Rte News - what's the point ?

03-01-2014 12:03PM #1

At the moment the country is being battered with storms causing floods and accidents. Thousands with out power and damage widespread.

In the UK the government have held emergency meetings with warnings to the public and a media outlets reporting on the storm.

In Ireland?

Rte news currently talking about Anchorman!

Come Sunday Night/ Monday morning a bigger storm will hit us, where's the warnings???

IvyTheTerrible · 03-01-2014 12:05PM

Deleted User wrote: »

At the moment the country is being battered with storms causing floods and accidents. Thousands with out power and damage widespread.

In the UK the government have held emergency meetings with warnings to the public and a media outlets reporting on the storm.

In Ireland?

Rte news currently talking about Anchorman!

Come Sunday Night/ Monday morning a bigger storm will hit us, where's the warnings???

I'm listening to the news on Radio one right now and it's the first thing they talked about!

03-01-2014 12:08PM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I'm listening to the news on Radio one right now and it's the first thing they talked about!

Are so in Ireland we are still required to tune into the radio, the 24 hour news channel is for what? Currently talking about themselves in the golden days.

Alf Veedersane · 03-01-2014 12:09PM

I'm bored of all this storm talk.

I'd rather hear about Anchorman.

Maybe not Anchorman 2, though.

Brian? · 03-01-2014 12:10PM

Deleted User wrote: »

At the moment the country is being battered with storms causing floods and accidents. Thousands with out power and damage widespread.

In the UK the government have held emergency meetings with warnings to the public and a media outlets reporting on the storm.

Could it be that the storm is going to hit the UK and not Ireland?

03-01-2014 12:11PM

OSI wrote: »

It's also plastered all over their website. Who still watches TV for the news?

So it's on the radio and the internet.

But nothing on the 24 hour news channel.

Someone should tell Sky and the BBC that instead if reporting news on their 24 hour news channel they should be reporting trivial things such as Anchorman interviews.

IvyTheTerrible · 03-01-2014 12:11PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Are so in Ireland we are still required to tune into the radio, the 24 hour news channel is for what? Currently talking about themselves in the golden days.

You didn't say anything about the 24 hour news channel in your OP.

03-01-2014 12:12PM

Brian? wrote: »

Could it be that the storm is going to hit the UK and not Ireland?

?

You do know Galway is flooded this morning?

This is the models for Sunday Night heading towards us,

sydthebeat · 03-01-2014 12:12PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Are so in Ireland we are still required to tune into the radio, the 24 hour news channel is for what? Currently talking about themselves in the golden days.

Rte has a 24hr news channel?

03-01-2014 12:15PM

sydthebeat wrote: »

Rte has a 24hr news channel?

Yes, on saorview/ saorsat called Rte News Now.

Mrs Garth Brooks · 03-01-2014 12:15PM

Never mind the news. Why have weather?

Monday - Rain
Tuesday - Rain
Wednesday - Rain
Thursday - Rain
Friday - Rain
Saturday - Rain
Sunday - Rain

sydthebeat · 03-01-2014 12:16PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yes, on saorview/ saorsat called Rte News Now.

Not on any sky package then

03-01-2014 12:17PM

sydthebeat wrote: »

Not on any sky package then

There is more to life than Sky!

Rte also broadcasts Rte one in HD but not on Sky.

I'd expects Rte News Now to be added to the Sky entertainment package eventually, they could place it next to Dave.

ArmaniJeanss · 03-01-2014 12:18PM

Perhaps they gave the weather warning and a report on the flooding twenty minutes ago, and will come back to it later and repeatedly. And now they are doing some other stories interspersed with some pre-recorded featurettes.
That's the nature of 24 hour news channels until a big story starts unfolding.

sydthebeat · 03-01-2014 12:18PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

There is more to life than Sky!

Rte also broadcasts Rte one in HD but not on Sky.

I suppose my point is the radio is much more pertinent to rte news for the majority of people than saorview.

eirebread · 03-01-2014 12:21PM

From the map:
I want that black spot to hit Ireland, it will feel so overwhelming.

03-01-2014 12:22PM

sydthebeat wrote: »

I suppose my point is the radio is much more pertinent to rte news for the majority of people than saorview.

Perhaps but that's because Rte appear to have more interest in reporting the news on the radio instead if actually showing the events in real time on their 24 hour news channel.

Been watching there channel for over half an hour and this is the schedule so far,

Anchorman report and interviews

Report on Irish dentists

Interview and reports about RTE in the golden days

Cracking stuff, what news reporting is all about!

SEPT 23 1989 · 03-01-2014 12:23PM

The only COBRA we have is in the Zoo

cml387 · 03-01-2014 12:23PM

Actually the Anchorman 2 reference is quite apt, bearing in mind it's a satire on what a nonsense 24 hours news is without a big news story

(WHHOOOMPH....RED BANNER......BREAKING NEWS.......DAVID CAMERON SAYS BRITAIN'S ECONOMY IS GROWING!!!")

Alf Veedersane · 03-01-2014 12:23PM

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Perhaps but that's because Rte appear to have more interest in reporting the news on the radio instead if actually showing the events in real time on their 24 hour news channel.

Been watching there channel for over half an hour and this is the schedule so far,

Anchorman report and interviews

Report on Irish dentists

Interview and reports about RTE in the golden days

Cracking stuff, what news reporting is all about!

It might be time to go out.

sydthebeat · 03-01-2014 12:24PM

And to be fair Ireland am did about a three minute segment on the current flooding and the coming storm.

I wonder what the viewing figures for rte news 24 is compared to say the top of the hour news on radio 1

03-01-2014 12:25PM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

It might be time to go out.

Thankfully I get my news from elsewhere and I'll only be venturing out to ensure my roof tiles are still intact!

beauf · 03-01-2014 12:25PM

Had this with the floods in Dublin a few years back. Half of Dublin was shut down with flooding, yet the Radio stations just kept going with normal programming. Only Dublin City kept up live reporting of traffic and road closures trying to help people get home.

cml387 · 03-01-2014 12:25PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Perhaps but that's because Rte appear to have more interest in reporting the news on the radio instead if actually showing the events in real time on their 24 hour news channel.

Been watching there channel for over half an hour and this is the schedule so far,

Anchorman report and interviews

Report on Irish dentists

Interview and reports about RTE in the golden days

Cracking stuff, what news reporting is all about!

Instead of sitting inside and complaining that there's no weather news, go outside and experience it first hand.

Alf Veedersane · 03-01-2014 12:25PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Thankfully I get my news from elsewhere and I'll only be venturing out to ensure my roof tiles are still intact!

Seriously though....you've spent more than half an hour watching RTE News Now?

Wow.

looking_around · 03-01-2014 12:26PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Perhaps but that's because Rte appear to have more interest in reporting the news on the radio instead if actually showing the events in real time on their 24 hour news channel.

Been watching there channel for over half an hour and this is the schedule so far,

Anchorman report and interviews

Report on Irish dentists

Interview and reports about RTE in the golden days

Cracking stuff, what news reporting is all about!

Who watches the news for over 30min O_O????????? Nothing else to do?
You got the internet, want to see news that interests you use it.

Alf Veedersane · 03-01-2014 12:27PM

beauf wrote: »

Had this with the floods in Dublin a few years back. Half of Dublin was shut down with flooding, yet the Radio stations just kept going with normal programming. Only Dublin City kept up live reporting of traffic and road closures trying to help people get home.

It's entirely possible that the other stations know people will tune in to Dublin City FM for traffic updates so they played music instead.

AnonoBoy · 03-01-2014 12:30PM

So basically you want RTE 24 news to report nothing except the storm just in case you turn on the TV and have to look at something else for a few minutes before the next headlines come on again?

You want the channel called 24IrishFreeView - it's your channel where you get to decide what's on all the time. You should set it up - it'll be great I'm sure.

cml387 · 03-01-2014 12:32PM

There is an RTE news channel so they can show it in the airports instead of SKY news or BBC24

beauf · 03-01-2014 12:32PM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

It's entirely possible that the other stations know people will tune in to Dublin City FM for traffic updates so they played music instead.

Nonsense. They do the same all the same. Any big event, road closures or traffic and it goes unreported. If they know a large audience will want something, it makes no sense to put something else on.

03-01-2014 12:34PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

So basically you want RTE 24 news to report nothing except the storm just in case you turn on the TV and have to look at something else for a few minutes before the next headlines come on again?

You want the channel called 24IrishFreeView - it's your channel where you get to decide what's on all the time. You should set it up - it'll be great I'm sure.

Actually I'd like a 24 hour news channel to report the news. At the moment the news in Ireland is Storms, flooding and coming storms.

Not Anchorman, dentists and reporting about yourselves!

Rte News - what's the point ?

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