDruid · 01-08-2019 07:59PM

johnire wrote: »

Cannot believe Darcys figures have increased by 3,000...

See, this is the thing. Your taste, and my taste, is not everyone else's. I find D&D hilarious. Others on here hate them. Clearly, from the figures, plenty of listeners love them. Same with Fergal Darcy (who admittedly seems to be more "marmitey" than most other presenters).

I thought MOC was great as a presenter when she was standing in for people, but on the few occasions I caught her lunchtime show - nah, not my cup of tea at all. Obviously a lot of other people felt the same.

statto25 · 02-08-2019 05:17PM

Baz Ashmawy filling in for Dermot and Dave next week. This is not a drill folks, women and children first.

jippo nolan · 02-08-2019 06:02PM

statto25 wrote: »

Baz Ashmawy filling in for Dermot and Dave next week. This is not a drill folks, women and children first.

Thanks for the warning!

Bazzy · 02-08-2019 07:14PM

buckfasterer wrote: »

But then who would be on the radio to get people dancing in their kitchen, mention children, Canada, more children, Canada, being from Canada and about how she's from Canada?

You forgot she's a twin

JoeA3 · 02-08-2019 07:41PM

statto25 wrote: »

Baz Ashmawy filling in for Dermot and Dave next week. This is not a drill folks, women and children first.

On the irritation scale there's far worse than Baz already on the Today FM payroll... so it could be worse :eek:

Man Vs ManUre · 02-08-2019 07:49PM

Muireann is at the all together now festival. She’s not stuck in traffic so she must have left early. Smart girl.

Loughc · 02-08-2019 09:12PM

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Muireann is at the all together now festival. She’s not stuck in traffic so she must have left early. Smart girl.

It’s almost like she had no where to go earlier :O

ford fiesta · 03-08-2019 01:46AM

statto25 wrote: »

Baz Ashmawy filling in for Dermot and Dave next week. This is not a drill folks, women and children first.

A regular stand in for tubridy and darcy on rte radio 1. Will he still stand in on rte, after moving to today fm as a stand in ?

johnire · 03-08-2019 05:57PM

Purely as a matter of interest has anyone any idea what a radio presenter would earn in a year? Say someone like Fergal Darcy?

redbuck · 03-08-2019 07:47PM

johnire wrote: »

Purely as a matter of interest has anyone any idea what a radio presenter would earn in a year? Say someone like Fergal Darcy?

50k maybe?

03-08-2019 09:03PM

probably more as he's one of the heads of the content "creation" class they do

statto25 · 04-08-2019 12:28PM

ford fiesta wrote: »

statto25 wrote: »

Baz Ashmawy filling in for Dermot and Dave next week. This is not a drill folks, women and children first.

A regular stand in for tubridy and darcy on rte radio 1. Will he still stand in on rte, after moving to today fm as a stand in ?

Chances are TodayFM are lining him up for a show, maybe a weekend spot and want to give him some airtime. I know he fills in on RTE, and he's shocking. Sounds like a lad reading off a script

04-08-2019 04:53PM

who does he appeal to????? but I could say that about Mairead Ronan too

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