Gareth O' Callaghan

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Dudess

Guess there's no accounting for taste - I found his show and style awfully bland and twee, and the music dreadful.

I think he went back to college full-time to study psychology with the aim of becoming a counsellor. Hopefully he got there - seemed like his heart was really, really in it. He'd probably make a great counsellor.

Derek_N

He hosts the breakfast show on Galway Bay fm. Weekdays, 7am to 10am.

Wertz

Gareth O'Callaghan invented the internet you know...or at least he got on like he did.

Prior to the two Rays appearing on the scene he was my most hated DJ... from the moment that boody theme tune would roll and the half hearted clapping/cheering from the production staff, the afternoon used to just drag on interminably with him on in the background...ithe show's only saving grace was the phone in quiz thing at 4pm.

JoeA3

Yeah he's on GBFM in the mornings now, along with his GAA/culchie sidekick Ollie Turner... the pair don't sound like the ideal match IMO! Which brings me to another point... what is it lately with "Sports guys" having more input into radio shows than absolutely necessary?

He doesn't really engage in the happy clappy cheeese fest that he used to do in his 2FM days... i.e. no singing along to his jingles, and the show is all the blander for it.

SprostonGreen

He used to copy the Steve Wright in the afternoon show on BBC Radio 1.

I once heard him and John Clarke recite an entire link word for word one week after the BBC show.

He is/was a major pain in the hole, I agree with the Dudess about him been twee. He once back introducted a Beck record as if we was breaking through a new artist, even though he'd been around for years, he called him "Beck Hanson".

After Michael Hutchence died he said he wasnt surprised as when interviewed him in 1990 he saw a needle sticking out of his arm, but never thought to mention it, way to go Scoop.

Dudess

I remember he used to have a feature where people would phone up to play a request and then I think they picked a number (or something along those lines) and a song would come up and they'd either choose to have it played or try again. Anyway, on this occasion, the song happened to be Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye. No way would Gareth utter the title - "And the song is... Marvin Gaye. Yep, we've got Marvin Gaye".

Oh yeah, I remember him singing along to that awful late 70s/early 80s style theme tune and the clapping at the end. I doubt that was live though - probably an audio clip.

Manimal

SprostonGreen wrote: »

He used to copy the Steve Wright in the afternoon show on BBC Radio 1.

I once heard him and John Clarke recite an entire link word for word one week after the BBC show.

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hes not the only national DJ to have done that. Imagine my surprise about three weeks ago when listening to a well known unnamed national DJ and I heard him AND his talentless sidekick do the same thing with a Chris Moyles bit. The sidekick even jumped in at the same time during the link. Pretty ****ing pathetic.

Cole

Blast from the past.

I remember him from Q102 in the late 80's. Some of my classmates and I were fans of the station at the time, but even at that impressionable age, we still had the good taste to realise that his 'wacky' show was awful.

We really developed quite an aversion towards him.

SprostonGreen wrote: »

He used to copy the Steve Wright in the afternoon show on BBC Radio 1.

So true.

DenMan

I really liked Gareth on the radio. When he was doing his shows I remember he was talking about the awful depression he had in his life. I went through the same thing at that time (and still do to a lesser extent). It was a breath of fresh air and comforting to see someone talk openly about the problems they had in their lives. I helped me a good bit. Glad he is still on the airwaves. Must check his show out.

FlutterinBantam

He was a bland crock.Load of utter codswallop and crap.

Annoyed the bollox off me .

Let's call a spade a spade here.

Firetrap

Have to agree with you there. His shows had way too much middle of the road stuff for their own good. He was also some waffler. He was going on one day about how much he loved Robert De Niro and that he was brilliant in The Devil's Advocate. Ah shur it's a mistake easily made. Telling those twins Robert De Niro and Al Pacino apart is a tough job even for their mother. :rolleyes:

irish_bob

ah gareth o callaghan

what most amused me about that idiot was his uncanny ability to be at least 6 months behind the time when it came to what he saw as new music

imagine him on air today for example , he might play the song MERCY by DUFFY and say immiedietly afterwards , great new song by duffy there , i think that one should be a hit

Dudess

DJs who don't like/don't know anything about music... they're out there.

One well known national DJ actually told me he's not really into music.

Fuzzy Clam

I certainly remember listenig to Steve Wright on BBC Radio 1 in work and hearing Gareth repeat the same "gags" a couple of weeks later on RTE 2. He also did these prank 'phone calls. You could tell that the "member of the public" who he called up was actually an actor. Mildly amusing the first time but increasingly annoying when he plays the same "crank caller" month after month.

I also recall when he used to read out whose birthday it was that day. "Happy birthday to Mick Jaggers Model daughter,Anthea" he said...DOH! There was a Model by the name of Anthea but her surname was JAEGER not JAGGER.

How about a fantasy radio station made up of these type of DJs. G O'C,Tim Kelly,Tony Fenton etc..

SprostonGreen

Dudess wrote: »

DJs who don't like/don't know anything about music... they're out there.

One well known national DJ actually told me he's not really into music.

They are usually the ones who love the sound of their own voice, ie, a sufferin bastard.

FlutterinBantam

heh he heh heh.. Anyone who puts any importance in what those jerks say or do deserves what they get imho.

chalkitdown1

I do miss the company challenge, though. We were on it once. But we lost.:mad:

Damo.Smith

bring back gareth o callaghan,he was the best dj around

Liam Byrne

Saw an ad in today's Indo (Examiner was sold out so had to make do with that instead) and there was an ad for Gareth O'Callaghan's show on Galway Bay FM....

jor el

He's the reason I stopped listening to 2FM in the mornings. When he was doing the breakfast show, they ran a competition where contestants had to laugh to win a prize, the best laugh wins. Now, there's no sound more irritating than fake laughter, even more so when you're just waking up. I made it to Tuesday that week and had enough.

I did like the bit on the afternoon show where he'd ring up some poor pleb and wind them up over something. I remember him getting threatened with all sorts of legal action by one guy, and then when it all came out that it was a joke the guy flipped the lid all together.

FlutterinBantam

Can you blame the guy.???

If he did that to me and I could get past security,he would get a nice ripe bolus backed out onto his turntable and see if he found that funny:mad:

Imbecile.

Fuzzy Clam

jor el wrote: »

I did like the bit on the afternoon show where he'd ring up some poor pleb and wind them up over something. I remember him getting threatened with all sorts of legal action by one guy, and then when it all came out that it was a joke the guy flipped the lid all together.

Sorry to shatter the illusion but odds on that poor pleb was an actor.
Most, if not all, of those windups were staged. FACT

Gerry ryan also used actors a lot during the early years of the G Ryan show.
I recall one morning Gerry came back after a break for music or ads and went to the phone lines. "Who's on the line" he asked to which the reply was "Its Jonathon, Gerry". "Jonathon who?" asked Gerry.
"Jonathon Ryan"

OOOPS!

Gerry hurridly went to another break and when he came back he went to a phone call from a "listener" (with a voice similar to Jon Ryan) with a mad story about weeping statues or anti-clockwise roundabouts or something.

For those who don't know, Jon Ryan is an actor who has worked a lot for RTE.

Firetrap

Oh yes, Jonathan Ryan who used to present Bosco. And who got killed in the nip during Patriot Games.

tbh

Dudess wrote: »

DJs who don't like/don't know anything about music... they're out there.

One well known national DJ actually told me he's not really into music.

George Hook?

Anyway, on topic, lets not forget aul Gareth's show featured the Brendan O'Carroll thing - Mrs. Browne's boys, wasn't it? jaysus.

In his defense tho, I think that kind of show was one of those where RTE saw how popular Steve Wrights show - and it was, and still is, don't forget - and saw a gap in the market. Knowing RTE, GOC was probably the closest fit, as opposed to a natural. It was more "zany radio show by numbers" than an envelope-pushing comedy lab!

I did listen to the show, but I grew out of it - Those kind of shows just became jaded I suppose, like Noels House Party Would wish him all the best tho. I just thought the title of his book - noble and all as the story probably is - was the worst, most twee title I've ever heard. "A place called hope" ffs, how "Oprah Book Club" can you get? I digress

Fulton Crown

Dudess wrote: »

DJs who don't like/don't know anything about music... they're out there.

One well known national DJ actually told me he's not really into music.

Thats a terrible slurr on Mr Gogan......the man knows his stuff..it's just the old Alzeimers..

Ekels

He was a damn sight better than people like Ruth Scott, Damien Farrelly and that blonde one who plays crap dance. But still, a little boring.

Those 'Twix Packs' were on the go for years by him.

Leaderbored

Ekels wrote: »

... that blonde one who plays crap dance....

Would that be nikkihayes2fm dotbebo dotcom by any chance? I think thats her real name, It must be, because she she says it roughly 12 times a minute....

2 hours devoted to scobers and slappers typing inane, barely legible gibberish about who screams the most in big brother and how great their Fella / bird / Opel Corsa is, and of course, how truly great nikkihayes2fm dotbebo dotcom is, for without Ms Dotcom, the chav universe would be without meaning.

john concannon

Leaderbored wrote: »

Would that be nikkihayes2fm dotbebo dotcom by any chance? I think thats her real name, It must be, because she she says it roughly 12 times a minute....

2 hours devoted to scobers and slappers typing inane, barely legible gibberish about who screams the most in big brother and how great their Fella / bird / Opel Corsa is

The last line is the funniest thing I've heard in ages. They probably dream of Honda Civics.

Ekels

Leaderbored wrote: »

Would that be nikkihayes2fm dotbebo dotcom by any chance? I think thats her real name, It must be, because she she says it roughly 12 times a minute....

2 hours devoted to scobers and slappers typing inane, barely legible gibberish about who screams the most in big brother and how great their Fella / bird / Opel Corsa is, and of course, how truly great nikkihayes2fm dotbebo dotcom is, for without Ms Dotcom, the chav universe would be without meaning.

And texts disparaging her for her lack of Tiesto on the show.

I remember his show on 2FM in the afternoons alright. Can only barely remember the morning show depsite going to school with it in the late 90s. But I do remember him ending his show with the last 35 seconds of Witchita Lineman by Glen Campbell.

I actually used to like his presentation except for the annoying "sing along to his own jingles" bit. And my family never had any time for him because he pronounced Billy Joel as "Billy Joelle."

One time someone e-mailed into his PC column about a hoax virus alert (which the e-mailer believed was real) so I sent one in providing proof that it were a hoax. He read out the e-mail the next day and I got calls from my friends saying "that was you wasn't it?"

L1011

Didn't GOC go all religious and rant about D'Arcy in the Hegguld last year?

Firetrap

Yep Link's at the bottom of this page in the related posts thingie. I don't see the difference between Ray D'Arcy saying he's an athiest and Gerry Ryan telling us about his sex life (well, before he and Mrs Ryan went their separate ways)