AM Kelly returns to Mid 103

bbability

Well I'm not suprised. That graveyard shift you can only do for so long. Anyway a good move all round I'd say. Wouldn't be a big fan but best of luck with new breakfast show..

Firetrap

Haha. I've got middle-aged relatives who listen to Midlands 103 religiously - I can't wait to hear what they think of AM Kelly

TBH, I don't blame her. There's only so long you can do those godawful graveyard shifts. Especially, as in her case, there's no sign of getting a show involving more social hours.

robo

Read her interview on the Herald last week -

Why I quit dream radio job to look after my baby girl

Ann Marie Kelly has said a sad farewell to Dublin after quitting her job at Today FM.

The new mum, who has worked at the station for nine years, claims being there to see daughter Grace grow up is now more important than her career.

She presented the AM Kelly show from 5am to 7am, five mornings a week and said the early mornings and looking after a new baby was difficult.

disappointed

She said she had approached Today FM bosses after returning from her six months' maternity leave in the hopes of securing a later show but they were unable to accommodate her request.

Ann Marie told the Herald she was disappointed to leave the station -- but wanted to put Grace first.

She said: "It was just too hard to sustain the early hours, but they didn't have anything else.

"I've been doing cover work since I came back and I did have the option to continue doing that but it's too irregular.

"A point comes in your life when your attitude changes towards your career, when you have something more special in your life that takes over."

She acknowledged that recent job losses at Today FM meant it was unlikely there would be any daytime presenting jobs soon.

Alison Curtis, who hosts a daily show from 10pm, is now the only full-time female presenter at the station.

Ann Marie has signed up to present the breakfast show on Midland's 103 and says she can't wait to start her new job, which starts on June 15.

drive

She will be on air at 6.30am broadcasting from studios in Tullamore, a short drive from her home in Portlaoise.

She said: "I moved back to Portlaoise from Dublin recently and to do the show on Today FM I would have had to leave my house at 2.30am every day.

"Now I just have to drive to Tullamore every morning, which is 20 minutes away."

Ann Marie and her colleagues enjoyed a farewell lunch earlier this week.

GSF

So Tim Kelly gets the early show on Todayfm on a permanent basis then?

Mr E

Good for her.... Very likeable, and she has pretty good taste in music too.

vince

Mr E wrote: »

Good for her.... Very likeable, and she has pretty good taste in music too.

i for one will miss her best show at that time and she had a great relationship whit her listeners. good luck am

IRISHSPORTSGUY

GSF wrote: »

So Tim Kelly gets the early show on Todayfm on a permanent basis then?

I like TK. Mind he looks and sounds like a werewolf.

McSemtex

AMK was the only good thing bout getting up at 6 in the morning for work! Luckily, i've been made redundant, so didn't I even notice she'd gone! :rolleyes:

spurious

Mr E wrote: »

Good for her.... Very likeable, and she has pretty good taste in music too.

+1 I'll be sorry to see her go. I used to turn off when she was over, because the jabbering would start.