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What was or is your favourite radio show?

  • 29-10-2019 7:40pm
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    Watching Mark Cagney on TV right now, brings me back to 80's radio - Night Train with Cagney was a great show as he played mostly non-single album tracks and 12 inch versions - think he started around 11.30 or so and brought you nicely to sleep around 1.45am when 2FM or whatever it was called back then, went off the air -if I remember rightly.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,618 ✭✭✭Benicetomonty


    Watching Mark Cagney on TV right now, brings me back to 80's radio - Night Train with Cagney was a great show as he played mostly non-single album tracks and 12 inch versions - think he started around 11.30 or so and brought you nicely to sleep around 1.45am when 2FM or whatever it was called back then, went off the air -if I remember rightly.

    I despise everything and everyone on Newstalk..except Moncrieff.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 91 ✭✭manbitesdog


    I despise everything and everyone on Newstalk..except Moncrieff.

    Moncrieff’s voice makes me want put my foot through the radio.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,618 ✭✭✭Benicetomonty


    Moncrieff’s voice makes me want put my foot through the radio.

    P.J Gallagher has the same effect on me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,530 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    The death notices.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Dear Frankie, RTE in the 60s. Always good for a laugh. An Agony Aunt solving the romantic problems of the nation.

    “It may not be your problem today, but it could be someday"


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,202 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    None they all talk too much. Shut up and play music.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,972 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    Different shows at different times (some no longer with us unfortunately)

    Pat Kenny - Newstalk
    Off the Ball - Newstalk
    Music from the Movies - Lyric FM
    Drama on One - RTE Radio 1
    Electric Disco - 2FM
    The Main Room with Dashka - Spin South West
    Sunday Supplement with Sam Smyth - Today FM


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    Tommy Vance, Virgin 1215. Dad Rock on Today FM used to be good.


  • Posts: 5,311 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    'Scrap Saturday' didn't pull any punches, compared to the softball political satire of today.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,972 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    'Scrap Saturday' didn't pull any punches, compared to the softball political satire of today.

    Was it that different to Callans Kicks?

    I only vaguely remember it but my recollection of it leads me to think Callan's show is similar in tone?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 91 ✭✭manbitesdog


    Donal Dineen was good. Alison Curtis I liked too.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,224 ✭✭✭✭RMAOK


    Alison Curtis I liked too.

    Do you dance around the kitchen with kids?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,450 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    Moncrieff’s voice makes me want put my foot through the radio.

    Moncrieff used to be a great listen.
    Not the same since he ran off on the missus and got his producer pregnant.

    Glazers Out!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭Greyfox


    None, their all crap


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,870 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Chris Evans on the breakfast show on bbc radio 1 back in the mid 90's. It was brilliant. He would turn up drunk, have mad quizzes/slots and generally had a laugh every day.
    I remember he did a thing called ginger loans where people could write in asking for a loan. The only thing was the loan had to be for a pound or less!! People sent in some seriously mad requests.

    Also Pete Tongs essential selection on a Friday night back then was special if you liked dance music. The essential mix also had some brilliant DJ's on it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 91 ✭✭manbitesdog


    RMAOK wrote: »
    Do you dance around the kitchen with kids?

    I’m afraid I don’t get that, it was The Last Splash on Sunday nights.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,479 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    Does anyone remember in about 98/99 there was this totally out there mental show after Adrian Kennedy on FM104? I can't remember the name of the presenter but all kinds of absolute loons used to call up and it turned into this totally abstract off the wall show. I don't think it lasted too long but it was crazy.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 91 ✭✭manbitesdog


    nullzero wrote: »
    Moncrieff used to be a great listen.
    Not the same since he ran off on the missus and got his producer pregnant.

    I never even knew! He cones across as very brittle and defensive.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,972 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    mfceiling wrote: »
    Chris Evans on the breakfast show on bbc radio 1 back in the mid 90's. It was brilliant. He would turn up drunk, have mad quizzes/slots and generally had a laugh every day.
    I remember he did a thing called ginger loans where people could write in asking for a loan. The only thing was the loan had to be for a pound or less!! People sent in some seriously mad requests.

    Also Pete Tongs essential selection on a Friday night back then was special if you liked dance music. The essential mix also had some brilliant DJ's on it.

    Back around 2005, Radio 1 used to have a Sunday evening dance show (It might even have been hosted by Pete Tong) and people returning from clubbing around the UK would ring in and ask for tracks to be played. Used to love that when I lived there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,232 ✭✭✭TheRiverman


    John Clarke when he was on 2fm.He used to be on from 11-1 on Friday nights and in later years Ireland's Favourite Jukebox on Sundays.Brilliant shows.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,232 ✭✭✭TheRiverman


    Greyfox wrote: »
    None, their all crap

    They're.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,600 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    Jenny Houston on 2fm mid 2000s. Played class indie music, she introduced me to The National.

    Cormac Battle's Battle Axewas brilliant too, had a great choice of alternative music


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,007 ✭✭✭antimatterx


    My favourite was the FM104 Phoneshow. Adrian was fantastic. His new morning show on 98FM is decent, but it's not the same.

    Currently I love Ivan Yates on newstalk. Fantastic broadcaster.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,007 ✭✭✭antimatterx


    nullzero wrote: »
    Moncrieff used to be a great listen.
    Not the same since he ran off on the missus and got his producer pregnant.

    Never knew that. My two brothers were in school with his daughters and all. Not sure how my mum never picked up on that gossip lol


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    The Full Irish ie. when Ryan Tubridy did breakfast on 2fm was good circa 2001 - 2004.
    I used to like 'The House Party' on 2fm with Damien McCaul circa 2002 - 2003.
    Also before that maybe 96 / 97 there was The Hotline with Tony Fenton.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,295 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Both sadly gone...
    Sunday Morning Coming Down presented by Pearl on Phantom fm. Perfect mellow playlist.

    Dalys 80s on RTE Gold.
    Took in the music, ads, news segments and tv of the era.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,357 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    siblers wrote: »
    Jenny Houston on 2fm mid 2000s. Played class indie music, she introduced me to The National.

    Cormac Battle's Battle Axewas brilliant too, had a great choice of alternative music

    BBC 6 music essentially plays nothing but alternative music, explicitly so from 19:00-midnight. That's when my 2 current (and for the last few years) are on, Marc Riley 19:00-21:00, Gideon Coe 21:00-00:00. I cannot recommend them enough and the BBC iPlayer radio is available here, not region blocked.

    6Music also gave us possibly my favourite radio show ever, Adam And Joe.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    I don’t listen to the radio consistently, but Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2 has a great show in the evenings.

    Scala is a new British radio station available online, DAB and sky and all that an dit’s absolutely brilliant.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭Steviewinger


    Prisoner request show that used to be on club FM 106.4 on a Sunday night. This one is for jayo in the joy, up the c landing .


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 612 ✭✭✭JoseJones


    Liveline... Genius comedy at times!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    Prisoner request show that used to be on club FM 106.4 on a Sunday night. This one is for jayo in the joy, up the c landing .

    Good exercise for the reptilian part of the brain.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,357 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    I forgot, and I don't care if I'm judged :pac:, but Gerry Ryan is still missed by me. The radio show, everything else can feck off.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,530 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Used like Ray D'Arcy before he started riding his co host and he became the conscience of the nation.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,007 ✭✭✭antimatterx


    The Open Mic on FM104 on Sunday nights back about 10 years ago was fantastic.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,524 ✭✭✭Gynoid


    John Kelly 7-9 pm on Lyric and John Creedon 8-10 pm RTE1. Love them shows.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    Used like Ray D'Arcy before he started riding his co host and he became the conscience of the nation.

    In fairness, I think she rode him.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,420 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,404 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    The Kennedys of Castleross.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 886 ✭✭✭NasserShammaz


    The rattle bag


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Anton Savage was very good on Today FM.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,612 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    I used to love Dave Fanning , when he played music and didn't talk


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,972 ✭✭✭Heighway61


    The Night Train with Mark Cagney - 2FM.
    The Mystery Train with John Kelly - Radio 1 then Lyric.
    The South Wind Blows with Philip King - Radio 1.
    Up All Night - BBC Radio 5live.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭Steviewinger


    Anything donal dineen does. Especially here comes the night


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,299 ✭✭✭✭gammygils


    siblers wrote: »
    Jenny Houston on 2fm mid 2000s. Played class indie music, she introduced me to The National.

    Cormac Battle's Battle Axewas brilliant too, had a great choice of alternative music

    Yes. Jenny Houston's show was called "The Annex" Was on Saturday evening. Was repeated on a weekday night when I was doing Nightshift. Used to love that


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,305 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    The Gerry Ryan show on 2fm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,982 ✭✭✭Degag


    Greyfox wrote: »
    None, their all crap

    They really are. Whoever in RTE thought it was a good idea to put Doireann and Eoghan on at 7am in the morning should be shot.

    I for one do not want to listen to them (or anyone for that matter) ROARING down the radio that early in the morning.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,143 ✭✭✭Psychlops


    Love The Niall Boylan show.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    You couldn’t beat the pirate stations. Real dedicated music fans with their bags of rare grooves broadcasting from their sheds. When they regulated that shít they killed radio


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    John Creedon’s show. Excellent music, and he has a lovely way about him.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    John Creedon’s show. Excellent music, and he has a lovely way about him.

    You’d have liked the old guy that used to do Late Date


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