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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He was spotted by somebody I know walking by there and not surrounded by screaming fans
Which Brian Cox?
Awh now. Listen the chap reads Louise Penny, John Boyne and Ragnor Jonasson. Lisa Dwan is one of the worlds leading experts on Beckett. What middleground are they going to find exactly?
The Brian Cox
He had a convo with his agent later that day
He could have pointed at them all.
Can't stop laughing at this. 🤣
Someone pointed me towards that "Bryan Tubridy pointing at things" thread a few months back and it was a glorious discovery…
(Since he's yesterday's, nowhere man, I'm calling him Bryan now)
Yes, I like that thread too. 😁
"Not I"😀
my late mother used to call him Bryan deliberately… as in… (shouting down the hall) “your lovely beloved Bryan is on the telly now, come on down and enjoy the pleasure!” Years later I saw Boardsies referring to him mischievously as Bryan
I notice his podcast wasn't mentioned on the Tuesday email from Eason today. It usually is.
That cracked me. Thank you.
Is anyone actually monitoring the output in Q102? The last hour has been full of dropouts, dead air, jingles crashing over music and abruptly crashing into ad breaks.
Is it available online, I have no access
Tubridy is like an expensive overrated restaurant that is struggling due to an increasingly poor reputation amongst punters. The restaurant owner, let’s call him Noel, is having to pump more and more money every month into the restaurant to keep it afloat but is starting to feel a sense of self doubt about the general appeal and viability of the business.
“Do you feel that Ryan Tubridys popularity is waning?”
NK: “Oh no, not at all. I just think that his appeal has become more selective.”
Partridge meets Tap
Epic!!!
The Q102 online link is down. The Virgin one is up. His link at 12:18 referenced museum raiding in Ukraine from "Indiana Jones with a laptop" to (and this is brilliant!) "Creatures who will take advantage of any situation"🤔
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There can be many reasons for this but one of them maybe as a result of using the RCS Zetta system incorrectly. If the green coloured NEXT button is hit too hard, it can play small sections of and skip over items such as jingles, promos etc that have been pre-programmed into the system and in some cases may even land in the middle of a song.
Heard him at one song interlude today. First time listening for several months. Complaining of British pronunciation of Irish surnames such as Moran and Gallagher. He said about 10 sentences, at least 6 of which he failed to finish the last word. All rushed, hard for an Irish person to understand everything he said.
It's very, very obvious what the issue is. Gerry Ryan didn't get to stay around long enough to teach him everything.
He can sometimes mispronounce, talk incoherently and speak too fast with a strong D4 accent and tends not to finish his thought processes which has the potential to leave the UK listener feeling disassociated.
I have heard a couple of very brief clips since he started with Q102, and I wondered if he was as bad as that when he was in RTE.
Rushed almost gabbling speech with his voice rising and falling. Definitely not easy to listen to. I can't imagine what a UK listener would make of it.
He needs a sign in front of him, "Please engage brain before opening mouth"
There was a good Gift Grub about him, where the producer keeps shouting, finish your sentences!
one thought, one link
not something you’d expect to have to tell Ireland’s biggest paid radio broadcaster
Beluga caviar appears on the menu, but Lumpfish caviar is served on your plate 🤣
Definitely a touch of the ADHD about him.
He is not on the same page as the folks behind the glass controlling the feed at Virgin Radio. For example they played Marc Cohen's "Walking In Memphis". His link commenced after that at 11:10 approx. This consisted of his views on what coloured love hearts he uses when reacting on social media etc and then of course this link (like most) then shot off up to the incoherent sphere leaving the listener questioning if the presenter is taking some sort of prescription medication. The folks behind the glass seemed to purposely crash this link with Steve Winwood's "Higher Love" in which Tubridy uncomfortably cut his vocal mid sentence or they cut his mic feed.
A perfect display and of which could be used at School Of Broadcasting institutes for generations to come as an example of how not to do a radio show on a music station.
I hit 51 on Tuesday and found myself reflecting on an erratic year that was strewn with curveballs and kindness. I learnt an awful lot in an awful way.
The Christmas card list was shortened, for sure, but there were countless positives. The London experience has exceeded all my expectations and I’ve made a heap of new friends and colleagues along the way both on Virgin Radio and in Ireland with Q102 and associated stations around the country.
I was particularly pleased to hear that the station has increased its listenership by 26% in the past few months. Here’s to continued climbing and winning!
https://evoke.ie/2024/06/02/entertainment/ryan-tubridy-erratic-year
He's made a few friends the past year?
Made a lot more enemies I'd bet.
