Red Alert! Red Alert! Dave Redmond

iladee · 08-01-2011 9:07pm #1

Just heard from a good source Dave Redmond is leaving Southeast Radio after just six weeks and I also hear one or two more of their jocks are on the way out too?:eek:

real rocker · 08-01-2011 9:13pm

iladee wrote: »

Just heard from a good source Dave Redmond is leaving Southeast Radio after just six weeks and I also hear one or two more of their jocks are on the way out too?:eek:

They have an ad posted for Breakfast Jock on the job spot.

Bard · 08-01-2011 10:04pm

I don't get your topic. Why the "Red Alert! Red Alert!" ??

bkehoe · 08-01-2011 11:56pm

That was their advertising before unveiling the current breakfast show.

wheelybird · 19-01-2011 6:55pm

@bard the whole Red alert thing was a big advertisement for his comeback...and i log on here now and i see its true that he's going again.....i really dont know what's goin on with SER they seem to be choppin and changin a lot and gettin rid of some dam good jocks

iladee · 19-01-2011 8:21pm

They have set targets for presenters to reach, impossible targets and all their presenters are very unhappy. Must be a terrible place to work.

wheelybird · 19-01-2011 8:26pm

and how do u know this iladee

iladee · 19-01-2011 9:11pm

I am good friends with people working there.

alanoshea · 31-01-2011 1:28pm

So thats why Dave Redmond has moved then. To my ears he sounded better and more relaxed on Spirit than the times I heard him over the past few weeks on South East. How do radio stations set targets for radio DJ's shows? Is it based on the survey readings or the advertising each show gets?

iladee · 31-01-2011 4:29pm

I dont know much about it but apparently each presenter has to be up by 1% each quarter. I think its totally radiculous. All down to bad management, its a radio station,not a clothes shop?:eek:

Radio|Man · 01-02-2011 9:59am

Amazing how these posts are always from and between people with low post counts

alanoshea · 01-02-2011 1:47pm

Thanks Radioman but I have long been a listener to South East Radio and have been a reader of these forums for years - only recently joining in.
iladee's comments are interesting and 1% does not seem like a big target to have to achieve surely? Presumably it is some sort of incentive to build listenership and reward achievement.

wheelybird · 02-02-2011 2:41pm

Dave left SER on friday, which is a shame because I liked listening to him, he was a breath of fresh, lorraine byrne who's doing the show at the moment is doing my head in, i dont think she will last long on SER to be honest, she's just so boring to listen to, dont get me wrong im sure she's a nice person in reality but as far as on air goes, i dont think she's great at all

jimmy2flutes · 03-02-2011 4:59pm

Firstly I dont get the whole adoration to Dave Redmond, he was a weekend jock on 2fm that got shafted, went back to where he was and then got a better offer and moved on. No red alert, no biggie. You would think the way people go on he was some kind of superstar, when he is just an average jock at best!

The targets in 1 way are correct, but iladee is quite incorrect in saying that is why Dave left SER. Having a new breakfast show is going to take 18-24 months to bed in with the audience and see as how the JNLR figures are a few months old, its going to take that long to see how you get on. 1% increase of what? As each show has different numbers as well. Does SER want a 1% reach increase, listened yesterday or share? Did you also fail to mention that there is a JNLR bonus? Pretty much every radio station that is in JNLR with have that set up with its employees. So if you are 'good friends' with people working there, at least get the right info before posting wildly!

petals · 03-02-2011 8:09pm

wheelybird wrote: »

Dave left SER on friday, which is a shame because I liked listening to him, he was a breath of fresh, lorraine byrne who's doing the show at the moment is doing my head in, i dont think she will last long on SER to be honest, she's just so boring to listen to, dont get me wrong im sure she's a nice person in reality but as far as on air goes, i dont think she's great at all

I think Lorraine Byrne is only a fill in presenter on South East. I don't think she's taken over on the breakfast show. She tends to show up alot when presenters aren't around.

iladee · 04-02-2011 12:00pm

Jimmy2flutes you have it totally wrong. If there is a JNLR bonus the staff at Souteast Radio don't see any of it. It's a case of you get your survey results up or its goodbye.

Regarding Dave Redmond he is one of the best presenters in the country, for example he really showed some of the Southeast presenters how it's done during his short spell there, both on-air and in production. Best of luck Dave.

alanoshea · 04-02-2011 1:08pm

Well if true thats outrageous. The ad for their new Brek show did not mention that did it? Maybe Dave didn't achieve that target in time?

Fuzzy Clam · 04-02-2011 1:31pm

iladee wrote: »

Regarding Dave Redmond he is one of the best presenters in the country

Anything to back up that "fact" ?

Btr · 04-02-2011 3:04pm

Jimmy, I agree the Dave Redmond fanclub thing is just a little scary. To me he's an adequate jock -no more no less but I've suspected for a long time he has friends who like to post and I'm not suggesting he's encouraging them. As he's back working at least 5 days a week in Dublin, isnt it plausible he just left SER. For what it's worth I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up on Nova in next few months.....

petals · 04-02-2011 4:39pm

Why is a fanclub a scary thing? Surely a fanclub is only a group of people with a positive opinion of the person and what they do and are they not entitled to their opinion? I also don't think that everyone that would post on him would be his friend.
If you don't like him or what he does isn't that your opinion the same as the way others like him and what he does no?

Red Alert! Red Alert! Dave Redmond

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