RTÉ Radio 1 Shakeup 2025

Rachael English's father passed away over Christmas

He is constantly fumbling over words today... at least it has stopped me from nodding off.

Two hours of Oliver Callum is too much.

Suggestion

Reduce Oliver Callums programme by 30 minutes, thus ending at 12.30.

Extend Darragh McCullogh’s programme to 11.30.

Broadcast a new music programe with an Irish flavour from 12.30 to 13.00. Only feature Irish artists and showbands and other recordings with an Irish theme. Then we can look forward to some Irish stew.

What about the Roundy Birthdays horse?

”Feedback overwhelmingly positive and everyone has hit the ground running”. All positive from Patricia on the News at One. Arena presenter to be named in the next few weeks.

Serious radio aficionados like myself can only listen on in horror as Monahan drags RTE1 further into the realms of mediocrity and crass output.

Vapid content, vacuous subject matter, overlong discussions on trivial subject matter as the premier radio station sinks further and further into morass of what I refer to as 'Call in and let us know' programme content.

In other words 'bottom of the barrel stuff' with convoluted feedback as to how acceptable this content is with listeners.

There are several so called' new programmes' I couldn't be bothered to listen to.

RTE Radio 1 should go back to what it was good at up until 20 years ago - having a wider variety of shorter interesting programmes throughout the day and evening. Moving "Arena" to 6pm or even earlier would be a start. Monahan is trying to turn Radio 1 into Newstalk and that will backfire on her in time.

I am not sure about this TBH.

Cost efficiency has little to with audience attainment or niche public service broadcasting.

RTÉ has no niche programming in prime time Radio 1 but it is a public service broadcaster.

It has a large budget for programming that is done more cost effectively by independent broadcaster.

I'd argue that RTÉ can't have it both ways, fail to be cost efficient and expect public funding for "popular" programming alone.

RTÉ needs to find a balance, something it has failed to do.

It's up to RTÉ to support those show. I think they 15 minute Arts Show after the 1pm news was a much better way of bring the arts to a wider audience, though the hour long Arena is good but as you say audiences have moved on. I don't really see how Inside Sport will do at 6 compare to an earlier start for Arena. By "hammocking" Arena between Drivetime and Inside Sport there is a possibility you will keep audiences for Arena.

or you develop strong Public Service stories on your prime time shows. e.g. in fairness to Derek Mooney he was able to have a "mooney goes wild" episode of the Mooney Show each week.

Is the Louise Duffy any different in format, or is it just the time?

Anyone got any news on this newsreader? He is a flawless speaker.

Brian Jennings is one of the finest newsreaders ever - he has the class of BBC Radio 4..

I hope he has not retired - he is missed on Morning Ireland.