150KTubs - future career in Virgin Radio and other soulful pursuits **Mod: Read OP**

Listen, the fact of the matter is that Virgin Radio management decided Ryan would be a good fit for their key morning slot. RTE bashing is a bit of an automatic response for some people, but it’s harder dismiss the entire Virgin team as being grossly incompetent. They picked their man.

I’d trust their knowledge of the industry ahead of some depressed middle-aged lad giving out on Twitter.

That’s the way it is.

Yes it is.

I know some people weren’t going to be happy unless Tubs ended up drinking cheap red wine from a bottle down on Dún Laoghaire Main Street while wetting himself and mumbling about the good old days.

Instead he has bounced back. UK audience, syndicated show in Ireland, any rumours about salary about just that - rumours. New city, partner living with him, new apartment, plenty of time to read books and do some writing. Things worked out well. That annoys some people but that’s their issue.

Is it just me or are any more getting fed up of the self appointed "nerd" bookworm persona he has created since he joined Virgin Radio.

So boring.

At Least Gerry Ryan and Chris Evans can think off the cuff and come up with original stuff.

Different presenters have different styles and personalities - absolute shocker.

Needless to say he had the last laugh

Ah one week isn't the ' last laugh' 🥴😉

I never knew the idea of being a fan of books and talking about them could cause such ire. Lots of people love reading and talking about books. It’s not unusual.

What proof do you have that he doesn’t read the books he talks about?

None whatsoever. However I know people who are actual 'bookworms', who live for reading and have encyclopedic knowledge of all things literary. Ryan wants to be viewed as one of those but has barely a leaving cert knowledge of books.

It's like calling yourself a huge Beatles fan, cos it suits, and when asked what your favourite album, you say 'The best of the Beatles'. It's the fakery that 'causes ire'.

If only Ryan would stop imitating Alan!

The big difference between people who read for pleasure and the "literary" types is that those who read for pleasure read many more books but don't bloviate about it. They don't have to pretend to be "literary" types in the way Tubridy does. Ironically, Tubridy's old RTE demographic might have been more Chick Lit. than popular fiction etc. The Virgin demographics seem quite different from the RTE slot demographics and it remains to be seen if Tubridy's waffle about books will work. If so, he might even get a mention in Private Eye's "Pseuds Corner". At this stage it is probably a case of "Bryan Who?" for Virgin listeners.

Regards...jmcc

He said that 1984 and Wuthering Heights were too complicated and too long for casual readers. He told people to avoid those books.

When it's a woman author and involves a romance it's chick lit, but if it's a male author with the same plot it's introspective literature.

Warning people off reading 1984 seems like odd advice for a bookworm to give, to be fair. It suggests he probably hasn't read it and has assumed it's a difficult read based off its big reputation? Easy mistake to make perhaps but maybe don't make books the main premise of your show if this is the extent of your knowledge on the topic.

Yeah. That's what was clearly exposed.

As previously stated, just like the self proclaimed Beatles aficionado when asked what his favourite album is, says 'the best of the Beatles'.

Beats discussing whether 150k could save a staff member or two from redundancy.

Yeah. Hardly a sacking offence. It's just a persona that he has manufactured for himself. Those who like Ross o carroll Kelly etc (I do) have the self awareness to know they aren't bookworms. Anyway, it's hardly the worst thing he's got up to recently.

RTE, Newstalk, LyricFM are all radio stations but they too have different target markets and listeners. Break them down by programmes and the granulation becomes even more apparent.

Regards...jmcc

Imagine if Chis Evans got Tubridy to interview Steve Coogan live. :)

Regards...jmcc

The "literary" angle with Tubridy as some kind of expert seems like a marketing gimmick along with his "young fogey" act. It also might appear as somewhat patronising to the Virgin audience who probably already have their own tastes in books. Is Tubridy still doing his book review thing on Instagram?

Regards...jmcc