amlinopta wrote: » Final shared broadcast with RTE1 is Will Leahy’s this evening. Presumably extra sports coverage when the GAA championships start
ford fiesta wrote: » Is there a need to axe GOLD from 5pm to 7pm on Saturday and 6pm to 8pm on Sunday? Does sport usually go on after 5 and 6pm anyway? I normally during the Winter (pre Covid) hear stuff like Documentaries, Saturday Sounds with Neil "Mamma Mia" Doherty, or Mooney goes Wild???
ford fiesta wrote: » Rick is on now 6pm to 8pm for the final time of Saturday's RTE Gold/Radio 1
Mickey Mike wrote: » You'd imagine with level 3 and no sporting events taking place that Gold will continue on Radio 1 for another bit.
Pelvis Parsley wrote: » Best thing they have had on R1 on a weekend afternoon for years, and they've done away with it. We have one radio and one TV channel as Gaeilge-the need or demand for an afternoon programme on the flagship station as well must be negligible. But hey, it's RTE, they haven't made a habit of too many good calls. ]
Infoanon wrote: » In fairness that's not RTEs call and there would be uproar from certain quarters if RTE Radio One dropped this or any Irish language programming. Additionally the mess that is DAB cannot be laid at RTEs door.
Pelvis Parsley wrote: » But they aren't dropping Irish language programming, they're putting a whole new show on after the sport slot, no? . Forget about DAB, there's surely some demand for it via online platforms.
Mickey Mike wrote: » Was it around this time last year when RTE made the mayor cut backs, well nothing have happened since, the top presenters still paid big salaries which is one of the reasons why some people are not paying the TV licence fee. RTE Gold and other digital channels are hanging on there, even after a year we still don't know what the future holds. As long as the government keeps funding them with your money, RTE will just keep it going.
ford fiesta wrote: » Micky Mac is back on RTE Gold this New Years Eve
thejuggler wrote: » Larging it up. Welcome Welcome Welcome! Didn’t he do some work on lyric after his stint on 2fm ended? Also remember him doing oldies on 2fm at one stage. He’s done it all in music radio. Wonder if his NYE slot will be live.
ford fiesta wrote: » Michael sure did the Lyric Countdown on Lyric FM Saturday lunchtimes until George Hamilton took over the Saturday and Sunday lunchtime slots in 2002. His return to RTE after Lyric FM was RTE Gold in around 2014 when the weekend schedule was beginning to grow, first with a weekend Classic Dance Show and then a mainstream Saturday afternoon oldies show in 2017 until most of the weekend programmes (Al Dunne, Marian Farrell, Mike Moloney, Nails Mahoney, Eric Moore etc.) were cut in late 2019. During this time Michael presented weekend and weekday shows with Clare FM and may have done a show or 2 with Limerick's Live 95. His late mother ran the secretarial school which became HSI college in Limerick and Michael worked here while his long career with RTE continued. I don't think he ever presented a weekday show on RTE radio, unless he covered for some weekday presenters in the 1980s??.
amlinopta wrote: » Mickey Mac’s son is Conor, has made a good career out of sports commentary, mainly football, TV3, BBC five live and Virgin Media of late
channelsurfer2 wrote: » oh wow.. didnt realise that. you learn something new every day. conor certainly hasnt the same voice.
ford fiesta wrote: » well it's not far from his father's radio voice in fairness!
ford fiesta wrote: » Will Leahy said this morning there will be a new weekend schedule announced in the next week.
Mickey Mike wrote: » What was all this closing the digital radio channels in November 2019, only upsetting us.
ford fiesta wrote: » Covid and it continuing much longer than expected
Mickey Mike wrote: » It seems like RTE Gold is set to continue. What was all this closing the digital radio channels in November 2019, only upsetting us.
