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RTE Gold discussion thread

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    #632
    alzer100
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118940947#Comment_118940947

    No worries and that's exactly what it was - a brief stint.



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    #633
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users Posts: 3,531 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118939989#Comment_118939989

    Marty Whelan would have left 2FM at this stage (March 1989), as he was going to Century - though he continued on the RTE schedule on "Where in the World" quiz show on TV, as these would have been recorded in advance.

    However he was not allowed to stay on RTE TV as he had left for Century.

    The 2FM weekday and in some respects the weekend schedule started to settle down again in late 1989 / early 1990. It remained that way for a good few years after with core talent such as Ian, Gerry, Larry, Gareth, Barry, Tony and Dave remaining in pretty much the same timeslots.

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    #634
    Glaceon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,103 ✭✭✭Glaceon


    Will Leahy mentioned this morning just after the 8am news that they’re getting new jingles next week.



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    #635
    ZaK23-54
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭ZaK23-54


    Do RTÉ Gold need a few more presenters?

    Will’s breakfast show is a good listen..but is there any other show on Gold worth a listen?



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    #636
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users Posts: 3,531 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119134911#Comment_119134911

    The station that you can hear any song, from any era all jumbled up - RTE Gold is fine as it is, around 6 hours of presenters each day.



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    #637
    alzer100
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119135054#Comment_119135054

    Agree with Ford Fiesta on this. If you want back to back uninterrupted music from a fairly decent comprehensive playlist, then RTE Gold is it. If you want presenter drivel followed by commercials and then some music, well then Classic Hits 4FM, Nova, Sunshine, Q102, FM 104, 98FM, Today FM... You are spoiled for choice.



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    #638
    GSF
    Registered Users Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭GSF


    They could do with a bit better imaging and promos, They run the same promos for the weekend programmes endlessly. Would it kill then to record a new 15 or 20 seconds promo each weekend on top of prerecording a 2 or 3 hour show?


    if I hear that D Harris clip from ABC to XTC or the same Al Dunne clip I think I will scream



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    #639
    alzer100
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    Just noticed this evening, RTE Gold running live programming. Aiden Leonard presenting 20th Century Gold.



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    #640
    lertsnim
    Registered Users Posts: 9,766 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    What is their definition of gold? This morning they had new songs from Harry Styles and Robbie Williams on.



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    #641
    Glaceon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,103 ✭✭✭Glaceon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119649071#Comment_119649071

    Will Leahy always does that. He said once that it’s for the kids who are “forced” to listen to the station by their parents. I like him but don’t always like his choice of music.



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    #642
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users Posts: 3,531 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119648168#Comment_119648168

    This is great...evening time is much better time to have a presenter on rather than in the Afternoons or at Drivetime. Aidan sounds like he is live also - was giving live score updates last night for the Ireland match.



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    #643
    alzer100
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    Reply to Ford Fiesta:

    Yes he is live!! But he has emphasized that they are running a technical test so I don't know how long this will last. Great to hear a live presenter on at that time in the evening especially with it being Aidan. His links are kept very simple as to what a music driven radio station should sound.



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    #644
    alzer100
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    As an FYI, Ronan Collins starts on RTE Gold from 10am - 1pm this coming Wednesday. Rick O'Shea moving to afternoons 1pm - 4pm. Just hope that Ronan Collins's show is formatted something like Rick O'Shea's and not overloaded with talk.



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    #645
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,073 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Recent posts and threads, after the announcement of Dave Fanning's move, reminded me of that wonderful program ABC to XTX presented by John Connolly. I'm just listening now to one of his shows from last August and intend to catch up on loads more!

    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #646
    irlirishkev
    Registered Users Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭irlirishkev


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120288282#Comment_120288282

    ABC to XTC is a brilliant show. Perfect for a Saturday evening too.

    Can't stand Dave Fanning though, his voice and mannerisms make me turn off so I'm hoping he'll be on at a time I don't usually listen.



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    #647
    zoobizoo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,729 ✭✭✭zoobizoo


    Will Leahy played Meghan effing Traynor's latest song this morning....


    When did they start playing modern day tunes?


    If they're doing that at least they could pick a decent tune.



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    #648
    zoobizoo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,729 ✭✭✭zoobizoo


    Ahhh.. so he's playing Mylee Sirus (?) 'FLOWERS' now...


    I don't tend to listen to the station in the mornings so is it a mix of classic and modern?


    Still, that Meghan Traynor song sucks.



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    #649
    Glaceon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,103 ✭✭✭Glaceon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120308138#Comment_120308138

    He started doing it from quite early on. I listened to the show from the start and it was initially “new music from Gold artists” but eventually morphed into modern pop crap. His excuse was to give something to the kids who are forced to listen to the show by their parents. But I don’t like it either, I tune into RTE Gold to avoid that stuff.



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    #650
    lertsnim
    Registered Users Posts: 9,766 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120308138#Comment_120308138

    He's always done it. It's very annoying.



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    #651
    [Deleted User]
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    Leahy doesn't like been restricted to a purely Gold playlist, he feels too young for that. He'd be much more suited to doing a breakfast show on one of the local stations in the west but then he's not going to give up the golden goose RTE staffer job



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    #652
    irs
    Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭irs


    How much new stuff does he play? That reasoning for playing new music is pretty weak.



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    #653
    Glaceon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,103 ✭✭✭Glaceon


    Usually one or two an hour.



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    #654
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users Posts: 3,531 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120308138#Comment_120308138

    Will has been playing the odd chart song since he started on the RTE Gold breakfast show



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    #655
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 30,085 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Tomorrow's bank holiday special will be Top 100 Irish cover versions, starting from 11am.

    https://twitter.com/RTEGold/status/1636360140449251329


    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #656
    [Deleted User]
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    Won’t be tuning in so! Too much paddy whackery on the airwaves today, seems more so this year than any other year!



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    #657
    alzer100
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    So RTE Gold are now running live programming from 7am to 4pm**

    Who will be the next RTE 1/RTE 2FM presenter to retire and end up voice tracked on RTE Gold from 4pm to 7pm?

    **Ronan Collins 10am to 1pm is not live.

    Is Ronan Collins capable of engaging the listener for 3 hours? It seems to me that these guys are so institutionalized with the culture at RTE Radio 1 by just doing one 1 hour show per day. Would doing 3 hours be like just too much work?



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    #658
    its_steve116
    Registered Users Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    I like to think of the station as RTÉ Radio 1.5.



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    #659
    zoobizoo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,729 ✭✭✭zoobizoo


    Is that list of top 100 covers available anywhere?


    Will Leahy started playing a bit of William Shatner's version of Common People this morning while talking about Shatner then stopped and played something else..... why do DJs do this?



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    #660
    lertsnim
    Registered Users Posts: 9,766 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    That's a pity. It's not a bad cover.



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    #661
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 30,085 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120387005#Comment_120387005

    List is here.

    https://www.rte.ie/radio/gold/stories/1363855-top-100-irish-cover-versions/

    And you can playback from here

    https://www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11188294/


    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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