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

I don't know about any 'clown', I think a lot of people consciously left when Tubridy came on, myself included.
You are right though, nobody should be able to get paid based on 'they can't be replaced'. Both Tubridy's former slots have managed quite fine without him.

It is obscene the amount the current presenter is making. It should be at least half of what it currently is. Paying a salary like that for a slot like that, inflates all on air wages.

Goes right back to Uncle Gaybo, Mike Murphy, and the DG at the time Fred O Donovan it is said

Gaybo got the big wedge supposedly to stop him going to the States with Disney.

Allegedly had a word with MM to reveal the wedge and say You are the number two here, you should look for relativity.

He did, and MM got a relatively similar wedge !

So the story goes they say…..it progressed from there even though there isn't a valid reason in hell for the wedges pumped out in the Pink Palace to the so called talent.

History has shown it, but it still goes on with the taxpayer almost completely gelded to stop it.

The "Pink palace"?

It's a flagship radio show for a very small country on a station that is completely broke.

We're not the UK. 150k is ridiculous as is most of the RTE salaries.

Pat Kenny was at one time on a €950,000 salary in RTE, it dropped to over €600,000 and he went to Newstalk (I think) on a €2m deal. He has 230,000 listeners compared to Callan's 336,000

In that scenario, i.e. the private sector paying that kind of money, €150,000 seems to me reasonable.

There is a view that RTE should just sack everyone and begin again or disappear even.
A quick turn of the dial to regional stations would show anyone that finding people that can do what Callan etc do and the often forgotten production infrastructure around them, would not be very easy. Even Kenny etc perform to a standard that isn't that common IMO.

Nowt like a bit of bad radio and telly, and there is plenty off it at a standard much much lower than RTE out there, to demonstrate that.

Pat Kenny getting dramatically less than what he was getting at RTE and is working much much more. He used to take 8 weeks off in the summer alone when he was in RTE.

No such nonsense in the private sector.

I'm just not sure I'm understanding people saying RTE salaries are reasonable given that the station is completely broke.

He's on 400,000 a year apparently, getting a 100,000 less listeners.

They are broke for reasons other than paying Callan €150g's. The facts are they are broke because the line Minister ignored the excesses and far worse waste not to mention corruption for decades. You had the likes of Timmy Dooley ranting in opposition about the waste and excess and doing sweet FA about it when in government until it all blew up.
Meanwhile Bakhurst is tasked with getting it back to profitability. Does he do that by offering mediocre talent and product or finding a balance?

Broke companies don't pay 150k. Ireland is a tiny country with a tiny media market. The salaries have been ludicrous for the last 25 years.

That's the problem isn't it... comparing RTE salaries with other high paid jobs. Except a job in RTE isn't that important given how small Ireland is.

One hour a day on the radio isn't a hard job. It's not comparable with a solicitor or an accountant.