RTE "stars" salaries.

Biggins · 01-02-2009 11:03PM

I don't like Dunphy in any way but be it a PR stunt or not, at one third the wages of the plank, he's still willing to give up €33,000 a year for RTE, just to do his bit.
Ryan and Kenny can go suck my tool!
(For those that still don't know - fat Gerry Ryan gets €550,00 basic a year)

Capt'n Midnight · 02-02-2009 07:58PM

iMax wrote: »

He's not employed by the state he's self employed, contracted to RTE (as most of them are).

If he is self employed then they can say goodbye very easily

deadhead13 · 02-02-2009 08:12PM

Marian Finucane and Joe duffy have also agreed to the 10% cut. But Kenny, Ryan and Tubridy are still trying to brazen it out.

themont85 · 02-02-2009 08:25PM

Can't believe they won't take a 10% cut. Surely advertising ect will be down with this crunch, also it gives them a stronger set of legs to stand on when talking about the rest of the economy. What Dunphy said about his salary been negotiated 'in a different time' is true. Its not as if the 10% will kill them, their 'real' drop will be lower than that given that many expect deflation this year in prices.

Mars Bar · 02-02-2009 08:35PM

I was reading this in the newspaper and it made me so angry:mad:
What a bunch of snobby, fat, selfish, good-for-nothing, eye-sores, ear-bleeding dribble. They won't take a 10% pay cut and here are us, students, who have to go out and fight against college fees. It makes me sick.

youcrazyjesus! · 02-02-2009 08:42PM

I think most people are more pissed off with the out of touch attitude displayed by these people who thinks the sun shines out of their arse. Tubridy gave a typically, smarmy, evasive answer to the question.

They don't realise that you could put anybody up in the mid morning slot and youd get a few hundred thousand viewers. They're not worth their pay if they wouldn't get 60-70% as much from a privately owned national radio station. They think every single listener tunes into them personally and not RTÉ.

It also gives them no credibility when they're questions politicians about cuts.

Degsy · 02-02-2009 08:44PM

That bastard Gerry Ryan's boasting about how he likes to "celebrate" his loadsa money and all that jazz is going to look a bit hollow if he finds ten percent THAT important to him.

deadhead13 · 02-02-2009 08:56PM

They are still clinging to the notion that the amount of revenue their shows generate entitles them(ring a bell Pat?) to grossly overblown salaries. But their arguement is bogus. If RTE was funded entirely by how much advertising revenue it can generate their saleries would be a fraction of what they are now. The license fee subsidises RTE and thereby their wages. Even more so now we are in a recession.

And it gets worse - the revenue generated by Kennys and ryans shows have fallen by 35% in a year. Forget 10%, drop their wages by a 1/3 or just sack the ......

FlutterinBantam · 03-02-2009 08:51AM

I know some of these punters have taken a cut but in my opinion that lets them off the hook.Makes martyrs of them, and turns the spotlight away from the vastly inflated wages they get.For once the whole country turned the spotlight on this crass commercial stupidity and saw it for what it was,poor management.

Marian Finucane on a reported 455k takes a cut of 45k- big deal!!!!
Still pullin in over 400k pa .:eek:

Who are the punters who negotiated this deal with them and have they been asked to account??

Where would these people go to earn similar money??

Advertising costs in RTE are tremendously expensive, which is why firms are cutting down in the downturn.

Already they are softening us up for a licence fee increase.

MayoForSam · 03-02-2009 09:51AM

Looks like Pat (or rather his 'company' :rolleyes:) has decided to take the plunge:
http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0203/kennyp.html

Who's left? Gerry 'Boomer from Left4Dead' Ryan? Come along now everyone, show a good example to all those public servants.

Saint_Mel · 03-02-2009 09:56AM

Heard on the radio this morning that Tubridy will not take a pay cut, but will instead make a donation to charity!

KerranJast · 03-02-2009 09:59AM

We should slash all their wages and invest the money in HeadinJar technology to keep Bill, Eamo and Gilesy going forever.

juuge · 03-02-2009 10:01AM

Saint_Mel wrote: »

Heard on the radio this morning that Tubridy will not take a pay cut, but will instead make a donation to charity!

He should donate his body to science!

EdgarAllenPoo · 03-02-2009 10:26AM

The funny thing is RTE have said in the past that their wages are so high so as to prevent the top guys being taken by other stations. Who in their right mind would (A) offer any of them a job and (B) offer them even half the money RTE is paying them. It's pretty much RTE being run by idiots and people that are looking after their friends with licence payer's money.

diverdriver · 03-02-2009 10:40AM

I can't believe how long it took for someone to point out that almost none of the 'big' names in RTE are in fact employees of RTE. Thanks, Imax. They are under contract and self employed. Thus the money they earn is almost exclusively advertisers money. The bigger the ratings the bigger the advertising cost, the bigger the pay out. So no taxpayer is harmed in the making of the Late, Late show or the Gerry Ryan show. It's also worth pointing out that many RTE salaried staff are not exactly overpaid either.

So rein in your outrage and save it for the government clowns who dropped us all in the poo, not to mention the public service unions who have decided that they are immune to this recession. Apparently the rest of us can hang, they don't want their cosy little world to be touched. I would venture to suggest that many of the people here having a go at RTE are in fact not exactly in danger of pay cuts themselves.

As for Pat Kenny, he took a 10% pay cut or did he? In fact his contract came up for renewal and that was what he was offered. Cancel his sainthood. On the other hand I don't know why everyone has such harsh opinions on Gerry Ryan, don't get me wrong. I can't stand him either but compared to those utter fools Colm and Jim-Jim. He's actually entertaining. Those two should be exiled if not actually shot live on their show.:mad:

On top of it all this is all BS, any pay cut they take is just a drop in the ocean compared to the problems we face. It would just be window dressing.

For those of you who think the licence fee should go, well do you really want RTE to turn into another TV3? Enough said! Don't think, I'm defending RTE because of my love for the station. Those B's owe me money and the last job I did for TG4 paid me only €35. They are not exactly wasting the licence fee on me certainly.

markesmith · 03-02-2009 10:47AM

Tubridy offering to donate to charity in lieu of a paycut is just condescending IMO. Like he's deigning to hear the cries of the poor and unemployed.

And Gerry Ryan reminds me of those stories of Marie Antoinette just before her head was put in a sling. Only much, much fatter than her.

EdgarAllenPoo · 03-02-2009 10:52AM

I would venture to suggest that many of the people here having a go at RTE are in fact not exactly in danger of pay cuts themselves.

Speaking from my own situation, I'm a student with a part-time job, I haven't taken a pay cut but my hours have been halved which is worse than a pay cut, since you couldn't exactly cut Gerry Ryan's hours (oh if only we could) a cut in pay is the logical step for someone who's grossly overpaid to begin with.

For those of you who think the licence fee should go, well do you really want RTE to turn into another TV3?

No, I'd rather they go to the wall and something else takes their place that doesn't cost the tax payer money.

Biggins · 03-02-2009 11:07AM

markesmith wrote: »

Tubridy offering to donate to charity in lieu of a paycut is just condescending IMO. Like he's deigning to hear the cries of the poor and unemployed.

Clever Tubridy- he thinks people don't know his charity donation can be used as a tax right-off!
In other words, the state will at this time especially, still lose out!
He must think ALL of us, ALL the time, are idiots!

Ignorant Gobschite! :mad:

FlutterinBantam · 03-02-2009 11:11AM

diverdriver wrote: »

I can't believe how long it took for someone to point out that almost none of the 'big' names in RTE are in fact employees of RTE. Thanks, Imax. They are under contract and self employed. Thus the money they earn is almost exclusively advertisers money. The bigger the ratings the bigger the advertising cost, the bigger the pay out. So no taxpayer is harmed in the making of the Late, Late show or the Gerry Ryan show. It's also worth pointing out that many RTE salaried staff are not exactly overpaid either.

On top of it all this is all BS, any pay cut they take is just a drop in the ocean compared to the problems we face. It would just be window dressing.
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Last I heard I'm paying for the transmission costs, the infrastructure, the studios, the technical expertise out there,the light ,heating, maintenance

have I missed sommat, and these guys have set up all their own independent studios totally funded from their "company" resources??

If that's true I take back all my criticism, and apologise.

paulocon · 03-02-2009 11:13AM

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Last I heard I'm paying for the transmission costs, the infrastructure, the studios, the technical expertise out there,the light ,heating, maintenance

have I missed sommat, and these guys have set up all their own independent studios totally funded from their "company" resources??

If that's true I take back all my criticism, and apologise.

+1

Jaysoose · 03-02-2009 11:13AM

Rte is ****e

diverdriver · 03-02-2009 11:26AM

Last I heard I'm paying for the transmission costs, the infrastructure, the studios, the technical expertise out there,the light ,heating, maintenance

That's what the licence fee is all about. Having a relatively decent TV and Radio station that provides 'public service' programming other than the crap seen on TV3 and a multitude of other advertising only funded TV stations out there. Most programmes are loss making in terms of advertising. Gerry and Pat are paid based on the revenue their popularity generates. Everyone likes Marty Whelan but he was shoved out because his show didn't generate the income. Simple as that. For example, complain about Pat Kenny if you will but if Gerry Ryan presented the Late Late show, no one would watch it. That's why PK gets more money than GR. On the other hand remove GR from his radio show and unless the new guy is particularly good the listeners and advertisers will flee en masse. Thus less income will be generated and RTE will either drop it's standards or look for a licence fee increase. In the real world away from the easy and glib certainties of internet forums that's the way it is.

You know, the RTE big names didn't cause this recession. Pointing the finger at them will do nothing to help at all.

K-9 · 03-02-2009 11:29AM

diverdriver wrote: »

I can't believe how long it took for someone to point out that almost none of the 'big' names in RTE are in fact employees of RTE. Thanks, Imax. They are under contract and self employed. Thus the money they earn is almost exclusively advertisers money.

Ah right, the advertisers write them a cheque.

Thing is, there'll be less advertising this year.

diverdriver · 03-02-2009 11:39AM

Thing is, there'll be less advertising this year.

Exactly and Kenny took a cut on that basis not as he implied as favour toe the licence payer. Same goes for Ryan and all the rest.

Biggins · 03-02-2009 11:40AM

Originally Posted by diverdriver
I can't believe how long it took for someone to point out that almost none of the 'big' names in RTE are in fact employees of RTE. Thanks, Imax. They are under contract and self employed. Thus the money they earn is almost exclusively advertisers money.

So RTE management doesn't write their pay checks then???
The money don't come out of RTE then?
Their wages comes from a different bank account that is set up and paid into by advertisers?

*sign*

Jeeze, some people just don't get it!
WE ARE ALL PAYING FOR THESE EXPENSIVE MUPPETS.
(well those that coughed up for tv licences, etc.)

Mr Tubridy yesterday revealed he is to make a donation to charity but said that taking a pay cut is not an option for him for legal reasons.

I see Tubridy has taken advantage of our tax laws.
To avoid paying a 10% cut in his massive wages, he says he will donate money to charity (and of course, it will be the same as 10% of his wages :rolleyes: ).
In other words, he will use this donation as a tax write-off and the state will still lose out!
And what the f**k is so special in his contract that while others can take a cut, his contract with RTE won't allow it.
Thats simply a load of bollocks! All those high earnings and you still can't afford a solicitor who can't work out the legalities of a contract and septation agreement!
(I've been there and done that - its not exactly rocket science!)
Tudridy - get the f**k out of here you gobschite!

Source: http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/kenny-takes-836485000-pay-cut-1624999.html

Dyr · 03-02-2009 11:53AM

diverdriver wrote: »

That's what the licence fee is all about. Having a relatively decent TV and Radio station that provides 'public service'

ah hahahahahahahahahahahaha...decent TV..haahahahah ah dearie me.

And we pay our telly eireann license for the radio? Thats great.

We should subsidise public service television across all the channels on a per program basis, that would soon weed out the wasters in donnybrook

maxwell smart · 03-02-2009 12:04PM

Now as much as I detest Tubridy, perhaps his problem with taking a paycut may be something to do with his (seperated)wife having an interest in his production company, and this may have something to do with his support payments to her...just a thought....he's still a wa***r.

As for Ryan, If I see him about clontarf anytime soon, I'll hit him with a snowballl! Seriously though, he is so out of touch. It will be such an embarrassing climb down when he takes the cut, but he exudes such humility anyway i'm sure we'll all take pity on him

paulocon · 03-02-2009 12:56PM

diverdriver wrote: »

That's what the licence fee is all about. Having a relatively decent TV and Radio station that provides 'public service' programming other than the crap seen on TV3 and a multitude of other advertising only funded TV stations out there. Most programmes are loss making in terms of advertising. Gerry and Pat are paid based on the revenue their popularity generates. Everyone likes Marty Whelan but he was shoved out because his show didn't generate the income. Simple as that. For example, complain about Pat Kenny if you will but if Gerry Ryan presented the Late Late show, no one would watch it. That's why PK gets more money than GR. On the other hand remove GR from his radio show and unless the new guy is particularly good the listeners and advertisers will flee en masse. Thus less income will be generated and RTE will either drop it's standards or look for a licence fee increase. In the real world away from the easy and glib certainties of internet forums that's the way it is.

You know, the RTE big names didn't cause this recession. Pointing the finger at them will do nothing to help at all.

Not to go off topic but does RTE offer public service programming any more?

Last I looked, it seemed to be 'Desperate Housewives', 'Scrubs' etc. Even that 'Who do you think you are' was a rip-off of BBC's show. Then you have that strange talent show (think it was on RTE) and the fact that the GAA was on Setanta Saturday night. Other than the news and current affairs programming, what is deemed 'public service' or am I missing the point here?

Focus6 · 03-02-2009 01:03PM

Tubridy comes from a family of politicians.

His uncle is former FF Minister for Foreign Affairs, David Andrews
his cousin is current FF Minister for Children Barry Andrews.
His grandfather was a FF Minister too in the 50's or 60's....and was also a director in RTE......

He himself was also a member of a Fianna Fail cumann until not so long ago.

Typical fianna failer....out for himself and only interested in lining his own pocket.

youcrazyjesus! · 03-02-2009 01:15PM

diverdriver wrote: »

I can't believe how long it took for someone to point out that almost none of the 'big' names in RTE are in fact employees of RTE. Thanks, Imax. They are under contract and self employed. Thus the money they earn is almost exclusively advertisers money. The bigger the ratings the bigger the advertising cost, the bigger the pay out. So no taxpayer is harmed in the making of the Late, Late show or the Gerry Ryan show.p

What are you talking about? Money goes into RTE. Money goes out of RTE. Some of it advertisement money, a lot of it licence fee money. You can't divide it up and say which is which. Bizarre statement.

RTE "stars" salaries.

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