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RTE Gold discussion thread

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  • #202
    alzer100
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    Mickey Mike wrote: »
    The closing of the digital radio channels have been postponed, good news for people who enjoy DAB and RTE Gold, we can relax and enjoy listening to our favourite radio channels going well into the future. Don't know why RTE makes these announcements especially when they don't carry them out, there are only upsetting us.

    Not having a go and I do get that it looks like the closure of the digital stations has been postponed but is there any further clarification available other than "well into the future" or foreseeable future". Will RTE Gold still be broadcasting for the remainder of the year or just for the remainder of the lockdown phases?


  • #203
    Mickey Mike
    Registered Users Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Mickey Mike


    alzer100 wrote: »
    Not having a go and I do get that it looks like the closure of the digital stations has been postponed but is there any further clarification available other than "well into the future" or foreseeable future". Will RTE Gold still be broadcasting for the remainder of the year or just for the remainder of the lockdown phases?

    RTE are one organisation that keeps people in the dark, they make the most drastic announcements about cuts and then leave us scratching our heads. I feel they don't know what they are doing themselves.


  • #204
    alzer100
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    A new online station goldradio.ie starrts official broadcasting tomorrow morning at 8am (I think) with a classic hits format. Apparently fronted by Mike Maloney. The opening of the online station is in response to RTE Gold's imminent closure
    Over to RTE now, this should be interesting.


  • #205
    alzer100
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    A new online station goldradio.ie starrts official broadcasting tomorrow morning at 8am (I think) with a classic hits format. Apparently fronted by Mike Maloney. The opening of the online station is in response to RTE Gold's imminent closure
    Over to RTE now, this should be interesting.


  • #206
    Former Former
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭Former Former


    Mickey Mike wrote: »
    The closing of the digital radio channels have been postponed, good news for people who enjoy DAB and RTE Gold, we can relax and enjoy listening to our favourite radio channels going well into the future. Don't know why RTE makes these announcements especially when they don't carry them out, there are only upsetting us.

    Are you for real? They didn't carry it out because there's a global pandemic going on.


  • #207
    California Dreamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭California Dreamer


    alzer100 wrote: »
    A new online station goldradio.ie starrts official broadcasting tomorrow morning at 8am (I think) with a classic hits format. Apparently fronted by Mike Maloney. The opening of the online station is in response to RTE Gold's imminent closure
    Over to RTE now, this should be interesting.

    Hahahah! Hilarious that this would be interesting. Yet another ONLINE station doing pretty much others have been doing for years. Playing the same old diet of oldies that Classic Hits plays. But yeh this will be a success where others have failed!

    Probably have 30/40 streams at most.


  • #208
    Mickey Mike
    Registered Users Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Mickey Mike


    Former Former wrote: »
    Are you for real? They didn't carry it out because there's a global pandemic going on.

    RTE should let people know the situation, they are very tight lipped, or maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, at least you gave a bit of clarity.


  • #209
    Mickey Mike
    Registered Users Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Mickey Mike


    alzer100 wrote: »
    A new online station goldradio.ie starrts official broadcasting tomorrow morning at 8am (I think) with a classic hits format. Apparently fronted by Mike Maloney. The opening of the online station is in response to RTE Gold's imminent closure
    Over to RTE now, this should be interesting.

    Yes, I see this and have tuned in, its very good, very welcoming and I hope Gold Radio will be a success.


  • #210
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,177 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Gold Radio has been available on Radio Garden for a while. That's where I heard of it first.

    There's a thread about that station:
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058075147
    https://forumofgames.com/




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  • #211
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,223 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Loving the Top 100 Cover songs of all time, some covers by George Michael (I Can't Make You Love Me) and Paul Weller (Thinking of You) I'd never heard before :)

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #212
    deise man
    Registered Users Posts: 169 ✭✭deise man


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Loving the Top 100 Cover songs of all time, some covers by George Michael (I Can't Make You Love Me) and Paul Weller (Thinking of You) I'd never heard before :)
    Totally agree. It was really enjoyable. I wonder if rte gold would get more listeners than lyric if it was on fm?


  • #213
    Mickey Mike
    Registered Users Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Mickey Mike


    deise man wrote: »
    Totally agree. It was really enjoyable. I wonder if rte gold would get more listeners than lyric if it was on fm?

    RTE Gold so get many many more listeners if on fm instead of Lyric, it would be a bold and brave move and worth it if RTE did, and put Lyric online.


  • #214
    Former Former
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭Former Former


    deise man wrote: »
    Totally agree. It was really enjoyable. I wonder if rte gold would get more listeners than lyric if it was on fm?

    It absolutely would, but they can't just put it on FM.


  • #215
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    There is a huge interest out there for an RTE station like RTE Gold with the 80s, 90s, 00s 2FM listener, who are loyal to RTE radio and the presenters such as Will Leahy and Michael Cahill ...but have moved away from 2FM since Dan Healy changed the station.


  • #216
    alzer100
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    I still think that of all the Irish based "classic hits" formatted stations RTE Gold seems to have the most comprehensive playlist of all
    I have great respect for Mike Moloney and for putting together goldradio.ie and I know it's early days but listening to the station over the past few days the playlist strikes me as being a bit too bland.
    I think a lot of this comes down to royalty payments for a private commercial venture. All independent commercial stations seem to store a music library of about 600 to 800 songs as part of their business model. From early listening to goldradio, I don't think they are any different. I hope I am wrong as I genuinely think Mike Moloney is an extremely experienced and talented radio guy.
    RTE would naturally have the largest popular music library and can afford to pay out all the relevant royalties. Sometimes listening to RTE Gold I hear a song that I have not heard for a very long time as the song may not have made it into the top 20 for a particular year. In other words RTE Gold's playlist isn't "that" predictable and covers a greater time period.
    I hope goldradio can expand their playlist so in the scenario that RTE Gold gets the chop, there is a competent replacement.


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  • #217
    Infoanon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,708 ✭✭✭Infoanon


    alzer100 wrote: »
    I still think that of all the Irish based "classic hits" formatted stations RTE Gold seems to have the most comprehensive playlist of all
    I have great respect for Mike Moloney and for putting together goldradio.ie and I know it's early days but listening to the station over the past few days the playlist strikes me as being a bit too bland.
    I think a lot of this comes down to royalty payments for a private commercial venture. All independent commercial stations seem to store a music library of about 600 to 800 .

    Music library size has nothing to do with Royalties - it's not eg a television model.

    Commercial radio stations have a very selective playlist based on their audience preferences - the playlist is heavily researched and allows for little or no deviation by the presenter / DJ.
    The commercial 'Gold' stations eg Capital in the UK or WCBS in New York work of a playlist of 750 songs max and it is normal th hear a track played multiple times in the day.

    RTE Gold is not running as a commercial station which allows greater flexibility in what gets played - afaik there are very few restrictions on the RTE Gold playlist.

    If in a fantasy world if RTE Gold was to go onto FM then in time it would move to a very reduced commercialised playlist.


  • #218
    Tork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,457 ✭✭✭Tork


    The people behind Gold Radio are probably cursing their bad luck regarding the RTE Gold stay of execution. If the pandemic hadn't hit, RTE Gold would be gone by now and this new station would've been marketed as an alternative.


  • #219
    alzer100
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    Infoanon wrote: »
    Music library size has nothing to do with Royalties - it's not eg a television model.

    Commercial radio stations have a very selective playlist based on their audience preferences - the playlist is heavily researched and allows for little or no deviation by the presenter / DJ.
    The commercial 'Gold' stations eg Capital in the UK or WCBS in New York work of a playlist of 750 songs max and it is normal th hear a track played multiple times in the day.

    RTE Gold is not running as a commercial station which allows greater flexibility in what gets played - afaik there are very few restrictions on the RTE Gold playlist.

    If in a fantasy world if RTE Gold was to go onto FM then in time it would move to a very reduced commercialised playlist.

    I agree. However, I was hoping goldradio would match RTE Gold's playlist as it was apparently set up to replace. If it's purpose is to replace RTE Gold and it's purely a digital and not an FM operation, I would hope that they would approach their playlist the same way as RTE Gold approach theirs and not from an FM marketing perspective. It's still early days but so far I still have not heard anything that replaces RTE Gold.


  • #220
    thesandeman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,763 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    Mickey Mike wrote: »
    RTE Gold so get many many more listeners if on fm instead of Lyric, it would be a bold and brave move and worth it if RTE did, and put Lyric online.

    A lot of people who are listening to the simulcast on Radio 1 are raving about it. Quite a few have said they will follow it once Radio 1 goes back to normal programming.


  • #221
    djemba djemba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭djemba djemba


    I listened to gold since last year. Always found it enjoyable but now wahat is the story with Keith I think, starts at 1pm. Every day he sings over the rte gold sting... Very annoying. Just play the sting.


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  • #222
    ka2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 105 ✭✭ka2


    I’ve noticed this morning that the text number has changed. Instead of the usual 087 number it’s 51554. Seems like a bit of a backwards step to me because you have to text it, can’t use WhatsApp on a shortcode.


  • #223
    Red Fred
    Registered Users Posts: 1,794 ✭✭✭Red Fred


    ka2 wrote: »
    I’ve noticed this morning that the text number has changed. Instead of the usual 087 number it’s 51554. Seems like a bit of a backwards step to me because you have to text it, can’t use WhatsApp on a shortcode.

    I noticed the 51554 number on Gold's website but am confused because as far as I remember that is/was Lyric's text number.


  • #224
    real rocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 640 ✭✭✭real rocker


    Red Fred wrote: »
    I noticed the 51554 number on Gold's website but am confused because as far as I remember that is/was Lyric's text number.

    I think you have to precede your message with Gold or RTE Gold


  • #225
    ka2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 105 ✭✭ka2


    Will Leahy explained the reasoning behind it.

    Eric receives the WhatsApp messages in Dublin and would e-mail them down to him in Limerick. But Eric is on holidays for three weeks and they don’t have any other staff to do that because Gold is run on such a shoestring. So the 51554 number is a temporary measure until Eric comes back.

    I always suspected that this was the case because Will would comment when he was in Dublin that he could “see your faces” on the WhatsApps.


  • #226
    Mickey Mike
    Registered Users Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Mickey Mike


    Is the future of RTE Gold secure? now that Gold Radio has failed, I see RTE TV advertising new programs to start on RTE radio 1 extra.


  • #227
    alzer100
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    Mickey Mike wrote: »
    Is the future of RTE Gold secure? now that Gold Radio has failed, I see RTE TV advertising new programs to start on RTE radio 1 extra.

    Who knows??

    RTE should make an official statement with regards to their position on Gold.

    Even if they are fully intent on closing the DAB network, they really should seriously consider retaining RTE Gold as a digital streaming service.


  • #228
    Greatest Hits
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Greatest Hits


    Mickey Mike wrote: »
    Is the future of RTE Gold secure? now that Gold Radio has failed, I see RTE TV advertising new programs to start on RTE radio 1 extra.

    The future of RTÉ Gold should have nothing to do with Gold Radio’s unsuccessful launch.

    Looking through some of the posts on this board recently and you'd swear there were no Irish digital alternatives to RTE Gold – there are, and its growing all the time.

    Greatest Hits launched on May 1st. We're far from the finished product, but have big plans, and are steadily increasing listeners. It's a hard slog, but very rewarding as numbers climb.

    The overall quality of digital stations has improved in recent years. The 90s Network, All Gold, 8Radio, All 80s, Zenith, GCR, Radio Leinster, and our sister station Country Hits are nice Irish alternatives.

    I hope for those involved with RTE Gold. at very least, it continues online. It’s a shame Gold Radio didn’t work out, and I wish Mike Moloney well with his new venture. Quality stations, with top broadcasters will simply move more and more people online, until it inevitably becomes the dominant platform (Up to 58% now in the UK – albeit way ahead of us with DAB)

    Greatest Hits - Feel Good Flashbacks greatesthits.ie


  • #229
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Greatest Hits wrote: »
    The future of RTÉ Gold should have nothing to do with Gold Radio’s unsuccessful launch.

    Looking through some of the posts on this board recently and you'd swear there were no Irish digital alternatives to RTE Gold – there are, and its growing all the time.

    Greatest Hits launched on May 1st. We're far from the finished product, but have big plans, and are steadily increasing listeners. It's a hard slog, but very rewarding as numbers climb.

    The overall quality of digital stations has improved in recent years. The 90s Network, All Gold, 8Radio, All 80s, Zenith, GCR, Radio Leinster, and our sister station Country Hits are nice Irish alternatives.

    I hope for those involved with RTE Gold. at very least, it continues online. It’s a shame Gold Radio didn’t work out, and I wish Mike Moloney well with his new venture. Quality stations, with top broadcasters will simply move more and more people online, until it inevitably becomes the dominant platform (Up to 58% now in the UK – albeit way ahead of us with DAB)

    Greatest Hits - Feel Good Flashbacks greatesthits.ie

    That’s great to have more choice! What is the web stream urls for the Greatest Hits and Country stations? I’d like to add them to my Internet radio. You should get them added to the Frontier Nuvelo database which serves Roberts Stream Internet sets!


  • #230
    Greatest Hits
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Greatest Hits


    zorro2566 wrote: »
    That’s great to have more choice! What is the web stream urls for the Greatest Hits and Country stations? I’d like to add them to my Internet radio. You should get them added to the Frontier Nuvelo database which serves Roberts Stream Internet sets!

    Will look into that, thanks

    Not allowed post URLs, as we’re a new user! Boards must think we’re trying to promote something 😉

    Both are easy to find... greatesthits.ie and countryhits.ie


  • #231
    Guramoogah
    Registered Users Posts: 193 ✭✭Guramoogah


    I usually listen to RTÉ1 but in these sports-less days of Covid-19, RTÉ Gold is broadcast on RTÉ1 on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I was listening today as I prepared my evening meal and there was a fella named Rick O'Shea playing a song called 'Disco Inferno'. Surely this song was (unofficially) banned from all Irish channels following the Stardust fire in 1981 which took the lives of 48 young people. I realise that O'Shea was probably only a young child at the time of the fire but surely he must have heard of the events or seen it on Reeling In The Years? I still cannot believe that this song was being played today on the main national radio station, where it could be heard by any of the relatives or friends of all of those who were incinerated in that fire. Insensitive behaviour or just pure ignorance?


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  • #232
    TheBMG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 672 ✭✭✭TheBMG


    Guramoogah wrote: »
    I usually listen to RTÉ1 but in these sports-less days of Covid-19, RTÉ Gold is broadcast on RTÉ1 on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I was listening today as I prepared my evening meal and there was a fella named Rick O'Shea playing a song called 'Disco Inferno'. Surely this song was (unofficially) banned from all Irish channels following the Stardust fire in 1981 which took the lives of 48 young people. I realise that O'Shea was probably only a young child at the time of the fire but surely he must have heard of the events or seen it on Reeling In The Years? I still cannot believe that this song was being played today on the main national radio station, where it could be heard by any of the relatives or friends of all of those who were incinerated in that fire. Insensitive behaviour or just pure ignorance?

    You need to talk to Joe


  • #233
    Guramoogah
    Registered Users Posts: 193 ✭✭Guramoogah


    TheBMG wrote: »
    You need to talk to Joe
    Or perhaps the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland


  • #234
    Simon201
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Simon201


    Loving Keith in the afternoons, I'm sure his humour goes above the head of some but he plays some great gold stuff! He was good on Spin but the other fella seemed to be in control? Wonder if didn't really like playing the young stuff on Spin?


  • #235
    alzer100
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    Guramoogah wrote: »
    I usually listen to RTÉ1 but in these sports-less days of Covid-19, RTÉ Gold is broadcast on RTÉ1 on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I was listening today as I prepared my evening meal and there was a fella named Rick O'Shea playing a song called 'Disco Inferno'. Surely this song was (unofficially) banned from all Irish channels following the Stardust fire in 1981 which took the lives of 48 young people. I realise that O'Shea was probably only a young child at the time of the fire but surely he must have heard of the events or seen it on Reeling In The Years? I still cannot believe that this song was being played today on the main national radio station, where it could be heard by any of the relatives or friends of all of those who were incinerated in that fire. Insensitive behaviour or just pure ignorance?

    I am aware of the Stardust tragedy of February of 1981. I know a girl who died there along with two of her brothers.

    Look, I don't think that song has any real bearing with respect or rather disrespect to that terrible tragedy.
    I think that song was included on the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack which was released four years previous.
    If we are to take offense to the playing of that song, we would need to request that every radio station in the world remove it from their playlist.


  • #236
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,177 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Guramoogah wrote: »
    I usually listen to RTÉ1 but in these sports-less days of Covid-19, RTÉ Gold is broadcast on RTÉ1 on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I was listening today as I prepared my evening meal and there was a fella named Rick O'Shea playing a song called 'Disco Inferno'. Surely this song was (unofficially) banned from all Irish channels following the Stardust fire in 1981 which took the lives of 48 young people. I realise that O'Shea was probably only a young child at the time of the fire but surely he must have heard of the events or seen it on Reeling In The Years? I still cannot believe that this song was being played today on the main national radio station, where it could be heard by any of the relatives or friends of all of those who were incinerated in that fire. Insensitive behaviour or just pure ignorance?

    You've never hear of Rick O'Shea before?? Or maybe that was just a turn of phrase. Before he became a mainstay of RTE Gold, he was with 2FM for a number of years.

    Simon201 wrote: »
    Loving Keith in the afternoons, I'm sure his humour goes above the head of some but he plays some great gold stuff! He was good on Spin but the other fella seemed to be in control? Wonder if didn't really like playing the young stuff on Spin?

    That would be Keith Walsh, also from 2FM. The "other fella" he used to present with on Spin is Joe Donnelly. They reunited for a while on Phantom, a station they had also been on previously as a pirate.
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #237
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    Declan A Walsh wrote: »
    You've never hear of Rick O'Shea before?? Or maybe that was just a turn of phrase. Before he became a mainstay of RTE Gold, he was with 2FM for a number of years.

    Keith walsh is still part of the 2FM schedule...Sat and Sundays 5pm to 7pm


  • #238
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,177 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Declan A Walsh wrote: »
    You've never hear of Rick O'Shea before?? Or maybe that was just a turn of phrase. Before he became a mainstay of RTE Gold, he was with 2FM for a number of years.




    That would be Keith Walsh, also from 2FM. The "other fella" he used to present with on Spin is Joe Donnelly. They reunited for a while on Phantom, a station they had also been on previously as a pirate.

    ford fiesta wrote: »
    Keith walsh is still part of the 2FM schedule...Sat and Sundays 5pm to 7pm
    You quoted the Rick O'Shea part of my post!
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #239
    Tork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,457 ✭✭✭Tork


    Didn't Today FM have a show called Disco Inferno years ago?


  • #240
    Damian F
    Closed Accounts Posts: 82 ✭✭Damian F


    Tork wrote: »
    Didn't Today FM have a show called Disco Inferno years ago?

    Yep with Declan Meehen Saturday nights 6 till 11, Declan was eventually moved to weekend breakfast and Enda Caldwell took over the Saturday night slot with a chart hits show called Planet Hits.


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  • #241
    Tork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,457 ✭✭✭Tork


    Guramoogah really is out of the loop. By about 20 years!


  • #242
    TheBMG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 672 ✭✭✭TheBMG


    Damian F wrote: »
    Yep with Declan Meehen Saturday nights 6 till 11, Declan was eventually moved to weekend breakfast and Enda Caldwell took over the Saturday night slot with a chart hits show called Planet Hits.

    Was that disco show not called “Carwash”?


  • #243
    Damian F
    Closed Accounts Posts: 82 ✭✭Damian F


    TheBMG wrote: »
    Was that disco show not called “Carwash”?

    That was an automated show that came later, started around 2005 and lasted until about 2010


  • #244
    Tork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,457 ✭✭✭Tork


    There's an old Disco Inferno show on Mixcloud. https://m.mixcloud.com/gcamblin/declan-meehan-on-today-fm-disco-inferno-28th-march-1998/


  • #245
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,245 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    TheBMG wrote: »
    Was that disco show not called “Carwash”?

    Carwash was on Q102, was it not?


  • #246
    Tork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,457 ✭✭✭Tork


    No, I remember Carwash on Today FM. No Q102 where I live.


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  • #247
    TheBMG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 672 ✭✭✭TheBMG


    Tork wrote: »
    No, I remember Carwash on Today FM. No Q102 where I live.

    My apologies! All that disco dust must’ve played havoc with my memory


  • #248
    alzer100
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    Just listening to RTE Gold this afternoon and heard Keith Walsh make reference to their "live" line up from 7am to 7pm, that "we've been doing this for a while now and let's enjoy it while it lasts".

    I think that is probably an unofficial answer to what most people have been questioning.


  • #249
    channelsurfer2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭channelsurfer2


    That's a pity if it comes true. I think it has great potential but then again rte would rather spend money they haven't got on other commitments.


  • #250
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    alzer100 wrote: »
    Just listening to RTE Gold this afternoon and heard Keith Walsh make reference to their "live" line up from 7am to 7pm, that "we've been doing this for a while now and let's enjoy it while it lasts".

    I think that is probably an unofficial answer to what most people have been questioning.

    Maybe he was referring to the live line up returning to 7am to 1pm???


  • #251
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    alzer100 wrote: »
    Just listening to RTE Gold this afternoon and heard Keith Walsh make reference to their "live" line up from 7am to 7pm, that "we've been doing this for a while now and let's enjoy it while it lasts".

    I think that is probably an unofficial answer to what most people have been questioning.

    RTÉ have to put a proposal into the dept before they can close any of their Digital stations they are only in the process of doing this, they had planned to close those services by the end of the year, but it could be well in to 2021 before a new minister and a new department allows them to close those stations down.


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