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

Has anyone seen a UK based review of his show? I have only seen it mentioned in Irish media.

I never listened to him for any length of time when he was on RTE radio.

And not to nitpick, but his speaking style is hard to follow on radio. His vocal range is all over the place, going from deep voice to almost high pitched and back again within the same sentence. The speed of his speaking also varies. And he goes almost from whispering to shouting in some sentences.

This makes it very hard to follow what he's saying, even for an Irish person, so goodness knows how the Brits are doing.

If he'd listen to advice (doubtful if he would) he needs to keep his voice consistent for radio. There's a reason why the best broadcasters are said to have dulcet tones, its because they have an even voice that is relaxing and engaging. He doesn't have that.

I listened in again for a while, still seems little enough interaction with London or English listeners. Some builder lad had heard about Dublin being a good place for stags I'd say and was looking for advice on where to go. Ryan warmed to his Dublin Tourism role and directs him to an art museum and a steak house. Builder lad sounded off a bit disappointed. Clash of culture I think!!

Yeh its difficult to follow, even for an Irish person. I know Gerry Ryan was a bit like that, although I don't think he was this bad. He wouldn't vary it so much within the same sentence. Some people have a voice for radio, either naturally or they've trained themselves for it. Gay Byrne and Wogan had good radio voices. Calm, same pace, occasionally raising of voice, but not all the time or constantly going up and down in the same sentence.

An art museum for a stag do? Only Tubridy could come up with that one!

Just tuned in for a listen,

he’s talking about hot chocolate….

ffs.

It’s like a parody show, rambling on about books now.

It isn't that outrageous, art and hedonism do mix:

Had a listen for about 10 minutes earlier, he sounds very amateur and nervous, like it's his first time ever on radio, he had a lot of pauses in his sentences and a lot of "err""emm" and 'ands. 

Chris Evans has had that high-energy Laddish style for years. Tubridy hasn't. The last word that anyone would use to describe Tubridy's style is "Laddish".

Regards...jmcc

Very unlikely to be the pop group.

Gay was a stickler for enunciation and he was right. It's not a matter of coming across as some posh British public school knob, it's simply about your voice being the tool with which you do your job and that tool should be honed to do the job properly.

I think he had a fairly low opinion of Tubs as a broadcaster and was probably perplexed that he should have risen to his own level in the organisation and gotten the top job and ludicrous money along with it. But Gay knew it was himself who bucked the trend in RTE. He and the DG of the day stood their ground against Tubridy's own grandfather's interference and wish to get Gay thrown off his own show. Nepotism and elevating mediocrity with the right connections is what RTE is all about.

RE: Tubs vs Chris Evans, would invite everyone to Youtube Evans interview James May on his radio show last week. Notice how engaged he is. How he actually read Jame's books and could speak comfortably from a position of a bit of background knowledge on a variety of topics. He does his homework, out of respect for the guest and the listeners. A real pro and it's no surprise he earns the big moolah. Tubs isn't fit to shine his shoes and it's laughable that he sits in his seat at 10 every morning.

apart from how carcrash of it all....there's one thing I've noticed that makes me wonder if this is just a very short term gig....

there's not a whisper (I've not seen anything anyway so far) about the new star in any of ze English newspapers or his show....not Tubridy, the celeb guests and what they wore last night on the town, nothing

usually (good or bad) there'd be something suchandso about the thing

Not us he needs to impress.

Even though his salary might be covered by Paddy Power and syndication, he still needs to bring in advertising revenue. Loss of UK listeners means loss of Virgin Ad revenue. Appealing to Irish listeners will only get him so far.

In fairness to Tubs, a stag was not mentioned as such - but Steve the builder had heard Dublin was a 'good place to go' and wanted recommendations etc. You could tell from his tone that he was a bit underwhelmed with Tubridy's cultural advice.