RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

I wouldn’t have thought 4FM had that kind of dosh myself. I haven’t listened to them that much but perky my impression is that the kind of limerick they have would be on fair money but we’re past their Montrose or big ticket years and still working away. I figured too that their roster likely have side gigs as well anyway. I wonder I’d it something like a C 3 month contract to cash in on the publicity but in the end isn’t going to cost them a huge chunk anyway? It’s easy say 170,000 for a year but even at €42,500 it’s pricey for 3 months.

That’s a great publicity article for Classic Hits Radio regardless of whether there’s a deal there with Tubridy or not.

As many posters on this thread have agreed previously, getting listeners to turn the dial to another radio station is a difficult thing to do, especially if they’re a very loyal RTÉ radio 1 listener- Pat Kenny had to find a whole new following when he left so it’s quite a fact, not just supposition.

They may well pay Tubridy similar amounts of money that RTÉ were offering but it will likely be performance based on growing listenership.

A lot of hot air press releases at the moment- let’s just see exactly what he’s left with when the publicity dies down.

C'mon lads, it's a Ken Sweeney article!

It's dogshit. There's probably nothing to it. It's a bit of easy publicity for Classic Hits.

It's a station, like Sunshine that practically runs on fresh air.

Actually, Tubridy would be a better fit for Sunshine but as Sunshine is doing quite well in Dublin (again running on voice tracked fresh air), it doesn't need the PR push as much.

yeah looking at the schedule it’d bea big come down for the toyman! I’m not saying that to denigrate the presenters classic hits already have. I like them a lot and they’re good at what they do but it strikes me as real world radio where people who had gigs with the big stations at one stage moved on because they were scheduled out and found work in local independence or semi nationals and moved around a bit. They had time to get used to the changes but it’s a massive shift from being the top RTE earner and presenter of the flagship TV show up to 3 months ago to now be slumming it with lads you passed on the corridor in Montrose 15 years ago. No way he’ll retain listeners and keel that package even if it's a done deal. People are more accustomed to tuning away from the independents I think so he’ll have lost that captive audience.

They might gain listeners from the cohort who want to hear wall to wall Beatles or Paul McCartney.

I can't help but think that this is some genius experiment by KB to see what these massively overpaid presenters are actually worth to other organisations. We've been hearing it for years that RTEs "talent" are paid so much because they'd be poached by other broadcasters, let's see what actually ends up being offered and by whom.

Fair point. If Tubbs is tge poster boy fur the problem, make him the poster boy for the solution. I can’t imagine KB is too distraught. It actually plays right into his hands. Next contractor who knocks in his door for contract negotiations and mentioned how valuable they are, he can point to Tubbs and remind them of exactly how valuable they are. It’s a good development but I’m not sure if it was a master plan by KB either as it looks like RT was going to be back on air next week if he hadn’t acted the maggot and got himself in more hot water.

So are we to expect lots more bull articles like this over coming weeks?

Sounds like there’s a PR machine in over drive right now churning out this crap.

He’s in the commercial broadcasting world now - this is probably his first encounter of how the real broadcasting world actually works- he needs to calm it down a bit- if a publicity campaign to promote a presenter onto the commercial stage is obvious, then it’s self-defeating and he’ll end up looking like a desperate fool.

The very fact that he’s engaging in such publicity means he’s not getting any knocks on the door with offers.

“A stepping stone for new talent”- that wouldn’t be the worst strategy for a new RTÉ - it would also ensure that costs towards presenters are kept down as they learn their trade

reading that RSVP article mentioning GBNews and a podcast for a major organisation really sounds like something Steve Coogan would come up with for an Alan Partridge reality series. It reminds me of that show where he was living in a hotel and trying to get a gig with the BBC so actually Steve Coogan did all this over 20 years ago! 😀

Let’s face it, if Pat Kenny wasnt picked up by the BBC, none of the rest will be. Say what you like, but PK is good in his area of politics and is probably the last of the old guard still standing who were very competent and generally god broadcasters.

What's with these hoteliers - the cousin above in Connemara and the chap of the Brennans - being the chief defenders of Ryan Tubridy?

His fellow contractors are not exactly rushing to his side, I suppose.

GB News is a right wing English nationalist cesspit. The fact that it's being mentioned definitely shows it to be spoof. They'd have no use for RT.

And who of course see the latter as the source of everything great about the former

I honestly don’t think there’s a risk of that happening - I think you’re safe keeping the dial where it is