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touts

touts wrote: »

Unbelievable decision by Today FM. Taking the best business show on Irish radio off the air to be replaced by yet more music. I could understand if they moved it to Newstalk but to simply axe the show is nuts. I'd imagine there are a fair few media outlets who will be looking to move quickly to get teamsbs into their podcast stables.

apparently they think we want more Alison Curtis rambling on about babies

Ursus Horribilis

This is the same station that hired Al Porter. I surprised the powers that be had the brain cells to notice there was a Sunday morning business show on the station.

djemba djemba

The way things are going will they renew the contract for premier league live when it is up for renewal

pjohnson

djemba djemba wrote: »

The way things are going will they renew the contract for premier league live when it is up for renewal

They'd bloody well want to.

Ursus Horribilis

Ah I'm sure they well. Millennials like their football and those footballers with their nice hair and colourful football boots

Itssoeasy

I'd be surprised if the last show is put up to listen back if he had a go at the end.it seems the today fm management have developed a thin skin like Donald trump. Well the people in charge if they keep this up will make the situation so bad it'll all end in tears. I'd hate to see it but there will come a point where heads will roll because it's a mess at the moment. None of the decisions they have made programme wise seem to be on logic or seem well thought out in any way.

The Anton savage decision made no sense and seemed petty.
Al Porter was a bad decision excluding the issues that arose after it. He should never have been hired in the first place.
There are presenters in the wrong place like dermot and Dave and muireann took way too long to get a show of her own when it's clear she is good enough.

The last word has gone to the dogs from what I can see. Matt Cooper is playing the easily offended role constantly when I know he's better than that.

Gift grub is past his glory days with years, yet it'll be on on a Sunday now as well.
I liked nadine o regan but somehow they decided let's get rid of that.

I'd be surprised if Ed smith and Paul mcloone are there on air within a year. I mean this crowd have form so why not ?

MikeyTaylor

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I'd be surprised if the last show is put up to listen back if he had a go at the end.it seems the today fm management have developed a thin skin like Donald trump. Well the people in charge if they keep this up will make the situation so bad it'll all end in tears. I'd hate to see it but there will come a point where heads will roll because it's a mess at the moment. None of the decisions they have made programme wise seem to be on logic or seem well thought out in any way.

The Anton savage decision made no sense and seemed petty.
Al Porter was a bad decision excluding the issues that arose after it. He should never have been hired in the first place.
There are presenters in the wrong place like dermot and Dave and muireann took way too long to get a show of her own when it's clear she is good enough.

The last word has gone to the dogs from what I can see. Matt Cooper is playing the easily offended role constantly when I know he's better than that.

Gift grub is past his glory days with years, yet it'll be on on a Sunday now as well.
I liked nadine o regan but somehow they decided let's get rid of that.

I'd be surprised if Ed smith and Paul mcloone are there on air within a year. I mean this crowd have form so why not ?

What have you been taking?

MikeyTaylor

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

What have you been taking?

pot kettle with some of your "theories"

Ursus Horribilis

I listened back to the last part of the Sunday Business Show. Surprisingly, they left most of Conall O Móráin's closing speech, only cutting out the bit where I assume he was going to give details about the new podcast.

gamecube

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Not the first time he's made out to be some kind of victim on this thread, because he took a job in another city. That's life. Many people do it and don't get anywhere near the money he does.

I wouldn't say that Ray Foley is on mega money at Red FM

I am just saying that he should really sell house and move to Cork & to hell with all the travelling up and down to Dublin

redbuck

gamecube wrote: »

I wouldn't say that Ray Foley is on mega money at Red FM

I am just saying that he should really sell house and move to Cork & to hell with all the travelling up and down to Dublin

What did he do to get black balled from the Dublin/national radio scene?

Ursus Horribilis

redbuck wrote: »

What did he do to get black balled from the Dublin/national radio scene?

As far as I know, his show on 98FM tanked - he's probably not a good fit for Dublin audiences. Unless 2FM wanted to take a pun on him, I can't see where else he could go in the capital. I presume you know the story (told by Ray on his now-defunct podcast) of how he was shafted by Today FM?

gamecube

redbuck wrote: »

What did he do to get black balled from the Dublin/national radio scene?

Put the boot into Today FM management on a podcast he made

EPAndlee

For the amount of times I've heard him on redfm I don't think he's all that good

gamecube

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

As far as I know, his show on 98FM tanked - he's probably not a good fit for Dublin audiences. Unless 2FM wanted to take a pun on him, I can't see where else he could go in the capital. I presume you know the story (told by Ray on his now-defunct podcast) of how he was shafted by Today FM?

I remember Dan Healy saying in an interview that he would not be bringing him to 2fm, it looks like Cork is going to be his work base for a long time

marno21

gamecube wrote: »

I remember Dan Healy saying in an interview that he would not be bringing him to 2fm, it looks like Cork is going to be his work base for a long time

I don't think he would fit in anywhere on the 2FM schedule to be honest.

MikeyTaylor

marno21 wrote: »

I don't think he would fit in anywhere on the 2FM schedule to be honest.

Hypothetical scenario: Eoghan gets offered a radio gig in Australia on the back of narrating Love Island there. Ray takes over the weekday drivetime show. Unlikely I know, but not impossible.

ford fiesta

marno21 wrote: »

I don't think he would fit in anywhere on the 2FM schedule to be honest.

perhaps he would not be wanted there

EPAndlee

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Hypothetical scenario: Eoghan gets offered a radio gig in Australia on the back of narrating Love Island there. Ray takes over the weekday drivetime show. Unlikely I know, but not impossible.

I thought Ireland stopped sending its problems to Australia

marno21

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Hypothetical scenario: Eoghan gets offered a radio gig in Australia on the back of narrating Love Island there. Ray takes over the weekday drivetime show. Unlikely I know, but not impossible.

Totally out of sync with 2FM's current hiring policy. If anything 2FM would be better off hiring a drivetime presenter who would host a music driven drimetime show, Ray Foley is too personality driven for a drivetime show on a music station targeting 15-34 year olds.

ford fiesta wrote: »

perhaps he would not be wanted there

That too.

Ursus Horribilis

I can see him quitting presenting altogether when he tires of the Cork/Dublin treadmill.

pjohnson

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Ah I'm sure they well. Millennials like their football and those footballers with their nice hair and colourful football boots

You must be some craic.

statto25

Muireann in for D&D this week....

giveitholly

Muireann in for Dermot and Dave yet again,doesn't say much for her own show that she is moved to fill in for them

johnire

I totally agree. It makes a nonsense of having her own show.

giveitholly wrote: »

Muireann in for Dermot and Dave yet again,doesn't say much for her own show that she is moved to fill in for them

Limerick91

giveitholly wrote: »

Muireann in for Dermot and Dave yet again,doesn't say much for her own show that she is moved to fill in for them

I would think it suits her better to have more free time between her radio show and the 6 O'Clock show on TV3

MikeyTaylor

statto25 wrote: »

Muireann in D&D this week....

Groan. (switches over to the Nicky Byrne Show)

adr_sullivan

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

I listened back to the last part of the Sunday Business Show. Surprisingly, they left most of Conall O Móráin's closing speech, only cutting out the bit where I assume he was going to give details about the new podcast.

Where were you able to listen back to the show. Just checked the Web site and it is all gone.

Thanks

Ursus Horribilis

I went into shows and it was still there.

Ultimate Seduction

Dermot and Dave another week off, seriously what's the point of having a show. That's literally 4 weeks off, and a few days aswell taken off since Christmas.

And to take that head wrecker off her own show to replace them is a terrible idea, her nonsense is hard enough to listen to her in he afternoon. This station is going downhill quickly and I think it'll be too late before they realise it