2fm - New schedule coming

Demi & mikey …

Really really bad ... trying too hard.. and not good enough at the same time ....

according to 2FM schedule, it looks like this is the case daily right through until saturday 3rd of January - no presenter on 2FM until 9am.

another new low for RTE and for 2FM !!

Sometimes the presenter of the show isn't listed on the site even when there is someone hosting.

it does yes, but 2FM overnights extends till 9am until Jan 3rd !!!!

no presenter this morning. just continous music, jingles, ads and promos, no news bulletins until 9am.

I think this would be normal enough for RTÉ at christmas time.

Radio 1's Morning Ireland starts at 8am. Today is on for 2 hours but lots of repeats or stands, Drive Time on the air for an hour, no Inside Sport, Liveline and half an hour for lunch time news.

Most back on 5 of Jan, TV news and CA in a similar position.

Discovering lots of good new music on the New Music Show. Had never heard of Christian Loffler until last night. He's playing in the NCH this Saturday.

Also discovered Dave Nulty... the guy presenting last night was really knowledgeable.

It's a pity through station isn't braver with its daytime playlist.

Bit of a cockup tonight with pre-recorded Mr Spring. Bulk of the show was random 2fm playlist filler, brief voicetracked bit just before midnight and then the track playing was cut off to go in to the Dave Clarke show that's always on.

"The New Music Show" played a 2010 Rihanna album in completion tonight

I'd prefer it to be 2010 than 2026, but is that not a bit ridiculous for a show with that name?

They are finding their feet, you can't expect presenters never to make a mistake.

2FM Breakfast - 121K

Laura Fox - 120K

Tracy Clifford - 105K

2FM Drive - 126K

2FM Weekend Breakfast - 55K and 29K

2FM Weekend - 128K and 108K

2FM Weekend Drive - 100K and 82K

2FM Weekend Afternoon - 132K and 86K

and the excuses continue from Dan Healy.

We have experienced a small dip in our adult market share, which is not surprising when something new is introduced to a schedule. In February last year we introduced a new breakfast and evening drive show. Our evening drive show with Doireann Garrihy has had a solid start, and since October, Demi Isaac and Mikey O’Reilly have done very well holding the fort in that slot while Doireann is on maternity leave.”

How Dan Healy remains there is a mystery. Back to the usual excuse of blaming a moving schedule.

The big moment will be when Lyric overtakes 2FM in share - currently it’s 3.1% vs 5.1% nationally but Lyric ahead in Dublin 4.7% vs 2.9% and Cork 3.9% vs 3.7%

Did he not take over from people who move to different positions in RTÉ?

As you point out surely as the audience diminishes 2FM is much more of a public service then the popular Lyric FM!

I guess the big question is - should 2FM exist now? I'm in Cork and for most of the day I could put on 96FM, Red FM, Today FM or C103 and get current music that targets . There is also the wide availability of Spotify/etc.

So what market does 2FM serve that isn't available elsewhere in a better form?

You can make strong arguments for the retention of Radio 1, Lyric FM and Raidió na Gaeltachta as public service stations. I don't think you can for 2FM any more.

Pretty much the entire non daytime content of 2fm would struggle on commercial radio, excepting when stuff comes in and out of fashion - e.g. Dec Pierce is basically doing what the Electric Disco used to be 10 years ago, but that will ebb away in time.

I've been in favour of swapping Gold with either 2FM or RnaG's non Gaeltacht FM frequencies for decades; but it would require RTE offering the swapped out station on a permanent DAB/DAB+ system in return.

If 2FM was the 'victim' of such a swap, it should have no news/Nuacht, no celeb/influencer presenters once any existing contracts are up and focus a lot less on chart music.