CLASSIC HITS OR 4FM

4FM/Classic Hits has been a home for many RTE-related presenters over the years since it started in February 2009. As well as Liam Quigley, it includes:

Gareth O'Callaghan (who returned recently on weekends - the only original left),

Jimmy Grealey,

Derek Davis (RIP),

Noel McCaul (RIP),

Tom McGuirk,

Marian Farrell,

Michael Comyn,

Nails Mahoney/Brian McColl,

Mark Byrne (if you count his brief stint with Millennium Radio!),

Dave Heffernan,

Bill Hughes,

Al Dunne (RTE Gold subsequently),

Dave Redmond,

Gerry Stephens,

Barry Lang (Gerry's brother but there at different times!),

Declan Pierce (he was a 2FM presenter for a bit, if you are wondering!),

Nikki Hayes,

Dusty Rhodes,

Colm Hayes,

Lucy Kennedy,

Damien Farrell and

Ruth Scott.

I noticed they say Ireland’s classic hits radio now. I like this station but what bugs the absolute life out of me is how much the Colm & Lucy breakfast show is plugged. If your a regular listener, you can pinpoint the minute when they will promote it - Ruth Scott (who I loved on other stations) is particularly bad for it. I used just zone out , not I tune out. Nothing could entice me to listen to Colm Hayes - not even the promos.

now that the JNLR figures were released, is the breakfast show down listeners v’s PJ & Jim I wonder

I noticed that they’ve recently re-recorded all their jingles with the voice of Brian Walsh (who incidentally has his own show on the station on Sunday afternoons). The jingles all sound exactly the same as before, same scripts, etc just the mid-Atlantic voice replaced with Brian Walsh’s. Anyone have any idea why they’d do this? Costs? License on previous voice expired? A desire to sound more Irish?

Also heard Liam Quigley filling in for Phil Cawley yesterday. Another very familiar voice in terms of ads, jingles etc on other stations.

are you sure? It sounds extremely like Brian Walsh to me but maybe the 2 guys have similar sounding voices...

Looked at their schedule, noticed Traic Ó Braonain is on on Sunday evenings now. He's also on Radio Nova with "Muc ar Maidin" on Sunday mornings, which I think means "Pig in the Morning"? 😂

What did Lucy say to Colm has to be the worst radio comp I've ever heard. At this stage I'd pay THEM the few hundred euros to not mention it again.

I noticed that they changed their news imaging recently. But the sonic logo on it still sounds like “Classic Hits 4FM”.

We don't Classic Hits up here in the NW.

But the title of the radio station would make me assume its the traditional format, mostly songs with a little bit of the dj waffling in between them?

Ryan ain't used to that format. Is he willing to become that type of DJ? To actually become a dj, rather an a host? He usually had an hours radio show which often only had 2 songs, sometimes 1.

How will be change to the new role? I don't think he is capable of being such a dj.

I couldn't see him doing it. You'd hear a lot more Michael Bublé for sure.

Doubt if turbridy would go to a station that doesn’t reach the whole country! Cant get it in the north west!

In the early 4FM days, the station had quite a lot of talk-based programs, some with a small bit of music. It is kind of hard to believe it now, but there were programs presented by the likes of Tom McGuirk, Derek Davis and Damien Kiberd.

Would they ever try to go fully national on FM?

I cannot understand why the same 80/90's are played religiously on classic hits .I listen ocasionly but rte gold play a better selection of 80's/90's hits it would turn you off listening full time anyway

Not only do they play the same songs over and over but in the last 1-2 years they've started playing Ed Sheeran and Adele and Coronas and other mind-numbing music.

If you are reading, Classic Hits, time to freshen up the library and stick to 90s backwards!

The station name is so clunky.

They seem to pick 1 or 2 songs for artist's back catalogue and stick religiously to those.