RTE Salaries 2020/2021

RTÉ make little in terms of over all profit most of their profit over the last number of years has been due to the gov returning revenue to them

2018 - TG4 portion of the license returned (worth €8m)

2020 - €10 extra in funding from the exchequer because they said they'd close lyric.

2022 - The move of the NSO and Choirs to the NCH worth about €8m also

That's not mentioning the return of some funding from the Dept of Soc Protection.

Check how much RTÉ Radio 1 bring in each year €14m ? You think Joe is bring in more than half of that? Read their annual report folks all of the figures are available to you. Just brush past the DG and Chairs waffle and the PR at the beginning to to the finacial section, its all brokendown for the world to see.

Not really sure the disparity, I assume network sales and some programme sales but I think both should be above? Oh and Yes outside a snap general election Special events are know a number of years in advance e.g. Local Elections, Olympics, World Cups... I think I could be wrong but they take place every 5 to 4 years, but you know schedule events probably doesn't have the same ring.

Perhaps you could point out in the report where it states this? I don't see it.

I do see where the network brought in €130M in advertising and related sales. I find it very hard to believe that Radio1 would only account for around 10% of this but I'll await your correction.

Just posted, I had to go back and double check also seem like very little around 15m. in the PDF Page 116 (aka 114). but post above your post.

So what would the disparity be? Radio 1

Programming Cost   - 27,293,000

Transmission Cost    - 5,879,000

2RN Power Charge   - 1,042,000

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Total Cost       - 35,540,000

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Commercial Surplus   + 15,690,000

Redistribution      + 1,810,000

Public Funding      + 18,323,000

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Total Income      + 35,823,000

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Loss before License Fee - 18,040,000

Profit/Loss      + 283,000

If Joe Duffy was bring in €8m you'd need 4 to 5 similar presenters to be able to cover the cost of Radio 1 based on the figures above. Meaning no need for Licence Fee Funding!

Well, the radio1 cost for the year was around €35m leaving a commercial surplus of €15m. Wouldn't that mean a total income revenue of c. €50m? That would be a more realistic ratio of the €135m total network income.

You have to remember that RTE is a not-for-profit organisation. They have to spend whatever they make. They will never show large profits.

TBH I don't care about RTÉ make a profit or loss, they just need to make content.

If revenue is €135m and your suggesting that Radio 1 brings in €50m your suggesting that of the commercial services it earns over the average

Taking it that there are 9 main revenue streams

1. TV Ad sales for RTÉ 1
2. and 2,
3. Radio ad sales for Radio 1,
4. 2fm
5. and Lyric,
6. online advert sales,
7. other commerical services such as programmes sales
8. and network sales.

(Include sponsorship for TV and Radio Ads). that would mean an average of 15m per stream of revenue. Vast majority of ad sales comes from TV

Radio advertising in 2022 for Ireland came to €158m, total TV advertising came to €281.5 in 2021. total 439.5

148M in 2022 for RTÉ (but not just for TV and Radio). 33% of all advertsing and if we say that RTÉ has 33% of all radio advertising we get €52m across Radio 1, 2fm and Lyric. 30M over the surplus figure.

Where? Was it 20 years ago? 250 or so shows broadcast live per year, >300,000 live listeners per day, and you reckon only TWO people on avg per show listen back later? Two?

I gave the rate card prices and what it could yield per hour (btw, the limit is 10 min/hr not 9). I have no doubt the show is taking in several million per year but I look forward to listening to it later and maybe not hearing ANY commercial ads as you stated earlier.

I gave it 45 minutes. Never again! What drivel. It's like Jeremy Kyle on radio.

Commercial ads in every ad slot though and a promo for an upcoming program (something every other TV and Radio station does) and the promo actually named the show sponsor and ditty about the company so actually a paid promo for their own show. So I'll stand over what I said earlier, the show is making more than enough to justify his salary especially coupled with the few TV docs etc he does throughout the year.

@RoTelly The rules do not apply to services provided by the public service broadcasters RTÉ or to TG4 - I stand corrected.

@Scotty # yeah it is one of those things the sponsorship, basically if you are promoting your own TV/Radio show it doesn't count towards the number of ads spot ads allowed, so not only do you get the sting at the start and end of the show and the breaks but you also will be sold the idea that you ad will play out during other programmes.

Sorry formal wasn't working on some of those under €200k

also sorted by 2021 and then by 21 year total (AKA 20 year total for those who can count!)

Tubs has not quite caught up on Pat!

Updated correctly Yellow indicates no longer at RTÉ.

728K for Pat Kenny?? Presumably Newstalk had to better that to prise him away but that is a ridiculous amount of money. Given Pat's actual talents, as opposed to the pseudo-talent of Tubs and Lord Tubs he is still better value than those two spoofers though