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ButtersSuki

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

It was a 1 year deal and the press release was June so probably run its course to to speak. Perhaps they threw the few bob down to keep the banner ad on the website for a while after.

I'd honestly say it's more a case of them leaving it up in the absence of a substitute/new sponsor as it's dead/empty space otherwise.......or as someone else suggested the person whose job it is to take it down is on 3 months holidays so to speak.

Red Kev

The problem for advertisers is the probable average profile of the LL listener; they would be generally older, so less of them in the target 14-49 age category. Also more unemployed, pensioners, self employed listening as most fully employed people don't (or can't) listen to the radio.

It's also been dragged down to the lowest level of gutter tabloid journalism over the past few years and downmarket gets less advertisers than upmarket.

Love or hate D'Arcy, but I suspect he was brought in to improve the age profile of the afternoon listeners as Mooney's was very OAP focused.

Anyway, what titbits will have tickled Joe's fancy over the weekend? Taxi driver attacked in Swords which will have the "it's bleedin carnage out dere Joe" taxi lads on, or the fight outside the house in South Circular Road will will have the "it's bleedin carnage out dere Joe" landlords on.

No chance he'll have Pat Hickey on with a live report from Rio "it's bleedin carnage out dere Joe".

Probably have the Palmaryiansis on , the neighbour in Clontarf will be ready with a quote; "it's bleedin carnage out dere Joe".

ButtersSuki

Red Kev wrote: »

The problem for advertisers is the probable average profile of the LL listener; they would be generally older, so less of them in the target 14-49 age category. Also more unemployed, pensioners, self employed listening as most fully employed people don't (or can't) listen to the radio.

It's also been dragged down to the lowest level of gutter tabloid journalism over the past few years and downmarket gets less advertisers than upmarket.

Well yes and no........the grey market, senior market or silver pound/euro (whatever you want to call it) is actually a very attractive market. These people have more dispoable income than most young people as their mortgages are p[aid, the kids have left home etc. And they have TIME to spend it. It's a huge part of advertising spend in the US and UK for example.

Listenership figures alone should guarantee massive revenue for Lahv Lahn. The reason it doesn't is the show is associated with death, misery, and bad news. No advertiser wants to be associated with that on a continuous basis. The host and his tone, manner, sensationalism etc. also don't help.

I know he boasts about his claim that "PR agencies tell companies the No. 1 rule is don't talk to Joe". Well guess what Joe? Those same companies are the ones that buy advertising space. Why would they invest thousands in advertising with RTE only to be sabotaged and ambushed at another time by you? Although you conveniently forgot to cover the Lloyd's overcharging story while they were your sponsor. Coincidence? Hardly. The cynic in me actually wonders if the sponsorship was a part of their strategy to kill the story on the Whine Line while it still had air. If so, it was money well spent as they won the PR battle by silencing the biggest windbag out there.

SEPT 23 1989

Joe gone again

ButtersSuki

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Joe gone again

Well he deserves a little breakeen....he was here all summer!


LOL.

Red Kev

Needs the breakeen in the big build up to next weeks Funny Wednesday at the Ploughing.

'Tis a tradition you know.

snubbleste

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Joe gone again

He's entitled to it, so to speak

Itssoeasy

Suprised that Joe isn't on today to put the reasons why pat hickey has a good name to defend and Whoy this is unfair to the elderly man pat.

Atlantic Dawn

Probably a day off in lieu of the 3 hour round trip to Screggan. I was only thinking yesterday Joe was due a day off, he had been working for a "long" stretch.

ButtersSuki

There must be an envelope opening somewhere in the big smoke today with a free buffet lunch and champagne reception so to speak that "needs" the attendance of De Duffmeister so to speak.

Hitchens

Boucher Hayes? Good luck! :mad:

snubbleste

ButtersSuki wrote: »

There must be an envelope opening somewhere in the big smoke today with a free buffet lunch and champagne reception so to speak that "needs" the attendance of De Duffmeister so to speak.

Maybe Newstalk are trying to poach him :eek:

Itssoeasy

Hitchens wrote: »

Boucher Hayes? Good luck! :mad:

ah now what Phillip lacks with the old salt of de earth touch of Joe he makes up for it with being well briefed on the topics and seeing to have an interest in having sensible callers on.

Itssoeasy

snubbleste wrote: »

Maybe Newstalk are trying to poach him :eek:

:D:D ah stop the only poaching that Joe would know is what his estate manager tells him about with the great unwashed trying to fish in his rivers of Castle Duffy.

Itssoeasy

I wonder will we have callers on who were in New York 16 years ago and are still shook about the near miss they had with the twin towers so to speak.

ButtersSuki

snubbleste wrote: »

Maybe Newstalk are trying to poach him :eek:

They'd need a VERY big pot and a lot of water to poach Joe. No vinegar would be required however.....

Expunge

ButtersSuki wrote: »

. Why would they invest thousands in advertising with RTE only to be sabotaged and ambushed at another time by you? Although you conveniently forgot to cover the Lloyd's overcharging story while they were your sponsor. Coincidence? Hardly. The cynic in me actually wonders if the sponsorship was a part of their strategy to kill the story on the Whine Line while it still had air. If so, it was money well spent as they won the PR battle by silencing the biggest windbag out there.

Good point Butters, remember the time he had someone put a laughter track under an ad from the Road Safety Authority and played it repeatedly?

Now, if I worked for RTE Radio Sales, I'd be fearful of clients declining to spend with R1 in the future thinking that this could also happen to them.

Itssoeasy

ButtersSuki wrote: »

They'd need a VERY big pot and a lot of water to poach Joe. No vinegar would be required however.....

Is it because he's so full of misery that no vinegar is required so to speak ?

Oops69

Listening to news at one , Ciaran muloooooooly going on about floods ago again , he's only slightly less dramatic than that TEresa mannion one .

Atlantic Dawn

Hitchens wrote: »

Boucher Hayes? Good luck! :mad:

He is the other full time host of the show don't ye know so to speak :pac:

Dan Jaman

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Well he deserves a little breakeen....he was here all summer!


LOL.

And didn't that summer pass quickly? The presence of Joe is like a swarm of migrating pests.

Dan Jaman

snubbleste wrote: »

Maybe Newstalk are trying to poach him :eek:

I doubt they've got a pot big enough.

snubbleste

Joe's off for a week!

Atlantic Dawn

In for Joe for the week?

Itssoeasy

In for the week ? Hahaha

cowboyBuilder

ah jaysus !!!

Not this cr*p again ..

snubbleste

Malachy must be so embarrassed

Itssoeasy

Gateway ?

Atlantic Dawn

So she tried to book more than she needed and then got stung, tough ****e woman you could have denied someone else the space so to speak.

Itssoeasy

snubbleste wrote: »

Malachy must be so embarrassed

Unless Malachy unable to speak for himself.