Anton Savage...

thalia_13

Hope someone here in radio can help, seeing as Anton is on everyday at the moment. My friend (who I suspect has a crush on him/his voice) and I are trying to figure out what age this fella is? He sounds quite mature on the radio, I guess he is in 30's but my friend reckons he is 25/26....

Can anyone solve this, or Mods if this thread is in the wrong place could you please move it to a more suitable form??

Lenny Lovett

Late 30s

thalia_13

thats what I guessed, well I put him at bout 34 max, but nowhere on net can find the info I am no good at cyber stalking haha

Lenny Lovett

fascinating

thalia_13

It is indeed lenny there is some money riding on this debate hence the mild interest. I'm absolutely thrilled you took the time to read and comment!

FlutterinBantam

Google is your friend

Lenny Lovett

thalia_13 wrote: »

It is indeed lenny there is some money riding on this debate hence the mild interest. I'm absolutely thrilled you took the time to read and comment!

Proud to have been of service;) So how much is my cut of the winnings?

Rochie IRL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57mKgBCDu3I

I knew I'd seen him on youtube.

thalia_13

cannot find his D.O.B on the net, nor can i find any decent info on his mum ( as in when she had her son etc).. hence the query on the wonderful boards

they guard their info well from amateur stalkers. so can anyone help settle this bet?

Lenny Lovett

e mail "fix it friday" on his show!;)

thalia_13

he is on next week I think. oh this may solve the issue.... tho admittedly after watching that youtube clip, I can see why my friend may fancy him... :eek::eek: I may end up emailing and sounding like a stalker

Lenny Lovett

He looks a bit like Breffni from the Apprentice!

Fago!

Ring up and ask him!

sundaypapers

I am sure an e-mail to the head of the RTE Authority will elicit the information

Sergeant

He may have a plummy southside tone, and may have gotten all the radio work because of his parents, but do you know what......I think the chap is a consummate professional, not afraid of asking difficult questions and knowledgeable about the subjects being discussed.

Lenny Lovett

I agree with your last bit, Sargeant, he is very professional and has great delivery. I doubt his current role at Today FM is down to his parents 'pull'. I'd say he got it on merit. If not he certainly should have!

Fago!

Anton = radio angel!

He should have a permanent slot somewhere big.

Lahm

Who's his parents?

sundaypapers

http://communicationsclinic.ie/bios.html#terryprone
+
http://communicationsclinic.ie/bios.html#tomsavage

neris

the gift grub sketches off him and vincent brown are great.

Shane10

neris wrote: »

the gift grub sketches off him and vincent brown are great.

ya there brilliant, so well done...

todolist

It's a little ironic that this guy tries to interview politicians that his mother has trained not to answer any questions.Only in Ireland.

neris

he runs the company that his parents set up. Matt Cooper interviewed his mother a few weeks ago and was saying hes the head of the communications clinic or whatever their companies called.

parasite

todolist wrote: »

It's a little ironic that this guy tries to interview politicians that his mother has trained not to answer any questions.Only in Ireland.

and mother on every second talking heads panel discussing politicians and how she tells all her clients not to spin and come clean quickly

Barname

parasite wrote: »

and mother on every second talking heads panel discussing politicians and how she tells all her clients not to spin and come clean quickly

I would not purhase a used car from her...

here is some insight to what they say versus what they do...

Stories that we can’t tell. Because our first job in most crises is to minimise their public impact, which militates against us talking about them. We can’t tell you what we’ve done, but we can tell you how we do it.
We begin by doing nothing publicly. Nada. Zilch. Not a sausage.

extracted from their website here:

http://communicationsclinic.ie/crisis.html

Oh what a tangled web we weave when.......

Lenny Lovett

He's an Irish version of Max Clifford I suppose.
From www.maxclifford.com

Often poacher and gamekeeper at the same time, he has helped save many a famous career from media damage and destruction.

Mr.Mister

I think he's around 30,i'm sure he said it on air before.

_feedback_

He mentioned his age on Today FM this morning - 33 !

Fago!

Fix it friday dude

Majestic 12

No way?! His mother is Terry Prone! Never woulod have guessed that.

I really like listening to him on the radio, he's very entertaining.

He does have quite a sexy voice too and really great teeth!

kraggy

I find him a smarmy git.

He's so arrogant it's disgusting. During the newspapers/story of the week bit this morning, he nonchalantly claimed that that German pop star had AIDS.

She hasn't. She's Hiv positive.

I texted in and nothing was mentioned. It's highly offensive to people with HIV to throw them both into the same hat.

I hope Savage/Today FM get reprimanded or sued or something.

thalia_13

He mentioned his age? He must google himself and found this thread. Fix it friday apparently is postponed until ray gets back so that was not am option. But this has settled my bet, and also i agree, he does have nice teeth! :$

sundaypapers

He can hardly have been delighted at some of the other google results he found.

nicheapaim123

Anton has just been confirmed as the new host of The Apprentice: You're Fired on TV3 so you'll get a chance to see those great teeth even more regularly now!

Lenny Lovett

nicheapaim123 wrote: »

Anton has just been confirmed as the new host of The Apprentice: You're Fired on TV3 so you'll get a chance to see those great teeth even more regularly now!

Phew!! That was close. Someone said it was going to be Ray Foley. I couldn't handle that. Anton could be ok. He surprises me in that he can carry off a 'straight' current affairs type format sometimes and can still do the juvenile rubbish on the mid morning. Not many are that versatile.

_feedback_

Lenny Lovett wrote: »

Phew!! That was close. Someone said it was going to be Ray Foley. I couldn't handle that. Anton could be ok. He surprises me in that he can carry off a 'straight' current affairs type format sometimes and can still do the juvenile rubbish on the mid morning. Not many are that versatile.

Yeah I think he is a great choice for this. I think he'll do very well. Ray Foley wouldn't have suited this. The show Foley will be doing wouldn't be my cup of tea, but I hope he does well on it. Delighted for them both.

mikemac

He used to be involved in motor racing in Mondello, maybe he still does it.

I heard of him there before I ever heard him on the radio

But I do like him, one of the better hosts around

kraggy

What tv show is Foley doing?

I'm dreading it already.

nicheapaim123

The Irish version of Take Me Out

heybaby

I think Savage is one of the most articulate and intelligent people on air at the moment, his range is also admirable considering he is able to do both Darcy's show and Matt Coopers last word, without any effort at all, there are few people out there who could credibly do both. I think some people have confused his rapid pace informative delivery with arrogance, I think this is misplaced, he is just bursting with information and ideas, he reminds me of the super intelligent guy at school who knows more than the school teacher He will go far.

Lenny Lovett

nicheapaim123 wrote: »

The Irish version of Take Me Out

Maybe someone will take him out!!!:D

heybaby wrote: »

I think Savage is one of the most articulate and intelligent people on air at the moment, his range is also admirable considering he is able to do both Darcy's show and Matt Coopers last word, without any effort at all, there are few people out there who could credibly do both.

My sentiments precisely!

Badabing

Today Fm should get him on some kind of contract or retainer so he doesn't get poached by RTE. I wish him well with new telly gig.

thalia_13

So I win my bet on his age, but my friend wins overall seeing and hearing him at the same time is like winning jackpot for her!
On a less stalkery teenage crush sounding note, I think thats a good choice for the apprentice-you're fired.
Glad its not Foley. I dont like Ray Foley, I've met him and find him so conceited and obnoxious. Thats my opinion not saying he is permanently like that , but his personality would suit Take Me Out alot more, he is giddy and I think its such a frothy show you would not need to be very bright to present it. Its not mastermind.

Back to Anton tho, he's done covering for Ray tomorrow, does that mean he's just be on Last Word motoring slot from now on?

fascination

Great to hear that about Anton. I've been listening to TodayFM a lot more over the last few weeks while he has been on! If only they'd follow TV3's example and give him his own show!

Lenny Lovett

Badabing wrote: »

Today Fm should get him on some kind of contract or retainer so he doesn't get poached by RTE. I wish him well with new telly gig.

I doubt he has the time to commit to full time gig. His own business keeps him busy. I also doubt he'd go to RTE full time while his Dad is still involved for fears of nepotism accusations.

donkey balls

did anyone hear him interveiw Vincent Browne after a few mins Browne lashed out at him i thought it was a gift grub sketch,according to Browne Anton(or his company) gives Enda Kenny coaching lessons in the media.

sundaypapers

He does.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:oI84oSboYDEJ:m.thepost.ie/quickPage.html%3Fpage%3D16729%26content%3D39773454+Sunday+Business+post+vincent+savage+anton+savage&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie&client=firefox-a

magnumlady

I don't know if this has been said before, but I think he looks like Tim nice but dim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tekXxB6dosQ

protosByte

I think he's great. Much better than Matt Cooper when he subs for him.
Just listened to him interviewing Micheal Lowry after the Moriarty Tribunal findings came out and absolutely savaged him (pardon the pun).
Very impressive. Lowry was punch drunk at the end of it.

Was actually googling to see if he was a lawyer by training based on the interview and found this thread.

Slideshowbob

It allllllllllllll makes sense now!

God only found out AS is son of Terry Prone: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ruthless-pr-faces-colleagues-bullying-claims-2823223.html

How bizarre yet apt that is!!!

Sure such unlikeable and grating media darlings had to be connected closely in DNA when all things considered.

Imagine their heart to hearts across the boardroom table in the Communications Clinic.

Makes my stomach churn thinking of it!

Dionysus

thalia_13 wrote: »

Hope someone here in radio can help, seeing as Anton is on everyday at the moment. My friend (who I suspect has a crush on him/his voice) and I are trying to figure out what age this fella is? He sounds quite mature on the radio, I guess he is in 30's but my friend reckons he is 25/26....

Can anyone solve this, or Mods if this thread is in the wrong place could you please move it to a more suitable form??

Anto, is that you?