Ryan Tubridy - From Virgin to Youtube **Mod: Read OP**

They won't.

I think there's a better chance of Ian Dempsey getting it.

I don't understand why RTE would pick at this scab right now by putting him on the front of the guide.

The DG has revealed that the total cost of renovation of the buildings, in Donnybrook, will be in excess of the 350 Million previously quoted.

And the RTE trade unions are about to have a vote of no confidence in the leadership and it's current strategy.

Why do this? Are they thick?

Ryan Tubridy is joining Times Radio for a Sunday afternoon show from March.

What is Times Radio, is it a UK thing?

part of News Uk who also own Virgin Radio. Reaches about 500k listeners on a weekly basis. Weekend afternoons generally a low rating slot but given his current circumstances it’s quite a good deal for him. The other presenter on Saturday afternoons was also cut from the Virgin roster in December.

Alexis Conran who was presenting in that slot has now gone to 5 days a week on tv on Channel 5 so I suppose he couldn’t continue

Quite where this leaves his plans to fall in love again with Ireland I don’t know! Is he also seeing the English at the same time?

RTÉ have made attempts in the past to dispose of the RTÉ Guide but reportedly couldn't find any suitable buyers:

https://www.rte.ie/news/2019/1205/1097243-rte-guide-sale/

I could see Tubridy being put on the front page right now as a mixture of driving sales while giving the two fingers to RTÉ executive management by the staff working within the RTÉ Guide division. Those staff could well have found themselves victim to cost-cutting exercises at the very same time the payment scandals were taking place.

@Expunge

Thanks for that summation, I know zero about UK radio, although I did try to tune in when I lived there but it's all very dry and staid. Just stay in your lane and you'll be alright seemed to be way to get by there.

If I did have the misfortune to be stuck in an elevator with him and he tried to force conversation the only question I would have for him would be if a UK career had materialised would he have bothered paying back the 150K.

Double post

Sounds like a dream job there - an hour slot on a Sunday afternoon, when hardly anyone listens to the radio, on a channel with a tiny listenership.

so the story in December and his quote of moving his London life back to Dublin 6 cases was not wholly accurate. Call me shocked!

Scooter... check!

Guitar... check!

State of the art home recording studio... check!

weekend radio is usually focused on breakfast to 1pm and then unless they do sports coverage it tends to be best of stuff.Alexis did a good show in that slot focussing on stories and items that don’t usually get covered. It depends if Tubridy puts in the preparation in advance or just shows up and does his usual act as to whether it’s worth listening to