2fm - New schedule coming

She has been swanning around on 2fm for 14 years and only got in there in the first place because of who her oul lad was.

If she really wanted to make a name for herself on radio then why not try to get a better position on one of the other stations instead of taking the easy option bladdering on about showbiz news on 2fm all these years.

no tik tok/social media/instahuns…

Very useful, thanks. As I said above, I clearly remember Tony Fenton taking over afternoons and Dusty Rhodes moving to replace him on the Hotline in 1997, but remembered the other movements less clearly, particularly what happened to Gareth O'Callaghan that freed up the afternoon slot. The Hotline soldiered on for two years under Dusty, until Most Wanted replaced it in May 1999. That was pretty short-lived in comparison though, think it ended around 2003?

I'd actually forgotten completely Damian McCaul's not-so-great move to breakfast until recently.

That's Today FM's permanent playlist.

2FM, well the shows I have listened to, seem to actually try to play better stuff to be fair, and some of the better presenters highlight new artists and music. I posted in this thread a few weeks ago about how their Friday morning run of songs included CMAT, Peggy Gou, SZA, Strabe, Khakiki Kid etc. that's not run of the mill stuff. And that was by a new presenter that is being lumped in with the tik tockers just because their name that is not that of a 50 year old male. That presenters show regularly play that kind of stuff.

That's a very petty way to describe someone.

its funny how GOC on breakfast 2fm only lasted 18 months, i thought he was there a long time. I remember they had a billboard campaign bigging up the "Des and Gareth" element with football jerseys on a washing line with their names on them. They really were in a proper war with Radio Ireland at the time and they had to do serious marketing. I thought it was a good show myself, but GOC in the afternoons on 2fm was probably one of their best decisions ever, it was a great show (yes i know about the Steve Wright stuff but I only found that out decades later!).

I am not going to jump on Lottie's grave, i posted here a month ago hoping it would go well for her and TBH I dont think 3/4 weeks is a fair way of assessing her although I did note the lack of interaction between her and her co-host, a minor thing that could be sorted. It's funny wandering down memory lane, I do remember Gerry frequently telling us about "charlotte" and what she was up to in the last few years of his show, maybe he was prepping the ground a bit.

I think Mr Dobson's description on what a presenter does on radio is a bit unfair and reminds me of the sort of thing you hear when workers start looking for more pay ("sure all luas drivers do is push a leaver and sit on their arses all day").

The thing about it is that you never notice a good one but by god you notice the bad ones. Even in the days of Nova and Hot Hits Sunshine where you would hardly hear a DJ during the hour it was the same, and as I have said before this is a national radio station and its paid for by the licence fee, we should be demanding the best talent properly trained to do the gig.

Definiteky. GO’C in the afternoons was great. I didn’t realise he’d nicked a lot of the presentation style off Steve Wright. It wouldn’t have been noticed here at the time as BBC R1 coukd only be picked up on LW/MW so it was a step down for many to go from FM. Only A252 managed to lure listeners away from FM successfully I’d wager.

Thanks for sharing and fair play to him

So apparently Lottie knew all along that she was only doing 5 weeks of the new show, all cleared up now…

"I wanted to clear up some recent headlines about my role at 2FM. When it was announced that I would be taking over Drive, it was always agreed between myself and my bosses that this would be
for a five-week stint. The term "summer schedule" has led to some
confusion, implying a 12-week duration.

Hold on.

The article on Monday was very clear - with plenty of quotes - that she was "devastated" and felt "used" why would she have those feelings if this was all known to her beforehand?

And the article on monday was true about her being let go from the show so whoever went to the irish sun was in the know.

Some have opined on here that lottie would put up with putting out the bins at 3am if it meant staying in RTE and to be honest her Instagram statement seems to back that up.

I'm sure photoshoots for presenters for a five week stint is totally normal. Perhaps the Fair City photographer had a free afternoon 😎

It does read like she was fired, got mad, went to the papers, got hauled in by the boss and was told to roll back the story or else. Summer schedule does imply something lasting till September so I don’t think anyone was expecting her to be going anywhere for 3 months after the initial announcement.

poor them! poor! poor them! I feel so sorry for them.

Well done to the folks in their 20s and 30s earning that living, working hard 9 to 5, doubt they have any problems in work!

Bod years ago RTÉ should have said to their "stars" that's fine we can't afford you, you head to the US or to the UK and now they should be saying, we definitely can't afford you and if you dislike the terms then you know where the door is and since you are good at your job you can find other sources of income.

In fairness if you want to send me a link to such jobs, I'd happily apply and again those in RTÉ can also avail of such positions with a career plan also. RTÉ don't need them is all I am saying.

In the past RTÉ Talent would take of for the summer, Gay, Gerry and Pat would all be off for 2 to 3 months before returning in the autumn, around that time it began to change with the arrival of Newstalk and the Regional yuff radio stations (Beat, iRadio, Spin), then RTÉ shows would take a week here an there rather than in one full summer. I think Tubs contract had him on 40 - 50days holiday.