RTE Gold discussion thread

Observations on Tracy and Cormac is that although they are presenting their shows live - it sounds like they are not.

With Tracy, there are flat gaps and quiet moments when the songs fade out and into the next song or a jingle - no slick or even basic mixing between songs. Also her coming from daytime 2FM, I thought she would have more interaction with the listeners through messages and maybe even have a listener come on-air for some feature or competition.

Cormac goes through his links talking about himself or his own thoughts / recollections on the artists/songs he is playing. He does not invite texts or requests to come in and he does not read out messages that obviously people are sending in (if they know he is live). He is ignoring messages.

RTE have gone and put 2 known presenters on air for 6 hours live each day, a huge plus for the station - the least they could do is encourage them to interact more with the listeners. It is clear that there are more people listening to RTE Gold because of these additions and new DAB availability.

Rick I felt encouraged and had much more listener interaction than these 2.

I requested a song last week with cirmac and read my msg and played song requested. Tracy does encourage txts etc but there was playout issue today