RTE Radio 1: The 9 O Clock Show hosted by Various Megathread

Has blended into the wallpaper already. Dial turned.

Bedtime routine, shower, washed sheets, blackout blinds, spritz of lavender.....gayness levels up to 11 this morning.

To be fair, no mention of his dog ... yet.

RTE star Oliver Callan has said he wants more money to host his radio show when he negotiates his contract next year. The comedian replaced Ryan Tubridy last year in the coveted morning show slot after Tubridy left RTE amid the payments scandal.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/oliver-callan-wants-more-money-34089273.amp

He's on 150k for a one hour radio programme and it's still not enough for him. Tell him to go whistle for himself.

Callans Kicks is not included in that 150k. He can go and sh1te.

I caught the last segment this morning. It was a bit much, I am all for hearing different voices and accents on the radio. But it was pretty vapid.

Not sure he belongs on late evening radio either?

This dude does not want to be on the radio.

He called Camiles daughter his stepdaughter. Did they finally marry.

Someone pull the plug on this and put us all out of misery.

I have absolutely no idea what that guy had to say. Between his accent and the mumbling. I am sure he has an amazing story. But I have no idea what it was.

I was trying to explain this to RTÉ in Cardiff a few months back.

They don't really understand that they hold on to presenters for years and rarely support any presenters moving up through the ranks (Tubs may actually be the exception to that rule).

Keilty was a last minute job because all of the usual suspects (Miriam, Claire, Joe, Ray) all refused to take the place of Tubs.

I'd argue in fairness to Keilty he wanted the job, and as his well know at home and in the UK it made sense.

Anyway in trying to ask this question they explained it away with their summer schedule of 2FM presenters and how they had grown on the digital station …. they didn't last too long …. and the digital radio stations are to be axed.

I predict a F-Bomb this morning. BP has a habit off dropping them during interviews.

Is solo travel really that strange?

Started listing and then got me thinking

Radio Ireland (the lovely Moya Doherty) → The Last Word → Navan Man (Stephen Price and Stuart Carolan)

TV3 → Commissing Editor → Jane Gogan → The Dunphy Show → RTÉ's Head of Drama → Love/Hate (Stephen Price and Stuart Carolan)

Circles though in fairness to Jane she was the last Head of Drama to fully commission something from RTÉ Love/Hate which because of Kin has been give a new lease of life in other territories.

Remember BBC 4 used to do comedy connections, someone in Ireland should do "Your Having a Laugh, Irish Connections"

When I heard he was going to be interviewing a former politician Joe McHugh from a party he has sent up many times, I did wonder how it would go.
Turned out to be a very good and informative interview.