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Testament1

Listening to the podcast from Wednesdays Ray Foley show where he likened the current method of programming decisions to standing outside the Today FM building after it's been doused in petrol with a match in hand :pac:

Mr Tickle

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

According to a recent report from RTE the number of people who listen to radio on a daily basis is 87%.

Now I think that's absolute bollocks but that's what they claim.

you have to wonder about the question asked there. and who they asked.

I'd believe that 87% of people hear radio on a daily basis. nowhere near that would call themselves listeners.

prunudo

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

According to a recent report from RTE the number of people who listen to radio on a daily basis is 87%.

Now I think that's absolute bollocks but that's what they claim.

I'd say its more likely that the survey revealed 'of the people listening to the radio only 87% are actually listening to the radio'

Man Vs ManUre

It’s in the news now about Muireann getting more popular after her “I got fired” tweet. There’s a breaking article in the independent.
Go on Muireann ya good ting!!

Ursus Horribilis

We'll see if online popularity translates into actual job offers.

TaurenDruid

JNLR stats as reported by the Indo:

Muireann O'Connell: 96,000 (+3,000)
Louise Duffy: 29,000 (-1,000) (That must surely be a typo? It must be 129,000... mustn't it?!)
Ian Dempsey: 179,000 (-2,000)
Dermor & Dave: 163,000 (no change)
Fergal Darcy: 109,000 (+3,000)
Matt Cooper: 151,000 (-1,000)

(Edited to add Alison Curtis)

Alison Curtis (Saturday mornings): 133,000 (previous quarter not given)

TaurenDruid

TaurenDruid wrote: »

JNLR stats as reported by the Indo:

Muireann O'Connell: 96,000 (+3,000)
Louise Duffy: 29,000 (-1,000) (That must surely be a typo? It must be 129,000... mustn't it?!)
Ian Dempsey: 179,000 (-2,000)
Dermor & Dave: 163,000 (no change)
Fergal Darcy: 109,000 (+3,000)
Matt Cooper: 151,000 (-1,000)

So a presenter who gains 3,000 listeners is let go,and Ian Dempsey loses 2,000, stays where he is..Like I said in an earlier post..Radio is more about politics,than talent these days..

Stevieluvsye

Deleted User wrote: »

So a presenter who gains 3,000 listeners is let go,and Ian Dempsey loses 2,000, stays where he is..Like I said in an earlier post..Radio is more about politics,than talent these days..

Iano nearly has double her listeners so that's a bad comparison

Ursus Horribilis

In radio terms, would a change of a couple of thousand listeners really make that much difference?

TaurenDruid

Deleted User wrote: »

So a presenter who gains 3,000 listeners is let go,and Ian Dempsey loses 2,000, stays where he is..Like I said in an earlier post..Radio is more about politics,than talent these days..

Nope. As mentioned, Ian has nearly double Muireann's numbers.

But there's clearly an audience switching off Dermot & Dave when Muireann came on, and switching back on when Fergal D'Arcy comes on. (Or, there's a natural dip in radio listeners at lunchtime as people go out? Or a combination of both).

Stevieluvsye

TaurenDruid wrote: »

Nope. As mentioned, Ian has nearly double Muireann's numbers.

But there's clearly an audience switching off Dermot & Dave when Muireann came on, and switching back on when Fergal D'Arcy comes on. (Or, there's a natural dip in radio listeners at lunchtime as people go out? Or a combination of both).

67k actually switch off after D&D, wow, that's a considerable drop in numbers

Claude Burgundy

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

67k actually switch off after D&D, wow, that's a considerable drop in numbers

I was one of them, i listened for a while but i only lasted a month or two.

Stevieluvsye

Claude Burgundy wrote: »

I was one of them, i listened for a while but i only lasted a month or two.

I gave it a day

TaurenDruid

Mr Tickle wrote: »

you have to wonder about the question asked there. and who they asked.

I'd believe that 87% of people hear radio on a daily basis. nowhere near that would call themselves listeners.

They're getting that figure from the JNLR (the current figure is 82%), and that comes from IPSOS/MRBI interviewing over 16,000 people every year. I've gotten a couple of cold-call phonecalls from them over the past couple of years.

EverythingGood

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

67k actually switch off after D&D, wow, that's a considerable drop in numbers

Or people start work?

johnire

Cannot believe Darcys figures have increased by 3,000...

Stevieluvsye

EverythingGood wrote: »

Or people start work?

They finish at 12

TaurenDruid

johnire wrote: »

Cannot believe Darcys figures have increased by 3,000...

See, this is the thing. Your taste, and my taste, is not everyone else's. I find D&D hilarious. Others on here hate them. Clearly, from the figures, plenty of listeners love them. Same with Fergal Darcy (who admittedly seems to be more "marmitey" than most other presenters).

I thought MOC was great as a presenter when she was standing in for people, but on the few occasions I caught her lunchtime show - nah, not my cup of tea at all. Obviously a lot of other people felt the same.

statto25

Baz Ashmawy filling in for Dermot and Dave next week. This is not a drill folks, women and children first.

jippo nolan

statto25 wrote: »

Baz Ashmawy filling in for Dermot and Dave next week. This is not a drill folks, women and children first.

Thanks for the warning!

Bazzy

buckfasterer wrote: »

But then who would be on the radio to get people dancing in their kitchen, mention children, Canada, more children, Canada, being from Canada and about how she's from Canada?

You forgot she's a twin

JoeA3

statto25 wrote: »

Baz Ashmawy filling in for Dermot and Dave next week. This is not a drill folks, women and children first.

On the irritation scale there's far worse than Baz already on the Today FM payroll... so it could be worse :eek:

Man Vs ManUre

Muireann is at the all together now festival. She’s not stuck in traffic so she must have left early. Smart girl.

Loughc

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Muireann is at the all together now festival. She’s not stuck in traffic so she must have left early. Smart girl.

It’s almost like she had no where to go earlier :O

ford fiesta

statto25 wrote: »

Baz Ashmawy filling in for Dermot and Dave next week. This is not a drill folks, women and children first.

A regular stand in for tubridy and darcy on rte radio 1. Will he still stand in on rte, after moving to today fm as a stand in ?

johnire

Purely as a matter of interest has anyone any idea what a radio presenter would earn in a year? Say someone like Fergal Darcy?

redbuck

johnire wrote: »

Purely as a matter of interest has anyone any idea what a radio presenter would earn in a year? Say someone like Fergal Darcy?

50k maybe?

probably more as he's one of the heads of the content "creation" class they do

statto25

ford fiesta wrote: »

statto25 wrote: »

Baz Ashmawy filling in for Dermot and Dave next week. This is not a drill folks, women and children first.

A regular stand in for tubridy and darcy on rte radio 1. Will he still stand in on rte, after moving to today fm as a stand in ?

Chances are TodayFM are lining him up for a show, maybe a weekend spot and want to give him some airtime. I know he fills in on RTE, and he's shocking. Sounds like a lad reading off a script

who does he appeal to????? but I could say that about Mairead Ronan too