John Clarke and Ray D'Arcy

John Joe Jones

Why was John Clarke so foolish not to give Ray D'Arcy a daily slot on 2fm back in 1999/ early 2000 ? He chose to hang on to dinosaur djs like Gogan, Fanning and O'Callaghan and allowed D'Arcy who became the most successful radio presenter of the 00s slip through his fingers.

Shinobollo

John Joe Jones wrote: »

Why was John Clarke so foolish not to give Ray D'Arcy a daily slot on 2fm back in 1999/ early 2000 ? He chose to hang on to dinosaur djs like Gogan, Fanning and O'Callaghan and allowed D'Arcy who became the most successful radio presenter of the 00s slip through his fingers.

Cos Fanning is probably the best thing ever to happen to 2fm.
Agree about the other 2 though

bbability

Shinobollo wrote: »

Cos Fanning is probably the best thing ever to happen to 2fm.
Agree about the other 2 though

Dave Fanning = square peg and 2 FM is the round hole they don't go together.

padd b1975

Dave Fanning-the man who could have singlehandedly saved Phantom FM.....

Anorak34c

I remember d'arcy presenting the great giveaway show briefly in the winter of 1998. He was a bridge between suzanne duffy and ruth scott i think.

ford fiesta

Anorak34c wrote: »

I remember d'arcy presenting the great giveaway show briefly in the winter of 1998. He was a bridge between suzanne duffy and ruth scott i think.

Ray d'Arcy certainly filled in for Lorcan Murray weekends 2 - 6 pm in summer 1998, on 2FM.

Doodah7

Dave Fanning and Rick O'Shea after him on a Saturday are the only reasons I would actively tune in to 2FM. Never, ever go near it the rest of the week...

BPKS

D'Arcy used to have a show on Saturday mornings on 2FM I'm nearly sure.

Losty Dublin

BPKS wrote: »

D'Arcy used to have a show on Saturday mornings on 2FM I'm nearly sure.

He presented a show on RTE 1 called Fandango that went out on Saturday mornings. Is this the show you are thinking of?

ford fiesta

Losty Dublin wrote: »

He presented a show on RTE 1 called Fandango that went out on Saturday mornings. Is this the show you are thinking of?

This was on 3 times per week, in the evenings during the week if I remember from 1996 - 1998. It was with Carrie Crowley.

Anorak34c

Its is pretty interesting that darcy was only ever considered good enough to be a weekend sub dj by 2fm management. I wonder where would he be today if today fm had never hired him ?

Losty Dublin

Anorak34c wrote: »

Its is pretty interesting that darcy was only ever considered good enough to be a weekend sub dj by 2fm management. I wonder where would he be today if today fm had never hired him ?

Can't see how he would have had time for a daytime radio gig on RTE considering that he did 5 day a week on Den TV before he left to join Today FM in 1998.

Anorak34c

He left the den in may 1998 and didnt join today fm until september 2000

ford fiesta

Anorak34c wrote: »

He left the den in may 1998 and didnt join today fm until september 2000

But stayed with RTE after The Den until move to Today FM, doing some TV (2phat) and Radio 1 Fandango show and occasional 2FM.

Anorak34c

Furthermore Damien McCaul was assigned to the 2fm breakfast show in march 200O and he hosted it for 2 years while also presenting the den.

ford fiesta

Ray had a long old stint in The Den - 8 years. Those were the times I suppose.

corcaigh1

Anorak34c wrote: »

He left the den in may 1998 and didnt join today fm until september 2000

Was it not 1999 the ray darcy show started on today fm??

Clonmel1000

corcaigh1 wrote: »

Was it not 1999 the ray darcy show started on today fm??

No definitely 2000.

corcaigh1

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

corcaigh1 wrote: »

Was it not 1999 the ray darcy show started on today fm??

No definitely 2000.

Was curious as wiki lists he had the show 15 years and left dec 14...

"Ray D'Arcy originally hosted the weekday mid-morning slot for 15 years but abruptly left Today FM to rejoin RT with immediate effect in December 2014."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Today_FM

Anorak34c

Anorak34c wrote: »

Furthermore Damien McCaul was assigned to the 2fm breakfast show in march 200O and he hosted it for 2 years while also presenting the den.

There's a blast from the past?

Whatever happened to 'Damo'? Thought he was great craic on the Den

His (oddly personal) wiki page (he 'regularly holidays abroad') doesn't mention anything about his current broadcasting career, if any.

I believe I heard once he was training to be a counsellor? I may have read that on boards.ie.

Cliff Walker

He was on classic hits 4fm this year doing an odd fill in. His brother Ronan was a regular weekend fill in at 2fm for a good few years but hasn't been on since last christmas.

It's interesting that he's been active recently. What were the circumstances of his departure from RTE, anyone remember?

Voluntary, I assume?

hufpc8w3adnk65

Cliff Walker wrote: »

He was on classic hits 4fm this year doing an odd fill in. His brother Ronan was a regular weekend fill in at 2fm for a good few years but hasn't been on since last christmas.

I think he's still on breakfast with pj Gallagher

Cliff Walker

No thats another Damien, Damien Farrelly, he also worked at 2fm tho with MaCaul during the 00s

Declan A Walsh

After leaving 2FM, Danien McCaul spent a few years with Q102. I'm not sure if he was ever on 4FM, unlike Damien Farrelly.

I wonder did John Clarke ever come across Ray Darcy at all when they were both with RTE, particularly when John Clarke was Head of 2FM.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Cliff Walker wrote: »

No thats another Damien, Damien Farrelly, he also worked at 2fm tho with MaCaul during the 00s

My apologies

JoeA3

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

After leaving 2FM, Danien McCaul spent a few years with Q102. I'm not sure if he was ever on 4FM, unlike Damien Farrelly.

I wonder did John Clarke ever come across Ray Darcy at all when they were both with RTE, particularly when John Clarke was Head of 2FM.

McCaul has definitely filled in on a few slots on 4FM this year.

ford fiesta

JoeA3 wrote: »

McCaul has definitely filled in on a few slots on 4FM this year.

Also before that he was on 98fm for a few years at the weekends around 2 years ago

colinod0806

Did Damien McCaul not do the fill in on 98fm between D&D's show ending and Quilty's starting?

Csalem

corcaigh1 wrote: »

Was curious as wiki lists he had the show 15 years and left dec 14...

"Ray D'Arcy originally hosted the weekday mid-morning slot for 15 years but abruptly left Today FM to rejoin RT with immediate effect in December 2014."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Today_FM

That would be fifteen years:
2000 - Year 1
2001 - Year 2
2002 - Year 3
...
2013 - Year 14
2014 - Year 15

The Parish Priest.

Has Dan Healy just made the same mistake by allowing Al Porter slip through his fingers ?

flangemeistro

The Parish Priest. wrote: »

Has Dan Healy just made the same mistake by allowing Al Porter slip through his fingers ?

Are you having a laugh. Comparing that talentless hack to John Clarke?

Declan A Walsh

The Parish Priest. wrote: »

Has Dan Healy just made the same mistake by allowing Al Porter slip through his fingers ?

flangemeistro wrote: »

Are you having a laugh. Comparing that talentless hack to John Clarke?

The OP was talking about then Head of 2FM, John Clarke, letting Ray Darcy slip through his fingers to go to Today FM. And here it is!

John Joe Jones wrote: »

Why was John Clarke so foolish not to give Ray D'Arcy a daily slot on 2fm back in 1999/ early 2000 ? He chose to hang on to dinosaur djs like Gogan, Fanning and O'Callaghan and allowed D'Arcy who became the most successful radio presenter of the 00s slip through his fingers.

So the comparison that The Parish Priest is making is between Al Porter and Ray Darcy, or maybe between Dan Healy and John Clarke!

flangemeistro

Ok sorry, I read the title wrong. Porter couldn't lace D'Arcys running shoes either.

MikeyTaylor

The Parish Priest. wrote: »

Has Dan Healy just made the same mistake by allowing Al Porter slip through his fingers ?

And Ray Foley as well. He could have been a valuable addition to their weekend schedule but instead he's stuck with Cork listeners.

zetalambda

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

And Ray Foley as well. He could have been a valuable addition to their weekend schedule but instead he's stuck with Cork listeners.

Most radio presenters would probably pick a Cork audience over a Dublin one.

MikeyTaylor

zetalambda wrote: »

Most radio presenters would probably pick a Cork audience over a Dublin one.

Are you mad. A population of 200k over a population of 1m? Sorry but Dublin has the bigger audience.

colinod0806

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Are you mad. A population of 200k over a population of 1m? Sorry but Dublin has the bigger audience.

The poster is probably from Cork. It's the center of the universe apparently.

MikeyTaylor

colinod0806 wrote: »

The poster is probably from Cork. It's the center of the universe apparently.

Akshehir, Turkey is the center of the world, actually.

zetalambda

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Are you mad. A population of 200k over a population of 1m? Sorry but Dublin has the bigger audience.

I'm not talking about the number of listeners. It's classic quality over quantity. Half your audience in Dublin are listening on stolen radios

Basal

Below is the 2fm schedule from this week in 1998 with ray Darcy on 9am at weekends, he was dropped a few months later and replaced by Ruth scott https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/21616305_2064321653796114_7193294392266515191_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoiYiJ9&oh=82f3d97da74adf20346439f5f32de73d&oe=5A412ED9

MikeyTaylor

Basal wrote: »

Below is the 2fm schedule from this week in 1998 with ray Darcy on 9am at weekends, he was dropped a few months later and replaced by Ruth scott https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/21616305_2064321653796114_7193294392266515191_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoiYiJ9&oh=82f3d97da74adf20346439f5f32de73d&oe=5A412ED9

"Wake up with Gareth, go home with Aidan!"

I think my Dad used to know Aidan Leonard actually.

ford fiesta

Basal wrote: »

Below is the 2fm schedule from this week in 1998 with ray Darcy on 9am at weekends, he was dropped a few months later and replaced by Ruth scott https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/21616305_2064321653796114_7193294392266515191_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoiYiJ9&oh=82f3d97da74adf20346439f5f32de73d&oe=5A412ED9

Ray D'arcy was filling in on 2FM weekends around that summer. I remember him also filling in for Lorcan Murray. It was just after he finished The Den on TV and finished up his Fandango show on RTE Radio 1 with Carrie Crowley.

Anyone else spot his now wife jenny kelly on that 2FM schedule??

Master Anorak

Ray Foleys afternoon show on Today FM now has more listeners than any show on 2fm, it beggers belief that Dan Healy didn't sign Up Ray and JP after they left 98fm

its_steve116

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119613804#Comment_119613804

Or Dermot and Dave.

00s anorak

Sorry for bumping an old thread but I've just listened to a podcast with Mario Rosentock interviewing Ray and this was addressed, Ray said that he had been trying to get a gig on 2fm all the years he was working on TV, so the Late Bill O'Donavan also missed a golden opportunity to have him, indeed as he left the Den the same summer (1998) that Dempsey left 2fm, he would have been an ideal candidate for the 2fm breakfast show from August 1998.

ford fiesta

Ray did fill in on some weekend 2FM shows around 1997 / 8

00s anorak

Yeah he mentioned that but said that the amount of shifts he did there were so few that he'd never call himself a former 2fm presenter. He also said that it was Stewart Carolan who bagged the job at Today Fm for him, not Willie O'Reilly or Tom Hardy

gluppers

D'Arcy?? Really?? He should be consigned to DJing country weddings at best

its_steve116

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121701882#Comment_121701882

The guy who went on to create Love/Hate 🙂