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.
copying some frequent posters from original thread.
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don’t know is standing in for him, however Bobson is continuing to stand up for him
Martin King, on Q102. Someone mentioned upthread who is standing in on the other side of the water.
a proper music DJ
Surely it's reasonable to question the unsupported assertion that Tubridy is working for nothing.
Equally reasonable to question the unsupported assertion that he's being paid to be there.
of course Tubridy is getting paid, and despite assumptions here, it’s an unknown figure.
My comment was tongue in cheek, towards the poster, and hope no offence was taken
Most people, even those as untalented as Tubridy, get paid for what they do. In the absence of any evidence to the contrary would it not be reasonable to assume that Tubridy is no exception?
Nice and pleasant to listen to.
Judging my the replies on this thread, it looks like he has been given up on by most folk.
I myself have only heard him in action for about a total of 20min since he started in VR. it is just not an enjoyable listen. Too many adverts for me. I prefer Spotify or rte radio 1 or newstalk.
He has gone into the wilderness as far as irish radio listeners are concerned. Gone, and soon to be forgotten. Despite the column of his trying to keep him relevant over here.
As for his wages, I was never a believer that he ain't getting paid . Pure fantasy stuff. But I do believe he is getting paid a hell of a lot less than he was getting at rte, for many more hours work.
Change ‘director’ to ‘manager’ and he /she takes direction from a committee made up of some board of director members. That should command a lower salary
Please read ‘between the lines’ . He was referring to local papers only . They are only for the rif raff. He was not referring to the national papers. Please allow a bit of balance to the issue!,!,!!!!!!!!
Can you prove he's being paid directly by virgin radio?
Reasonableness be damned. There is a time and a place for reasonableness, but this isn't one of them.
It adds to the fun of the thread no end to entertain the notion he is not being paid :)
You make a good point.
I don't listen to him, I didn't when he was with RTE either. I like Q102 though. It's easy listening for me. I switch away while he is on.
What is your obsession with middle-aged men?
You hate them so much you use the term as a pejorative.
Your hobbies are equally weird- you could be out enjoying yourself rather than monitoring all these posts 😉
Tubridy is definitely being paid. Whether in legal tender or jelly beans, we cannot be sure, however.
it’s the complete swerve in Virgins output that is what intrigues me. 10-1pm is now a super competitive slot, the new breakfast slot given the changes in working patterns. With GHR, radio 2 and others really tailoring their programming it’s just ultra weird that Virgin are having a guy talking about Dolphins Barn and mainly taking callers from a different country as their pitch in that slot. And then they swerve back in the opposite direction at 1pm.
I’m sure you saw the News U.K. financials released this week so you know how tight their money issues are now. If they are doing random experiments in their key slots on their radio stations then something is going on. Time will tell but it defies the norms of the radio industry in the U.K. what they are playing at right now
Reading between the lines of posts on this thread, he is living rent free in an apartment stocked with all the cornflakes you can eat. And a topped up Oyster card. All the coffee you can drink in the VM canteen. Sorted.
It might be a mid life crisis thing.
takes a lot to produce several hundred million of losses across a variety of radio tv and newspapers. If that’s your level of blind faith I not sure you know much about anything.
Given their incompetence with the half billion payouts for phone hacking and sinking close to £100m on a dead loss tv channel you might be right in thinking that Tubridy was a similar wise investment 😂😂😂
that’s just blather in fairness. You obviously have never listened to any U.K. radio. Just repeating that you trust the management is just a bit cultish
"DJ playing Dire Straits"
Whatever Tubs is being paid could be described as Money for Nothing.
Hey big fella, how come that on a Radio discussion forum you belt on about the posters and yet you say you don't listen to RT's show?
It's not a discussion group about people who post on Radio discussions. It's about Radio and Broadcasters.
You've one of the highest post counts on this thread. You even post from a **** restaurant. You even post telling the thread you're going to a restaurant. On a thread about Ryan Tubridy - a broadcaster you don't listen to.
Easy when NKM and paddy power are willing to subsidise virgin radio's risk to play a part in Ryan's redemption arc.
tubs getting the 10-1 slot on Virgin was essentially Virgin completely admitting defeat/not even wanting to compete on the slot. And based on that they simply wanted the lowest cost filler they could find.
Tubs is their patsy. 😂😂
In fairness he didn’t pick the **** restaurant; Noel did.
VM took a calculated risk by hiring someone with name recognition, regardless of his presenting skills. It could also be a strategic move by Ryan and NK to rebuild his public image with the Irish audience.
That train has sailed.
If he cared about that he would have instantly paid back the €150,000 he owes the Irish people.
He’ll never be allowed to forget and he’ll never be forgiven for saying one thing but doing another.
