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Vintage 2FM Discussion Thread

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  • #52
    Losty Dublin
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    ottostreet wrote: »
    Is that Peter Collins who went on to Formula 1 commentary?

    The one and only.

    A few tit bits to add to all of this....
    • 2FM News didn't run with sport for several years. John Kenny took on a sports news desk role around Spetember 1992.
    • JK also asked as a fill in for Gareth O'Callaghan when he took ill in the mid 90's; Aidan Leonard also took on some fill in shifts for Gareth.
    • Brian Carthy used to read a gig guide on the country show as well as Fr. Brian.
    • Gerry Wilson's Dial a Number 1's list appeared in Saturday's Evening Press. As a result, virtually all the calls would come in from the Dublin area, the Press being almost exclusively sold in the city.
    • Electric Eddie was a mainstay name drop in promotions and especially for 2FM's Beat On The Street. Bizarrely, he never had a regular show on the station and was seldom used on air.
    • Over night shows seemed to have little in the way of a set playlist and as such the music was very ad hoc depending on who was on air. John Kenny's overnight on Saturday AM was a classic rock show from 1AM-3AM. John Clarke often concentrated on album tracks on his show.
    • 2 FM's overnight programming got a plug at the end of tranmission on RTE television. Invariably, this featured a mugshot of the likes of Mike Ryan, Gerry Gogan, Mike Moloney and Suzanne Duffy. Gerry Wilson seems to have had a proverbial face for radio; his picture often never appeared up :) Ironically, he actually worked as a continuity announcer on RTE TV as well!
    • Many of the graveyard DJ's appeared daytime as the man "back at base" whenever the Roadcaster was on the road; this involved playing ads, mixing in live callers, bringing in the news and going out live in the event of a breakdown.
    • 2FM seemed to have been the biggest winner out of the closedown of Pulse FM in May 1999 as it took on some of it's talent on air. A cynic would say that it was to impede the impending new youth station from hiring these DJ's. If it was then it was a futile move as Spin's launch was delayed due to a court case over the licence application process.
    • On Atlantic, they had live DJ's spinning overnight for most of it's run, it was called The Big Mattress. Some big names did this gig for the craic but all of them are sworn to secrecy, they know why they are ;)


  • #53
    Greyham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 201 ✭✭Greyham


    MYOB wrote: »
    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?

    Ah yes of course, many stations simply turned off for a few hours!


  • #54
    L1011
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    Greyham wrote: »
    Ah yes of course, many stations simply turned off for a few hours!

    I can remember one of the stations I could receive in Maynooth circa 1994 carrying a pilot tone between about 1am and 5am, can't for the life of me remember which one. Took TV stations even longer to go 24h though.


  • #55
    Losty Dublin
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    Greyham wrote: »
    Ah yes of course, many stations simply turned off for a few hours!

    Bring back the RLO Night Network. Shudder to think, I almost ended up working on it :)


  • #56
    Greyham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 201 ✭✭Greyham


    Losty Dublin wrote: »
    Bring back the RLO Night Network. Shudder to think, I almost ended up working on it :)

    haha, don't forget the hourly bulletins from INN!!


  • #57
    Losty Dublin
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    Greyham wrote: »
    haha, don't forget the hourly bulletins from INN!!

    Dear oh dear, them were de daze :)


  • #58
    ford fiesta
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    The 'dial a number one' list appeared in the RTE Guide, I have a few copies from that era, as well as the evening press.

    The 2FM overnights were great and would hand over to Ian Dempsey at 7am, any song could be played and in the absence of 24 hour tv and not many people having TV multi channel, it really was the only 'Live' programming available on any medium (excluding FM104). Long before the internet also.
    The 'Live' overnights ended in 1999, with 'World web radio' and anyone who was a regular listener before, knew instantly that something was different when the links seemed rehearsed. Gerry Wilson was the main presenter of this.

    2FM daytime around that time was not heavily playlisted either, think that's only happening now.


  • #59
    JUILLIARD
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    2fm have no live programs from 10pm-6am these days.


  • #60
    Declan A Walsh
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    I heard Gerry Wilson yesterday on Christmas FM. Mike Maloney has been involved with Christmas FM for a few years, including this year AFAIK. Hugh O'Brien, who was with 2FM in the late '80s (before these schedules), is also involved with it. I believe Bob Conway was also with the station at least one year.

    Another fact: Bob Conway hosted an Irish show on Saturday evenings for a spell called Guaranteed Irish - it would have been a bit more rock-oriented (but did cover other genres) than Alan Corcoran's program, which tended heavily towards country. That program name was a frequently used phrase on his former pirate of the '80s (Capitol Radio)!

    While I think of it, 3 of the above (Mike, Bob and Hugh) were in the original lineup of Lite FM in 2000 - now called Q102. Gerry joined Lite FM a few years later briefly. Bob, Gerry and Hugh were in the original lineup of Dublin's Country 106.8, while Mike came to it from Lite FM a little later - now called Sunshine 106.8 .
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  • #61
    Losty Dublin
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    ford fiesta wrote: »
    The 'dial a number one' list appeared in the RTE Guide, I have a few copies from that era, as well as the evening press.

    The 2FM overnights were great and would hand over to Ian Dempsey at 7am, any song could be played and in the absence of 24 hour tv and not many people having TV multi channel, it really was the only 'Live' programming available on any medium (excluding FM104). Long before the internet also.
    The 'Live' overnights ended in 1999, with 'World web radio' and anyone who was a regular listener before, knew instantly that something was different when the links seemed rehearsed. Gerry Wilson was the main presenter of this.

    2FM daytime around that time was not heavily playlisted either, think that's only happening now.

    98FM were live at night though some night's they broadcasted clutter free. When they were on air Century were live during the night; I am sure that some of the locals were as well.

    I had forgotten about the RTE Guide listing Dial a Number 1 :)


  • #62
    Welsh Megaman
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    Ah, John Kenny's metal show on a Sunday night :D

    Although there used to be a lot of interference near the end of the show, due to other radio stations worldwide (I would listen on MW1278).

    As I've mentioned on other threads, if you want to see how the 2fm website looked at various times at the end of the 90's and beyond, go to www.archive.org
    and type in www.2fm.ie in the search bar. Some jpegs/pages will be missing, but still interesting to look at.

    For example, here's how the site looked on 3rd. February 1999:-

    https://web.archive.org/web/19990203145340/http://www.2fm.ie/

    Click on the buttons on the left (in the black sidebar), and you'll come across the dj/schedule pages.


  • #63
    ford fiesta
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    JUILLIARD wrote: »
    2fm have no live programs from 10pm-6am these days.

    They have no live programmes from 8pm (when Game On finishes).

    Before Game On started earlier this year there was no live programmes from 7pm (Dave Fanning) until 6am (Damien Farrelly).


  • #64
    JUILLIARD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭JUILLIARD


    I didn't know fanning wasn't live.


  • #65
    L1011
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    ford fiesta wrote: »
    They have no live programmes from 8pm (when Game On finishes).

    Before Game On started earlier this year there was no live programmes from 7pm (Dave Fanning) until 6am (Damien Farrelly).

    Jenny Greene is live Friday/Saturday. Damien Farrelly was live on his late show also, few years back now?


  • #66
    ford fiesta
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    I was referring to the weekday schedule

    Mike Ryan (Gerry's brother) still works in RTE Radio. Anyone know what his role is now?


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  • #67
    Dom Phil Cobe
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    Does anyone here remember his great lunchtime show that ran from from 87 till 89 ish ?


  • #68
    JoeA3
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    Never thought I'd see Colm Hayes and "great" in the same post.


  • #69
    ford fiesta
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    Yes he also did bits on the g ryan show around the time, the 3 guys in the pub


  • #70
    marno21
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    JoeA3 wrote: »
    Never thought I'd see Colm Hayes and "great" in the same post.

    Wait until the day 2FM decide enough is enough and show him the door.. "xxx is a great replacement for Colm Hayes", think outside the box JoeA3 ;)


  • #71
    CJmasgrande
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    marno21 wrote: »
    Wait until the day 2FM decide enough is enough and show him the door.. "xxx is a great replacement for Colm Hayes", think outside the box JoeA3 ;)

    I think you mean the 90s

    He was resident on the Dublin Pirates (Nova along with others)throughout the 80s


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  • #72
    GSF
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    CJmasgrande wrote: »
    I think you mean the 90s

    He was resident on the Dublin Pirates (Nova)throughout the 80s

    Wasn't he on Capital since day one in autumn 1989?


  • #73
    SprostonGreen
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    Dom Phil Cobe wrote: »
    Does anyone here remember his great lunchtime show that ran from from 87 till 89 ish ?


    Yes the lunchtime sambo was part of it, two songs and a voice.


  • #74
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    He was on the pirates up to 1987 (energy was his last)

    he took over from Ian Dempsey at lunchtime 2FM when Ian went to breakfast. And the lunchtime sambo came from Ian's show.


  • #75
    AwaitYourReply
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    ford fiesta wrote: »
    He was on the pirates up to 1987 (energy was his last)

    he took over from Ian Dempsey at lunchtime 2FM when Ian went to breakfast. And the lunchtime sambo came from Ian's show.

    This sounds correct. RTÉ Radio 2 fm made some minor changes when Jimmy Greeley left his old 09:00-11:30AM weekday slot as a temporary radio licence was established for: "Millennium 88FM Radio" back in 1988 as Dublin City was celebrating it's 1,000 years since being granted it's city charter status.

    Following Greeley's departure from Radio 2, Gerry Ryan switched from his night-time show: "Lights Out" and a new morning programme called: "The Gerry Ryan Show" began in an expanded timeslot from 09:00-12Noon Mon-Fri circa March 1988. The show had reporters like Barbara Jordan & Brenda Donoghue and people like "Terence" (the Cork camp hairdresser) played by RTÉ Radio 1 presenter: John Creedon who used have regular slots. I think Ian Dempsey may have temporarily switched from Breakfast to Lunchtime for a relatively short period but this all changed again when a major relaunch at the station would follow 12months later in March 1989 with the "Key to the sound of 2FM" marketing campaign. Dempsey would then return to the 2FM Breakfast Show by this point if I recall correctly and The Gerry Ryan Show remained a core fixture of the relaunched station.

    This was probably RTÉ 2FM Radio preparing to do battle ahead of the arrival of Century Radio, Ireland's first national independent radio station from September 1989 when Marty Whelan (ex RTÉ Radio 2) would become a direct rival (i.e.) until the eventual demise of Century 100FM Radio in late November 1991 as the station was dogged by reception problems which restricted audience reach levels which probably impacted negatively on securing adequate commercial advertising revenue.

    I vaguely remember Colm Hayes doing Lunchtime on 2FM in the late 80s and then he was gone elsewhere which was a pity as he was in his prime back then in the slot. A lot of DJs came and went between 1988-1992 period with a whole new radio broadcasting regime being rolled out across the whole country.


  • #76
    wnolan1992
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    Fair play, up 6,000 listeners year on year in today's JNLRs.

    I don't understand it myself, but maybe he is going to attract an audience.


  • #77
    AwaitYourReply
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    wnolan1992 wrote: »
    Fair play, up 6,000 listeners year on year in today's JNLRs.

    I don't understand it myself, but maybe he is going to attract an audience.

    I suppose if you can really understand what your audience wants and expects and providing it falls within your allowed remit then part of the trick is to schedule the right personalities and programme content into the right schedule order. Once you get this aspect correct, you then have some chance at increasing other shows listenership ratings too and I think this is probably what they managed to achieve following the last major re-jigging of the station schedule.

    The more I think of it, Ray D'Arcy might have been a more wise choice for RTÉ 2fm at 9am weekdays X 5 mornings a week as I think he seems completely out of place for RTÉ Radio 1 at 3pm.


  • #78
    John Joe Jones
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  • #79
    Orange Pants
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    Didn't colm do weekend breakfast for awhile in 1987 too ?


  • #80
    squonk
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    I remember Colm doing an evening slot around 1987-1988. Maybe it was a temp gig but I definitely remember packing my bag after doing homework one evening with Colm on my radio in the background.


  • #81
    ford fiesta
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    squonk wrote: »
    I remember Colm doing an evening slot around 1987-1988. Maybe it was a temp gig but I definitely remember packing my bag after doing homework one evening with Colm on my radio in the background.

    Probably filling in for Gerry Ryan on lights out??


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  • #82
    Declan A Walsh
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    I thought Colm did not leave the pirate scene until early 1988. I could be wrong of course.
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  • #83
    squonk
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    ford fiesta wrote: »
    Probably filling in for Gerry Ryan on lights out??

    No, it wasn't that late. I'm guessing it was maybe between 5:30 and 7:30 when I heard him. Come to think of it, I'm guessing it was when I was in first year of secondary i.e. late 87-first half of 88. It was over the winter months anyway as it was getting dark. Reckon I'd finished the homework and was just sorting books for the following day so, come to think of it, probably around 6:30-8 perhaps.


  • #84
    Orange Pants
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    Yeah I think he did 6pm till 8pm on Saturday and Sunday evenings for awhile


  • #85
    squonk
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    Interesting. I could have sworn it was a week night. Actually I'm pretty sure now it was 1987/early 88 timeframe.


  • #86
    ford fiesta
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    Anyone got old 2FM schedules from 1979 to 1988?


  • #87
    STB.
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    Airchecks - available on http://aircheckdownloads.com/2FM.htm

    2FM Ireland - John Kenny May 25th 1989 (4'24)

    2FM Ireland - Ian Dempsey Oct 23rd 1989 (6'49)

    2FM Ireland - John Kenny Oct 23rd 1989 (5'19)

    2FM Ireland - Paul Scanlon Oct 24 1989 (6'22)

    2FM Ireland - Nails Mahoney Oct 24th 1989 (6'11)

    2FM Ireland - Gareth O'Callaghan Feb 28th 1991 (5'37)

    2FM Ireland - Barry Lang May 24th 1992 (3'58)

    2FM Ireland - Tony Fenton May 26th 1992 (5'25)

    2FM Ireland - Ian Dempsey May 28th 1992 (12'18)

    2FM Ireland - Gerry Wilson Jun 1994 (5'13)

    2FM Ireland - Gerry Gogan Dec 10th 1994 (2'20)


  • #88
    STB.
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    ford fiesta wrote: »
    Anyone got old 2FM schedules from 1979 to 1988?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056358161


  • #89
    squonk
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    I was in college from 92 to 96 and I fondly remember the 2FM overnights. Mike Moloney always had a great show. Amelia GoLightly (who I suspect may have been Fiona Looney) was a great spoof god spot at the start of the show. He often had great guests as well. Some in particular I remember are a joint interview with Mora Ryan and Ursula Fanning. I think it was Ursula, Dave's Missus. Paulo Tulio used to be a regular I think as well and was always entertaining. He did some excellent interviews with bands as well and it was none of your Uncle Louis tosh either. They were up and coming bands or slightly off the beaten track bands at the time. It was the first time I heard of the Afro Celt Soundsystem for instance. No matter who he was interviewing Mike had the sense of craic and easy manner to pull it off and, because it was late night, nobody was that careful so you could hear anything.

    Afterwards, Gerry Wilson and Bob Conway presented amazing shows. The period stands out in my mind as an amazing time for music and musical discovery. Now you have the musical world at your fingertips but you sometimes need someone forcing you to hear a particular track for instance. The guys played some amazing stuff overnight. I was dong a final year project around 95/96 and took to working by night, partly for the quiet but partly also for the chance to catch some really great off the beaten track music. Radio just isn't the same anymore. I'm delighted to have been around to hear such great radio at the time. I know I'll never hear the likes again.


  • #90
    Declan A Walsh
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    squonk wrote: »
    I was in college from 92 to 96 and I fondly remember the 2FM overnights. Mike Moloney always had a great show. Amelia GoLightly (who I suspect may have been Fiona Looney) was a great spoof god spot at the start of the show. He often had great guests as well. Some in particular I remember are a joint interview with Mora Ryan and Ursula Fanning. I think it was Ursula, Dave's Missus. Paulo Tulio used to be a regular I think as well and was always entertaining. He did some excellent interviews with bands as well and it was none of your Uncle Louis tosh either. They were up and coming bands or slightly off the beaten track bands at the time. It was the first time I heard of the Afro Celt Soundsystem for instance. No matter who he was interviewing Mike had the sense of craic and easy manner to pull it off and, because it was late night, nobody was that careful so you could hear anything.

    Afterwards, Gerry Wilson and Bob Conway presented amazing shows. The period stands out in my mind as an amazing time for music and musical discovery. Now you have the musical world at your fingertips but you sometimes need someone forcing you to hear a particular track for instance. The guys played some amazing stuff overnight. I was dong a final year project around 95/96 and took to working by night, partly for the quiet but partly also for the chance to catch some really great off the beaten track music. Radio just isn't the same anymore. I'm delighted to have been around to hear such great radio at the time. I know I'll never hear the likes again.

    It is interesting that the three presenters you mentioned left 2FM in the early '00s. I don't think they would fit in there now.

    All of them did stints with Lite FM (now Q102) - Mike and Bob were in the original lineup. All of them did stints with Dublin's Country 106.8 (now Sunshine 106.8) - Gerry and Bob were in the original lineup. EDIT: Sorry for repeating myself - I said this back in 2013 in this thread!

    Mike Maloney then went to Ocean FM followed by semi-retirement. He returned to the airwaves via temporary licenses (Real Radio and Christmas FM) and then Radio Nova. Mike left Nova for a spell and returned again. I have recently heard him on Nova and Christmas FM.

    Bob Conway has been a stand-in presenter on Today FM for a number of years and had been a regular presenter on East Coast FM - I am not sure if he is there anymore.

    Gerry Wilson became a voiceover artiste. He has turned up on temporary licenses for 949 The Rock and Christmas FM. I heard him on the latter last weekend.
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  • #91
    ford fiesta
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    others who were on the LIVE overnights on 2fm in the late 80s/all of the 90s were John Clarke, Mike Ryan, Suzanne Duffy, Gerard Gogan, Paul Scanlon, Nails Mahoney (briefly),
    Michael Cahill, Will Leahy and Ruth Scott started there too.


  • #92
    Tim Reilly
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    Here are the 2fm schedules from the 00s when the station really lost the plot and had a foolish reshuffle every year, 2002 6am Ryan Tubridy, 9am Gerry Ryan, 12pm Larry Gogan, 2pm Gareth O Callaghan, 5pm Tony Fenton, 7pm Dave Fanning, 8pm Dusty Rhodes, 9pm Rick O Shea, 11pm Ruth Scott. Summer 2003 6am Ryan Tubridy, 9am Gerry Ryan, 12pm Larry Gogan, 2pm Gareth O Callaghan, 6pm Dave Fanning, 7,30pm Rick O Shea, 10pm Jenny Huston 12am Cormac Battle. Autumn 2003 6am Shane O Donohue, 7am Ryan Tubridy, 9am Gerry Ryan, 12pm Gareth O Callaghan, 2pm Michael Cahill, 5pm The Golden Hour with Larry Gogan 6pm Dave Fanning, 7.30pm Newsbeat 8pm Rick O Shea 10pm Jenny Huston 12am Cormac Battle, 2004 Dan Hegarty took over midnight on weekdays and Cormac Battle moved to sundays. Spring 2005 6am Rick and Ruth, 9am Gerry Ryan, 12 Damien Farrelly, 2pm Larry Gogan 4pm Gareth O Callaghan, 6pm Dave Fanning, 7.30pm Newsbeat 8pm Nikki Hayes 10pm Jenny Huston, 12am Dan Hegarty. Autumn 2005 6am Dave Redmond 7am Marty Whelan, 9am Gerry Ryan, 12pm Damien Farrelly,2pm Larry Gogan 4pm Ruth Scott, 6pm Dave Fanning, 7.30pm Newsbeat 8pm Nikki Hayes, 10pm Rick O Shea, 12am Dan Hegarty, Autumn 2006 6am Orla Rapple 7am Marty Whelan, 9am Gerry Ryan, 12pm Nikki Hayes 2pm Larry Gogan 4pm Ruth Scott, 6pm Rick O Shea 9pm Damien Farrelly 12 Dan Hegerty. 2007 6am Colm and Jim jim, 9am Gerry Ryan, 12pm Nikki Hayes, 2pm Rick O Shea 5pm Will leahy, 7pm Ruth Scott 9.30pm Damien Farrelly 12am Dan Hegarty.


  • #93
    ford fiesta
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    RTE 2FM is 37 years old today. Doubt Dan and the kids will mark this in any way....

    Just Dave Fanning and Larry Gogan just about remain on the 2FM schedule!

    Some others that were involved on the first day are still in RTE, or back in RTE, like Ronan Collins, Marty Whelan, Marian Richardson, Michael McNamara, Robbie Irwin, Aine Hensey....Any others??


  • #94
    ford fiesta
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    http://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/681-history-of-rte/705-rte-1970s/327006-new-national-radio-channel/


  • #95
    Greenman
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    Greenman wrote: »
    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"



    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.


    Loved Harbour Hotel as a lad which nurtured my love for radio plays and soaps which I still listen to on Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra. smile.png


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  • #96
    JoeA3
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    ford fiesta wrote: »
    RTE 2FM is 37 years old today. Doubt Dan and the kids will mark this in any way....

    Just Dave Fanning and Larry Gogan just about remain on the 2FM schedule!

    Some others that were involved on the first day are still in RTE, or back in RTE, like Ronan Collins, Marty Whelan, Marian Richardson, Michael McNamara, Robbie Irwin, Aine Hensey....Any others??

    I remember for their 15th birthday they really made a big deal of it. They did an all day simulcast with RTE2 (or was it Network 2), all the shows were live on the telly and the radio. Quite a novelty at the time. The only current presenter I ever hear refer to the history or significant anniversaries is Will Leahy. And he's hardly on the air now either.

    The mid 1990's were 2FM's golden age imo. They had a great lineup then. And now it's 37 years old. God I feel old now...


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  • #97
    ford fiesta
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    JoeA3 wrote: »
    I remember for their 15th birthday they really made a big deal of it. They did an all day simulcast with RTE2 (or was it Network 2), all the shows were live on the telly and the radio. Quite a novelty at the time. The only current presenter I ever hear refer to the history or significant anniversaries is Will Leahy. And he's hardly on the air now either.

    The mid 1990's were 2FM's golden age imo. They had a great lineup then. And now it's 37 years old. God I feel old now...

    Correct it was the Golden Age of 2FM.
    Yes, they made a big fuss in 1994. I have these 3 hours on video and features Ian, Gerry and Larry doing separate shows from the radio studio - all the other presenters join in too! Different times indeed.
    I must upload it to You Tube someday.


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    Cliff Walker
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    I guess Colm can't really Complain as he has earned an odd 2 million from the tax payer over the last 9 years but he is a giant of radio but sadly 2fm has stained his career


  • #99
    OU812
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    Cliff Walker wrote: »
    I guess Colm can't really Complain as he has earned an odd 2 million from the tax payer over the last 9 years but he is a giant of radio but sadly 2fm has stained his career

    Colm Hayes is one of the worst people in Irish radio. If anything he's tainted 2FM.


  • #100
    ThisRegard
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    He's actually leaving RTE and working on off air projects by the sounds of it.


  • #101
    thejuggler
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    I remember in the early years of the Gerry Ryan show Colm used to do some sketches with Gerry - Dr Kalagari and the 3 old men in the pub were two regular sketches he contributed to. He may have been presenting the midday to 2PM show at that stage (89/90ish)


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