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TXFM (formerly much missed Phantom) line up

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    #2402
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,073 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    There are a lot of ex-TXFM presenters around Today FM this evening. Firstly, Matt Cooper had Dee Reddy and John Caddell (also PD for TXFM) on The Last Word talking about music. Then, at 7pm, Tara Harrison stood in for Ed Smith. Now Kelly-Anne Byrne is standing in for Paul McLoone since 9pm, which she was last night as well.
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    #2403
    paddylonglegs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,538 ✭✭✭paddylonglegs


    Declan A Walsh wrote: »
    There are a lot of ex-TXFM presenters around Today FM this evening. Firstly, Matt Cooper had Dee Reddy and John Caddell (also PD for TXFM) on The Last Word talking about music. Then, at 7pm, Tara Harrison stood in for Ed Smith. Now Kelly-Anne Byrne is standing in for Paul McLoone since 9pm, which she was last night as well.

    Cathal funge on Sunday standing in for Ed Smith. Nice hearing him again.

    On another note, started listening to 8radio after Dave fanning at the weekends. Great they have presenters (been a while since I listened ) and great addition. One of the shows goes through a classic album and talks about tracks. Good listen too


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    #2404
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,073 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    paddylonglegs wrote: »
    Cathal funge on Sunday standing in for Ed Smith. Nice hearing him again.

    On another note, started listening to 8radio after Dave fanning at the weekends. Great they have presenters (been a while since I listened ) and great addition. One of the shows goes through a classic album and talks about tracks. Good listen too

    That's Dan McDermott. Last Sunday, someone I know, who happens to listen to 8Radio, brought up with me that show and the presenter Dan. He certainly goes into great detail about everything to do with the album. One of the other presenters you might hear on 8Radio over the weekend is Simon Maher, owner of the station, and, of course, the original founder of Phantom. One show I particularly look forward to is the A to Z of Great Tracks presented by Steve Conway (another ex-Phantom presenter) . It's first broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 8pm and repeated on Saturdays at 10am. He finally reached songs beginning with the letter U last week, after spending 10 months on songs starting with the letter T! Songs beginning with "The" took up a couple of months!

    Going back to the previous topic, there are certainly a lot of ex-TX FM people connected to Today FM in some capacity.
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    #2405
    Big Nasty
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    Richie McCormack also doing sports presenter

    Wonder what happened to Richie Ryan & Charlotte?

    Early Brexit causalities? :eek:


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    #2406
    paddylonglegs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,538 ✭✭✭paddylonglegs


    Big Nasty wrote: »
    Richie McCormack also doing sports presenter

    Wonder what happened to Richie Ryan & Charlotte?

    Early Brexit causalities? :eek:

    Richie McCormack and Charlotte in the mornings on phantom was a great listen. Some 8 years ago? I don’t think I’m looking at it with rose tinted glasses, but good banter with tunes


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    #2407
    Adiaga 2
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    paddylonglegs wrote: »
    Richie McCormack and Charlotte in the mornings on phantom was a great listen. Some 8 years ago? I don’t think I’m looking at it with rose tinted glasses, but good banter with tunes

    Not my cup of tea at all. Almost, but not quite as bad as Joe & Kieth.

    Of all the Phantom and TXFM years, Cathal Funge was by a country mile the best breakfast show presenter(sorry Sinister Pete :o) IMO of course


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    #2408
    everlast75
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    paddylonglegs wrote: »
    Richie McCormack and Charlotte in the mornings on phantom was a great listen. Some 8 years ago? I don’t think I’m looking at it with rose tinted glasses, but good banter with tunes
    Adiaga 2 wrote: »
    Not my cup of tea at all. Almost, but not quite as bad as Joe & Kieth.

    Of all the Phantom and TXFM years, Cathal Funge was by a country mile the best breakfast show presenter(sorry Sinister Pete :o) IMO of course

    It just goes to show, horses for courses. I loved Joe and Keith on Txfm. I know I'm in the minority here, but I like what I like.


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    #2409
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,073 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    everlast75 wrote: »
    It just goes to show, horses for courses. I loved Joe and Keith on Txfm. I know I'm in the minority here, but I like what I like.

    Just a small point: Joe and Keith were on Phantom breakfast, not TXFM. In December 2013, Keith Walsh officially went on leave but never came, turning up on 2FM. Just before the name-change, Joe and Charlotte Flood co-hosted breakfast.

    There was a brief period in March 2014 when the station did not have a name (just being called 105.2), where Paul Donnelly hosted a low-profile breakfast show. This was Paul's first involvement with the station. Then TXFM was officially launched with Cathal Funge as breakfast presenter as per beginning of this very thread! Joe Donnelly was moved to the afternoon/drive-time slot.

    My favourite day for TXFM was during 2016 when they went all 1991. The music was great - I did not realise until then just how much good music had been produced on that particular year.
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    #2410
    everlast75
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    Declan A Walsh wrote: »
    Just a small point: Joe and Keith were on Phantom breakfast, not TXFM.

    I was a listener to the phantom pirate radio days back in the late 90's early 2000's. Won a pair of tickets to see the Wedding Present in Whelans too while working the night shift in a rentacar place in the airport. Good times :)


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    #2411
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    everlast75 wrote: »
    I was a listener to the phantom pirate radio days back in the late 90's early 2000's. Won a pair of tickets to see the Wedding Present in Whelans too while working the night shift in a rentacar place in the airport. Good times :)


    I was politely asked "not" to enter the competitions as i was always first on the phone...probably half my cd collection came from there....:o


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    #2412
    Former Former
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭Former Former


    The best breakfast show on Phantom/TXFM was the Richie/Michelle Doherty combo


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    its_steve116
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    Former Former wrote: »
    The best breakfast show on Phantom/TXFM was the Richie/Michelle Doherty combo

    Michelle was great on Nightshift on Channel 6. Sadly TV3 cancelled the show when it bought the station, because it didn't want music lovers watching the channel.


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    #2414
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users Posts: 3,531 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    its_steve116 wrote: »
    Michelle was great on Nightshift on Channel 6. Sadly TV3 cancelled the show when it bought the station, because it didn't want music lovers watching the channel.

    or maybe music fans got their music news and videos from You Tube and the like


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    #2415
    BaronVon
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    Former Former wrote: »
    The best breakfast show on Phantom/TXFM was the Richie/Michelle Doherty combo

    No, I'd have to give it to Sinister Pete. I have never understood why radio stations think you need 2 presenters on a breakfast show. You don't, all you needed was Sinister Pete and the Weather Bike!!

    That being said, I thought the 2 Richies Show had excellent potential, but alas it was pulled when the show was only in its infancy!


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    #2416
    its_steve116
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    ford fiesta wrote: »
    or maybe music fans got their music news and videos from You Tube and the like

    It was in the wrong place, at the wrong time, as YouTube was becoming a dominant force in the music world.


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    #2417
    Ciaran
    Registered Users Posts: 915 ✭✭✭Ciaran


    BaronVon wrote: »
    No, I'd have to give it to Sinister Pete. I have never understood why radio stations think you need 2 presenters on a breakfast show. You don't, all you needed was Sinister Pete and the Weather Bike!!

    Agreed. The style of the show was exactly what I wanted in the morning. Too grumpy for banter at that time of day!


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    #2418
    dmm82
    Registered Users Posts: 593 ✭✭✭dmm82


    Ciaran wrote: »
    Agreed. The style of the show was exactly what I wanted in the morning. Too grumpy for banter at that time of day!

    I'm the same! Why do morning show djs think they have to try and be comedians, drives me insane.


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    #2419
    Third_Echelon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,889 ✭✭✭Third_Echelon


    BaronVon wrote: »
    No, I'd have to give it to Sinister Pete. I have never understood why radio stations think you need 2 presenters on a breakfast show. You don't, all you needed was Sinister Pete and the Weather Bike!!

    That being said, I thought the 2 Richies Show had excellent potential, but alas it was pulled when the show was only in its infancy!

    Sinister Pete was excellent! Loved his shows!


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    #2420
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    Poor Jack sounds very nervous on nova....i guess Haze is standing over him .....


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    #2421
    its_steve116
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    https://twitter.com/RichieMcCormack/status/1284825379874709511


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    #2422
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,750 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Was trying to think of the name of that sci fi show, ‘X Minus 1’, only recently.

    Used to get a “kick” out of listening to that on Sunday nights. Mad sci fi radio dramas from the 50’s. Absolute genius from whomever came up with the idea to run that.

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    #2423
    [Deleted User]
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    I don't get why did communicorp put so much effort into rebranding Phantom as TX only to not reapply for the licence a year or two later?



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    #2424
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,073 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118053364#Comment_118053364

    The station was rebranded in March 2014 and also linked more to Today FM. I believe it was their last attempt at trying to make the station a financial success. It was a 10-year license that started on October 31st 2006 so they had effectively two more years to see how things were going. It was March 2016, I think, when they announced that they would not be applying for renewal of the license for TXFM, which was due to run out by October 31st 2016. This was crunch time - the powers that be had to decide whether it worth their while renewing/reapplying. At that stage, I am guessing that they felt it was not likely to turn the corner in a meaningful way. So they pulled the plug on TXFM.

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