RTE Presenter salaries and the tv licence

Sceala Philosopher Location: Dublin

Jonathan Ross of the BBC, is not renewing his 6 million a year contract. There was a campaign in the UK not to pay licence fees, people were angry with the pay of BBC presenters.

What about RTE.
Reported RTE presenter salaries from 2008
Irish Times
Boring Gerry Ryan is paid €676,354
Boring Pat Kenny is paid €950,976
Infantile Ryan Tubridy more than €533,333
False Joe Duffy €408,889
Boring Marian Finucane €570,000
Bad joke Eamon Dunphy €328,051

On our behalf and with our money, what makes RTE think they should pay such salaries. RTE do not report much real news anyway, what RTE produce is often not much more substantial than local gossip. I doubt RTE have any ground breaking investigative journalists, and certain they have none that could not be replaced readily.
How can it be right that these media presenters of the golden circle of grossly overpaid, earn more than Medical specialists, vital and professional people who have spent years studying to save lives. Compare the salary of a Nurse or a Garda who could save your life, to that of a RTE TV presenter. Brian Cowen demanded the Nurse and Garda take a pay cut.

Former RTE presenter Vincent Browne said it was the fault of RTE management that stars were paid so much. Speaking on his TV3 Nightly News with Vincent Browne programme, Browne – who was an RTE radio presenter for 11 years until 2007 – said that if RTE management offered their stars €250,000 they would have nowhere else to go in the present economic climate.
Why offer any media presenter €250,000? Vincent Brown is obviously paid far too much as well, €250,000 for these relatively easy jobs is totally unnecessary at anytime, offering such salaries in this bad economic climate is very wrong.
We the public pay for these overpaid less than average performers. We pay the salaries of the managers who sanction these ludicrous salaries.
We should organize en-masse and refuse to pay the tv licence fee.

Pat Kenny again RTÉ's best paid presenter
Radio and TV broadcaster took home €950,976 Pat Kenny again RTÉ's best-paid presenter, writes ALISON HEALY
PAT KENNY continued to be RTÉ's highest paid presenter last year when he took home €950,976.

This was an increase of more than €28,000 on his 2007 fee and almost €100,000 more than he earned in 2006. Mr Kenny had been presenting The Late Late Show during this period, as well as his daily morning radio show.

The figures of RTÉ's 10 most highly-paid presenters were released yesterday after a lengthy delay.

They show that the State broadcaster gave its 10 most highly-paid presenters more than €4.4 million last year. RTÉ's top three on-air earners have remained the same since the broadcaster began releasing figures in 2002.

Many of the radio and television presenters' salaries dwarf the salaries paid to world leaders and Irish politicians.

US president Barack Obama's salary is capped at $400,000 or approximately €276,038 while Taoiseach Brian Cowen's salary is €232,572. British prime minister Gordon Brown earns €221,220.

Pat Kenny, Gerry Ryan, Marian Finucane, Ryan Tubridy, Joe Duffy, Eamon Dunphy, Miriam O'Callaghan and Derek Mooney all earned more than the capped salary for the US president.

Earnings are higher in the entertainment world, however, as BBC's Jonathan Ross earns a yearly fee of more than €6 million, while Graham Norton earns almost €2.7 million.

Gerry Ryan was the second highest-paid presenter last year but he saw his salary fall from €676,354 in 2007 to €629,865 in 2008.

He presents the eighth most listened to radio show in the State but became embroiled in controversy earlier this year when he initially refused to take a 10 per cent pay cut but later agreed.

The broadcaster had asked its highest paid presenters to take a voluntary 10 per cent pay cut earlier this year. This was followed by pay cuts for all the staff, ranging from 2.6 per cent to 12.5 per cent.

Marian Finucane, whose two weekend radio shows feature in the 10 most-listened shows, earned €570,000 - an increase of almost €100,000 on her 2007 pay.

Ryan Tubridy's pay increased by almost €200,000 between 2006 and 2008. Last year he earned €533,333 for presenting his morning radio show and Tubridy Tonight on RTÉ television.

Joe Duffy, who presents the State's second most listened to radio show Liveline , was RTÉ's fifth highest-paid presenter last year. He earned €408,889, compared with €377,648 in 2007.

Eamon Dunphy was the sixth highest-paid presenter last year with a fee of €328,051, up from €285,915 in 2007. Derek Mooney and News at One presenter Seán O'Rourke are the only two RTÉ employees on the 10 ten list.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1010/1224256345002.html

Register

The Irish Community have posted
9 REPLIES TO THIS TOPIC
for logged in members to view.

Irish Forums Message Discussion :: RTE Presenter salaries and the tv licence

RTE Presenter salaries and the tv licence