Dave Fanning promoted to Lunchtime

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Declan A Walsh wrote: »

4FM had an interesting lineup alright. Jimmy Greeley was back to being a music presenter, like his days on RTE Radio 2 and Millennium Radio. He was eventually to return to the role of newsreader, like his days on 98FM. Tom McGuirk was the drive time presenter. He had to play the odd bit of music between the chat with the guests! Derek Davis presented a show on mid-morning Sundays. It was a good current affairs program. He sometimes stood in for Tom. Damien Kiberd was the lunchtime presenter. David Harvey was a weekend presenter but increasingly stood in for Damien, until it became permanent. Niall Boylan effectively replaced David Harvey. There were a number of different specialist music shows as well. Quite a different station for sure. Gareth O'Callaghan was the last of the original presenters to leave what was now known as Classic Hits...unless you count weekend presenter Owen Larkin who left for a while and then came back again; he only left last year!

Unless 2FM is about to be rebooted as some kind of hybrid RTE Gold and 2XM (people have forgotten about that digital station), Dave Fanning does look somewhat out of place at that time of the weekend. Nighttime 2FM suits him best for his kind of music, but it still is not ideal, given the changes in 2FM. I wonder what will happen next.

If memory serves me correct you also had the likes of Brian McColl (or Nails Mahoney as he was known on 2FM) used follow McGurk on 4 with Tom McGurk as I recall Tom used chat with Brian each evening. Marian Farrell used play classic hits in the schedule too if I'm not mistaken and Dave Heffernan (formerly of Anything Goes) was the original presenter of "Guaranteed Irish".

I've not heard Gareth O'Callaghan for quite a while and I know he departed due to serious illness so; I wonder how he's coping these days. He did some interviews after leaving 4FM but it's been a while since I read or heard anything on Gareth. Used enjoy his old 2FM programme: Gareth O'Callaghan in the afternoon and his "Net-News" (which was ahead of it's time) and the tear-jerker sad story once a week back around the mid-'90's!

Declan A Walsh

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If memory serves me correct you also had the likes of Brian McColl (or Nails Mahoney as he was known on 2FM) used follow McGurk on 4 with Tom McGurk as I recall Tom used chat with Brian each evening. Marian Farrell used play classic hits in the schedule too if I'm not mistaken and Dave Heffernan (formerly of Anything Goes) was the original presenter of "Guaranteed Irish".

I've not heard Gareth O'Callaghan for quite a while and I know he departed due to serious illness so; I wonder how he's coping these days. He did some interviews after leaving 4FM but it's been a while since I read or heard anything on Gareth. Used enjoy his old 2FM programme: Gareth O'Callaghan in the afternoon and his "Net-News" (which was ahead of it's time) and the tear-jerker sad story once a week back around the mid-'90's!

All of the above is true as far as I can recall, or was Brian on before Tom McGuirk initially at least? I know Mark Byrne did a stint too with 4FM for a bit. He could have been on evenings. The late Noel McCaul, Bill Hughes and Chris Maher (soul guru) presented specialist music shows among others. There were also two different types of jazz programmes. It's hard to believe now.

Anyway, that does not help Dave Fanning!

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ford fiesta wrote: »

This new schedule only refers to Saturday from this and Twitter sources...So what is the schedule for Sundays?

https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/tv-film/2fm-announce-brand-new-saturday-21305780

Dave Fanning is listed from 1:00pm - 3:00pm on Sunday 26th January on the RTÉ website radio schedule.

26 Jan 2020 1:00pm
Duration: 2hrs
The presenter brings in his record bag of hand-picked music for your delectation.

Declan A Walsh

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Dave Fanning is listed from 1:00pm - 3:00pm on Sunday 26th January on the RTÉ website radio schedule.

26 Jan 2020 1:00pm
Duration: 2hrs
The presenter brings in his record bag of hand-picked music for your delectation.

So he is being given free rein so. Interesting.

kneemos

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Dave Fanning is listed from 1:00pm - 3:00pm on Sunday 26th January on the RTÉ website radio schedule.

26 Jan 2020 1:00pm
Duration: 2hrs
The presenter brings in his record bag of hand-picked music for your delectation.

Sunday afternoon must be a dead time for radio.

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Declan A Walsh wrote: »

So he is being given free rein so. Interesting.

We'll see - I copied and pasted what is currently up on the RTÉ website although; I have found that RTÉ are not always the best at providing detailed descriptions and/or updated programme synopsis on shows broadcast on it's radio/tv stations.

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kneemos wrote: »

Sunday afternoon must be a dead time for radio.

Maybe the target youth demographic are just not listening at this time on a Sunday as many are recovering from the Saturday night while others may be engaged in weekend activities such as sports/events/family time etc;. I would guess there must be a noticeable dip and 2fm station management have chosen this time-slot deliberately for Dave.

ford fiesta

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

So he is being given free rein so. Interesting.

I wouldnt trust that programme description!!!! I think that has been the description of his current timeslot too, which doesnt fully reflect the show (majority is guests, reviews etc).
Dave does some work with Virgin media 1 on the six o'clock show. This new 2FM slot could be his final on 2FM. Think he has said before he prefers the talk format of his shows and got the feeling he was happy doing this at 9am.

paddylonglegs

ford fiesta wrote: »

I wouldnt trust that programme description!!!! I think that has been the description of his current timeslot too, which doesnt fully reflect the show (majority is guests, reviews etc).
Dave does some work with Virgin media 1 on the six o'clock show. This new 2FM slot could be his final on 2FM. Think he has said before he prefers the talk format of his shows and got the feeling he was happy doing this at 9am.

He’s not one for really engaging with the average Joe over text or phone. He seems to prefer the professional interview or review etc.

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ford fiesta wrote: »

I wouldnt trust that programme description!!!! I think that has been the description of his current timeslot too, which doesnt fully reflect the show (majority is guests, reviews etc).
Dave does some work with Virgin media 1 on the six o'clock show. This new 2FM slot could be his final on 2FM. Think he has said before he prefers the talk format of his shows and got the feeling he was happy doing this at 9am.

I would also share your scepticism in relation to programme descriptions for RTÉ content broadcast on radio & television at times.

It still shows an outdated description for the Saturday programme time-slot which probably originates to 12/10/2019 date

Dave Fanning

25 Jan 2020 1:00pm
12/10/2019
Duration: 2hrs
Dave Fanning brings you a mix of interviews, newspaper reviews, movies and music every Saturday and Sunday on 2fm.

If you literally interpret this, it sounds like the same thing on both Saturday & Sunday. Maybe or maybe not? My hunch is that someone has not bothered to update as of yet!

IrishHomer

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

I stopped listening to 2FM when they got rid of his evening show.

I stopped listening in 1981 when Dublin was awoken be real radio and the mighty Radio Nova 88fm pirate not the current Nova.

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IrishHomer wrote: »

I stopped listening in 1981 when Dublin was awoken be real radio and the mighty Radio Nova 88fm pirate not the current Nova.

As a teen I'd often listen to the Radio 2FM Hotline but as soon as the theme music of the Dave Fanning Show started @ 8:02pm (News bulletins used be 2 minutes in those days) I was switching to our local pirate radio stations like ERI, South Coast Radio and I think Radio Luxembourg used come on at about 7pm so this was also an option back then and later you had Century Radio (1989-1991) and Atlantic 252 kHZ on Longwave from 1989 for a number of years.

ford fiesta

Dave's autobiography from 2010 "The thing is" ..
is a good read

EmmetSpiceland

paddylonglegs wrote: »

He’s not one for really engaging with the average Joe over text or phone. He seems to prefer the professional interview or review etc.

Good. That format is killed Newstalk’s afternoon show. They’ve even brought in a “segment” on their breakfast show.

I get my fill of idiot “opinions” on here, I don’t need them on the radio too. Although, they’re easily found on Liveline and Niall Boylan.

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EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Good. That format is killed Newstalk’s afternoon show. They’ve even brought in a “segment” on their breakfast show.

I get my fill of idiot “opinions” on here, I don’t need them on the radio too. Although, they’re easily found on Liveline and Niall Boylan.

I am somewhat surprised to hear NewsTalk's afternoon show is negatively impacted although; I am not sure from your post if you are referring to Lunchtime Live 12noon-2:00pm with Ciara Kelly, Moncrieff 2:00-4:00pm with Sean Moncrieff or The Hard Shoulder 4:00pm-7:00pm with Ivan Yates?

I know Moncrieff's audience ratings had shown strong solid performances in that segment (up against Liveline for first 60 minutes) for a number of years unless it's now in decline in most recent JNLR results?

Akabusi

This is disappointing, the one show I listened to on 2FM as well. I don't really get to listen to much radio in the middle of the day unless I'm driving at that time. His listener-ship figures will surely suffer.

EmmetSpiceland

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I am somewhat surprised to hear NewsTalk's afternoon show is negatively impacted although; I am not sure from your post if you are referring to Lunchtime Live 12noon-2:00pm with Ciara Kelly, Moncrieff 2:00-4:00pm with Sean Moncrieff or The Hard Shoulder 4:00pm-7:00pm with Ivan Yates?

I know Moncrieff's audience ratings had shown strong solid performances in that segment (up against Liveline for first 60 minutes) for a number of years unless it's now in decline in most recent JNLR results?

Lunchtime Live with Dr. Ciara Kelly. It’s just awful. Unless she has a “guest” on.

I just turn off these days. Which is a shame because I think she’s a good host. Just can’t stand having to put up with eejits and cranks giving their, worthless, opinions on whatever topic it is today.

Friday is the worst, as it’s a “free for all”. No set topic so you really get the full spectrum of stupidity that out there.

The guys in Breakfast Show take calls from “plebs” around 9:45am now too. A truly terrible decision.

padd b1975

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I've not heard Gareth O'Callaghan for quite a while and I know he departed due to serious illness so; I wonder how he's coping these days. He did some interviews after leaving 4FM but it's been a while since I read or heard anything on Gareth. Used enjoy his old 2FM programme: Gareth O'Callaghan in the afternoon and his "Net-News" (which was ahead of it's time) and the tear-jerker sad story once a week back around the mid-'90's!

He posts regularly on Facebook.

I don't know how he's doing physically although he seems to get out and about, but his posts are always worth a read.

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EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Lunchtime Live with Dr. Ciara Kelly. It’s just awful. Unless she has a “guest” on.

I just turn off these days. Which is a shame because I think she’s a good host. Just can’t stand having to put up with eejits and cranks giving their, worthless, opinions on whatever topic it is today.

Friday is the worst, as it’s a “free for all”. No set topic so you really get the full spectrum of stupidity that out there.

The guys in Breakfast Show take calls from “plebs” around 9:45am now too. A truly terrible decision.

I preferred the earlier lunchtime shows broadcast on NewsTalk 106-108. Ciara is intelligent and well capable but I find it has gone almost too politically correct especially since George Hook made those highly controversial remarks on his former High Noon programme! I did not mind Ciara when she was a guest contributor along with Shane Coleman & Dave McIntyre each Friday on the former show The Right Hook with George Hook 4:30-7:00pm weekday slot. Ciara used also have her Health Check advice slot which was excellent but I'm not a huge fan of the current show format.

siblers

Only show I'll listen to on 2fm is Dave Fanning. His morning show is great

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padd b1975 wrote: »

He posts regularly on Facebook.

I don't know how he's doing physically although he seems to get out and about, but his posts are always worth a read.

Ah that's good to hear.

Gareth's old show on RTÉ Radio 2FM probably came on air straight after Larry Gogan's show back in the day. It used give us a boost at work if you were tired in the afternoon at 3pm and it got you through.

I recall before Gareth's current serious health condition he shared some insights into the topic of depression and I think he wrote a book(s) on the topic.

Gareth was also one of those presenters who used fill for Gay Byrne every Monday & Tuesday over a prolonged period as Gay was approaching retirement from his RTÉ Radio 1 daily show. Gay would only present on Wednesday/Thursday/Fridays at that stage. Joe Duffy also did similar relief stint before he went on to succeed Marian Finucane on LiveLine.

padd b1975

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Ah that's good to hear.

Gareth's old show on RTÉ Radio 2FM probably came on air straight after Larry Gogan's show back in the day. It used give us a boost at work if you were tired in the afternoon at 3pm and it got you through.

I recall before Gareth's current serious health condition he shared some insights into the topic of depression and I think he wrote a book(s) on the topic.

Gareth was also one of those presenters who used fill for Gay Byrne every Monday & Tuesday over a prolonged period as Gay was approaching retirement from his RTÉ Radio 1 daily show. Gay would only present on Wednesday/Thursday/Fridays at that stage. Joe Duffy also did similar relief stint before he went on to succeed Marian Finucane on LiveLine.

Des Cahill had a short-lived and mostly forgotten stint in that slot too.

Joe Duffy was pretty much unceremoniously dumped from the slot and only got the Liveline gig by good fortune really. He would have occasionally sat in for MF, Damien O'Reilly style.

He had been advised by Gaybo to keep turning up for work in RTE even though he didn't really have anything to do!!

Plus ca change.

JoeA3

Yeah, Gareth has a very active FB page, he posts regularly and has posted up some very thoughtful well written tributes to the recently departed legends. He still seems to be in fairly good shape thankfully.

It’s worth a look for any radio anorak.

Here’s his Larry post:

This radio studio has seen some great shows in its day over the golden years, but tonight it lies silent.

The chair is empty and the room is bathed in a gentle light that reflects and reminisces on memories, old stories, and great songs that the individuals who once sat in this chair played - simply because they were such a poignant part of a great period in this life, a soundtrack for our journey. If only those walls could talk.

It's been a very difficult week for anyone who loves listening to radio. Whether you were in the car, or the van or the lorry, or in the place where you worked, radio was the time you set your day by. Sadly too many of the true legends are hanging up their headphones forever.

For those of us who sat in this studio, it was a joy to be a part of that day. I look at the desk and recall hundreds of fantastic memories, and I feel very priviledged and very lucky to have been a part of it all.

Sadly another great name on that team passed away earlier today. He was, of course, the greatest member on the team for decades. His name was Larry Gogan.

It's been a difficult few months, if only because our legends are being taken away from us too soon and too quickly.

The most loved friends who saw us through the toughest of times: Gay Byrne, Marian Finucane, and now Larry Gogan; their beautiful voices and their endearing unique styles and comforting words never to be heard again. It's heartbreaking, and very hard to take in. They're gone forever.

This very private studio that gave way publicly every day to some of the most uplifting radio, some of the boldest moments, the liveliest of debates, and the finest music you were likely to hear - this beautiful studio retains all of that energy. But tonight it remains silent.

Larry Gogan was brilliant on so many levels. He was an enigma. He reinvented himself over and over, and by doing so he opened the door to careers in radio for hundreds of talented people who grew up listening to him.

His ratings were always the best because his endurance never tired. That was because he loved what he did. Every radio show was like his first. Very few of us can carry that one off successfully over and over again.

His testimony was that, while on air for well over 40 years, he outgrew and outlived most of his former bosses, and thankfully he never aged. That's as good as outliving your own doctor.

His mostly youthful 81 years spent doing what he lived for every day proved to each of us that if you love what you do, then the idea of permanent retirement is nonsense.

Keep going for as long as the listeners want to keep listening to you - and not the bosses who know very little if anything about the magic of an amazing voice and great music, and a unique and lasting charisma, which will always be part of what it takes to draw in and retain a huge, loyal audience. Larry was the real talent. Many of the bosses were just a pain in the arse.

I spoke to Larry for the first time in 1975 when I was 14. I rang RTE and told a woman who answered my call that I wanted to be a DJ. Little did I know that she would put me through to a decent, patient man who spent over half an hour on the phone telling some random teenager how to go about fulfilling his dreams.

Fourteen years later in 1989, when I joined 2FM which had just been relaunched, I shook his hand for the first time. It dawned on me that he remembered me from that phonecall all those years before when he said to me, "It might have taken you a while, but you finally got here. Now enjoy every minute." He remembered me.

Larry Gogan was both a joy and a gentleman: a great friend that I will always cherish. Great talent, great advice, and the best of company.

I just know that Florrie, his beautiful wife and soulmate and the love of his life, is there tonight waiting to hug him and welcome him home. He spent a long time missing her, but now they are reunited forever in the most romantic final slow-set of the evening.

My best wishes in the days ahead to Gráinne, Orla, Sinéad, David and Gerard.

Larry Gogan...a classic everytime. Rest easy, Larry. And thank you for all those great shows.

ford fiesta

We'll know tomorrow what format the new show will take!!. My guess is all new Irish music with little talk from Dave...which would not be good for the Dave fan.

ford fiesta

do we need another american/canadian accent on the national airwaves at this time of the morning?

dirkmeister

I tried with the Louise McSharry show.

Love Island and Justin Bieber.


Christ.

robo

Meet too and the item with Ellen Coyne was just "super" eh...well full of "super" :rolleyes:
Guess I have to find something else to listen to Saturday to Sunday mornings from 9am to 11am

wmpdd3

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

I stopped listening to 2FM when they got rid of his evening show.

Me too, delighted there's a non sport option for Saturday and Sunday after 1 pm on radio.

padd b1975

padd b1975 wrote: »

....Joe Duffy was pretty much unceremoniously dumped from the slot and only got the Liveline gig by good fortune really. He would have occasionally sat in for MF, Damien O'Reilly style.

He had been advised by Gaybo to keep turning up for work in RTE even though he didn't really have anything to do!!

Plus ca change.

Thanks for that info. It explains an awful lot

EmmetSpiceland

wmpdd3 wrote: »

Me too, delighted there's a non sport option for Saturday and Sunday after 1 pm on radio.

I’d actually prefer if it was 10am-12pm but will be happy if I’m in the car and my partner gets sick of the “sports” talk.

Loafing Oaf

wmpdd3 wrote: »

Me too, delighted there's a non sport option for Saturday and Sunday after 1 pm on radio.

Sport, well soccer, will always take precedence for me I'm afraid. Maybe I'll tune in a bit over the summer...

ford fiesta

As we expected, this woman "demanded" she returned to 2FM with a talk show....and shafting Dave Fanning to the semi-prime time weekend slot of 1 to 3pm, which will probably be short lived for Dave...meaning Dave will shortly exit 2FM thanks to this woman.

https://www.independent.ie/life/louise-mcsharry-i-was-so-angry-i-needed-to-get-a-grip-38892771.html

"It's really exciting because I've done this kind of radio before, but only in someone else's slot. I've never been given permission to make something of my own. This would not have happened if I hadn't demanded it," she adds.

"And I mean demanded it. I'm getting better at standing up for myself in professional situations; this is definitely the most I ever have. I felt like I needed to start making what I want to happen with my life happen."

Loafing Oaf

ford fiesta wrote: »

As we expected, this woman "demanded" she returned to 2FM with a talk show....and shafting Dave Fanning to the semi-prime time weekend slot of 1 to 3pm, which will probably be short

He's just turned 64. Do they still need him?:P

kneemos

ford fiesta wrote: »

As we expected, this woman "demanded" she returned to 2FM with a talk show....and shafting Dave Fanning to the semi-prime time weekend slot of 1 to 3pm, which will probably be short lived for Dave...meaning Dave will shortly exit 2FM thanks to this woman.

https://www.independent.ie/life/louise-mcsharry-i-was-so-angry-i-needed-to-get-a-grip-38892771.html

"It's really exciting because I've done this kind of radio before, but only in someone else's slot. I've never been given permission to make something of my own. This would not have happened if I hadn't demanded it," she adds.

"And I mean demanded it. I'm getting better at standing up for myself in professional situations; this is definitely the most I ever have. I felt like I needed to start making what I want to happen with my life happen."

RTE always dump their talent for no hopers. Never heard of this woman,but it sounds like more misery porn.

paddylonglegs

kneemos wrote: »

RTE always dump their talent for no hopers. Never heard of this woman,but it sounds like more misery porn.

She had a good new music show a few years ago in the evening and knows her stuff musically. Didn’t hear her talk show on Saturday but going by her stand ins for Dave, more of a cup of tea for younger audience. Hopefully not too vacuous and love island-sequel.

Anyone hear Dave’s show at the weekend then?

ford fiesta

paddylonglegs wrote: »

She had a good new music show a few years ago in the evening and knows her stuff musically.

Music knowledge for "presenters" is easily got from the internet these days

paddylonglegs

ford fiesta wrote: »

Music knowledge for "presenters" is easily got from the internet these days

Well it has to be brought to the medium of radio in some way...

ford fiesta

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Well it has to be brought to the medium of radio in some way...

so she doesn't naturally know her music, as well as say Annie Mac on BBC R1 or the way Uaneen Fitzsimons (RIP) did on 2FM

paddylonglegs

ford fiesta wrote: »

so she doesn't naturally know her music, as well as say Annie Mac on BBC R1 or the way Uaneen Fitzsimons (RIP) did on 2FM

You’re making that statement based on listening to her show from a few years ago which I mentioned? It was up and coming music which was known to introduce people to new music.

What argument are you trying to compare her to Annie Mac, who has been allowed to present a wide range of music to millions on bbc? That’s just no allowed any more on Irish radio, it doesn’t make money.

You could also make the same argument for Paul mcloone, Zane Lowe, Donal dineen etc etc. all experienced Dj’s with knowledge in different genres.

You’re not comparing apples with apples

Elmo

paddylonglegs wrote: »

What argument are you trying to compare her to Annie Mac, who has been allowed to present a wide range of music to millions on bbc? That’s just no allowed any more on Irish radio, it doesn’t make money.

2FM is supported by the licence fee, it is very well funding and hasn't seen any major cut in funding over the last number of years. Put hey go ahead and put 3 presenters on a daily 2 hour Sports talk show, because some how that will make them money.