Forgotten obscure radio presenters thread

Ferrier

Don and Debbie Moore of ARD, Kevin Barrett Shay West DJ Sylvia Radio Dublin; Mike Doyle and Ray Jackson - Premier; Denis Murray on Big D.

hamguy

Anyone remember Pamella Wilson? Can't remember her real name, Frances something?
She worked on Limerick 95 prior to them having their license terminated.

dxhound2005

From April 2009.

Clare FM bullying action settled
A bullying and harassment action taken by a former Clare FM radio presenter against the company that operates the radio station has been settled.
At Ennis Circuit Court yesterday, evidence in the case by Frances O’Byrne (42) of St Patrick’s Terrace, Nenagh, Co Tipperary – known to listeners as Pam Wilson – against Clare Community Radio Holdings plc was due to be heard. The case was settled, however, and adjourned to the next sitting of Ennis Circuit Civil Court for mention only. In a response affidavit, Clare Community Radio Holdings plc denied the allegations.

Pete Ferguson

Niall O`Shea ? Ex presenter of Risin time and possibly late date on RTE

RadioRetro

Leo Varadkar wrote: »

A good few of the today fm weekend line-up of the early to mid 00s, Cliff Walker, Enda Caldwell, Tracy Lee,

Don't know about the first two but Tracey Lee is now married with kids and living happily on Malta.

Danny_Boys_Way

What ever happened to David Harvey? He used to present a phone-in talk show bearing his name on Classic Hits 4FM.

Declan A Walsh

Danny_Boys_Way wrote: »

What ever happened to David Harvey? He used to present a phone-in talk show bearing his name on Classic Hits 4FM.

Again, I don't think he is exactly obscure!

AndyBoBandy

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Here's another name that might qualify for this list: Derek Jones. I heard him on Premier FM and Christmas FM. Despite decades of pirate radio experience, he would not be well-known outside the Dublin radio scene, and probably just north Dublin at that!

How long is it since you've heard Derek Jones?

My dad spent a lot of time on pirate radio in the 80's, and his radio name was Derek Jones (DJ).

Declan A Walsh

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

How long is it since you've heard Derek Jones?

My dad spent a lot of time on pirate radio in the 80's, and his radio name was Derek Jones (DJ).

The last time I heard him on the radio was on Christmas FM in 2008 or 2009. The Derek Jones I'm talking about was involved with various pirates from the early '70s to the early '00s and I never heard of him until he turned up on Premier FM's first temp licence in 2004!

J.pilkington

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Former 2FM drivetime presenter Barry Lang who moved to Dubai and became an airline pilot. Does he count?

It depends on how this thread is interpreted, most of the presenters mentioned so far were dropped / unsuccessful which is definitely not the case with Barry Lang. He voluntarily left when 2FM / the industry when 2FM were at the height of their popularity to follow his dream. I still remember his last broadcast for some reason.

He is now flying Boeing 777s for Emirates, a great photographer who shares his shots on Twitter, well worth a follow

padd b1975

Karl Tsigdinos had a music show on Today FM some years back, I've heard little from him since apart from some TV work.

Declan A Walsh

padd b1975 wrote: »

Karl Tsigdinos had a music show on Today FM some years back, I've heard little from him since apart from some TV work.

Karl Tsigdinos was part of the original lineup on 4FM in 2009, presenting a rock and roll show once a week. In recent years, he has been on Dublin City FM. In the last year, he has been added to RTE Gold's schedule, presenting his old program from Today FM - The River of Soul. So, I would say he is no longer "forgotten and obscure"!

Again, in reference to Barry Lang, he may well have been forgotten, having left the airwaves for quite some time, but there is no way he could be described as obscure.

ford fiesta

thesandeman wrote: »

He does the 3am-5.30 show on Gold/Radio 1 sometimes.

Who were you referring to? Michael Cahill is the only presenter that does that RTE Gold slot?

Declan A Walsh

Here are a few more random names from pirates for the list - people I had some connections with.

DJ T - Radio Caroline (the north Dublin pirate - not the offshore one!) in the '90s - someone I knew.

Tony - Radio Dublin in 1988 - he did the "graveyard" shift on weekends - I only knew about him and his program because I knew the guy in question for a long time!

Brendan Kilkenny - the following pirates during the '90s: Radio Dublin, Heartbeat FM and Choice FM (from Cabra - no connection to later temp. license station in the '00s). Outside of radio, he did have a bit of a profile with his social clubs and his brief, but bizarre, appearances, on talent shows here and in the U.K.! I came across him at social functions - we had mutual connections - but I don't believe I ever spoke to him!

Grady Boyd

Derek Hi Hi Hi Flood

5rtytry56

Kevin Brannigan in the late eighties forget the name of the Dublin pirate radio station.

MikeyTaylor

5rtytry56 wrote: »

Kevin Brannigan in the late eighties forget the name of the Dublin pirate radio station.

He's the controller of Radio Nova!

Declan A Walsh

5rtytry56 wrote: »

Kevin Brannigan in the late eighties forget the name of the Dublin pirate radio station.

Kevin Brannigan is hardly forgotten and obscure! Anyway, he hasn't gone away being CEO of Radio Nova!

I'm aware of at least two pirates he was involved with in the late '80s: Radio Dublin and his own station Signal Radio. Of course, he also was active in the first half of the '90s with NSR (his own station), Kiss FM (think that was partly his as well) and Pulse FM.

After the pirates, Kevin was involved with East Coast FM and FM104. Then, he had his temporary licensed stations - Choice FM and 949 The Rock, and more recently The Rock (949 was for Dublin and The Rock was for various places outside Radio Nova's catchment area).

CeilingFly

An obscure one -

Tony King - co presented Saturday sports with Declan King (not related to each other) on Sunshine Radio.

They had a school kid "helping" them out.

Grady Boyd

What about presenters who had a primetime slot for a time before fading into oblivion ? A name that comes to mind is Damien McCaul, he did the 2fm breakfast show for 2 years was moved to weekends to make room for Tubs and was quietly dropped altogether after a time.

MikeyTaylor

Grady Boyd wrote: »

What about presenters who had a primetime slot for a time before fading into oblivion ? A name that comes to mind is Damien McCaul, he did the 2fm breakfast show for 2 years was moved to weekends to make room for Tubs and was quietly dropped altogether after a time.

He was Ray D'Arcy's replacement on the Den also.

Ursus Horribilis

Mark Byrne. I remember him being on Today FM before they recruited Ian Dempsey. He was on Atlantic 252 before that I think.

Grady Boyd

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Mark Byrne. I remember him being on Today FM before they recruited Ian Dempsey. He was on Atlantic 252 before that I think.

Like Barry Lang he became a pilot too, he did a bit of weekend and cover work for 4fm in their early days.

MikeyTaylor

Grady Boyd wrote: »

Like Barry Lang he became a pilot too, he did a bit of weekend and cover work for 4fm in their early days.

He has popped up on Non Stop 90s in 2016.

Radio_Fan_738

Remember Eamon Keane who used to do lunchtime on newstalk ? He had a pretty high media profile at the time. Now he is on local radio down in Waterford.

MikeyTaylor

Radio_Fan_738 wrote: »

Remember Eamon Keane who used to do lunchtime on newstalk ? He had a pretty high media profile at the time. Now he is on local radio down in Waterford.

Yep, an (then) unknown girl called Laura Whitmore used to work as researcher on his Newstalk show.

ThisRegard

Reminds me of Gerry Wilson, whatever happened to him? I only know him from his late night show on 2FM I think it was, sorta a precursor to the other late night phone shows but amongst the music he had people calling in with various stories, usually lighthearted. I believe he's a voice over artist, but did he just drop out of broadcasting altogether?

Declan A Walsh

ThisRegard wrote: »

Reminds me of Gerry Wilson, whatever happened to him? I only know him from his late night show on 2FM I think it was, sorta a precursor to the other late night phone shows but amongst the music he had people calling in with various stories, usually lighthearted. I believe he's a voice over artist, but did he just drop out of broadcasting altogether?

Gerry Wilson has been involved with Christmas FM the last couple of years. He also was a presenter on another temporary licensed station some years ago - 949 The Rock (the precursor to Radio Nova). He has been mentioned already on this thread if you look back. By the way, after 2FM, he presented on Lite FM briefly and was part of the original lineup of Dublin's Country 106.8 about 15 years ago (now called Sunshine 106.8).

As I said before in this thread, I would not consider him as obscure.

ThisRegard

In fairness I didn't say he was obscure, his name just popped into my head when I saw the thread pop back to the front page so thought no place like here to ask about him.

Phat Dick

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ford fiesta

Phat Dick wrote: »

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Great schedule there, with some surprises, like Mike Moloney filling in for Larry on the Top 30.

6 hour live overnight shifts on 2FM !

MikeyTaylor

ford fiesta wrote: »

Great schedule there, with some surprises, like Mike Moloney filling in for Larry on the Top 30.

6 hour live overnight shifts on 2FM !

And John Clarke on BHM breakfast. Interesting.


1990, feck me I wasn't born for another nearly four years!

ford fiesta

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

And John Clarke on BHM breakfast. Interesting.

JC was on Bank Hol late breakfast (mid morning) as recent as the morning Tubridy started The Full Irish in 2002

Brendan Bendar

CeilingFly wrote: »

Paul Vincent - a mainstay of the old Sunshine Radio even before it became "hot hits"

Wonder where he is now?

Probably about 65 years old.

Think he went into the animal food business?

Harry Palmr

Radio_Fan_738 wrote: »

Remember Eamon Keane who used to do lunchtime on newstalk ? He had a pretty high media profile at the time. Now he is on local radio down in Waterford.

Just listening to him, God he really is unbearable. Exactly the same as on Newstalk. Melodramatic bull****.

Koloman

Clare McKeon. Had a show on FM104 in the nineties. Moved to RTE TV and had a chat show with Cynthia Ni Mhurchu. Just disappeared after that.

Losty Dublin

Koloman wrote: »

Clare McKeon. Had a show on FM104 in the nineties. Moved to RTE TV and had a chat show with Cynthia Ni Mhurchu. Just disappeared after that.

The last I heard she was off writing books. I think she had trained as a barrister at some stage but I could be wrong on this.

RevBlueJeans

Bob Gallico R.I.P. 2013

Declan A Walsh

RevBlueJeans wrote: »

Bob Gallico R.I.P. 2013

Bob is neither forgotten or obscure!

BHG

barrera wrote: »

Siobhan Walls, Century Radio. Fabulous late night presenter - left the ship before it sank, and I believe went off to be a continuity announcer with RTE2 (Network 2 as was) and then disappeared without trace - any clue?

I could have sworn I heard her one Saturday night on KFM a couple of years ago, but the presenter never identified herself.

Turned up on Near FM today
http://nearfm.ie/podcast/?p=25481

Salmon Leap

BHG wrote: »

Turned up on Near FM today
http://nearfm.ie/podcast/?p=25481

Check out siobhanwalls.com I think that may be her. Complete career change, a Humanist Celebrant now.

flazio

What ever happened to Lisa Brady from iRadio?

tampopo

Anyone remember the female dj on Radio Dublin in the early to mid 80s? She did the Top 40 early on a Saturday iirc

Red Fred

tampopo wrote: »

Anyone remember the female dj on Radio Dublin in the early to mid 80s? She did the Top 40 early on a Saturday iirc

I remember a DJ Marion who did a Top 40 on Saturday afternoons. She was supposed to finish at 3 pm but always ran late!

MikeyTaylor

Would anyone happen to know who this female presenter on 2FM is? Autumn of 1998? She talks about 42 minutes into it, at the end of "God is a DJ" by Faithless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwYJCFEGJrk

Declan A Walsh

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Would anyone happen to know who this female presenter on 2FM is? Autumn of 1998? She talks about 42 minutes into it, at the end of "God is a DJ" by Faithless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwYJCFEGJrk

I am having difficulty with this one. No matter how many times I play it, I am not sure what she says her name is. Sounds like Carmel or Karma, but doing a quick google gives me nothing of note. I did a check on 2FM's World Web Radio for 1998 and there was no regular female presenter. I certainly don't recognoise the voice - sounds American or Canadian.

So I think she could well be forgotten and obscure, but it would be nice to know what her name is!

Harry Palmr

Radio_Fan_738 wrote: »

Remember Eamon Keane who used to do lunchtime on newstalk ? He had a pretty high media profile at the time. Now he is on local radio down in Waterford.

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Just listening to him, God he really is unbearable. Exactly the same as on Newstalk. Melodramatic bull****.

He gets no better, it was a dark day when WLR decided to hand him the reigns to the stations most high profile slot and the one that requires the greatest dexterity in presentation skills. He is awful, can't read a screen, doesn't have paper information properly to hand (you can hear him looking for stuff as he asks us to wait!). He is also just a poor facilitator anyway - far too fond of his own often semi coherent voice/opinions at the expense of clarity and the other voice, whoever that may be. When he is off and Liz Reddy sits in it's so much better.

I think Conor G (Glennon) would be a good example of what the op is talking about. He was doing a Saturday teatime dance show on 2fm long before Jenny Greene joined the station and he was also Rick O'Shea's fill-in. This early to mid 00s era of 2fm was a time when the station didn't commit to young talent for long and often reverted to senior jocks like Liam Quigley and Marty Whelan rather then developing the young talent on the books who mostly vanished completely from the schedules after a couple of reshuffles.