Hector's Gone

zoobizoo · 17-12-2013 04:56PM #1

From the Twitter:
RTÉ 2fm has just confirmed that presenter Hector Ó hEochagáin will no longer host the 2FM breakfast show. More to follow.

Heym · 17-12-2013 05:06PM

The new show in 2014 = BKJ

padd b1975 · 17-12-2013 05:08PM

http://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/hector-leaves-2fm-617476.html

RTE 2fm have announced the departure of Hector O hEochagain.

The radio station said they will be announcing a breakfast show early in the New Year.

Dan Healy, the head of 2fm, said: "Hector is a major personality and hugely loved by Irish audiences and has played a significant role in developing breakfast radio with his show ‘Breakfast with Hector’ on 2fm.

"‘Keep her lit’ helped take the country through the past three years of the recession with outside broadcasts from Friday factory floor fillers to second chance debs.

"RTE 2fm would like to take this opportunity to thank Hector for the enormous effort it takes to broadcast a breakfast show and for the entertainment he gave to his 'soldiers of the dawn'."

RTE said Hector's will be back for a second of his series ‘Hector Goes’.

Welsh Megaman · 17-12-2013 05:18PM

Could Tubs be heading back to breakfast with 'The Full Irish', I wonder?

Bebo Rocks · 17-12-2013 05:20PM

Rumor is iano is coming home

miketv · 17-12-2013 05:21PM

Should Tubs be worried, next on the chopping block and all that?

dave1982 · 17-12-2013 05:21PM

Who's gonna keep her lit?

Hunchback · 17-12-2013 05:26PM

Goddamit, the only show i enjoy in the morning

Diabhal Beag · 17-12-2013 05:47PM

The fact she was kept lit was a financial disaster.

SmurfX · 17-12-2013 05:48PM

Thought he was doing quite well tbh.

Pen.Island · 17-12-2013 05:51PM

Pity. It was either him or Ray and JP.

He was different. Ray and JP have the same segments eveeery day.

"News me up Ray!"
"Hey.....how ya doin'"

And what's 98fms obsession with playing Kodaline, Lily Allen and Bruno Mars??

brinty · 17-12-2013 05:55PM

Keep it in house and give Damian Farrelly a proper bloody show, he's brilliant on the 6-7 slot every morning, extend him from 6-9 i'd say. I always have him on from 6-7 in the car and switch over to Dempsey, i can't frigging abide by Hector and his soldiers of the dawn..makes my skin crawl....

heybaby · 17-12-2013 05:57PM

Hector hosting a breakfast show solo was always going to be up against it, even Dempsey has Mario, Duffy and Mac Sweeney to bounce off. Ideally breakfast needs to be a two hander from the perspective of energy, creativity and dynamic. Good luck to who takes over they will really need it to win over a Dublin listenership.

Welsh Megaman · 17-12-2013 06:08PM

CKonetheonlyone wrote: »

Goddamit, the only show i enjoy in the morning

*radio on*

Heeeeeeey! Don't annoy me!
Sho! Sho! Sho! Sho!
Such a cranky keeeeer!

*radio demolished with one karate chop*

Kettleson · 17-12-2013 06:08PM

Pen.Island wrote: »

Pity. It was either him or Ray and JP.

He was different. Ray and JP have the same segments eveeery day.

"News me up Ray!"
"Hey.....how ya doin'"

And what's 98fms obsession with playing Kodaline, Lily Allen and Bruno Mars??

Can't believe Ray hasn't been dumped years ago. All he can do is read dull text messages in a very dull way.

Hector was too much in yer face. Torture with a hangover.

Eeden · 17-12-2013 06:34PM

I'm not a Morning Person, therefore Hector was not for me. I just couldn't cope.

Wise Old Elf · 17-12-2013 06:52PM

I'm another one in the minority sorry to see him go, I know he's not everyone's cup of tea, but he tried. I REALLY hope ray foley doesn't get this gig.

Cuddled · 17-12-2013 06:59PM

He was a painful bogger ! Fairwell Red Daddy you won't be missed

Kettleson · 17-12-2013 07:03PM

Disco Stuart wrote: »

I'm another one in the minority sorry to see him go, I know he's not everyone's cup of tea, but he tried. I REALLY hope ray foley doesn't get this gig.

I would be a Hector fan, he was a right good kick up the arse of the typical blah blah, blah, nicey nicey, isn't it a disgrace radio, tut tut, what would you do, mindless garbage that pollutes the airwaves. He was too much for the suit and tie mob. I swear I'll throw my radio in the bin if foley gets anymore airtime.

Hitchens · 17-12-2013 07:05PM

idiots up there in RTE.......he'll go to the USA now and make big dollars

QuadLeo · 17-12-2013 07:11PM

Hitchens wrote: »

idiots up there in RTE.......he'll go to the USA now and make big dollars

lol

liam7831 · 17-12-2013 07:32PM

brinty wrote: »

Keep it in house and give Damian Farrelly a proper bloody show, he's brilliant on the 6-7 slot every morning, extend him from 6-9 i'd say. I always have him on from 6-7 in the car and switch over to Dempsey, i can't frigging abide by Hector and his soldiers of the dawn..makes my skin crawl....

Thanks mom

Seren_ · 17-12-2013 08:31PM

So one of the rumours from this forum actually turned out to be true for once :P

Kettleson · 17-12-2013 09:10PM

Seren_ wrote: »

So one of the rumours from this forum actually turned out to be true for once :P

Shouldn't this forum be best migrated to Conspiracy Theories then?

I sense a country/ballad will soon be written. "Hectors' Gone.."

ThisRegard · 17-12-2013 09:43PM

Hitchens wrote: »

idiots up there in RTE.......he'll go to the USA now and make big dollars

Is there a fund anywhere to contribute to his air fare?

DoozerT6 · 17-12-2013 09:57PM

Was this on the cards, or a surprise announcement?

When will he be finishing up?

I found him pretty OTT at the start, all that shouting at us, in Spanish....jaysis. Then he calmed down a bit once he found his feet. I have to say I tend to flick around the stations in the morning until I hear a song I like (not into too much chat) so I guess I listened to Red Daddy as much as I listened to any other breakfast show.

I miss Pat Courteney on Nova in the mornings though

Harry Angstrom · 17-12-2013 10:24PM

It wasn't too long ago that the Head of 2FM was giving Hector his full support, like the chairman of a football club gives his full support to the manager just before he gets the chop. Interestingly, he was also giving his "full support" to Tubs........

Kettleson · 17-12-2013 10:32PM

ThisRegard wrote: »

Is there a fund anywhere to contribute to his air fare?

LOL!!

forgotten password · 17-12-2013 10:34PM

go néirigh an bóthair leat hector a mhac,

que te pasa bien

spank_inferno · 17-12-2013 10:55PM

Hitchens wrote: »

idiots up there in RTE.......he'll go to the USA now and make big dollars

Doing what exactly?

Skid X · 17-12-2013 10:57PM

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

It wasn't too long ago that the Head of 2FM was giving Hector his full support, like the chairman of a football club gives his full support to the manager just before he gets the chop. Interestingly, he was also giving his "full support" to Tubs........

Dan Healy should choose his words more carefully.
He looks like an eejit now

Irish Independent
November 15th (32 days ago)

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/hector-is-not-getting-the-axe-says-2fm-boss-29757165.html

Hector o hEochagain has been assured his job at 2fm is safe.

The popular presenter got an early phone call from 2fm boss Dan Healy this morning to inform him he was not being axed from the station.

The RTE boss was reacting to media reports that popular host Hector was to be replaced in a radical shake-up at the radio station.

“Hector to be axed? You might as well have said Hector picked to play for Ireland by Roy Keane,” Mr Healy said.

“This is nonsense. I personally rang Hector this morning to assure him that he was not being axed.” Dan Healy told the Herald.

It has been coming for a while. Hector is toxic to too many people (especially at Breakfast time). I think it's a good result for Tubridy. A new presenter at Brekkie might give him a better lead in audience (not withstanding the fact that Tubridy's show also has serious ratings problems).

Hector's Gone

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