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

If what you say is true, and if your lecture about respecting the radio listening population's ability to switch the dial made sense, then the multitude fans of Tubridy would have followed him up virgin/q102. Guess it's part of the NK sales pitch.

Unfortunately for Ryan....that's not how it works.

I dont think those who listen to Liveline were the target market for D'Arcy.

It just means that Tubridy was inoffensive enough not to annoy the Morning Ireland listeners into switching off. Joe Duffy \ the Liveline show setup was bringing in an audience to Liveline that boosts the RTE figures.
It doesn't in any way refute the claim that Tubridy is a mediocre broadcaster.
RTE radio ratings didn't take a hit when he left that slot.
The slot and programme is the main draw.

The point you quite obvious keep running away from, and multiple posters have made the point, is that Tubridy didn't bring any real audience with him to Q102 and was losing audience. The longer he was in that slow, the less they wanted to hear of Tubridy.
He did a few fill in roles for the BBC, they didn't make him any big offer for his own show.
His performance for Virgin in UK was likewise mediocre.

So yeah, give the rest of the population the same respect.

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Yeah, who is writing those headlines though…

"….Ireland's most beloved broadcasters…"

I can feel the sucking of air in through teeth when that was written.

Mark Cagney, Trevor Welsh, Ray D'Arcy, Grainne Seoige.

Ah! one of the greatest and most loved sports pundits, ah but I spelt it wrong in fairness, Trevor Welch.

I'm mostly intrigued by the mismatch between Tubs supposed worth and the real world where he now cannot gain commercial traction in the private sector. I don't doubt that his London radio gig was subsidized by the Paddy Power sponsorship which would be a favour returned for Tubs dropping a LLS special about problem gambling.

He exudes an air of disbelief that the world has changed since RTE was the national media.

Edit to add, I reckon what happens Tubs affects the whole NK client list if RTE is no longer the gravy train it used to be.

In fairness to Tubs at least he hasn't gone off the deep end compared to Gerry Ryan. I think someone mentioned before that the whole drugs and general sleaze thing around Gerry actually made RTE promote more clean cut talent, even if they were a bit bland and vapid like Tubs.

Ireland was booming, advertising revenue to the state broadcaster more than covered any deficit in talent so they rewarded themselves, property boom money was pretty much dumb money. But Tubs on 700K in 2011 when there 15% unemployment was very much the "because we're worth it" crescendo.

The party continued in Montrose long after the bank collapse.

Fourth anniversary of the invasion if Ukraine.

It is also the fourth anniversary of Mr. Kindness telling us we should support Ukraine because "they look like us" and then making a wise crack in very poor taste about chicken kievs. Is it any wonder he is the most trusted man in Ireland.

Yep, he had a great guffaw about the fact that people were getting it wrong all these years.