Breakfast Republic on 2fm thread

Whereisgalway

Sir Dosser wrote: »

The whole breakfast republic set up is an odd one. Why have Lottie on until 7 and then change lead presenter? At least before they called it early breakfast. I for one can't stand her. She just seems to try and go louder than everyone else and keep talking. No real presenting ability. No way strong enough to be lead on Breakfast. People made jokes about this happening but christ I don't think anybody thought rte would actually follow through with it.

Anyone know how much she made from rte in the last earning report thingy?

ButtersSuki

Whereisgalway wrote: »

Anyone know how much she made from rte in the last earning report thingy?

They only declare the top 10, but as I've posited in other threads on this matter I'd bet there's a very large cohort of them tied for No. 11.

She probably has her own company that are paid fees too like many of the :"stars" of RTÉ, on which she pays corporation tax after all allowable expenses -
a nice tax avoidance scheme facilitated by RTÉ. But sure it's only taxpayers money....

Whereisgalway

ButtersSuki wrote: »

They only declare the top 10, but as I've posited in other threads on this matter I'd bet there's a very large cohort of them tied for No. 11.

She probably has her own company that are paid fees too like many of the :"stars" of RTÉ, on which she pays corporation tax after all allowable expenses -
a nice tax avoidance scheme facilitated by RTÉ. But sure it's only taxpayers money....

This makes me mad and sad

ford fiesta

I have never tuned into this radio show.
It sounds terrible and confusing though.

griffin100

I stopped on 2FM this morning and got to hear a couple of minutes ‘comedy’ about the size of Jennifer Lawrence’s ring and how big a ring or indeed how many rings / hoops the female presenters on the show had. Jesus Christ it was breathtakingly awful. Does anyone find these amoebas funny?

maxwell smart

griffin100 wrote: »

I stopped on 2FM this morning and got to hear a couple of minutes ‘comedy’ about the size of Jennifer Lawrence’s ring and how big a ring or indeed how many rings / hoops the female presenters on the show had. Jesus Christ it was breathtakingly awful. Does anyone find these amoebas funny?

There was a period when Jennifer Zampadoodil and Bernard weren't on where it was tolerable.

But it has now returned to the car crash it was previously. I can't for the life of me understand why anyone thinks either of them have any talent apart from an ability to shout a lot and make somewhat risque comments when lets be honest lots of people are listening to the show with their kids in the car on route to school.

She is particularly annoying to be honest. A voice like a blackboard getting scratched...

DopeTech

I clicked over to it for a couple of minutes this morning and Shouty McShouty Face (Lottie) was lead presenter again. It sounds like 2fm have lost the plot all together. I can see Keith leaving very soon. He's hardly going to stick around being a sidekick to her and the other buffoons.

prunudo

Did she mention the prize was worth a thousand bleedin yoyo's

Dakotabigone

I always thought Bernard was trying to sound stupid and thick, didn’t realise that he is.

Howard100

Sir Dosser wrote: »

I clicked over to it for a couple of minutes this morning and Shouty McShouty Face (Lottie) was lead presenter again. It sounds like 2fm have lost the plot all together. I can see Keith leaving very soon. He's hardly going to stick around being a sidekick to her and the other buffoons.

Ian Dempsey has gone up
This is part of the reason.

Dan Healy, this is your life.

iseegirls

Is there any reason why Lottie was the lead presenter for the odd morning? Especially with Keith there.

patrickc

iseegirls wrote: »

Is there any reason why Lottie was the lead presenter for the odd morning? Especially with Keith there.

it's only the days when one is missing Bernard today and yesterday. I switch as soon as I hear that jumped up Ryan one

patrickc

have they made any announcement on where Bernard is?

Kevwoody

Jennifer was talking about her new show, trying to be funny. She jokingly said she'd have a phone in slot called the "Jen Line", and if Lottie rang in, she could emphasise about dead dads!!!

I mean seriously, this whole crew need to be fired, and a complete revamp of 2fm is needed.

threein99

Kevwoody wrote: »

Jennifer was talking about her new show, trying to be funny. She jokingly said she'd have a phone in slot called the "Jen Line", and if Lottie rang in, she could emphasise about dead dads!!!

I mean seriously, this whole crew need to be fired, and a complete revamp of 2fm is needed.

Heard that conversation, absolutely bizarre radio. Keith then was talking to Lottie about some festival in the Philippines where they dig up their dead and bring them to the festival.

flangemeistro

Heard that yesterday myself because Dancer for cancer was on Today FM, thought it was a really inappropriate, disrespectful way of marking the 10 year anniversary of the death of someone's father.

robo

Kevwoody wrote: »

Jennifer was talking about her new show, trying to be funny. She jokingly said she'd have a phone in slot called the "Jen Line", and if Lottie rang in, she could emphasise about dead dads!!!

I mean seriously, this whole crew need to be fired, and a complete revamp of 2fm is needed.

Ah would you not all think that they do have pre-production meetings and would have discussed this with Lottie before hand - this was hardly improvised and thrown at her unrehearsed? :rolleyes:
Sure are they trying to go down the route of shock jock radio, like Gerry did

Now whether it was in good taste or not, well that's a different kettle of fish

threein99

robo wrote: »

Ah would you not all think that they do have pre-production meetings and would have discussed this with Lottie before hand - this was hardly improvised and thrown at her unrehearsed? :rolleyes:
Sure are they trying to go down the route of shock jock radio, like Gerry did

Now whether it was in good taste or not, well that's a different kettle of fish

Lottie was fine with it by the sounds of it, I'd highly doubt they blind sided her.

It probably is something Gerry would laugh at, I still found it a bit weird.

Hannibal_Smith

threein99 wrote: »

Heard that conversation, absolutely bizarre radio. Keith then was talking to Lottie about some festival in the Philippines where they dig up their dead and bring them to the festival.

I think (and i wouldnt be one to defend Jen at all) but there was a bit of a conversation and joke about Gerry Ryan yesterday and i think was a continuation of that conversation.

I only ever listen for Smarty Pants...me and the kids listen to it on the way to school. So i wouldnt be an authority on the show...but sometimes i get the vibe that Lottie cant stand Jen and her jokes? Would that be right?

I really dont like Lottie though. A few weeks ago Keith got a bit mad about some of the comments relating to her appearance. Fair enough i suppose. But she is not good at banter and just cannot run with a conversation or joke. Is it going to be just Keith and Lottie from now on i wonder?

Kevwoody

robo wrote:

Ah would you not all think that they do have pre-production meetings and would have discussed this with Lottie before hand - this was hardly improvised and thrown at her unrehearsed? Sure are they trying to go down the route of shock jock radio, like Gerry did

Where did I say it was improvised and thrown at her?
Even if it was discussed beforehand, it's still in very bad taste and is just typical of the gutter type content of 2fm these days.

No need for the patronising eye roll either.

threein99

Kevwoody wrote: »

Where did I say it was improvised and thrown at her?
Even if it was discussed beforehand, it's still in very bad taste and is just typical of the gutter type content of 2fm these days.

No need for the patronising eye roll either.

:rolleyes:

iseegirls

patrickc wrote: »

have they made any announcement on where Bernard is?

He did an interview with TV Now back in March, said he was taking some time off when his new baby came along. Did say he will prob return mid April, but we're in May now...

Velocity_Girl

Kevwoody wrote: »

Where did I say it was improvised and thrown at her?
Even if it was discussed beforehand, it's still in very bad taste and is just typical of the gutter type content of 2fm these days.

No need for the patronising eye roll either.

Lottie was the one that started the whole thing as far as I can remember, she even called it Dead Dad Day and was laughing, she didn’t seem to have a problem with what Jen & Keith said afterward.

Whereisgalway

Velocity_Girl wrote: »

Kevwoody wrote: »

Where did I say it was improvised and thrown at her?
Even if it was discussed beforehand, it's still in very bad taste and is just typical of the gutter type content of 2fm these days.

No need for the patronising eye roll either.

Lottie was the one that started the whole thing as far as I can remember, she even called it Dead Dad Day and was laughing, she didn’t seem to have a problem with what Jen & Keith said afterward.

She really would say anything to stay Relevant

Ruraldweller56

Very rarely ever put on this dross. Any time I do Jennifer the liar is making 'jokes' about sex. Top class bantz at 8ish in the morning when we've young kids all over the country going to school. Or else it's let's talk about some inane RTÉ production Bernard is making.

Don't quite find Lottie as irritating as the rest. Still can't understand why it takes 4 of them to run one show.

Normally I just listen to R na G or I don't bother at all. My Gaeilge isn't great but at least the music is ok.

Kevwoody

Didn't take long!!

RTE bosses have announced they are axing 2FM Breakfast Republic in a major shake-up at the station.
Online personality Doireann Garrihy and presenter Eoghan McDermott will be taking over the slot in an attempt to attract a younger audience.

Meanwhile Jenny Greene will also make her return to the station in a new drivetime slot.

threein99

Kevwoody wrote: »

Didn't take long!!

RTE bosses have announced they are axing 2FM Breakfast Republic in a major shake-up at the station.
Online personality Doireann Garrihy and presenter Eoghan McDermott will be taking over the slot in an attempt to attract a younger audience.

Meanwhile Jenny Greene will also make her return to the station in a new drivetime slot.

Its a no from me

Kevwoody

threein99 wrote:

Its a no from me

I don't listen to Mc Dermott, can't stand him, but at least it will be something different in the morning.

Absolutely delighted Jenny Greene has got her own weekday show, can't wait for her to return.

Loughc

The only people I feel sorry for is anyone who remotely has an interest in becoming a radio DJ as a career working their way up on small stations and dj’ing at night time to make ends meet only to have 2fm and todayFM give up prime time slots to hack Instagram scammers on the hope they get a quick increase in listenership from all of the Instagram huns.

It’s actually a sad state of affairs. Healy hasn’t a clue. 6am to 3pm now completely avoidable.

The Specialist

I would rather guide my father in to my mother than listen to that sanctimonious dickhead McDermott at that time in the morning.

threein99

As Bernard departs Breakfast Republic, his fellow co-presenter Keith Walsh is remaining at 2FM but moving to weekends while Lottie Ryan, who has been filling the seat vacated by Jennifer Zamparelli on the show will return to her role as entertainment reporter.

"Lottie was really unlucky here, that's the truth of it," says Healy. "She really was in a great position to get the breakfast show but when it became clear Doireann was a possibility for us then we decided to go with a whole new breakfast show.

"Unfortunately we had to make that change, but Lottie is having a great career. Nobody works harder in this organisation than Lottie Ryan. There are great things coming for Lottie but I feel really sorry for her. I'm sure she feels this one passed her by but when you work like Lottie Ryan works nothing passes you by."

LouD2016

"Unfortunately we had to make that change, but Lottie is having a great career. Nobody works harder in this organisation than Lottie Ryan. There are great things coming for Lottie but I feel really sorry for her. I'm sure she feels this one passed her by but when you work like Lottie Ryan works nothing passes you by."

Nothing passes you by....except the 2fm breakfast slot

Hannibal_Smith

I would have flipped my lid if Lottie was kept on and Keith was moved. Wouldnt even have tolerated Smarty Pants in that scenario.

I suppose all hope of Joe and Keith being reunited is gone now.

Wasnt the whole point behind Breakfast republic to bring in younger listeners? Guess that failed..unless those listeners are too old 5 years later.

adocholiday

Great. As bad as this show is it was OK background noise for half an hour until Pat Kenny came on. I absolutely refuse to listen to Eoghan McDermott and his agenda driven drivel. Why RTE continue to promote him is mind boggling.

This while thing of attracting younger viewers also confuses me. I honestly don't know a single person under the age of 30 that listens to the radio aside from kids in the car with their parents.

Ruraldweller56

God forgive me for saying it but you'd nearly miss Hector in the morning.

Irish radio is in a sad state at the moment,and it will only get worse!!!

Ruraldweller56

Ruraldweller56 wrote: »

God forgive me for saying it but you'd nearly miss Hector in the morning.

That might have been a bit harsh actually in hindsight

sitkaspruce

A holy disgrace. Beat 102 103 legend Andy Mac could have been snapped up for the breakfast show but hes doing the lunchtime show on WLR FM.

sitkaspruce

sitkaspruce wrote: »

A holy disgrace. Beat 102 103 legend Andy Mac could have been snapped up for the breakfast show but hes doing the lunchtime show on WLR FM.

The word legend is thrown around too easy theses days..What makes a person a legend?

Ruraldweller56

As I stated before RnaG these days and my local radio station are all I bother with really.

That said, I work away from home by week and thus face a long drive home Friday nights and I normally listen to Today Fm Friday nights.

I find Louise Duffy annoying (nowhere near as bad as the Breakfast crew spoken about here) but her music is usually top bar.

Phil Cauley comes on after and I find him to be probably the most underrated radio presenter in the country. Comes across as a decent guy, no hidden sh1tlib agenda like mcdermott and Jennifer, pleasant to listen to and decent music too. Mostly.

its_steve116

Ruraldweller56 wrote: »

God forgive me for saying it but you'd nearly miss Hector in the morning.

No, I would never miss him in the morning. He is an absolute pillock, rahoo rahoo rahoo. I've never understood his popularity.

Butterface

Delighted it's been scrapped.

At work we have a group Skype chat in the mornings to discuss how bad its gotten. We started early enough during Jen's maternity leave.. mainly to give out about Keith and Lottie.

Recently I would only tune in one or two mornings a week for about an hour.

Not sure how McDermott will gel with Doireann Garrihy.. don't know much about her so I presume she has some appeal?!

sitkaspruce

Deleted User wrote: »

The word legend is thrown around too easy theses days..What makes a person a legend?

You can ask anyone in the radio industry. Andy Mac guarantees you listeners. Who the f__k are you to say he is not a legend. He is all of the below and MORE.

Lively
Entertaining
Great music knowledge
Easy on the ear
Never off topic
Dedicated

kazamo

Butterface wrote: »

Delighted it's been scrapped.

At work we have a group Skype chat in the mornings to discuss how bad its gotten. We started early enough during Jen's maternity leave.. mainly to give out about Keith and Lottie.

Recently I would only tune in one or two mornings a week for about an hour.

Not sure how McDermott will gel with Doireann Garrihy.. don't know much about her so I presume she has some appeal?!

At work, you have a daily group Skype chat to discuss a radio show :eek::eek::eek:

DopeTech

Butterface wrote: »

Delighted it's been scrapped.

At work we have a group Skype chat in the mornings to discuss how bad its gotten. We started early enough during Jen's maternity leave.. mainly to give out about Keith and Lottie.

Recently I would only tune in one or two mornings a week for about an hour.

Not sure how McDermott will gel with Doireann Garrihy.. don't know much about her so I presume she has some appeal?!

She's not great on radio but they know each other from here as road watch days. It'll be dull.

Do none of the workers have access to the radio to change station?

iseegirls

sitkaspruce wrote: »

You can ask anyone in the radio industry. Andy Mac guarantees you listeners. Who the f__k are you to say he is not a legend. He is all of the below and MORE.

Lively
Entertaining
Great music knowledge
Easy on the ear
Never off topic
Dedicated

For 3 hours a day for over 15 or so years, he's played the same music again and again - no thanks to beats playlist. He has no control of any songs outside of that playlist. Unsure if he's entertaining - he says the same amount of words than a DJ in a nightclub. Here's the 6 in the mix, here's the news, here's the traffic, repeat on loop.
Dedicated?? In what way? He's been lucky to have stayed in the job for this long in what is supposed to be a youth station.

sitkaspruce

iseegirls wrote: »

For 3 hours a day for over 15 or so years, he's played the same music again and again - no thanks to beats playlist. He has no control of any songs outside of that playlist. Unsure if he's entertaining - he says the same amount of words than a DJ in a nightclub. Here's the 6 in the mix, here's the news, here's the traffic, repeat on loop.
Dedicated?? In what way? He's been lucky to have stayed in the job for this long in what is supposed to be a youth station.

15 years. One station. Theres dedication for you....

You can be sure he had offers from your big stations like RTE / Today FM / BBC but he chose to stay local. If you want to be entertained switch to WLRFM on the lunchtime show where hes filling in doing the lunchtime show.

threein99

iseegirls wrote: »

For 3 hours a day for over 15 or so years, he's played the same music again and again - no thanks to beats playlist. He has no control of any songs outside of that playlist. Unsure if he's entertaining - he says the same amount of words than a DJ in a nightclub. Here's the 6 in the mix, here's the news, here's the traffic, repeat on loop.
Dedicated?? In what way? He's been lucky to have stayed in the job for this long in what is supposed to be a youth station.

Do Beat still do that 6 in the mix ?

Wanderer2010

threein99 wrote: »

Do Beat still do that 6 in the mix ?

Yes and BEAT is long dead now because of Niall Power and his utterly boring and repetitive breakfast show garbage plus he has total control over what songs are played so he usually plays the same 3 or 4 songs every hour on the hour until you don't even know other songs exist!

Back in the day with Mary O Neill, the breakfast show used to be quite funny when they were in their 20s and the issues were relevant. Now Mary has moved on to better things in WLRFM whilst Niall and Vinnie are still acting like giddy teenagers when they are both middle aged men, they are to be pitied at this stage.

threein99

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Yes and BEAT is long dead now because of Niall Power and his utterly boring and repetitive breakfast show garbage plus he has total control over what songs are played so he usually plays the same 3 or 4 songs every hour on the hour until you don't even know other songs exist!

Back in the day with Mary O Neill, the breakfast show used to be quite funny when they were in their 20s and the issues were relevant. Now Mary has moved on to better things in WLRFM whilst Niall and Vinnie are still acting like giddy teenagers when they are both middle aged men, they are to be pitied at this stage.

It's probably 2006 since I last heard that station, can't believe the six in the mix still exists