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

You should tell that to The_Macho_Man. He shouldn’t get so angry over failing to understand something quite obvious, especially when it was explained to him. Slowly.

I’m not angry at all. I’m actually having a good chuckle.

lol, no-one exploded. Are you always prone to such exaggeration and misrepresentation?

Perhaps if you didn’t make up stories about people crying to you in PM then clarification wouldn’t be required. Some reflection on this would not go amiss.

Your failure to understand syntax and structure is a reflection on yourself. The post was perfectly clear - as backed up by other posters. I’m sorry you are still struggling with this, it is a damning reflection on the Irish educational system.

Bobson showing his Mod potential…

Post of the year!

It will be difficult to top that one.

I'll admit I can't stomach listening to him...I would never knowingly stay listening to him on the radio...I'd have to change channels....my mother who is now in her late eighties used to listen to radio one in the morning and he would be on it.....I didn't want to be bitching and moaning at the god awful tripe I had to endure some mornings I'd be taking care of her etc.....I suppose this thread is something of a cathartic release

Thing is I used not to mind previous presenters in the morning slots or even other shows at the time but Tubridy really irritated the living **** out of me.…he's the radio dj equivalent of nails screeching across a blackboard....just as bad on tv especially when interviewing

There are other absolutely terrible radio hosts out there (I'm looking at you will faulkner midlands radio 3) ....but even they don't quiet make me feel twitch/squirmy the way tubridy does.…he's just really awful at it......the fake positivity, the were all in this together, the sunshine and lollipops, the supreme awkwardness and lack of natural rapport with interviewees (on tv anyway) etc etc....I could go on but it's making me feel "queasy" thinking about it!

The guy can’t win, either way. If they’re good there’ll be excuses made, and reasons given, as to why they don’t mean anything.

They’ll only “mean something”, and be used as a stick to beat the guy, if they are bad.

Only heard him once, in a waiting room, since he left RTE. It's been great.

Might be an interesting exercise for the ratings companies to work out the percentages of active listeners (those who have control over their own radio/device and select a programme) and the passive listeners (those stuck in waiting rooms, cars, buses and shops). That kind of accuracy would make it very difficult for some stations to sell advertising. It is remarkable how RTE held on to the listeners even after firing Tubridy. Callan seems to be a good replacement but the real star seems to be the time slot.

Regards…jmcc

To use a phrase bandied about here with reckless abandon, it sounds like someone is living rent free inside your head.

If they hear them. There's no 100% confirmation in the way that the percentages are calculated and the methodology has a lot in common with opinion polls. Take away the passive listeners from the estimated audience and the number of active listeners could be much lower. In some respects, it would be like comparing the listenership figures on Tubridy's old RTE slot with the figures for his podcast. Tubridy is a generation out of synch with podcasts and that was seen when there were guests who had their own Social Media presence who caused spikes in the podcast figures. The audience spikes were for the guests rather than Tubridy.

Regards…jmcc