Vintage 2FM Discussion Thread

Welsh Megaman

Anybody remember John Kenny's rock/metal show on 2FM?

Used to broadcast on a Sunday night around 1997/8, using 'Paranoid' and 'Whole Lotta Rosie' as jingles/intros.

Found the webpage on 2FM's old website via archive.org:-

http://web.archive.org/web/19981205155546/http://www.2fm.ie/

I found a shoebox of old cassettes the other day with parts of his show that I'd taped. Much better than 'The Battle Axe' - played really heavy stuff too (Slayer, Deicide, etc.)

Sids Not

No...but i do remember "John Kenny's New Wave Rave"...........i'm old...:(

kmurph

I do remember that show very well, although I always preferred Peter Collins 12'' show on Saturday nights.

It was Peter Collins wasn't it, the guy that does or used to do sports stuff on RTE tv.

Bodhisopha

I remember it well. I liked him on the radio, he still reports on the futbol.

Kieran81

metallers today dont realise how good they have it , when that show was on there was no internet to speak of , as a teenager growin up 8-10 on a sunday night was the only place to here metal and the amount of bands i got introduced to thanks to jk was massive , great show

twinklerunner

This is pretty close but any help filling in the ??'s would be appreciated :cool:

Monday to Friday


6.30am Declan Meehan's Breakfast Show
9.30 Vincent Hanley
12.00pm Larry Gogan
2.00 Sponsored Programmes
2.30 Ronan Collins
5.00 Whelan Home
with Marty Whelan
7.00 – 10.00 Varied
10.00 Night Moves
with Jimmy Greeley (Mon-Thurs)
with Mark Cagney (Fri)
12.00am Dave Fanning
1.50 Close


Saturday


6.30am Paul Blanchfield
9.00 Poparama
with Ruth Buchanan and Geoff Harris
11.00 Saturday Scene
with Gerry Ryan
2.00pm Sponsored Programmes
2.30 The Outside Track
with Pat Kenny
6.00 Country & Irish (?)
with Arthur Murphy
8.00 Saturday Folk (?)
with Pat Butler & Marian Richardson
10.00 Night Moves
with Mark Cagney
12.00am Midnight Blue
with Jim O'Neill
1.50 Close


Sunday


6.30am Paul Blanchfield
9.00 Poparama
with Ruth Buchanan and Geoff Harris
11.00 Ireland's Choice
with Val Joyce
2.00pm Ireland's Top 30
with Larry Gogan
4.00 Sunday Album
with Pat Kenny
6.00 Six O'Clock Rock
with Brendan Balfe
8.00 ??
9.00 In Concert
10.00 Night Moves
with Mark Cagney
12.00am Midnight Blue
with Jim O'Neill
1.50 Close

Donahg

By any change do you know the RTE Radio one line up from that time ?

twinklerunner

Donahg wrote: »

By any change do you know the RTE Radio one line up from that time ?

I'll have to think about that one

bob50

twinklerunner wrote: »

This is pretty close but any help filling in the ??'s would be appreciated :cool:

Monday to Friday


6.30am Declan Meehan's Breakfast Show
9.30 Vincent Hanley
12.00pm Larry Gogan
2.00 Sponsored Programmes
2.30 Ronan Collins
5.00 Whelan Home
with Marty Whelan
7.00 – 10.00 Varied
10.00 Night Moves
with Jimmy Greeley (Mon-Thurs)
with Mark Cagney (Fri)
12.00am Dave Fanning


1.50 Close


Saturday


6.30am Paul Blanchfield
9.00 Poparama
with Ruth Buchanan and Geoff Harris
11.00 Saturday Scene
with Gerry Ryan
2.00pm Sponsored Programmes
2.30 The Outside Track
with Pat Kenny
6.00 Country & Irish (?)
with Arthur Murphy
8.00 Saturday Folk (?)
with Pat Butler
10.00 Night Moves
with Mark Cagney
12.00am Midnight Blue
with Jim O'Neill
1.50 Close


Sunday


6.30am Paul Blanchfield
9.00 Poparama
with Ruth Buchanan and Geoff Harris
11.00 Ireland's Choice
with Val Joyce
2.00pm Ireland's Top 30
with Larry Gogan
4.00 Sunday Album
with Pat Kenny
6.00 Six O'Clock Rock
with Brendan Balfe
8.00 ??
10.00 Night Moves
with Mark Cagney
12.00am Midnight Blue
with Jim O'Neill
1.50 Close

Briliant Thread

I do indeed remember Brendan Balfe starting up the station at lunchtime on that day in may '79 I think it was followed by Larry Gogans prog.

I always to this day remember Declan Meehan doing the breakfast show I tought he was great with his posh voice. Mind you he didnt last long at rte

I used to always listen to radio 2 from start up to about early '82 when i switched over to radio nova their music was much better

I always tought Ronan Collinss was mispalced at rte radio 2 i think he moved over to rte in 84 / 85 very bland dj imo.

i dont recall Pat kenny on radio 2 i could be wrong

mike65

Kenny did The Outside Track which was all album cuts. All album music show on 2FM in the afternoon crazy thought!

washiskin

I often wonder where Vincent Hanley would be these days had he lived.
He and Jim O'Neill were my favouites back in the day.

I remember being at some sort of exhibition or show in Simmonscourt with my Mam YEARS ago and Radio 2 had a booth in the Lecture Hall broadcasting through the day. All the DJ's got mobbed for autographs and had these little photos/postcards that they would sign and hand out. I only remember one of them being a tad unfriendly, the rest were pure gents.

thejuggler

Thanks to the OP for the schedule from all those years ago.
Wasn't the late night show called Night Train? I think there was also a show called Lights Out presented by the late Gerry Ryan if I'm not mistaken but these may have come later (early 80s perhaps)

thejuggler

washiskin wrote: »

I remember being at some sort of exhibition or show in Simmonscourt with my Mam YEARS ago and Radio 2 had a booth in the Lecture Hall broadcasting through the day. All the DJ's got mobbed for autographs and had these little photos/postcards that they would sign and hand out. I only remember one of them being a tad unfriendly, the rest were pure gents.

They were treated like rock stars for many years - remember the success of the Beat on the Street gigs right up to the late 90s. Gerry Ryan mentioned this in his autobigraphy. The chosen few DJs had a national platform to communicate to the younger generation of people on an island which was starved of popular colture at the time.

Fuzzy Clam

A lot of moving people about in the schedule back then.
My 1981 copy has Jim O'Neill @ 2.30 weekdays. Jimmy and Marty had swapped places and Ronan was on breakfast.
Saturday Folk was on Sunday and Arthur Murphy was presenting Soundcheck on Fri night @ 8.
Declan had been doing Nightmoves at some stage but isn't in this schedule so I guess he had moved on to Sunshine by then.

This is taken from the '81 annual so not sure how accurate it is.

Hard to imagine now but national and local newspapers/mags actually used to publish pirate radio schedules back then too.:D

twinklerunner

thejuggler wrote: »

Thanks to the OP for the schedule from all those years ago.
Wasn't the late night show called Night Train? I think there was also a show called Lights Out presented by the late Gerry Ryan if I'm not mistaken but these may have come later (early 80s perhaps)

That's correct but those shows came along a little bit later. The original schedule above only last a few months as Declan Meehan moved to Night Moves, Marty Whelan moved to the Breakfast Show, Jim O'Neill moved to Drivetime, Jimmy Greeley moved to Poparama, Radio Graffiti and Classical Greeley, as well as other changes !

twinklerunner

Donahg wrote: »

By any change do you know the RTE Radio one line up from that time ?

Something like this:
Mon - Fri
6.30 am Morning Call with Valerie McGovern
9.00 ?
10.00 The Gay Byrne Hour
11.00 Day By Day with John Bowman
12.00pm The Liam Nolan Serendipity Show
1.30 News
2.00 Sponsored Programmes
3.00 Highways & Byways with Donncha O'Dulaing
4.00 Mike Murphy ??
5.00 Music On The Move
I could be wrong on this .. my memory on R1 is very sketchy I'm afraid ..

bob50

twinklerunner wrote: »

Something like this:
Mon - Fri
6.30 am Morning Call with Valerie McGovern
9.00 ?
10.00 The Gay Byrne Hour
11.00 Day By Day with John Bowman
12.00pm The Liam Nolan Serendipity Show
1.30 News
2.00 ??
3.00 Highways & Byways with Donnacha O'Dualing
4.00 Mike Murphy ??
5.00 Music On The Move
I could be wrong on this .. my memory on R1 is very sketchy I'm afraid ..

Hi Twinlerunner

Ah yes i remember Valerie Mcgovern on in the morning

On the Liam Nolan Hour i do remember at some time in the 80s his show was on from 11 am to 12.45 pm the english used to joke about about a hour long radio show going on for nearly 2 hrs

News at 1.30 used to be presented by Shane Kenny in the 80s not sure who it was before him

Music on the move used to be presented by Larry Gogan before he moved over to the new radio 2

Also during the afternoon there were a lot of sponorsed progs i.e Dear Frankie sponsered by Jacobs There was also the Glen Abbey show dont know who was on it.

Didnt Mike Murphy take over the early morning show from Valerie McGovern

Sorry for been all over the place on this

Great post you have done here Brining it all back to me

ford fiesta

The events that Gerry Ryan refers to in his autobiography are when himself, Mark Cagney and Dave Fanning used to do personal appearances in night clubs around the country to mainly publicise the Radio 2 night time schedule around 1985-88. They may have appeared at local outdoor festivals also.

I may be open to correction but, I don't think Gerry Ryan performed at any outdoor 'Beat on the Streets' that were really huge for 2FM in the early-mid 90's, in cities (on Westmoreland Street, Dublin..Carrigrohane Straight, Cork), big town festivals and the likes (Rose of Tralee, Ballina festival etc).

This may be an oversight on his part when writing his book.
His talk show was well established by late 80's/early 90's and he was no longer a music 'jock' and he would always dis-associate himself from this stuff anyway.

These 'Beats' drew crowds of 30,000+ and would have featured Electric Eddie, Tony Fenton, John Kenny, Barry Lang, Mike Ryan (Gerrys brother) etc etc and whatever Irish up and coming pop acts were on the scene.

redtelephone

twinklerunner wrote: »

Something like this:
Mon - Fri
6.30 am Morning Call with Valerie McGovern
9.00 ?
10.00 The Gay Byrne Hour
11.00 Day By Day with John Bowman
12.00pm The Liam Nolan Serendipity Show
1.30 News
2.00 Sponsored Programmes
3.00 Highways & Byways with Donncha O'Dulaing
4.00 Mike Murphy ??
5.00 Music On The Move
I could be wrong on this .. my memory on R1 is very sketchy I'm afraid ..

The 09.00 - 10.00 slot was a music request programme. I remember Maire de Barra presented on Wednesdays but I'm not sure who presented on the other days.

I think that by the late 70s the sponsored programmes were only between 1.00 and 1.30 but I could be mistaken.

At 2.00 p.m. Marian Finucane presented Women Today. She got a Jacob's Award for it in 1979.

I think there were Children's Programmes from 4.00 p.m. I remember "Knock at the Door", "Young Musician of the Future" etc.

Morgan O'Sullivan presented Late Date from 11.00 p.m. also getting a Jacob's Award in 1979.

washiskin

Wasn't Harbour Hotel on at around lunchtime? Followed by either the news or The Glen Abbey Show? I'm trying to remember - what stands out to me is the morning I heard John Lennon was dead on the news - Radio One Newsreaders were very sombre/serious those days.

Big Tone

What a great variety of programmes back then, that's exactly the way I remember it before the station decended into absolute mediocrity.

craoltoir

6.30 News & Weather
6.33 The Living Word
6.36 Early On
7.00 News Headlines
7.01 Morning Call
9.00 News
9.15 Austin Gaffney Presents
9.56 Fish Market Report
10.00 News
10.02 Gay Byrne Show
11.30 Viewpoint
12.30 Nuacht
12.33 The Liam Nolan Serendipity Show
(1.00 News, 1.01 Harbour Hotel)
1.30 News
2.00 Women Today
2.30 Sponsored
3.00 Headlines
3.03 Knock-at-the-door
3.20 Highways & Byways
4.00 Nuacht
4.01 The Church in Action:Sr. Briege McKenna talks to Andy O’Mahony
4.30 The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Radio Drama)
5.00 News Headlines
5.01 Slán abhaile
5.55 Sportsnews
6.00 Angelus
6.01 Nuacht
6.06 The Riordans
6.20 Farm Diary
6.30 News
7.02 Hay Fever by Noel Coward (drama)
8.30 Nuacht
8.45 Looking South
9.15 Discovery
9.45 Tabhair dom do Lámh
10.00 News
10.15 Sportsnews
10.20 Today in the Dáil
10.30 Your Choice and Mine
11.00 News
11.01 Morgan O’Sullivans Late Date
11.55 Weather

Greenman

twinklerunner wrote: »

Something like this:
Mon - Fri
6.30 am Morning Call with Valerie McGovern
9.00 ?
..

Theres a woman I loved listening to, where is she now?

I think Mike Murphy was on between 7:30 and 9? with his rotten records. "Yowza yowza yowza"

washiskin wrote: »

Wasn't Harbour Hotel on at around lunchtime?

Running home from school and then Harbour Hotel it was a must for me with Mrs Doyle and Gabriel, then it was straight in to watch Crown Court with my mug of coffee and cheese on toast with onions.

cml387

Some RTE sponsored programs in the afternoons that I remember:

Berni Mastervision (TV rentals) presented by Brendan Balfe
Glen Abbey presented by Frank Kelly (yes,really).
Imco presented by Gay Byrne

Brian CivilEng

If you want to check old schedules for radio or tv The Irish Times archive is great. My local library has a subscription, just bring your laptop and use the wifi, you can then access the archive.

Brian CivilEng

I took at look at the Irish Times for 17th September 1979 and 22nd September 1979 and updated the Radio 2 schedule as highlighted below.

twinklerunner wrote: »

Saturday


6.30am Paul Blanchfield
9.00 Poparama
with Ruth Buchanan and Geoff Harris
11.00 Saturday Scene
with Gerry Ryan
2.00pm Sponsored Programmes
2.30 The Outside Track
with Pat Kenny
6.00 Irish Country Time
with Arthur Murphy
8.00 Saturday Folk
with Pat Butler & Marian Richardson
10.00 Night Moves
with Mark Cagney
12.00am Midnight Blue
with Jim O'Neill
1.50 Close


Sunday


6.30am Paul Blanchfield
incl 8:00am - 8:15am Sounds Religious
9.00 Poparama
with Ruth Buchanan and Geoff Harris
11.00 Ireland's Choice
with Val Joyce
2.00pm Ireland's Top 30
with Larry Gogan
4.00 Sunday Album
with Pat Kenny (on 22/09/79 this was The Elton John Story)
5.00 Five O'Clock Rock
with Brendan Balfe
7.00 Anonn's Anall
9.00 Eurovision Pop Jury
10.00 Night Moves
with Mark Cagney
12.00am Midnight Blue
with Jim O'Neill
1.50 Close

mike65

craoltoir, interesting list.

Does anyone remember what the following programmes were though?

7.01 Morning Call
9.15 Austin Gaffney Presents
11.30 Viewpoint
12.33 The Liam Nolan Serendipity Show
2.00 Women Today
3.03 Knock-at-the-door
3.20 Highways & Byways
5.01 Slán abhaile
9.15 Discovery

They suggest a diversity sadly lacking in RTE today.

twinklerunner

abitofacomedian wrote: »

I took at look at the Irish Times for 17th September 1979 and 22nd September 1979 and updated the Radio 2 schedule as highlighted below.

Thanks for that .. my memory obviously isn't as good as I think it is Pat Kenny's Sunday Album show must have been part of the changes in Autumn 1979.

twinklerunner

mike65 wrote: »

craoltoir, interesting list.

Does anyone remember what the following programmes were though?

7.01 Morning Call - MUSIC, NEWS, SAYS IN THE PAPERS
9.15 Austin Gaffney Presents
11.30 Viewpoint - CURRENT AFFAIRS
12.33 The Liam Nolan Serendipity Show - MUSIC, 'INTELLIGENT' CONVERSATION !
2.00 Women Today - TALK SHOW FOR 'THE LADIES' PRESENTED BY MARIAN FINUCANE
3.03 Knock-at-the-door - CHILDREN'S PROGRAMME
3.20 Highways & Byways - DONNACHA O'DUALING TRAVELLED THE COUNTRY SPEAKING WITH LOCALS
5.01 Slán abhaile
9.15 Discovery

They suggest a diversity sadly lacking in RTE today.

The ones I remember are in CAPS above. The schedule was certainly more varied than it is today.

cml387

On the other hand I remember Highways and Byways being as bad as it sounds.
They weren't all classics,believe me.

GSF

cml387 wrote: »

On the other hand I remember Highways and Byways being as bad as it sounds.
They weren't all classics,believe me.

It was all middle of the road music, forced cheerful "banter" and nothing contentious apart from Gaybo

Greenman

cml387 wrote: »

On the other hand I remember Highways and Byways being as bad as it sounds.

I remember the theme tune and thats it Donaka!!!:)

dregin

"THIS IS JK ON THE RADIO!" in a dirty scouse accent. It was an amazing show. The notion of an Irish underground scene had never crossed my mind until I heard John Kenny utter the words "black metal band from ... Drogheda" Such a great show. Would love to see its return!

smcg27

Used to love the metal show, i think it ran from around 1991 to 1997. Used to record songs from the second hour of the show 'the sound cellar top 10', i have been lucky enough to track down some of the albums from the early 90's that were in the top 10

Artist: Disincarnate
Album: Dreams of the Carrion Kind

Artist: Sinister
Album: Cross The Styx

Artist: Baphomet
Album: The Dead Shall Inherit

Artist: Sentenced
Album: North From Here

Dargull

Yeah I remember this show. Sunday nights doin' the homework with a bit of "JK on the radio"
He used to have a demo section and he played my bands demo a couple of times. Still have it recorded on a tape somewhere.

Greyham

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Used to broadcast on a Sunday night around 1997/8, using 'Paranoid' and 'Whole Lotta Rosie' as jingles/intros.

Found the webpage on 2FM's old website via archive.org:-

http://web.archive.org/web/19981205155546/http://www.2fm.ie/

I found a shoebox of old cassettes the other day with parts of his show that I'd taped. Much better than 'The Battle Axe' - played really heavy stuff too (Slayer, Deicide, etc.)

this link is broken but thanks for posting anyway , reminds me of the old anorak section on radiowaves , more links like this are always welcome

ford fiesta

I found this on the old radiowaves.fm site, that a user (Tower20) had posted a few years ago. Thought the old schedules may be of interest to those who are not familiar with the older days of 2FM or those who want to look back when they remember the way it was...


1989
Weekdays:

0700 Ian Dempsey
0900 Gerry Ryan
1200 Gareth O’Callaghan
1400 Larry Gogan
1630 Barry Lang
1830 Hotline - John Kenny
2000 Dave Fanning
2200 Tony Fenton
MidnightMike Moloney
0400 Gerry Wilson/Paul Scanlon

(FRI/SAT)
0000 John Clarke
0400 Paul Scanlon

Saturday

0700 Breakfast Club - Peter Collins and Theresa Lowe
1000 Nails Mahoney
1300 Dial a Number1- Gerry Wilson
1500 Michael McNamara
1800 Alan Corcoran
2000 Dance Show - Simon Young
2200 Lorcan Murray

Sunday

0700 Breakfast Club - Peter Collins and Theresa Lowe
1000 Nails Mahoney
1130 Beatbox - Simon Young and Peter Collins
1330 Pepsi Chart Show - Larry Gogan
1530 Oldies Show - Nails Mahoney
1800 Alan Corcoran
2000 Dance Show - Simon Young
2200 Lorcan Murray



1989/1990

Weekdays:

0700 Ian Dempsey
0900 Gerry Ryan
1200 Gareth O’Callaghan
1400 Larry Gogan
1630 Barry Lang
1830 Hotline - Tony Fenton
2000 Nails Mahoney
2200 Dave Fanning
MidnightMike Moloney
0400 Gerry Wilson/John Kenny/Paul Scanlon

(FRI/SAT)
0000 John Clarke
0400 Paul Scanlon

Saturday

0700 Breakfast Club - Peter Collins and Theresa Lowe
1000 Bob Conway
1300 Dial a Number1- Gerry Wilson
1500 Michael McNamara
1800 Alan Corcoran
2000 Dance Show - Simon Young
2200 Lorcan Murray

Sunday

0700 Breakfast Club - Peter Collins and Theresa Lowe
1000 John Kenny
1130 Beatbox - Simon Young and Peter Collins
1330 Pepsi Chart Show - Larry Gogan
1530 Oldies Show - Gerry Wilson
1800 Alan Corcoran
2000 Dance Show - Simon Young
2200 Lorcan Murray



Spring 1990

Weekdays:

0700 Ian Dempsey
0900 Gerry Ryan
1200 Gareth O’Callaghan
1400 Larry Gogan
1630 Barry Lang
1900 Hotline - Tony Fenton
2000 Andy Ruane
2200 Dave Fanning
0100 Mike Moloney
0400 Gerry Wilson/John Kenny/Paul Scanlon

(FRI/SAT)
0000 John Clarke
0400 Paul Scanlon

Saturday

0700 Breakfast Club - Peter Collins and Theresa Lowe
1000 Bob Conway
1300 Dial a Number1- Gerry Wilson
1500 Michael McNamara
1800 Alan Corcoran
2000 Dance Show - Simon Young
2200 Lorcan Murray
0000 Partyline - Paul Scanlon
0300 Mike Ryan

Sunday

0700 Breakfast Club - Peter Collins and Theresa Lowe
1000 John Kenny
1130 Beatbox - Simon Young and Peter Collins
1330 Pepsi Chart Show - Larry Gogan
1530 Oldies Show - Gerry Wilson
1800 Alan Corcoran
2000 Dance Show - Simon Young
2200 Lorcan Murray
0100 Mike Moloney
0400 Paul Scanlon


Summer 1990

Weekdays:

0700 Ian Dempsey
0900 Gerry Ryan
1200 Gareth O’Callaghan
1400 Larry Gogan
1630 Barry Lang
1900 Hotline - Tony Fenton
2000 Andy Ruane
2200 Dave Fanning
0100 Mike Moloney
0400 Gerry Wilson/John Kenny/Paul Scanlon

(FRI/SAT)
0000 John Clarke
0400 Paul Scanlon

Saturday

0700 Breakfast Club - Peter Collins and Theresa Lowe
1000 Bob Conway
1300 Dial a Number1- Gerry Wilson
1500 Michael McNamara
1800 Alan Corcoran
2000 Dance Show - Simon Young
2200 Lorcan Murray
0000 Partyline - Paul Scanlon
0300 Bob Conway

Sunday

0700 Breakfast Club - Peter Collins and Theresa Lowe
1000 John Kenny
1130 2FM Request Show - Lorcan Murray
1300 Pepsi Chart Show - Larry Gogan
1500 Oldies Show - Gerry Wilson
1800 Alan Corcoran
2100 Dance Show - Simon Young
2300 Mike Ryan
0100 Mike Moloney
0400 Paul Scanlon

September 1990

Weekdays:

0700 Ian Dempsey
0900 Gerry Ryan
1200 Larry Gogan
1500 Gareth O’Callaghan In The Afternoon
1700 Barry Lang
1900 Hotline - Tony Fenton
2000 Dave Fanning
2200 Gerry Wilson
0100 Nightime on 2 (Mon/Tue Mike Moloney, Wed John Kenny, Thr Paul Scanlon, Fri Anna Santina)

Saturday

0700 Breakfast Club - Peter Collins and Theresa Lowe
0900 Great Giveaway Show - Ian Dempsey
1200 Dial a Number1- Gerry Wilson
1400 Michael McNamara
1700 Alan Corcoran
1900 Weekend Hotline - John Kenny
2000 Dance Show - Simon Young
2200 Lorcan Murray
0100 Partyline - Paul Scanlon

Sunday

0700 Breakfast Club - Peter Collins and Theresa Lowe
0930 Chart Show - Larry Gogan
1130 Beat Box - Simon Young and Peter Collins
1330 Comedy Show
1400 30 Years of Gold - Michael McNamara
1700 Alan Corcoran
1900 Weekend Hotline - John Kenny
2000 Bob Conway
2200 Lorcan Murray
0100 Mike Ryan


September 1991

Weekdays:

0700 Ian Dempsey
0900 Gerry Ryan
1200 Larry Gogan
1500 Gareth O’Callaghan In The Afternoon
1700 Barry Lang
1900 Hotline - Tony Fenton
2000 Dave Fanning
2200 Gerry Wilson (Mondy-Thursday)
2200 John Clarke (Friday Only)
0100 Nightime on 2 (Tue Mike Moloney, Wed Mike Ryan, Thr/Fri Paul Scanlon Sat John Kenny )

Saturday

0700 Breakfast Club - Peter Collins and Theresa Lowe
0900 Great Giveaway Show - Ian Dempsey
1200 The Chart Show - Larry Gogan
1400 Michael McNamara
1700 Alan Corcoran
1900 Weekend Hotline - John Kenny
2000 Dance Show - Simon Young
2200 Lorcan Murray
0100 Nightime on 2 - Bob Conway

Sunday

0700 Breakfast Club - Peter Collins and Theresa Lowe
0930 Dial a Number 1 - Gerry Wilson
1130 Beat Box - Simon Young and Peter Collins
1330 Comedy Programme
1400 30 Years of Gold - Michael McNamara
1700 Alan Corcoran
1900 Weekend Hotline - John Kenny
2000 Bob Conway
2200 Lorcan Murray
0100 Nightime on 2 - Mike Moloney


April 1992

Weekdays:

0700 Ian Dempsey
0900 Gerry Ryan
1200 Larry Gogan
1500 Gareth O’Callaghan In The Afternoon
1700 Barry Lang
1900 Hotline - Tony Fenton
2000 Dave Fanning
2200 Gerry Wilson (Mon-Thr)
2200 John Clarke (Fri)
0100 Nightime on 2 (Tue,Wed Mike Moloney, Thr,Fri Paul Scanlon, Sat John Kenny)


Saturday

0700 Breakfast Club - Theresa Lowe and Bob Conway
0900 Great Giveaway Show - Gareth O’Callaghan
1200 The Chart Show - Larry Gogan
1400 Peter Collins
1700 Lorcan Murray
1800 Alan Corcoran
1900 Hotline - Tony Fenton
2000 Alan Corcoran
2200 Aidan Leonard
0100 Nightime on 2 - Paul Scanlon

Sunday

0700 Breakfast Club - Theresa Lowe and Bob Conway
0900 Call A Classic - Gerry Wilson
1130 Beat Box - Simon Young and Peter Collins
1330 Jimmy’s Half Hour
1400 Ian Dempsey’s Golden Afternoon
1700 Lorcan Murray
2000 Alan Corcoran
2200 Aidan Leonard
0100 Nightime on 2 - Mike Moloney



March 1993


Weekdays:

0700 Ian Dempsey
0900 Gerry Ryan
1200 Larry Gogan
1500 Gareth O’Callaghan In The Afternoon
1700 Barry Lang
1900 Hotline - Tony Fenton
2000 Dave Fanning
2200 Aidan Leonard (Mon-Thr),
MidnightMike Moloney
0200 Nightime on 2 (Tue Gerry Wilson, Wed Bob Conway, Thr Mike Ryan, Fri Suzanne Duffy)

Friday Night
2200 Peter Collins
MidnightJohn Clarke
0200 Gerard Gogan



Saturday

0700 Simon Young
0900 Great Giveaway Show - Suzanne Duffy
1200 The Chart Show - Larry Gogan
1400 Lorcan Murray
1800 Alan Corcoran
1900 Hotline - Tony Fenton
2000 Dance Show - Michael McNamara
2200 Peter Collins
0100 Nightime on 2 - Gerry Wilson

Sunday

0700 Simon Young
0900 Alan Corcoran
1130 Beat Box - Ian Dempsey
1330 Lorcan Murray
1800 Top 30 Request Show - Andy Ruane
2000 Metal Show - John Kenny
2200 Peter Collins
Midnight Lovesongs -Theresa Lowe
0200 Gerry Wilson

For Summer Andy Ruane’s TOP 30 request show replaced The Beatbox while Michael McNamara covered the 6pm-8pm slot.

May 1994

Weekdays:

0700 Ian Dempsey
0900 Gerry Ryan
1200 Larry Gogan
1500 Gareth O’Callaghan In The Afternoon
1700 Barry Lang
1900 Hotline - Tony Fenton
2000 Dave Fanning
2200 Aidan Leonard (Mon-Thr),
MidnightMike Moloney
0200 Nightime on 2 ( Gerry Wilson, Bob Conway, Mike Ryan, Suzanne Duffy)

Friday Night
2200 Dusty Rhodes
MidnightJohn Clarke
0200 Nightime on 2 -Gerard Gogan



Saturday

0700 Simon Young
0900 Great Giveaway Show - Suzanne Duffy
1200 The Chart Show - Larry Gogan
1400 Lorcan Murray
1800 Alan Corcoran
1900 Hotline - Tony Fenton
2000 Dance Show - Michael McNamara
2200 Dusty Rhodes
Midnight Peter Collins
0200 Nightime on 2 - Gerry Wilson

Sunday

0700 Simon Young
0900 Alan Corcoran
1130 Beat Box - Ian Dempsey
1330 Lovesongs with Theresa Lowe
1500 Lorcan Murray
1800 Top 30 Request Show - Andy Ruane
2000 Metal Show - John Kenny
2200 Dusty Rhodes
Midnight Peter Collins
0200 Gerry Wilson

For Summer Andy Ruane’s TOP 30 request show replaced The Beatbox while Michael McNamara covered the 6pm-8pm slot.


Summer 1995

Weekdays:

0700 Ian Dempsey
0900 Gerry Ryan
1200 Larry Gogan
1500 Gareth O’Callaghan In The Afternoon
1700 Barry Lang
1900 Hotline - Tony Fenton
2000 Dave Fanning
2200 Aidan Leonard (Mon-Thr),
MidnightMike Moloney
0200 Nightime on 2 ( Gerry Wilson, Bob Conway, Mike Ryan, Suzanne Duffy)

Friday Night
2200 Dusty Rhodes
MidnightJohn Clarke
0200 Nightime on 2 -Michael Cahill



Saturday

0700 Simon Young
0900 Great Giveaway Show - Suzanne Duffy
1200 The Chart Show - Larry Gogan
1400 Lorcan Murray
1800 Theresa Lowe
1900 Hotline - Tony Fenton
2000 Dance Show - Michael McNamara
2200 Dusty Rhodes
Midnight Peter Collins
0200 Nightime on 2 - Gerard Gogan

Sunday

0700 Simon Young
0900 Aidan Leonard
1130 TOP 30 Request Show - Michael Cahill (Replaced by 2TV in September)
1330 Dusty Rhodes
1530 Suzanne Duffy
1800 Alan Corcoran
2000 Metal Show - John Kenny
2200 Lorcan Murray
Midnight Peter Collins
0200 Gerry Wilson




Summer 1996

Weekdays:

0600 Michael Cahill
0700 Ian Dempsey
0900 Gerry Ryan
1200 Larry Gogan
1500 Aidan Leonard
1700 Barry Lang
1900 Hotline - Tony Fenton
2000 Dave Fanning
2200 Dusty Rhodes
Midnight Mike Moloney
John Clarke (Friday)
0200 Nightime on 2FM


Saturday

0700 Simon Young
0900 Great Giveaway Show - Tony Fenton
1200 The Chart Show - Larry Gogan
1400 Lorcan Murray
1800 Best of Irish -Bob Conway
1900 Hotline - Shane O’Donoghue
2000 Dance Show - Michael McNamara
Midnight Peter Collins
0200 Nightime on 2FM

Sunday

0700 Simon Young
0900 Aidan Leonard
1130 TOP 30 Request Show - Shane O’Donoghue (Replaced by 2TV in Autumn)
1400 Michael Cahill
1800 Alan Corcoran
2000 Metal Show - John Kenny
2200 Lorcan Murray
Midnight Peter Collins
0200 Nightime on 2FM

Nightime on 2FM featured Gerard Gogan, Gerry Wilson, Bob Conway, Mike Ryan, Shane O’Donoghue and Will Leahy.


September 1996

Weekdays:

0600 Michael Cahill
0700 Ian Dempsey
0900 Gerry Ryan
1200 Larry Gogan
1500 Aidan Leonard
1700 Barry Lang
1900 Hotline - Tony Fenton
2000 Dave Fanning
2200 Dusty Rhodes
MidnightMike Moloney
John Clarke (Friday)
0200 Nightime on 2FM


Saturday

0700 Simon Young
0900 Great Giveaway Show - Suzanne Duffy
1200 The Chart Show - Larry Gogan
1400 Lorcan Murray
1800 Best of Irish -Bob Conway
1900 Hotline - Shane O’Donoghue
2000 Dance Show - Michael McNamara
Midnight Peter Collins
0200 Nightime on 2FM

Sunday

0700 Simon Young
0900 Suzanne Duffy
1130 2TV
1330 Top 30 Request Show - Shane O’Donoghue
1530 Michael Cahill
1800 Alan Corcoran
2000 Metal Show - John Kenny
2200 Lorcan Murray
Midnight Peter Collins
0200 Nightime on 2FM

Nightime on 2FM featured Gerard Gogan, Gerry Wilson, Bob Conway, Mike Ryan, Shane O’Donoghue, Will Leahy and Suzanne Duffy.


September 1997

Weekdays:

0600 Michael Cahill
0700 Ian Dempsey
0900 Gerry Ryan
1200 Larry Gogan
1500 Tony Fenton
1700 Barry Lang
1900 Hotline - Dusty Rhodes
2000 Dave Fanning
2200 Aidan Leonard
MidnightMike Moloney
John Clarke (Friday)
0200 Nightime on 2FM


Saturday

0700 Simon Young
0900 Great Giveaway Show - Suzanne Duffy
1200 The Chart Show - Larry Gogan
1400 Lorcan Murray
1800 Best of Irish -Bob Conway
1900 Hotline - Dusty Rhodes
2000 Dance Show - Michael McNamara
Midnight Peter Collins
0200 Nightime on 2FM

Sunday

0700 Simon Young
0900 Great Giveaway Show - Suzanne Duffy
1130 2TV
1330 Top 30 Request Show - Shane O’Donoghue
1500 Lorcan Murray
1800 Alan Corcoran
2000 Metal Show - John Kenny
2200 Will Leahy
Midnight Peter Collins
0200 Nightime on 2FM

Nightime on 2FM featured Gerard Gogan, Gerry Wilson, Bob Conway, Mike Ryan, Shane O’Donoghue and Damien McCaul.



Spring 1998

Weekdays:

0600 Michael Cahill
0700 Ian Dempsey
0900 Gerry Ryan
1200 Larry Gogan
1500 Tony Fenton
1700 Gareth O’Callaghan
1900 Hotline - Dusty Rhodes
2000 Dave Fanning
2200 Aidan Leonard
MidnightMike Moloney
John Clarke (Friday)
0200 World Web Radio


Saturday

0700 Simon Young
0900 Great Giveaway Show - Will Leahy
1200 The Chart Show - Larry Gogan
1400 Lorcan Murray
1800 Best of Irish -Bob Conway
1900 Hotline - Dusty Rhodes
2000 Dance Show - Michael McNamara
Midnight Peter Collins
0200 World Web Radio

Sunday

0700 Simon Young
0900 Great Giveaway Show - Will Leahy
1130 2TV
1230 Top 30 Request Show - Shane O’Donoghue
1430 Lorcan Murray
1800 Alan Corcoran
2000 Metal Show - John Kenny
2200 Damien McCaul
Midnight Peter Collins
0200 World Web Radio

World Web Radio featured Gerard Gogan, Gerry Wilson, Bob Conway, Mike Ryan and Damien McCaul.


The next schedule I can find is from March 2000 where Damiien Farrelly was featured as a new jock but there were obviously changes between Spring 1998 and Spring 2000 especially following the departure of Ian Dempsey.

March 2000


Weekdays:

0600 Aidan Leonard
0700 Damien McCaul
0900 Gerry Ryan
1200 Larry Gogan
1400 Gareth O’Callaghan
1700 Tony Fenton (Chart Show on Friday)
1900 Most Wanted - Dusty Rhodes
2100 Dave Fanning
2300 Uaneen Fitzsimons
0200 World Web Radio

Friday

1900 Floor Play - MarcMcCabe
2200 John Power
0200 World Web Radio

Saturday

0700 Ruth Scott
0900 Moloney at the Weekend
1100 The Weekly Ryan
1200 The Saturday Show - Will Leahy
1500 Shane O’Donoghue
1900 Floor Play - Damien McCaul
2200 John Power
0200 Clubversive - Boy George
0400 World Web Radio

Sunday

0700 Ruth Scott
0900 Moloney at the Weekend
1200 Ireland’s Biggest Jukebox - Simon Young
1500 Shane O’Donoghue

1800 Classic Rock - John Kenny
2000 Dave Fanning on Sunday
2300 The Album Show - John Clarke
0200 World Web Radio

World Web Radio featured Gerry Wilson, Damien Farrelley and Wes D’Arcy.

July Rain

The 90s is considered the golden age of 2fm, but I always thought back then, that most of it sounded too old and middle of the road to be a youth station.

end of the road

John Power replaced Michael McNamara around 1999 think it might have been early 1999, it was whenever lyric launched as both Michael McNamara and Lorcan Murray left 2fm the same time to go to lyric, i think Shane O’Donoghue replaced Lorcan Murray in the saturday and sunday slots or maybe Larry Gogan did 1 of those slots? memory is a little hazy on this sorry

ford fiesta

Different times. 2FM ruled the radio dial up to the late 90s.

It's kind of hard to believe now that there was a Country and Irish show with Alan Corcoran (Fr. Brian D'arcy with the gig guide) up until early 2000!!

end of the road

July Rain wrote: »

The 90s is considered the golden age of 2fm, but I always thought back then, that most of it sounded too old and middle of the road to be a youth station.

yet if they were catering to a radio 2 type audience the schedules would give fantastic lineups

ThisRegard

Gerry Wilson's phone in show, is it rose to tinted glasses or was it actually an entertaining evening phone show without resorting to the skangerfests they are today? Whatever happened to him?

ford fiesta

ThisRegard wrote: »

Gerry Wilson's phone in show, is it rose to tinted glasses or was it actually an entertaining evening phone show without resorting to the skangerfests they are today? Whatever happened to him?

"Get it off your chest" on 2830222!

Gerry is a V/O artist and pops up on Christmas FM

Declan A Walsh

I remember Gerry Wilson's Dial A Number 1 Show. You selected a song from a list of No. 1s on the paper and then rang 2FM (remember: no texting in those days!). I was on it 3 times! You had to have a rather trivial conversation with Gerry over the airwaves about hobbies, weekend activities, holidays, etc, before you got to give your selection!

During the spring of 1989, some transferred from Millennium Radio to 2FM, e.g. Nails Mahoney (Brian McColl of 98FM) and Gareth O'Callaghan (now with 4FM). Scott Williams arrived after Millennium Radio's closure and was on 2FM briefly for the early summer OF 1989, before departing for Capital Radio (now FM104). Scott is now the Chief Executive and breakfast presenter of Q102.

Moving on to 1992 and 1993: Aidan Leonard rejoined 2FM after the closure of Century Radio (having been with 2FM previously in late '88 / early '89) ...and a bit of pest extermination! Suzanne Duffy was also a victim of Century Radio's closure, doing a stint with Rock104 before coming to 2FM.

Nails Mahoney left 2FM in the early '90s for Atlantic 252, whereas Dusty Rhodes came to 2FM from Atlantic 252 in 1994.

Some of the 2FM presenters mentioned above are now connected to Today FM: Ian Dempsey, Tony Fenton and Bob Conway ("swing jock" - main gig with East Coast FM).

Greyham

So at one point 2fm was live 24 hours a day?

Skid X

2300 Uaneen Fitzsimons

Uaneen was a great talent on the Radio and on No Disco on Network 2. There was huge shock when she was died in a Traffic Accident in 2000 RIP

Declan A Walsh

Skid X wrote: »

Uaneen was a great talent on the Radio and on No Disco on Network 2. There was huge shock when she was died in a Traffic Accident in 2000 RIP

Yes, a big shock alright. Dave Fanning was very upset at the time, I remember.

One of the curious things was that Donal Dineen was replaced by Uaneen as presenter of No Disco when he left RTE in 1997 for Radio Ireland/Today FM. After a long time with Today FM, Donal was let go and has ended up this year with 2FM. Strange how things work out.

ottostreet

Is that Peter Collins who went on to Formula 1 commentary?

padd b1975

ThisRegard wrote: »

Gerry Wilson's phone in show, is it rose to tinted glasses or was it actually an entertaining evening phone show without resorting to the skangerfests they are today? Whatever happened to him?

He used to have Fr. Brian D'Arcy as a regular guest so not really a skangerfest at all.

I remember listening to this show while cramming for the Leaving Cert.

Also, used to love the 'My Favourite 5' segment on Mike Maloney's late night show.

L1011

Greyham wrote: »

So at one point 2fm was live 24 hours a day?

There was a time when automation systems were unreliable to non-existent (and voice-tracking impossible) so if you wanted to be 24 hours, you had to be.

I believe 252 in its early days had non on-air staff in overnight to "mind" the automation until they were happy with its stability?

ford fiesta

I think A252 didn't have an automation (or tape) system in the early days overnights, it had 'spinners' in to play the music and ID's