Ray D'arcy on RTE Radio 1 Mod Warning post 1 27th Jan Forward

Brendan Bendar · 12-07-2020 7:30am

Tell me how wrote: »

According to Boards, Peter Casey is the type of politician the country needs and everyone on the dole is a chancer milking the system while also looking for a forever home.

Neither is remotely close to be true in the real world. Many people of my generation, have fond memories of Ray given we grew up with him on the Den and his show on Today FM was very popular for a long time.

I wouldn't be using Boards as supporting evidence for making such a judgemental statement.

You see, here’s what really happened.

Ray was fine, excellent in fact , presenting a teen / children’s show which consisted of music and comedy of a kind which appealed to young people.

Then he graduated to disc jockeying again nothing too strenuous but good at it in fairness, what I call hairdresser radio, that you listen to with one ear and don’t have to concentrate too hard.Its just there in the background.

Then he got a more ‘adult’ show with more adult content and was found out.

Promoted beyond his area of competence, stacatto interviews, unsure of himself outside music topics, out of his depth.

That’s the long and the short of it basically.

dxhound2005 · 12-07-2020 10:06am

©️ Hairdresser Radio.

12-07-2020 10:24am

dxhound2005 wrote: »

©️ Hairdresser Radio.

It does sum it up pretty well. Basically "Breakfast Roll Man's" wife -- in the UK, they call her Worcester Woman.

That's assuming Ray's audience is mainly female, which I strongly presume it is.

DrSerious3 · 12-07-2020 1:48pm

Tell me how wrote: »

According to Boards, Peter Casey is the type of politician the country needs and everyone on the dole is a chancer milking the system while also looking for a forever home.

Neither is remotely close to be true in the real world. Many people of my generation, have fond memories of Ray given we grew up with him on the Den and his show on Today FM was very popular for a long time.

I wouldn't be using Boards as supporting evidence for making such a judgemental statement.

Ray was very good on the Den and reasonably likeable on Today FM at the beginning. He is now opinionated, hypocritical and very hard to like on RTE. He is also disinterested in those he interviews, holier-than-thou and dismissive of things he doesn't like e.g. the Nuacht. He is technically illiterate and unable to work the buttons in front of him. Despite this, he is paid top dollar. Bizarre.

Brendan Bendar · 12-07-2020 2:01pm

DrSerious3 wrote: »

Ray was very good on the Den and reasonably likeable on Today FM at the beginning. He is now opinionated, hypocritical and very hard to like on RTE. He is also disinterested in those he interviews, holier-than-thou and dismissive of things he doesn't like e.g. the Nuacht. He is technically illiterate and unable to work the buttons in front of him. Despite this, he is paid top dollar. Bizarre.

Correct and right.

However he is not a heavyweight, he just cannot handle issues which require a bit of knowledge and in my opinion tries to overcome this by trying to push certain agendas like fitness and diet and stuff.

Listen and see how his demeanor changes when he has a ‘light’ interview with say Hosier, Mundy, or some U.K. cloth heads who threw TVs out hotel windows back in the day.

Just listen......

Tell me how · 12-07-2020 2:09pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Then he got a more ‘adult’ show with more adult content and was found out.

Promoted beyond his area of competence, stacatto interviews, unsure of himself outside music topics, out of his depth.

That’s the long and the short of it basically.

I wouldn't necessarily disagree that he is out of his depth in his current role, but, my point above (and relevant in terms to how these threads can be motivated in one direction) is that to suggest someone is likely hated in real life is quite an excessive judgement.

12-07-2020 2:22pm

Some posts have been moved here from the Today with Sarah McInerney thread, just to keep both on-topic - Mod

BPKS · 13-07-2020 3:08pm

So after 2 days of wall to wall Jack Charlton coverage on the radio, Ray D'Arcy decides to go out on a limb and is looking for Jack Charlton stories for his show today.

Original thinking obviously wasn't a deal breaker when he negotiated his €450k a year contract with RTE.

amlinopta · 13-07-2020 3:42pm

48 hours after the event with the Jack Charlton fishing stories and the obligatory few bars of Put 'em under Pressure. And almost a week late with Lidl ambassador Sarah Rowe and her campaign, she did the full round of media interviews a few days ago including RTE and Off the Ball. So lazy considering the resources working on the show

13-07-2020 4:01pm

amlinopta wrote: »

48 hours after the event with the Jack Charlton fishing stories and the obligatory few bars of Put 'em under Pressure. And almost a week late with Lidl ambassador Sarah Rowe and her campaign, she did the full round of media interviews a few days ago including RTE and Off the Ball. So lazy considering the resources working on the show

Who produces that show?

In fairness to Ray, he's not the only one sitting in on these planning/ scheduling meetings.

Is nobody looking back and saying 'that didn't really work, did it?

In the last JNLRs, Ray Darcy was losing 140,000 listeners after Liveline. He has fewer listeners than the likes of Sunday Miscellany or The Business, which are great programmes, but you'd think are fairly niche.

It's not working, and it isn't only D'arcy's fault in all fairness.

amlinopta · 13-07-2020 4:08pm

A zoom call on the radio. Ray claiming the credit for this innovative idea as the line breaks down. Should they not have tested it first? And what's the point of a video call on radio.

dxhound2005 · 13-07-2020 4:12pm

DrSerious3 wrote: »

Ray was very good on the Den and reasonably likeable on Today FM at the beginning. He is now opinionated, hypocritical and very hard to like on RTE. He is also disinterested in those he interviews, holier-than-thou and dismissive of things he doesn't like e.g. the Nuacht. He is technically illiterate and unable to work the buttons in front of him. Despite this, he is paid top dollar. Bizarre.

As long as he has a loyal following, even if some only tune in for Nuacht Watch or button malfunctions, he can command his top dollar. He was brought back from Today FM to halt the disastrous fall in numbers which Mooney caused, and he has succeeded.

https://www.irishmirror.ie/whats-on/arts-culture-news/radio-saviour-ray-darcy-faces-5612977

His figures take a massive drop compared to News at One and Liveline, so it seems to be a fickle time slot.

https://www.thejournal.ie/marian-finucane-jnlr-figures-4994741-Feb2020/

bmorrissey · 13-07-2020 4:15pm

amlinopta wrote: »

A zoom call on the radio. Ray claiming the credit for this innovative idea as the line breaks down. Should they not have tested it first? And what's the point of a video call on radio.

Its mad, last week he was using skype...or so he said and it kept cutting out and disconnected in the end.

I really dont understand why they dont just use the phone line, especially since it seems to be a RADIO SHOW!!

dxhound2005 · 13-07-2020 4:19pm

bmorrissey wrote: »

Its mad, last week he was using skype...or so he said and it kept cutting out and disconnected in the end.

I really dont understand why they dont just use the phone line, especially since it seems to be a RADIO SHOW!!

I was thinking the very same on Sunday morning listening to Emily Buchanan on Radio 4. Her interview with the new Archbishop of York was a disaster, until she got him on the phone.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000kww2

13-07-2020 4:34pm

dxhound2005 wrote: »

As long as he has a loyal following, even if some only tune in for Nuacht Watch or button malfunctions, he can command his top dollar. He was brought back from Today FM to halt the disastrous fall in numbers which Mooney caused, and he has succeeded.

https://www.irishmirror.ie/whats-on/arts-culture-news/radio-saviour-ray-darcy-faces-5612977

His figures take a massive drop compared to News at One and Liveline, so it seems to be a fickle time slot.

https://www.thejournal.ie/marian-finucane-jnlr-figures-4994741-Feb2020/

I'm not sure it's the timeslot, he's got the same reach as Ronan Collins -- primetime radio, but just no broad appeal. There's nothing that really stands out about 12pm and 3pm.

He has been an improvement on Mooney's numbers, can't take that away from him.

I wish they'd do something imaginative -- something like a cross between Movies & Booze with Rattlebag. People call The Ray D'arcy Show 'Hairdresser Radio', but what kind of hairdresser's broadcasts Radio 1 anyway?

dxhound2005 · 13-07-2020 4:37pm

I actually liked Mooney with his otters and owls, but it obviously did have wide appeal.

neris · 13-07-2020 4:41pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Who produces that show?

His missus isnt it??

Lithium93_ · 13-07-2020 6:31pm

Who produces the show, that's a very good question.

fritzelly · 13-07-2020 6:33pm

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Who produces the show, that's a very good question.

Is anyone sure it has a producer?

13-07-2020 6:36pm

neris wrote: »

His missus isnt it??

I don't think so, didn't she take time off and not come back?
He doesn't give credits at the end of the show, but I have a feeling it's Will Hanafin.

They came as a whole package of talent.

Lithium93_ · 13-07-2020 6:39pm

fritzelly wrote: »

Is anyone sure it has a producer?

A thousand monkey's chained to typewriters :pac:

Red Fred · 13-07-2020 8:04pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I don't think so, didn't she take time off and not come back?
He doesn't give credits at the end of the show, but I have a feeling it's Will Hanafin.

They came as a whole package of talent.

I've heard Will Hanafin being credited as the producer of Drivetime recently.

Odyssey 2005 · 13-07-2020 8:18pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I don't think so, didn't she take time off and not come back?
He doesn't give credits at the end of the show, but I have a feeling it's Will Hanafin.

They came as a whole package of talent.

I thought Will had moved on to better things in the "machine ". As far as I know his missus( her name escapes me

) is also gone,or probably on a career break .

13-07-2020 8:52pm

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

I thought Will had moved on to better things in the "machine ". As far as I know his missus( her name escapes me ) is also gone,or probably on a career break .

I’d go on a career break if my other half was paid €450,000 a year!

patrickc · 13-07-2020 10:21pm

He must have a holiday home in Waterford or Dunmore East he regularly talks about that area and is spotted there lots too.
Maybe that'd the mortgage he gives out about!

glenfieldman · 14-07-2020 3:29pm

FFS another death sorry
Is RTe sponsored by Massiys

amlinopta · 14-07-2020 3:33pm

Ray comfortably slotting into the ghoul role vacated by Duffy. Misery city that place

bmorrissey · 14-07-2020 3:42pm

Really Sad story, must be really hard for her with 3 young kids. My wife follows her on Instagram and she gets awful abuse on her account apparently.

Brendan Bendar · 14-07-2020 4:24pm

Is Gerry breaking in a new set of teeth......

Or on the fourth can.......

sligojoek · 14-07-2020 4:52pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Is Gerry breaking in a new set of teeth......

Or on the fourth can.......

Thought that myself last week. Maybe he had a minor stroke at some stage. Someone I know did and sometimes has a similar "slur".

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