Unions back RTÉ bid for licence hike

LATE Late Show crews often have to borrow or hire microphones for the show because cash-strapped RTÉ can’t afford vital equipment.

Sound producers must beg, borrow or steal microphones for a number of top programmes, union representatives said yesterday.

RTÉ union member and TV production member Herbert Corkey cited an example where the sound crew on the Late Late Show did not have enough microphones when a large act was performing on Pat Kenny’s flagship Friday night talk show.