Off The Ball team leave Newstalk

SuperDave84 wrote: Trap junior wrote: SuperDave84 wrote: Trap junior wrote: Terrible move. They leave a 5 day a week show froom 7-10pm because they want more air time and end up on a podcast ffs. What were they thinking??! Who knows? IT probably paying them a decent sum, all the same. I mean, they may be getting as much from the IT as they were from Newstalk. Yes but I thought the reason they left was wanting more airtime not money. A one day a week podcast is a disaster for them. No one will listen to it. Not so sure.... look at the following the football ramble and football weekly have, even here. A local podcast will definitely get a decent following. I know I'll subscribe.

378,000 listeners is the highest recorded amount any Football Weekly Pod has gotten. That's a pretty big audience.

tribalarmy wrote: SuperDave84 wrote: Trap junior wrote: SuperDave84 wrote: Trap junior wrote: Terrible move. They leave a 5 day a week show froom 7-10pm because they want more air time and end up on a podcast ffs. What were they thinking??! Who knows? IT probably paying them a decent sum, all the same. I mean, they may be getting as much from the IT as they were from Newstalk. Yes but I thought the reason they left was wanting more airtime not money. A one day a week podcast is a disaster for them. No one will listen to it. Not so sure.... look at the following the football ramble and football weekly have, even here. A local podcast will definitely get a decent following. I know I'll subscribe. 378,000 listeners is the highest recorded amount any Football Weekly Pod has gotten. That's a pretty big audience.

so say 400,000 out of a population of 60 million.  The equivalent in Ireland would be 30,000 which is probably about right as its 75 per cent of what they were getting on Newstalk. 

I just subscribe and it automatically downloads the 20 or so podcasts I have subscribed to. Listen to them in the car or gym or train or cooking dinner.


Edited by Baldrick - 07 May 2013 at 11:09pm

Listen to them all

Mark Kermode Film Review Show
Desert Island Disks
Pat Kenny
Football Weekly
Newstalk Off the Ball football
2FM Game On
Sports Week
Tonys Team Talk
5 Live Sport Specials
European Football Show
Then some of Marian Finucane and Ryan Tubridy and Dave Fanning if there is anything interesting and the same with the Late Debate on RTE Radio 1 and possibly Morning Ireland.
Thats just for starters, would get through all of them during the week


Edited by Baldrick - 07 May 2013 at 11:52pm

RogerMilla wrote: i am a podcast fan and will deffo listen to this but it is still an utter disaster for them , the live elemnt to the show is the key , eejits texting in and pundits calling in and discussions about real-time events,   they need a live radio show , denis o brien has destroyed their careers and they let him do it with their posturing

I agree with you here - nothing beats live radio and the callers e.t.c are what makes the shows - a la Howard Stern style -

Right now I presume they are maintaining a presence in the media eye but live radio must be their ultimate goal.

Radio is a tough business in ireland - RTE is the place for the lads -

where exactly can u access their podcast and when exactly does it start?

SuperDave84 wrote: Andkend wrote: where exactly can u access their podcast and when exactly does it start? www.irishtimes.com This month

i was on the site and read the article but it just says - tuesdays @ irishtimes.com - nothing more -

I read on the forum that the paper is rubbish at promoting podcasts -

some details would be handy.

Jaysus u would imagine its in their interest to get behind their new product and at least make it user friendly. The guardian have a good set up in fairness.



Edited by Andkend - 09 May 2013 at 7:20am

Browne to Early "ferguson threw a hairdyer I think at David Beckham, is that right?"