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RTE Gold discussion thread

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  • #1022
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,137 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122443131#Comment_122443131

    I am focussing on the current schedule and those names came up against some of the programmes shown on the schedule. According to his Linkedin profile, John Daly has produced programmes for RTE both on radio and television, and I was talking about any connection to "mainstream" RTE. I wasn't looking at former RTE Gold presenters, but Karl was briefly a presenter of some motoring show on RTE television.

    Incidentally, I was looking at Karl Tsgdinos's Linkedin page and I don't think he updated it in a while. It still shows him as a presenter on RTE Gold. While I am there, I found a few unrelated errors. It says he started on 4FM in February 2008 - it was actually 2009 (that's when the station started!). His start and end years with Radio Ireland/Today FM should be 1997 to 2003, rather than 1998 to 2004.

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  • #1023
    ekkinak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭ekkinak


    I Am The Greatest by A House playing now.



  • #1024
    RINO87
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122443131#Comment_122443131

    I ramber Karl Tsigdino's "River of Soul" on Today FM... what a different station it was then! I wonder was he still producing/presenting Drive! On Rte TV at the same time as being on today fm?



  • #1025
    Declan A Walsh
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122449440#Comment_122449440

    Drive! - thank you! I knew he had an RTE connection.

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  • #1026
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    2 1990s songs were played on todays "All 80s Saturday" with amanda fennelly they were marc almond "days of pearly spencer" and maura o'connell "summerfly", both from 1992.

    Even if the presenter/producer of the show is not familiar with the songs years, with info on songs easily accessible on the web and on playout systems, you would think errors like this would not happen.

    I only tuned in twice today for a few minutes and heard these so maybe they are others from other decades ?



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  • #1027
    GSF
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    Maura O’Connell was definitely released late 80s



  • #1028
    ford fiesta
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122461859#Comment_122461859

    It was released as part of "A Womans Heart" album in 1992



  • #1029
    its_steve116
    Registered Users Posts: 2,591 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122460348#Comment_122460348

    1990-1992 was the 1980s in all but name, in my view.



  • #1030
    GSF
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    A woman’s heart album was basically a compilation album of songs that’s had been previously released on other albums. I suppose you have a point if they played the version off the Women’s Heart album



  • #1031
    xxnza.com
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭xxnza.com


    Two certain songs from the early 90s, The one and only by Chesney Hawkes and Friday I'm in love by The Cure often get played on 80s shows and 80s stations, they were playlisted on Today FMs old 7pm Friday Night 80s show all through it's 18 year run, presumably because they sound so 80s.



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  • #1032
    its_steve116
    Registered Users Posts: 2,591 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122462225#Comment_122462225

    It's still the cultural 80s in my view, the first three years of the 90s.

    "It Must Have Been Love", "Show Me Heaven", "Everything I Do", "Wind of Change", "Enjoy the Silence", "Sacrifice", "November Rain", "King of Wishful Thinking", "U Can't Touch This" - all released between 1990 and 1992. To name but a few!

    Post edited by its_steve116 on


  • #1033
    Pat James
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭Pat James


    Summerfly was a track on Maura O'Connell's 1989 album Helpless Heart



  • #1034
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    The more music drive with carol moran has no presenter this week, just wall to wall music with no 'more music drive' liners



  • #1035
    GSF
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122484582#Comment_122484582

    no holiday cover so just automated



  • #1036
    ZaK23-54
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭ZaK23-54


    just listening to Micky Mac all 70’s show on RTÉ Gold..

    He played a vinyl copy of Ten to Eight by David Castle and mentioned that in the early days of Radio 2 DJ’s as well as cueing the vinyl - they also played the Adds from Carts. ‘There was no voice tracking in those days in those days’ he said. Jocks certainly earned their money then.

    I take it he hardly voice tracks the show if he includes vinyl? He must be hitting 70 so knows his seventies music 🎵!





  • #1037
    ford fiesta
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    the show is not live as far as i know, although micky gives the impression it is. no weekend show on Gold is live and never was. i would estimate that micky is around 73.

    in relation to the david castles song, like a few songs on the Gold playlist, it wouldve been ripped from a vinyl record and uploaded as a file to the computer system for playout.

    RTE dont play vinyl "live" in their studios, I would say there is a turntable in at least one of their production studios in dublin for such vinyl uploads.

    I've also heard other Radio 2 dj's describe the early days and the process was that the ads were played by a technical person in another studio from cart. the dj only played jingles on cart and records.

    on the pirate stations the dj wouldve played the ads, so they did everything for playout



  • #1038
    TheBMG
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    I’ve never seen that David Castles tune on CD, so it’s very possible Gold only have a vinyl rip.



  • #1039
    ford fiesta
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122513661#Comment_122513661

    Even if it's not on CD in their library, radio stations such as Gold no longer source their songs from CDs, there are plenty of music services on line such as "ilikemusic" that will provide a song file in seconds. I'd say the David Castles song was vinyl ripped by John Clarke during his 2FM days, nowadays he'd just source the song on line.

    I'd say most of the RTE Gold playlist was built from these music providers, it's much handier than going to the physical music library finding a CD and then ripping it just for one oldie. Although I quite like the picture in my head of CDs or vinyl being used for these sourcing purposes.



  • #1040
    ZaK23-54
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭ZaK23-54


    I had forgotten how beautiful Ten to Eight by David Castle was until I heard Micky play it….earlier today.



  • #1041
    cml387
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    One aspect of RTE Gold is starting to annoy me…repetition.

    Saturday morning: they play Tainted Love by Soft Cell

    Saturday mid day the featured year is 1981 and they play…..Tainted Love by Soft Cell.

    Sunday Morning Ireland's Biggest jukebox they play Killer Queen.

    Sunday Afternoon the DJ chooses to play two songs by Queen one of which is …Killer Queen

    And Ronan Collins' mystery year today is ….1981. Again. So we've had Ghost Town by the Specials..again.

    In the old days this might be called "excessive rotation".



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  • #1042
    tommythecat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 744 ✭✭✭tommythecat


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122518590#Comment_122518590

    Yes there can be a fair amount of repetition sometimes alright. I'm noticing Damn I wish I was your lover by Sophie b Hawkins a lot at the moment. Still not half as bad as other stations.

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  • #1043
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,137 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122518590#Comment_122518590
    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122518839#Comment_122518839

    You would have thought, though, that a full-time oldies station might be able to play more than one song by Soft Cell.

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  • #1044
    ekkinak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭ekkinak


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122518865#Comment_122518865

    Absolutely,

    Bedsitter, Say Hello and Torch were all top 5, (think Torch reached no. 2)



  • #1045
    Guy_In_Cognito
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Guy_In_Cognito


    RTE Gold definitely suffer from repetition, I presume there's a reason for that, but as others stated, still better than other stations. Classic Hits seem to play Toto's Africa ten times a day.
    RTE Gold are very fond of You Got It by Roy Orbison, and can be a bit boy band heavy at times, but it's still by far my favourite Radio 'Channel'.



  • #1046
    GSF
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    I guess it’s the weekend shows not being integrated into the playlist so if they play a song as part of the chart countdown they don’t count that as a play when doing rotation. Other than that some presenters seem to have favourites that keep popping up.

    But if you only listen for an hour a day would you notice?



  • #1047
    zoobizoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,733 ✭✭✭zoobizoo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122523422#Comment_122523422

    I was only commenting to my wife this afternoon when I heard Toto's Africa being played on East Coast FM..... (we had heard it yesterday as well).

    "It's funny how some songs are chosen to represent the 80s... I'm sure they're playing it more now than they did back then".

    And it was probably rarely played in the late 80s and throughout the 90s.



  • #1048
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    with so many 80s songs forgotten about during the 90s as cumbersome CDs was the main playout method, computer playout has made these songs very overplayed these days.



  • #1049
    GSF
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    some songs just sound better on the radio. From the chart of August 1983 for example Come Dancing by the Kinks sounds much better than Walking in the rain by Modern Romance



  • #1050
    ford fiesta
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122525609#Comment_122525609

    all down to personal taste, but come dancing wouldnt be the kinks finest moment.



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  • #1051
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,467 ✭✭✭cml387


    Ah ,I quite like "Come Dancing",especially if you know the rather sad story behind it.



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