Following on from main thread in Current Affairs about Tubs in general (now closed and mod suggestion that Entertainment category is more suitable).
Indeed, entertainment in certain respects is what Tubs has provided, albeit perhaps in a way not intended. And still awaiting 150k payback to the licence fee holder.
And of course, his new career in Virgin Radio which is imminent.
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Vogue Williams is taking a big gamble, if it's going to be a long term agreement if could backfired and lose her listeners.
3:12 in - judge for yourselves 🙂
Wow, quite enlightening to see the video again.
It's funny how memory can be deceptive. There certainly wasn't any "stuttering over the one line", or questionable body language. Very clear in the actual clip.
After quite a serious and somber part of the interview, Dunphy made a joke (that everyone saw coming), the audience politely laughed. Tubridy smiled and batted it out of the way, and the interview moved on.
It's one of those stories that clearly grew legs (and arms) in the retelling.
You can read anything you want into that clip. Personally, I don't think it's a hill to die on.
There was a bit of warning for Tubs from Dunphy at the start: " If you want to go there , Ryan,, I'm happy to go there"
Obviously Dunphy didn't want to discuss the matter. But Tubridy still still went there. As he should have.
Imagine the consternation if he had avoided the topic. We'd still be hearing about it. Of course, as it is, he asked the question and we're still still hearing about it! There's no winning with some folk...
Has Tubridy's show on Virgin Radio been reviewed in any UK newspaper or trade journal (Pre-launch publicity aside)?
Regards...jmcc
Nothing AFAIK.
The only comments are in Digital Spy on the general Virgin Radio thread, there are some negative comments.
Looking out for anything.
Buy? Buy?? Buy??? I'd guess not, if it even exists
Seems a bit unusual but then Virgin Radio isn't the BBC. The only constant is the sad PR fluff that appears in Irish newspapers (mainly the Irish Mail on Sunday). The Indo/Sindo seem to have scaled back on promoting Tubridy as a victim and are concentrating on the RTE fiasco.
I’m guessing you wouldn’t be the most trusted person to give a summary of feedback of Tubs new show. HAHA
Would you really expect it to be reviewed though? Take The Guardian's "TV And Radio" section. It's all TV (and streaming), with "Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio" that appears once a week, but mainly covers podcasts or radio series that are akin to podcasts (limited series on a particular topic or theme).
Looking at the other UK newspapers, it's pretty much the same. TV and Podcasts get coverage, radio dramas or documentaries occasionally, but that's about the extent of it: I don't think there's anyone out there reviewing mid-morning radio. Like, maybe if a Hollywood celebrity like George Clooney was to come over to the UK and host a radio show, there would be coverage. But it seems that even perfectly competent and successful UK hosts don't get reviewed. Not sure why anyone would expect Tubridy to be in the Clooney league, but sometimes we Irish do get a little carried away with our collective sense of self-importance.
So the fact that there isn't all these reviews that people keep asking about really isn't surprising, and certainly in itself doesn't seem to be the scathing comment on Tubridy that some people imply it is.
Ryan Tubridy is not being talked about in the UK, but I don't think it has anything to do with his level of celebrity - he is just not of interest to them. He does not hold the sway or "agency" of even Angela Scanlon. She was and IS far more successful and well known by the British public. She has just done the Strictly tour, books, podcasts, vo sessions, cover on Virgin Radio and who knows maybe BBC Radio 2 in the future? I think there is a lot more going for her than Tubridy can ever dream of in his or NKM's imaginations.
I think his audiences are tuning OUT/OFF/ELSEWHERE daily. This means a dwindling non returning audience for Virgin Radio and Q102.
IF this does turn out to be the case and is verified by numbers. People need to ask themselves How much longer could that be sustained by News UK/Virgin/Q102?
He'll be all over this story.
The change curve posted earlier is probably more relevant to callans radio show , that will settle a grow a bit I'd say
Thank heavens he’s in London, he’ll now be able to provide local knowledge to his meandering tales. God in a hoodie at play in his location
It's relevant to all change.
One mistake you shouldn't make is that it assumes that all change results in success. That is not what it illustrates at all, and is a rookie mistake often made by people who just don't understand the concept.
But it does show that when faced with change, people through a sequence of behaviours and attitudes somewhat analogous to the grieving process. And often, the attitudes of people in the first four stages of change can turn 180 degrees by the last stage.
Change managers know this, and therefore let change bed in before assessing the success or otherwise and acting accordingly. It's evidence based analysis.
Bingo!
Tub’s commented yet on Cat Deeley getting the gig to present This Morning on itv1?
Your fanposts about him are all for nothing then Doc.
This will make kieltys appointments look like a masterstroke.
I think a cringe curve graph would illustrate Tubridy's on air links highlighting nauseating speech breaks with soliloquy 🙂
A fine example this morning is how he bit the bait regarding Paul Mc Cartney's returned stolen guitar, to yet again make it about himself and ramble on and on then off to other irrelevant topics in that same bit. Its as if he is experiencing tune out factor and he gets a very high score in this regard. Has he ever been coached to keep it "one thought per link"?
Well, I saw this review on Mumsnet if that counts:
'There's a lot more music on his show than the one he used to broadcast in Ireland. One listener from Northumberland asked him what his favourite castles were. He listed off a few hotels set in castles in Ireland. I think she meant castles as in Buckingham Palace, Leeds Castle, Bleinheim Palace, Alnwick Castle, Arundel Castle, Chatsworth etc.' 😂
Ha!
Tbf mumsnet would be his main target audience.
There’s 6 posts on the Mumsnet thread, and three of them are from the OP. Quite likely they’re a Boardsie trying to stir things up. They’re obviously Irish as they’re very familiar with his RTe show - possibly posting similar content on this and other threads.
The only post that looks like a genuine Mumsnet one is:
I enjoyed him when he used to sit in on Radio 2 for Chris Evans...
which is an interesting insight from a UK listener.
I think we need another inquiry, if you find any Irish mammies on Mumsnet I definitely want action taken!
Cream rises to the top.
RTE’s “talent” is the farmers brothers aunt’s nephews friend of a friend and should be allowed to be “floaters”.
NO ONE in RTE should be paid more than 100K.
TUBS is finding out that his talent, was WAY over estimated.
I think you miss the point of the discussion, G. We’re talking about the opinions of UK listeners/publications.
We’ve got the Irish angle well covered already. Just interesting to see the open minded/positive post from that UK one.
You seem to want to put a positive spin on everything to do with Tubridy. The problem is that the Mumsnet core demographic may be a generation or so younger than Tubridy's demographic of ladies of a certain age. The demographics mismatch also seems to be affecting his Virgin Radio slot in that Virgin Radio's music is quite different from his old RTE stuff.
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