[benzj]

Why would they waste valuable resources on a dead slot? Some of you guys need to live in the real world.

I think it’s more that the current arrangements seem to be the worst of all worlds. Instead of putting either something decent on or nothing at all, they persist with naff repeats (RTE One) and simulcasts of their kids’ channel (RTE 2). I don’t see what would be so bad about televising Morning Ireland. It’s not as if it would take listeners away from radio, and they have the capacity to do it already. Seems a no brainer to me.

The situation with RTE2 and its kids programming is actually a bit more nonsensical than that, as RTEjr's RTE2 airtime isn't a simulcast at all -- that channel appears to run a separate schedule entirely, even when programming for RTEjr's demographic is being broadcast on RTE2.