Changes to 2fm for 2010

bbability

I believe they are been announced tomorrow officially. Anyone got any inside scoops. According to the Indo today Tommy and Hector are getting a weekend slot....

maxwell smart

No chance G.Ryan gets put out to pasture??

mike65

Could be the year that Larry Gogan finally quits.

TimmyTarmac

Will Leahy show to be extended I hear 4 - 7 p.m.
Could be unreliable info though.

spadder

Please please please please please please please please please please let Ryan get the boot.

GSF

TimmyTarmac wrote: »

Will Leahy show to be extended I hear 4 - 7 p.m.
Could be unreliable info though.

thought he had a day job as well

TimmyTarmac

Yeah, thats what I thought too. Maybe there's a slowdown even in the type of law that Will practices. Lots of couples staying together because the second, third and fourth properties are worth feck all! Divorce is an expensive/lucrative business depending on your point of view.

Bard

Aye, looks like Tommy and Hector are to host a show on Saturdays from early in the new year...

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/comedy-duo-to-host-saturday-2fm-show-1966174.html

The article, posted yesterday, said that there was an announcement due today ... anyone seen anything from RTE yet?

Bit of a blow for i102-104 and i105-107 surely...

GSF

Bard wrote: »

Aye, looks like Tommy and Hector are to host a show on Saturdays from early in the new year...

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/comedy-duo-to-host-saturday-2fm-show-1966174.html

The article, posted yesterday, said that there was an announcement due today ... anyone seen anything from RTE yet?

Bit of a blow for i102-104 and i105-107 surely...

Not sure how these 2 equate to targeting an older age profile?

flazio

Surprised to hear that the Tommy and Hector Show is moving to 2fm, I thought T&H had shares in iRadio and that's how they got the show. I wonder if they will try to bring Laurita with them. She was them what Adele is to Ray and JP on Today FM

rodberg007

If you were watching the Late Late Show last night Hector confirmed they would be doing a Saturday morning show on 2FM - my reading of that is they could be doing the 'Saturday Show from 12-3' which will come from the RTE studios in Galway - then again nothing has been announced or confirmed yet from RTE.

R.

Fago!

bbability wrote: »

I believe they are been announced tomorrow officially. Anyone got any inside scoops. According to the Indo today Tommy and Hector are getting a weekend slot....

Yeah weekend Brekkie.

That'll be good. Got told some DJs who are getting let go and kept by my sources last night.

Can't say though.

byte

Fago_25 wrote: »

Yeah weekend Brekkie.

That'll be good. Got told some DJs who are getting let go and kept by my sources last night.

Can't say though.

If you can't say, why bother mentioning it?

You have us in mild suspense now!

GSF

byte wrote: »

If you can't say, why bother mentioning it?

You have us in mild suspense now!

It the "I know something you dont" oneupmanship post.

threebeards

I hope the speculation about Nikki Hayes is correct. Her fake laugh wrecks my head. If it is true, and Rick O'Shea gets the midday gig, at long last I'll be able to listen to something other than a cd around lunchtime.

bbability

My sources tell me 10 to 12 on saturdays. Not breakfast..

How could you replace Dave Redmond.. his figures are higher than yesterday fm.

The guy's a leg end:D

Badabing

bbability wrote: »

My sources tell me 10 to 12 on saturdays. Not breakfast..

How could you replace Dave Redmond.. his figures are higher than yesterday fm.

The guy's a leg end:D

Is that a local station?

Fago!

byte wrote: »

If you can't say, why bother mentioning it?

You have us in mild suspense now!

Nikki "The Gee" Hayes is being moved to weekends I hear, and C & JJ are staying.

Can't say more.

Fago!

Badabing wrote: »

Is that a local station?

Yeah they play golden oldies. They have two husky oul fella DJs called Larry and Gary. They rock.

rodberg007

bbability wrote: »

My sources tell me 10 to 12 on saturdays. Not breakfast..

How could you replace Dave Redmond.. his figures are higher than yesterday fm.

The guy's a leg end:D

I can confirm Dave Redmond is not on the new schedule.

R.

prunudo

A week later and still no proper news. When are RTE going public with these changes?

bbability

rodberg007 wrote: »

I can confirm Dave Redmond is not on the new schedule.

R.

are u the same user posting on another site with the same confirmation?

where r u geting your info?

Our man in Havana

threebeards wrote: »

I hope the speculation about Nikki Hayes is correct. Her fake laugh wrecks my head. If it is true, and Rick O'Shea gets the midday gig, at long last I'll be able to listen to something other than a cd around lunchtime.

Getting rid of her would be vast improvement.

RadioCity

Dave Redmond mentioned today (Saturday) his last weekend Breakfast show is 27th December, yet he didn't say who the replacement might be.

Sad to see him go from that slot, he's much easier to listen to than the weekday breakfast.

bbability

RadioCity wrote: »

Dave Redmond mentioned today (Saturday) his last weekend Breakfast show is 27th December, yet he didn't say who the replacement might be.

Sad to see him go from that slot, he's much easier to listen to than the weekday breakfast.

So can someone confirm that he is leaving 2fm altogether?

I'm in shock... what a very poor decision by the new management (or is it his own decision?)

I can name 10 DJ's on that station that could be shown the door before that man.. a disgrace

rodberg007

bbability wrote: »

So can someone confirm that he is leaving 2fm altogether?

Well he said he was doing his last breakast show on the 27th and he didn't go on to mention if he was moving to a different slot on the station so what we can only presume here, until otherwise stated, is that he hasn't signed a new contract with RTE 2FM for 2010.

prunudo

Thats shame about Dave Redmond, always enjoyed his shows.

Our man in Havana

Terrible news alright.

FlutterinBantam

2Fm should be shut down totally, waste of taxpayers money.

And yerah I know about ad rev. and all that..................

Shut the kip down.

Our man in Havana

waste of taxpayers money.

The taxpayer doesn't spend a penny on it.

FlutterinBantam

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

2Fm should be shut down totally, waste of taxpayers money.

And yerah I know about ad rev. and all that..................

Shut the kip down.

read my lips.

Our man in Havana

Why say it then?

prunudo

Just a quick update; Robbie Irwin just said that he only had two more shows of the Sportsbag. So this is obviously going to be one of the other shows to be replaced.
Edit
He just comfirmed next Sunday 27 is his final show.

channelsurfer

sunday world yesterday confirmed that larry gogan is coming back mon to fri to do the golden hour frmo 3 to 4.... no mention if it is part of a 2 or 3 hour block for him though..

Our man in Havana

It just goes to show that robotics have come along way since last year.

chalkitdown1

Nikki Hayes mentioned today that her afternoon show would be ending on Thursday and that she'd be moving onto 'other things' after that, which would imply that she'll no longer be working for 2fm.

c123

Nikki hayes confirmed doing a show on saturday and sunday.Should definetly get rid of rick o shea if any changes-completely useless change station after nikki b4 will leahy to avoid him

Our man in Havana

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

Nikki Hayes mentioned today that her afternoon show would be ending on Thursday and that she'd be moving onto 'other things' after that, which would imply that she'll no longer be working for 2fm.

Great news. Frst we beat Xfactor and Nikki Hayes is gone! What a great week.

RadioCity

Regarding Dave Redmond, yesterday morning he read out a text asking what he would be doing after the last weekend breakfast on the 27th. He said he didn't know what he would be doing, so is there a possibility he could still be around?

bbability

The "unofficial" line up weekdays...


All the same til 12 noon.

Rick O Shea from 12 to 2:30.
Larry Gogan (yes you reading this correctly) 2:30 to 4:30 Golden Hour 3-4
Will Leahy 4:30 to 7:00pm


Now I thought this new PD was going to make changes... oh his next change is the name from 2fm to "Today fm on 2fm...."

Why can't they make up their own show times and schedules...

If this is going to be the Official line up its a joke...

God knows what happening to the weekend schedule.
I losing faith in Irish Radio very very fast...

GSF

bbability wrote: »

The "unofficial" line up weekdays...


All the same til 12 noon.

Rick O Shea from 12 to 2:30.
Larry Gogan (yes you reading this correctly) 2:30 to 4:30 Golden Hour 3-4
Will Leahy 4:30 to 7:00pm


Now I thought this new PD was going to make changes... oh his next change is the name from 2fm to "Today fm on 2fm...."

Why can't they make up their own show times and schedules...

If this is going to be the Official line up its a joke...

God knows what happening to the weekend schedule.
I losing faith in Irish Radio very very fast...

Surprised Leahy is getting more airtime, but RTE seem determined to make him a star regardless of what the public think. When he started the 5-7pm slot it was pulling 140k. Now its down to 100k. And he was one of the presenters supposed to appeal to the younger crowd.

GSF

RadioCity wrote: »

Regarding Dave Redmond, yesterday morning he read out a text asking what he would be doing after the last weekend breakfast on the 27th. He said he didn't know what he would be doing, so is there a possibility he could still be around?

Maybe he is going to work in production behind the scences?

seabee

RTÉ 2fm today announced changes to elements of its weekday and weekend schedules. The new schedule is the first in a series of planned changes across 2010.

RTÉ 2fm last year announced its decision to re-position the station to maintain its place as Ireland's second most-listened-to radio station, and as Ireland's number one music station. The first set of changes to the schedule will see an increase in speech and feature programming. Listeners can expect the changes to come to air alongside a refined music policy, and new station imaging, all set to kick in in the first weeks of 2010.

Weekends are the primary focus for the first stage of changes. Among the new faces on the station are Tommy Tiernan and Hector Ó hEochagáin, who join 2fm for a brand-new Saturday morning show, live from Galway City.

On Sundays, Neil Hannon and Thomas Walsh of The Duckworth Lewis Method (and Divine Comedy) will kick-off Celebrity Sunday, a new strand of programmes where well-known lovers of music share their own personal mix-tape.

Ruth Scott, one of 2fm's most-popular voices, will head a new weekend breakfast show featuring talk, music and competitions to start the weekend. On Saturdays at 12 RTÉ Sport will air a new two-hour general sports show featuring some of Ireland's most respected and much loved pundits from across RTÉ Radio and Television. Meanwhile, there's more 2fm talk on Saturday afternoons as Dave Fanning presents a new two-hour gallop through the world of Fanning, with studio-guests, interviewees and new music features.

During the week Rick O'Shea returns to mid-day in a new interactive lunchtime show: whether you Facebook, Tweet or text, Rick wants to hear from you. At 3pm every day Larry Gogan brings the Just A Minute Quiz back to five days a week with the return of Larry's Golden Hour. Having built his audience by over 20,000 listeners year-on-year, Larry returns to weekdays more popular than ever. Will Leahy will continue to bring his own brand of celebrity gossip, music and entertainment updates live from Limerick at the earlier time of 4.00 pm.

There will also be changes to the evening schedule, with 4 hours of the coolest new music with Dave Fanning and Dan Hegarty. Friday and Saturday will be party nights on 2fm with Jenny Greene, Jenny Huston and Mr Spring.

Says John McMahon, Head of RTÉ 2fm: "When I joined 2fm back in October the task was clear: to keep 2fm on top as Ireland's second most-listened-to radio station. 2010 will see major changes to RTÉ 2fm as the station evolves to meet the needs of its listeners. We plan to bring them the best new music, more talk and features, more interaction and more about what gets people talking. Be it the world of entertainment, sport, gossip, the best of pop or great new indie music, 2fm will be doing more of it in a bigger way than ever before. This will be a gradual process but the changes announced today are an indicator of where we are going. It's going to be a busy year but I think it's fair to say that there is real excitement on the floor at 2fm, and our listeners should be excited too."

Our man in Havana

Ruth Scott getting pigeon holed to the weekend mornings can only be a good thing.

robo

Didn't they change Rick O'Shea' show a while back that there would be no interaction, and there were Facebook groups set up to ask for it back to having interaction.

Seems that 2Fm are going back to the old way of things in the afternoon then with Rick and bringing back Larry and Just a Minute quiz.

RadioCity

Saturday on 2FM has now become a massive turn-off for me as I've little time for sport and not much more for Dave Fanning.

For what was once a station I could listen to all day Saturday has now become, like Today FM, another to avoid.


I see also Rick O'Shea wants to hear from the listeners again. Do I gather the previous change (to the current format) was a mistake?

robo

RadioCity wrote: »

I see also Rick O'Shea wants to hear from the listeners again. Do I gather the previous change (to the current format) was a mistake?

From what I can gather from reading about this before, Rick was pi55ed that the heads that be made the decision to have no interaction. I can't find a link at the moment, but I do remember FB groups set up to bring back the interaction.

ibarelycare

I'm going to be steering well clear from 2fm on weekends now (except for Jenny Greene, best presenter on the station!) Hector and Tommy...ugh. Ruth Scott...ugh, Dave Fanning...ugh, 2 hours of sports talk...ugh!

Am I correct in saying that Nikki Hayes doesn't appear in that press release at all? Delighted! I like Rick O'Shea, glad to see him still on daytime. Bloody Larry Gogan and his golden hour...going from G Ryan to Rick to Larry to Will....it's a bit of a mish mash of a lineup, very confusing Also don't understand why they're pushing Will's show for an extra half hour.

They need more female DJs during the week, I don't know why they don't utilise Jenny Greene and Jenny Hueston more.

toadfly

ibarelycare wrote: »

They need more female DJs during the week, I don't know why they don't utilise Jenny Greene and Jenny Hueston more.

The female DJs they have are exceptionally bad.

Would not listen to this station except I have no choice at work.

Will Leahy, Rick O Shea & Michael Cahill all good, rest are pure rubbish.

corcaigh07

my god, I like Larry Gogan but he's very old-fashioned for weekday daytime and leahy has been utter tripe since leaving the saturday show. i'll listen to Rick over Ray foley though, ray's show is becoming very stale and really annoying.

niceirishfella

corcaigh07 wrote: »

ray's show is becoming very stale and really annoying.

always was the case.....