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RTE Radio 1: The 9 O Clock Show hosted by Various Megathread

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  • #182
    thesandeman
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    Oliver has taken the job.



  • #183
    archfi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,385 ✭✭✭archfi


    It's Oliver Callan, the permanent host at 9am. Just announced on BOC's show.

    Opportunity missed to save some dosh and make Claire Byrne work for her pay!

    A thing isn't what it says it is.

    A thing is what it does.



  • #184
    amlinopta
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    Looks like Callan has the gig. Discussing it with Brendan now.



  • #185
    Furze99
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    Poor Oliver, he'll have to handle 5 hours a week with frequent holidays no doubt and also doing a weekly satire thing. He'll be knackered.



  • #186
    thesandeman
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121642958#Comment_121642958

    It won't be anything like the last waste of space was getting anyway.



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  • #187
    amlinopta
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    2 year contract, starts Monday week. Expects Callan’s kicks to continue as an independent production



  • #188
    archfi
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    150k a year, 2 year contract.

    Could have saved that with extending Byrne's show 9-12

    A thing isn't what it says it is.

    A thing is what it does.



  • #189
    archfi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,385 ✭✭✭archfi


    AFAIK radio show only, I only caught him saying the amount and contract and that he'd have to be above 180k to be in the 'top ten'

    Callan's Kicks is an independent production.

    A thing isn't what it says it is.

    A thing is what it does.



  • #190
    amlinopta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭amlinopta


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121643001#Comment_121643001

    From what he said, €150k is just for the radio show. Callans Kicks deal not finalised as yet, sounds like it’s a separate matter



  • #191
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,822 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121642987#Comment_121642987

    Can’t argue with that. An hour in the morning is a waste of time. Either extend Claire Byrne’s slot or give Louise Duffy an extra hour.

    EmmetSpiceland: Oft imitated but never bettered.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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  • #192
    rolling boh
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    Was hoping Shay Byrne would get it so I could listen to rising time more .Its a bit of a difficult slot to fill between the current affairs either side of it agree with others thinking that the two following shows could have been extended to fill the morning .



  • #193
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,367 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    150 k a year?

    RTE up to their old tricks. Ridiculous.



  • #194
    pureza
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    It's outrageous

    A 5 hour week

    A show anyone could do

    That's 1000 licence fee's



  • #195
    dulpit
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    Lads. 150k for a 1 hour show a day. And according to Callan (or so says twitter), there was no negotiation, that's what rte offered and it's what he accepted.

    Bonkers stuff.



  • #196
    McGrath5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,461 ✭✭✭McGrath5


    Nice money if you can get it. Clearly far better terms than the low pay radio gigs on offer in the UK.



  • #197
    iffandonlyif
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 602 ✭✭✭iffandonlyif


    Callan is so undeserving. It shakes my faith in the fairness of life when people like him succeed!

    Tubridy was on 450k for the radio programme and the Late Late Show. So if 150k is the value of 5 hours of radio, he was paid 300k to continue presenting the flagship TV chat show which, like it or not, he had made his own. Anyone else starting to think he was actually underpaid?!

    I find it astonishing that after an existential crisis over inflated salaries, RTE’s first decision in that regard is to pay 150k to a no-name, knock-off satirist, who will probably be able to bump that up to 200k come the next contract negotiation. What must people like Claire Byrne, Bryan Dobson, Mary Wilson, etc, be thinking, all of whom are seasoned presenters earning between 190 and 250k? Kielty is only on 250k ffs.

    This was a real opportunity for them to make a point and pay him 75k, on top of his TV work, but just can’t help making a hames of things.



  • #198
    [Deleted User]
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    Will RTE reduce the number of Researchers for the show? It was said Tubs had a team of 7 to produce his content. A reduction down to a Producer and two Researchers would save ~150K per year.

    BTW. On the Tubs tread it was posted that Virgin Radio UK are currently looking recruit more staff for his show.



  • #199
    Edward Noisy Rebellion
    Posts: 24,009 ✭ Edward Noisy Rebellion


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121643433#Comment_121643433

    Yeah one would need imaginative people to research the plots of books he pretends to read and the antics of seagulls and the unreality of puffins.



  • #200
    Edward Noisy Rebellion
    Posts: 24,009 ✭ Edward Noisy Rebellion


    I hope NK workers are paid well for all their weekend and night work. Must be demoralising to have a job trawling through SM

    Oliver is a radio aficionado, takes a very keen interest in it. Hopefully he will keep it that little bit edgy.



  • #201
    NIMAN
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121642987#Comment_121642987

    Rte spending another 150k, or 300k over 2yrs, they haven't got.



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  • #202
    plodder
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    Good choice. Callan is definitely the best of the crew who tried out. 150K doesn't sound unreasonable to me for a flagship show like that.



  • #203
    FrancieBrady
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    Up Monaghan!


    Congrats Oliver, definitely the best of the fill-ins



  • #204
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,822 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121644028#Comment_121644028

    A flagship show should be more than an hour. The only reason it’s an hour is because it was a “placeholder” for the Late Late host.

    EmmetSpiceland: Oft imitated but never bettered.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



  • #205
    rolling boh
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    Think it's a bit of a stretch to describe it as a flag ship show really .



  • #206
    dulpit
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    Morning Ireland is a flagship show. Drive time the same. You could make an argument for Claire Byrne show too.

    But a light radio 1 hour show that doesn't fit in with the overall schedule on the station can't be considered a flagship...



  • #207
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,331 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121644161#Comment_121644161

    I would disagree with you that Drivetime in its current embodiment is even close to a 'Flagship Show'.



  • #208
    Furze99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,395 ✭✭✭✭Furze99


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121644214#Comment_121644214

    Well you can always rely on setting your clock by the 'chuckle slot'.



  • #209
    pureza
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121644028#Comment_121644028

    €576 an hour isnt unreasonable? Its an immoral rate for feck all work and the show is not flagship anything

    A Better use of funds would be to bring back a Dear Frankie show for that hour


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Byrne_(broadcaster)



  • #210
    plodder
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    Well, if it's not a "flagship" show, RTE News just described it as "coveted" ... 🙂



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  • #211
    Bellbottoms
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121642959#Comment_121642959

    I am assuming Callans Kicks and all the other stuff is included at $150 K.

    It is a lot of money for very little work.



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