Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes at 2FM

reg114 · 14-01-2014 1:19pm

They need to overhaul the entire station, changing the personnel on breakfast alone will not be enough to save 2FM.

flazio · 15-01-2014 12:24am

Seren_ wrote: »

Would Dave O'Connor be a possible new face for 2FM? I wasn't a fan but know he was pretty popular. I wondered if his leaving was a "gardening leave" situation at the time actually.

Last I heard he's out in Thailand.

Bard · 15-01-2014 12:51pm

Seren_ wrote: »

Would Dave O'Connor be a possible new face for 2FM?

Not according to Dave O'Connor, no.

I wasn't a fan but know he was pretty popular. I wondered if his leaving was a "gardening leave" situation at the time actually.

No, he quit iRadio. No "gardening leave" was required.

ofcork · 19-01-2014 4:16pm

According to the sunday world both will leahy and larry gogan are being moved to the weekend.

Skid X · 19-01-2014 4:19pm

John Clarke read out an e-mail from a listener today asking if he had a place in the new schedule, Clarke replied "I've no idea" and then had a grumble about the suits upstairs.

bbability · 19-01-2014 10:14pm

Skid X wrote: »

John Clarke read out an e-mail from a listener today asking if he had a place in the new schedule, Clarke replied "I've no idea" and then had a grumble about the suits upstairs.

They'd better not touch his show. It's on a very short list of shows that I listen to on RTE. Highest ratings for a music show on a Sunday.

an o rak · 20-01-2014 11:07am

From all the leaks in the press over the weekend, it looks like the new 2fm schedule is .6-9 Bernard, Keith and Jennifer, .9-11 Tubridy, 11-1 Colm Hayes, 1-4 Rick oShea, 4-7 Eoghan McDermot, 7-10 Louise McSharry, 10 two young fellas from iradio.

hufpc8w3adnk65 · 20-01-2014 11:11am

an o rak wrote: »

From all the leaks in the press over the weekend, it looks like the new 2fm schedule is .6-9 Bernard, Keith and Jennifer, .9-11 Tubridy, 11-1 Colm Hayes, 1-4 Rick oShea, 4-7 Eoghan McDermot, 7-10 Louise McSharry, 10 two young fellas from iradio.

There's a thread already

Bard · 20-01-2014 1:01pm

Can't see them cutting "Game On" though... maybe same as above, but 7-8 Game On, 8-11 Louise, 11-late Two young folks (not both fellas) from i...

michael999999 · 20-01-2014 2:14pm

Damian farrelly said tomorrow morning is he's last pre/breakfast show!

Hannibal Smith · 20-01-2014 2:22pm

Really disappointed to see will leahy go

shockwave · 20-01-2014 2:51pm

Hannibal Smith wrote: »

Really disappointed to see will leahy go

They might move him back to weekends.

hufpc8w3adnk65 · 20-01-2014 2:55pm

Hannibal Smith wrote: »

Really disappointed to see will leahy go

Hopefully back too sat afternoons him and dj gary were great crack altho ill miss him on drive hes the only 2fm presenter I listen too bar Jenny Greene

Bard · 20-01-2014 2:56pm

Eoghan McDermott says his place in this schedule is news to him... then follows that up with a pop at boards.ie itself ...(which in this context, imho, is not an unfair pop)

heybaby · 20-01-2014 4:16pm

Bard wrote: »

Eoghan McDermott says his place in this schedule is news to him... then follows that up with a pop at boards.ie itself ...(which in this context, imho, is not an unfair pop)

Rick O Shea now on twitter asking Radionation : "As a radio "news" site, why report unsubstantiated anonymous rumours from boards?"

L1011 · 20-01-2014 4:17pm

Hector going was denied outright with similar claims of inaccuracy, remember.

an o rak · 20-01-2014 5:08pm

I didn't just make that schedule up out of thin air, Will Leahy and Larry Gogan moving to weekends was in all the papers yesterday, Louise mcsharry getting evenings is in today's herald http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/louise-and-jennifer-on-the-move-in-big-2fm-shakeup-29932527.html. Bernard Keith Jennifer and mcdermott have been talked about joining 2fm since last October.

Fresh Pots · 20-01-2014 5:27pm

Can a mod please merge all the 2fm threads? Getting a bit much at this stage.

cena · 20-01-2014 5:51pm

I hope ruth and paddy stay

Hannibal Smith · 20-01-2014 7:23pm

MrMac84 wrote: »

Hopefully back too sat afternoons him and dj gary were great crack altho ill miss him on drive hes the only 2fm presenter I listen too bar Jenny Greene

I'll miss him on the journey home. He was always nice pleasant easy listening. I loved the school disco

prunudo · 21-01-2014 9:10am

michael999999 wrote: »

Damian farrelly said tomorrow morning is he's last pre/breakfast show!

He signed off very quickly this morning, only mentioning it at the end. Said he was going to be filling in for Colm Hayes for the rest of the week. I'd say some of his listeners will get a shock next week or whenever the new schedule starts.

Expunge · 21-01-2014 9:36am

Ivan Yeats this morning on Newstalk Breakfast said a 'little birdy' told him that 2FM is to be sold by RTE.
Will Rick O' Shea have a pop at him too for spreading unsubstantiated rumours?

bbability · 21-01-2014 10:42pm

This thread will soon either follow the others to the bottom of the pile or since some employees and contractors at RTE have passed comment with tweets and referring to this board as untruthful, it must have some truth in it.

Would someone enlighten me and tell me who Eoin Mc Dermott is? What radio station is he on at present?

Fresh Pots · 21-01-2014 10:54pm

bbability wrote: »

Would someone enlighten me and tell me who Eoin Mc Dermott is? What radio station is he on at present?

http://bit.ly/1aHvp0m

bbability · 21-01-2014 11:12pm

Is one agent not enough for him?

Anyway the official line up is not far away. It won't make a blind bit of difference to me if it's like what's posted above. As I've said before two shows attract me to 2fm, Ireland's Biggest Jukebox and Jenny Greene on a Saturday night. The rest as they say is what it is.

Pegmatite · 21-01-2014 11:30pm

Anybody hear Ivan Yates this morning on Newstalk, they where talking about 2FM being subsidised and Yates casually mentioned that he had heard "from a insider" they where planning to sell of the station.

Hannibal Smith · 22-01-2014 8:54am

When is the new schedule supposed to kick in ?

ford fiesta · 23-01-2014 12:29am

Remember in the 00's when seeking a younger audience Dave Fanning and Larry Gogan were moved from 2FM weekdays to the weekends (Dave also to Radio 1 week nights)...and a few years later returned !!

Homer Jay Thompson · 27-01-2014 1:47pm

I think they will announce the new schedule after the jnlrs come out, so Friday.

stop animal cruelty · 27-01-2014 7:11pm

l really really cant believe will leahy is going, have listened to his show since l was 14...8/9years now!? seriously what are they thinking...dont think il be tuning into 2fm anymore...gone to the dogs

Wellyd · 27-01-2014 7:16pm

stop animal cruelty wrote: »

l really really cant believe will leahy is going, have listened to his show since l was 14...8/9years now!? seriously what are they thinking...dont think il be tuning into 2fm anymore...gone to the dogs

Where did you hear this? I'd be so disappointed if this is true. I'm in the same boat I've been listening to him for almost 10 years! His Saturday shows got me through my weekend job when I was in secondary school!

stop animal cruelty · 27-01-2014 7:41pm

Wellyd wrote: »

Where did you hear this? I'd be so disappointed if this is true. I'm in the same boat I've been listening to him for almost 10 years! His Saturday shows got me through my weekend job when I was in secondary school!

a friend told me today and someone posted the new line up 1 or 2 pages back...never heard him on saturdays...l was v young then:p

Skid X · 27-01-2014 7:50pm

stop animal cruelty wrote: »

a friend told me today and someone posted the new line up 1 or 2 pages back...never heard him on saturdays...l was v young then:p

There are a lot of rumours and/or completely made up stories being posted on this forum about 2FM changes.

Some of them will turn out to be true, but until they are officially announced you shouldn't take them as Gospel.

Wellyd · 29-01-2014 1:04pm

Jennifer McGuire, Bernard O'Shea and Keith Walsh confirmed as the new breakfast show hosts.

heybaby · 29-01-2014 1:11pm

Yes journal.ie have confirmed it aswell, although nothing on the 2FM website yet but only a matter of time. Fascinated to see how the new schedule works out, are we on the brink of a real change of fortunes for 2fm?

L1011 · 29-01-2014 1:14pm

Odds on the official schedule announcement hitting at the same time as the JNLRs tomorrow to try deflect attention must be very, very short.

Mr Pseudonym · 29-01-2014 1:34pm

RTÉ 2fm announce new presenters to present breakfast programme | Irish Times

michael999999 · 29-01-2014 2:16pm

I hope Damian farrelly returns to he's 6-7 am slot!

Skid X · 30-01-2014 12:17am

Eoin Quinn ‏@eoinquinn 11m
#irishindo In tomorrow’s paper, 2fm boss Dan Healy says that even Jesus Christ couldn’t have filled the late Gerry Ryan’s shoes

https://twitter.com/eoinquinn/status/428664540331380736

Dan Healy comes out with some awful rubbish. Gerry Ryan was a huge loss but it's about time they moved on. You would wonder why he doesn't just play funeral music between 9 and 12 every morning.

bigpink · 30-01-2014 3:57am

oh jesus Jennifer not funny mcguire

byte · 30-01-2014 10:53pm

bigpink wrote: »

oh jesus Jennifer not funny mcguire

Are any of them funny? I'm not familiar with Keith, but the other two sure don't seem to be.

Caledonman · 30-01-2014 11:25pm

byte wrote: »

Are any of them funny? I'm not familiar with Keith, but the other two sure don't seem to be.

Simple answer is NO. Annoying would be my personal thoughts but the good news is you won't have to look at them. Better than what was there though

Go Harvey Go · 01-02-2014 8:15pm

You know what would be a good piece of music to describe RTE's thoughts about Jennifer and Bernard?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Fa4lOQfbA

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

dr Golden · 02-02-2014 3:28am

Next Friday is Will Leahys last drive time show, He has had a good long stint on the slot in fairness, 7 years.

hufpc8w3adnk65 · 02-02-2014 10:41am

dr Golden wrote: »

Next Friday is Will Leahys last drive time show, He has had a good long stint on the slot in fairness, 7 years.

Source?

I'll miss him

Hannibal Smith · 02-02-2014 11:08am

dr Golden wrote: »

Next Friday is Will Leahys last drive time show, He has had a good long stint on the slot in fairness, 7 years.

Awww no...he really makes the drive home so bearable. ..I really like his show.

bbability · 02-02-2014 1:32pm

Hannibal Smith wrote: »

Awww no...he really makes the drive home so bearable. ..I really like his show.

Holding a day job as a solicitor and a drive time jock never sat right with me.

ofcork · 02-02-2014 3:01pm

John clark just said rumour has it he will be back next week!

Skid X · 04-02-2014 4:18pm

It's a pity Bernard O'Shea is also presenting 'Next Weeks News' on RTE2 at the moment. It's the old RTE trick of getting whoever is flavour of the month on as many programmes as possible.

It is over-exposure, and it will lead people to think "oh yeah, that's him off that awful quiz show, I'll give his radio programme a miss".

Having said that, I hope the new show goes well for the new Breakfast team.

Wellyd · 04-02-2014 7:56pm

God I can't believe Nicky Byrne is going to be on the radio everyday. 2fm are really making it too easy for me to tune to a different frequency.

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes at 2FM

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