The Ryan Tubridy Show **Mod: Read OP**

The senior hurling quote comes from 2011 when The Greens entered government with FF, one of the opposition members made the remark in the Dail and it has become de-facto type of comment when you move on in a public career, it seems to me to be over used at this point, and it wasn't all that funny back then.

RTE runs on the L'Oreal principle. They think they're worth it. In reality, they are not.

I was pondering this principle in another thread after listening to the Kevin Bakhurst interview with Sean O'Rourke.

because hes actually superman.....ryan tubridy mild mannered tv/radio personality by day....man of steel at night!

it's all there if you look for it......the son of Kal-El has evolved ...literally no one suspects.....so good is the alter ego.....the almost superhuman ability to introduce awkwardness into the most mundane of interviews....except it is superhuman.

The Clark Kent **** wasn't washing....Lois knew **** well, she was just toying with him....you seriously think a bit of hair cream and some shite oversized glasses are going to do the job....you are going to need to try harder....so he did...

Some even think he tried too hard!

You’re being a bit of a bad egg yourself now Ro with that unkind review.

;)

The gobeenarchy ensured that Commerical Radio, much like Commercial TV wouldn't pose a threat to RTE. There was definitely a bit of vengance involved in how licences were awarded. At the time, Chris Carey was getting into satellite TV and decoders and that became his main business for a few years afterwards. The production values of Nova, Sunshine and some of the other Pirates was way above that of RTE.

Pirate Radio gave people what they wanted. Small towns often had more than one radio station and those stations had amazing listener loyalty because, unlike RTE (and Tubridy), people could understand what they were talking about and relate to it. They were also tied into the local entertainment business in a way that RTE is not. I don't think that Tubridy would have made it in Pirate Radio outside the Montrose village radio scene of RTE. It was a highly competitive business. Even RTE couldn't compete despite 2FM buying up talent like Gerry Ryan, Ian Dempsey, Marty Whelan, Tony Fenton and even Dobbo. Larry Gogan was in a class of his own in terms of excellence. Tubridy's only claim to such fame was being Gerry Ryan's tea-boy.

Regards…jmcc

I am not so sure I am in agreement. He was the last to increase the license but then cut exchequer funding to TG4 and filled the gap with the license fee, thus cutting RTÉ's funding indirectly.

It amazes me that the IRTC didn't allow for 2 radio stations in each region. If an area could only accommodate one radio station then the other would close or be bought out by the rival. I doubt many would have been left with no radio station, and even if they were the IRTC could just issue a new licence for one new radio station for that region.

As for the licensing of TV3.

@jmcc

Tubridy is a creation of RTÉ's publicity engine aimed at ALL ages just as Bosco was a creature of its time promoted by RTE for children audience.

And the Common Denominator with Tubridy and Bosco is that Both got loads of Airtime by RTE to amply express their Upset and Sadness at being eviscerated and slated in public discourse - Bosco on the Late Late show way back when.

Tubridy would have been out of place on the Pirate radio stations as he seems to be the kind of presenter that needs a lot of support. He had a large support team in RTE but on Virgin Radio, it is evident that he has a much smaller team. He is probably prayng each night for a book show on Lyric FM because he certainly doesn't seem to fit in with Virgin Radio or its demographics. Unfortunately for Tubridy and his Enid Blyton inspired writing style, he's no John Kelly or Rick O'Shea. Lyric FM has its own problems without adding Tubridy to the mix.

Regards…jmcc

Bobson. In shakespearse its the lady doth protest too much.

Lets call this the week of honesty.

Tell us your skin in the game as shakespearse might not say.

“less of the personals please”

I think you’ll find debate more engaging and rewarding if you were to concentrate on the proverbial ball, rather than the proverbial man/woman/other.

True, but he was already appearing on RTE TV as a teen, in one instance from memory (rather predictably) reviewing a book about U2 - he certainly started early on the everything Irish is totes amazeballs shtick. Surely the transition to radio at 14 would have been a doddle considering his televisual prowess?

Yes, I am saying all of this tongue in cheek.

I can see you missed the point there.

If that's all a radio presenter does, why did RTE pay someone the guts of €750,000 a year for several years to do such a simple job?

Tubs was grossly overpaid. His listeners on RTE belonged to the slot, not him. Hardly any have turned the dial

I don't agree that Callan is underpaid either. His shtick is clearly not up for an hour a day every day - I've caught his show a few times over the past few weeks and he's been weak. Often interviews plod along, with his humour or interjections missing the mark.

Today he had a bottomless pit of gold to dig on the SF problems they've been having and the best he could come up with was saying MLMD had just got a roasting on Morning Ireland.