After a tumultuous 24 hours at RTÉ Radio 1, which saw the acrimonious exit of long-time presenter Ray D’Arcy and the unexpected recruitment of Newstalk host Kieran Cuddihy, the station has unveiled its new schedule, aimed at launching what RTÉ’s Director of Audio Patricia Monahan called “an exciting new chapter”. But while the station’s daytime roster has been extensively revamped, with fresh presenters, different time slots and new programmes, it’s more a reordering of existing pieces than a clean sweep of the board, ultimately cautious rather than innovative.
The headline development is Cuddihy’s appointment as the new host of Liveline, following a summer of speculation as to who would succeed the retired Joe Duffy as presenter of the long-running phone-in sho
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