The Tubmeister on Virgin Radio (Warning in post #1)

how is the kim wilde show tailored for the Irish market ?

by adding a clip of her saying "on Ireland's classic hits" after an occasional link that every station that buys the show also hears ?

From experience there is a good percentage of the British population who would believe/have had no reason to think otherwise that Tubs is British. As in someone from Terenure is as British as someone from Torquay.

I think Tubridy should have taken the Classic Hits Radio offer of a 9 o clock show.

It would have fitted with his brand better, it would be at a slower, more talk pace and would have suited his strengths.

It would have done exactly what Neil Prendeville did for RedFM.

A game changer.

I don't take my life experiences while living in London (recent within the last 10 years) as absolute rubbish. My point is some would see Tubs going on about Ireland is a similar fashion to someone from Cumbria continuously going on about the lake district and Carlisle, some would not see a clear delineation between Ireland as an independent state and the "British Isles".

The poor Brits!!!

bad enough they got Brown’s Boys, but now this lad..😖

Ivan Yates is sitting in for Pat Kenny this week on Newstalk. He is dragged out of deep Wexford, the cobwebs dusted off and he is put in the hot seat a few times a year. Each and every time he smashes it. He is an absolute natural. He has charisma and wit, he is articulate and can do serious stuff and comedy. He will admit himself he loves the gig as it gets him back on top of what is going currently going on in the world , he loves engaging with people whether its the current affairs people, sports commentators or news correspondents. He sometimes interjects too much but each time its funny and witty.

What I love about him is that he is self deprecating, he is always taking the p#ss out of himself and others, but in a way that's extremely engaging. I could listen to him all day. He is in a different league to Ryan Tubridy. You have to have it naturally. Ryan doesn't. He doesn't have natural humour, he can't laugh at himself. He is extremely limited in his capabilities and this has never been more visible than now in his new gig.

You can't keep your story straight. Is it no English? Or just no morons? At one point it is the "majority" and then it becomes "any English person".

What the poster said was: "there is a good percentage of the British population."

Multiple sources have been cited now disproving your claims, both posters personal experiences and media articles.

Meanwhile your argument is based on zero foundation, zero evidence, absolutely nothing.

I think readers can judge for themselves who is talking "total rubbish."

I think the ban is not because it is British but that it may lead to other simucasts.

While simucasts are not unusual, I am not sure if there have been that many or any long running simucasts on prime time radio hours in Ireland before on any channel this is a big change, considering that Dublin's Q102 is a local Dublin station. (and don't start pointing out RTÉ Radio 1 extra unless you give me audience figures first).

Yes you can point to the fact that RTÉ, VMTV and TG4 all air imports, but TV is slightly different due to the costs involved.

The question for people in the Radio industry is where does it stop. There is no real reason for Bauer not to start simucasting Dublin's version of Spin between 7pm and 6am across Spin South West, iRadio and RedFM, do we end up with a 3rd national bauer channel? (Save for BEAT FM in the South East).

I am not a huge fan of Local Radio in Ireland, as I pointed out its local credentials are limited in many cases to a 2 hour chat show, daytime news bulletins, Death notices and GAA coverage, after that you have the same diet of music, DJs and late night news from newstalk in many cases.

I agree about Ivan and would say the same about George Hook. Sure, he can be a bit of a windbag and often wrong, but he is genuine and entertaining too. They have what is called a "personality", which seems to be in short supply amongst these radio personalities. Presenters are all bores, with no opinions, and they certainly wouldn't offer their opinions for fear of a backlash on social media. Couldn't they just give George a show where he talks movies? His love of movies combined with his occasional pig ignorant remarks always made me laugh.

I don't know if you are a satirical genius or just a happy Tubridy fan. I hope its the latter.

Sandi Toksvig does that, mentioning famous people she's met or interesting situations, but she always manages to include an interesting anecdote.

I've met many English who also thought Ireland was in the UK