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150KTubs - future career in Virgin Radio and other soulful pursuits **Mod: Read OP**

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  • #4112
    nonetheless
    Registered Users Posts: 185 ✭✭nonetheless


    He left his glasses at home today for which he keeps referring to his glasses being at home and has warned that he will post a picture of all 8 pairs later. He has also requested to be forgiven for being a little more patchy - He is having trouble reading the pre prepared scripts that he has been given, which would tell the listener all they need to know with regards to his abilities as a broadcaster to adlib.

    He did a rambling incoherent 4 min link about himself and his Macca stalking, yet he was unaware until 9:45am before the show that Paul McCartney is going on tour of Europe later in the year. A real celebrity or professional would be on the mailing list of Macca's manager and website or would have researched this over the weekend.

    In one of his links he has been using the word "dear" to explain expensive in relation to the worlds most expensive cities. Of those remaining 134,000 souls, no one really knows what he is talking about.



  • #4113
    Tork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,453 ✭✭✭Tork


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122269019#Comment_122269019

    If boards.ie isn't worth considered contributing to, why are you here?

    Having said that, engagement on Instagram or TikTok isn't going to help Tubs one bit if his ratings are tanking. His proper job is to present a radio show that lots of people tune into. Are they?



  • #4114
    yagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,505 ✭✭✭yagan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122269061#Comment_122269061

    They intent on making the thread about them.



  • #4115
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,995 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122269381#Comment_122269381

    Ah, no, to be fair, he’s probably the only one who actually listens to both shows, and the podcast.

    It’s just a bit odd when he claimed it was “nothing personal” and was only concerned about his work with RTÉ but to still be devoting a good chunk of his day to hate-listening to Ryan is going well over the top.

    And to re-register, at least twice, after being site banned is very concerning.

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



  • #4116
    nonetheless
    Registered Users Posts: 185 ✭✭nonetheless


    "Apparently listenership in 10-1 slot on Virgin Radio every weekday has dropped significantly since Tubridy arrived."
    *source: Internal News UK HQ.

    The internal midterm RAJAR Q.2 2024 figures show that he is dipping well below the 100k in audience. From a show he took over with 448k listeners on January 2nd.



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  • #4117
    Tork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,453 ✭✭✭Tork


    If figures like that make it out into the mainstream, it's going to be hard to spin those. I'd love to know what the ratings for the Irish stations are. Especially the weekend shows.



  • #4118
    GSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,755 ✭✭✭GSF


    it’s unsustainable. He’s killing the inheritance for Jayne Middlemass and the rest of the day’s schedule. If they must broadcast him put him on at 10pm not 10am



  • #4119
    nonetheless
    Registered Users Posts: 185 ✭✭nonetheless


    News UK & Ireland are not releasing figures for those radio stations .

    Internal tracking means they are aware of it bombing. The summer months period is traditionally a lower total audience of June, July and August. So taking everything into account means he will be probably "shedding" rather than "putting on" listeners across his shows on Virgin Radio UK/Q102 weekdays and on LMFM, Live 95, 96FM Cork Sundays 10am to 12pm.



  • #4120
    nonetheless
    Registered Users Posts: 185 ✭✭nonetheless


    It is also affecting the Q102 inheritance for Andy Preston.

    If you schedule a programme that kills listenership at that time of day you effectively "wind" the radio station.

    Virgin Radio UK's core audience are turning away. The very reason they would listen - music.



  • #4121
    Tow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,996 ✭✭✭Tow


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122269019#Comment_122269019

    Has de bould Noel's wallet stopped plying crip new €50 euro notes to his auld mates to influence social media?

    When is the money (including lost growth) Michael Noonan took in the Pension Levy going to be paid back?



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  • #4122
    yagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,505 ✭✭✭yagan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122270089#Comment_122270089

    Perhaps they prefer payment in lunches and dinners.



  • #4123
    Tow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,996 ✭✭✭Tow


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122270114#Comment_122270114

    It is easier to pass of corporate entertainment as an expense to the tax man.

    When is the money (including lost growth) Michael Noonan took in the Pension Levy going to be paid back?



  • #4124
    Kingslayer
    Registered Users Posts: 461 ✭✭Kingslayer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122270089#Comment_122270089

    NK is no dope. I reckon he is starting to realise that throwing money at this problem is not going to solve it. You don't bet the farm on a pair of 2s.



  • #4125
    Tork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,453 ✭✭✭Tork


    If they want to keep control of the narrative and save face, the next step is Ryan's return to Dublin and to Q102. We'll hear how Ryan loved London but really there's no place like home. Where things go from there, who knows? What they really can't let get out into the open are the dismal ratings from the UK. Perhaps Virgin don't want to hang him out to dry publically, so it's in everybody's interests to send him home.



  • #4126
    yagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,505 ✭✭✭yagan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122270161#Comment_122270161

    But when you consider what Bryan used to make you can see why NK would want to get his commission back on track.



  • #4127
    nonetheless
    Registered Users Posts: 185 ✭✭nonetheless


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122270291#Comment_122270291

    His current salary comprises of 50% Virgin Radio UK plus 50% Q102/News UK IRL (Formerly Wireless) and locals in Ireland. So he would have to take a 50% pay cut. Then Virgin Radio UK would have to go into the process of attempting to clear up the mess. Common sense is prevailing and people are tuning elsewhere with Tubridy being the main reason for that. His production team and backroom teams at Virgin Radio UK and Q102 know this, meanwhile Tubridy carries on charging and forging blindly and boldly forth on the horseback of his own mammoth ego. Listening to him today it sounds like he has never once been air checked. It should also be considered that an exit from Virgin Radio UK may mean a total exit from all, as he has damaged Q102's audience equally. He has the potential to step in the du-du again as he did during his negotiations with Kevin Bakhurst last year. He could have been on 170k a year, doing 1 hour a day on air with 5-6 weeks off. Instead he is probably earning half that and is so committed, he is crying that he can't attend the 1/4 finals at Wimbledon later this year. He is playing lovely senior hurling alright.



  • #4128
    Paterson Jerins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 345 ✭✭Paterson Jerins


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122269061#Comment_122269061

    Agreed E, the abominable doctor was truly obsessed. An awful obnoxious poster.



  • #4129
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,995 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122270827#Comment_122270827

    Oh no, P, wasn’t referring to him. Was he site banned twice like ButtSuki/Alser100 was?

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



  • #4130
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,305 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122270448#Comment_122270448

    And to think that they both could have stayed possibly forever, certainly for many more years, on the pig's back, had greed not overtaken them completely.

    They weren't alone in the debacle that was going on at RTE but they certainly played their part.



  • #4131
    yagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,505 ✭✭✭yagan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271020#Comment_122271020

    It really felt like the hubris of the Bertie bubble continued on within RTE up until then. I don't doubt that there's still lifers in there getting far in excess of any return, but it does seem like Montrose culture merely genuflected when every one else got kneecapped.



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  • #4132
    podgeandrodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,853 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122269061#Comment_122269061

    Bobson?



  • #4133
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,995 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271054#Comment_122271054

    No, sure he’s still active and don’t think he’s ever been sitebanned, let alone twice!

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



  • #4134
    jmcc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,437 ✭✭✭jmcc


    RTE is a slightly different organisation to the one from which Tubridy was dumped. It is facing increased political pressure and the licence fee issue still has not been resolved. Tubridy is very much the face of the payments scandal and was the straw that broke the camel's back.

    Given his less than stellar performance on Virgin Radio and Q102 etc, it is obvious that he was being overpaid by RTE. The problem for Tubridy and NKM is that he's an RTE lifer who is finding it very difficult to survive outside of RTE.

    Naturally, his fans are going to stand up for him. The numbers don't support their enthusiasm. News UK and the Murdochs are not known for tolerating failure when it comes to audience figures and earnings.

    Regards…jmcc



  • #4135
    jmcc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,437 ✭✭✭jmcc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271042#Comment_122271042

    Even RTE lifers got paycapped while Tubridy claimed to have taken a paycut.

    Regards…jmcc



  • #4136
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,700 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122270291#Comment_122270291

    I’m pretty sure Bryan’s triumphant return to his beloved home sod will look something like this;

    IMG_3368.jpeg

    afterall, he is a senior hurler, returning from London you know.



  • #4137
    HBC08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,520 ✭✭✭HBC08


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122270840#Comment_122270840

    I've referenced this before,that posters MO is to tell everybody how he's not obsessed,spew some bile, have a meltdown and rereg.

    No matter how he spins it,that is the reality.....going on for a good few years at this stage.

    Strange fish.



  • #4138
    Bobson Dugnutt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,238 ✭✭✭Bobson Dugnutt


    The reality is, anyone who religiously sticks on a show they hate presented by a presenter they despise and does that everyday so they can criticise it online has, at best, very little going on in their life. It’s maladaptive behaviour.

    It would be like me listening to Joe Brolly’s genuinely awful podcast. You might listen once to confirm it’s as bad as you imagine, but to keep “hate listening” is extremely odd behaviour. It’s only the radio folks. Change the fricking station and do something more productive with your life.

    Being young is a great advantage, since we see the world from a new perspective and we are not afraid to make radical changes - Greta Thunburg



  • #4139
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,846 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Beggars cant be choosers... Tubridy needs all the listeners he can get... even those hate listening!

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #4140
    yagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,505 ✭✭✭yagan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271277#Comment_122271277

    I only caught a snippet of one his lls on a gogglebox repeat and I was stunned by how terrible it was.

    As I said before I was without a tv for twenty years so missed his tenure so I find it fascinating in him as an example of how wasteful the tv license is.

    Im sure he has some fans, but they can elect to tune into his current slot without any license fee involved.



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  • #4141
    Kingslayer
    Registered Users Posts: 461 ✭✭Kingslayer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122270448#Comment_122270448

    I can't see Tubs ever being on the kind of money he was on with RTE again. NK may be calling in favours and using his connections to cheerlead for Tubs but the chances of him using his own money to bring Tubs back to Ireland are near zero. Tubridy will probably be covering any costs himself.



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