RTE Radio 1: The 9 O Clock Show hosted by Various Megathread

Francis, you have 70k posts on this site. I’d say the beyond silly thinking your opinion is of any import would apply to you more than almost anyone else on this site.

People watch James Corden, listen to Nathan Carter, and find Mrs Browns Boys funny. Popularity isn’t any barometer of quality. Callan’s Kicks is absolutely terrible. It’s hackneyed, the writing is terrible and Callan is a very very poor mimic with no sense of comic timing. It’s lowest common denominator comedy. An insult to satire.

I see Oliver had to take time off for surgery for skin cancer. Wish him the very best. Great outcomes for skin cancer treatments these days.

Do you believe the lies you are typing doc? You don't wish him anything but failure since he took over from your mate Tubs. You were celebrating when numbers were down.

Disgusting as usual, from the biggest wum on boards.

Wow, have that particular poster on ignore as he follows me around from thread to thread like a beggar looking for change.
Disgraceful thing to say. As you say, one may not be a fan of his show (I’ve absolutely no great opinion on his morning slot tbh; it’s Callans Kicks that I think is about as funny as seeing your family cat dead on the road), but wish him the very very best in his recovery from cancer.

Disgraceful post tbh. Nasty. Needs a good moral recalibration.

Had some disappointed Galway folks in the house this morning so had the radio on over breakfast. Great to hear Callan back after his health scare. They had an interesting piece about a young man with skin cancer. It wasn’t that bad to be honest.

What'd he say?

He was talking about the technical problems with Trumps X interview and said

'it was glitching like Helen McEntee when she was asked about immigration from the north, riots or anything really'.

It was the way it was said really

3.18 into the show.

I’d run that lad out of the organisation if I was that or any minister.

Cheap shot.

Francie…. please don't post idiot responses all your life.

I deliberately did not go party political in my post…. I merely outlined what I would do…. Ill say it again what I would do if someone like Callan came up with that remark.

But of course ,as expected you jumped in with the size 12s and played the whataboutery card.

Read the fokkhing post dude.

Anyone who has been defamed could. Like anyone else she (Helen) has a right to redress if defamed.
Seems some, if they were a minister, want to have firing rights just because they got lampooned which is truly chilling.

Not even Helen is that thin skinned I’d imagine.

What has what Tubridy did got to do with anything.

Radio and TV hosts around the world have the same style - lampooning current events before getting into the meat of the show - Callan is in that genre not Tubridy's saccharine one. You either need a thicker skin or to get out more.

How would these 'parameters' read Brendan?

From reading what you get outraged about, to satisfy you, they would need a line saying 'lampoon anyone you want but a government politician'.

Callan presents a light entertainment show not a CA one. I have zero issues with competent CA presenters grilling any politician.

The man from Monaghan must be doing something right.

Oliver Callan remains the third most popular weekday show on Irish radio and 2FM has shown strong gains following recent upheavals at the station, according to the latest round of Joint National Listenership Research (JNLR) figures.

The new figures represent the first six months of Callan's stewardship of the RTÉ Radio 1 9am slot since he took over from Ryan Tubridy and his morning show now has 336,000 listeners each day, which is a rise of 6,000 book on book.

Well done???

You obviously don't mean that bull. You predicted he would lose listeners. You predicted he wouldn't be as good as Tubs. The horrible things you've said about Callan, under your previous docs username, were not kind.

I'm delighted when the person being a wum gets proved wrong.