Familiar Voices from Irish Radio that You Heard Abroad

Declan A Walsh · 19-08-2018 12:32pm #1

I was reading a private message I got about Gareth O'Callaghan and how the sender was surprised to hear GOC's familiar voice on Radio Caroline in the '80s.
This got me thinking about situations where you hear a familiar voice from Irish radio elsewhere.

My example is Tom Hardy. I had got to know his voice on the radio in the first half of the '80s on Dublin superpirates Radio Sunshine and Radio Nova. In 1986, I had to spend some time in the U.K., specifically in Hertfordshire in south-east England (Anglia). When I was staying in Stevenage, I heard Tom Hardy on Chiltern Radio.

Have you more examples of this situation?

19-08-2018 12:47pm

Ryan Turbridy is another recent example, having presented on BBC R2.

ford fiesta · 19-08-2018 1:35pm

do the presenters have to be broadcasting on a non_Irish station?

for example would hearing Irish voices on Atlantic 252 when over in the UK, even though it broadcast from Trim?

Declan A Walsh · 19-08-2018 6:29pm

ford fiesta wrote: »

do the presenters have to be broadcasting on a non_Irish station?

for example would hearing Irish voices on Atlantic 252 when over in the UK, even though it broadcast from Trim?

It's a matter of interpretation, isn't it!

The idea is to recall instances where you hear someone outside Ireland that you previously had been familiar with on Irish radio.

By the way, it is not enough to know that someone has broadcast abroad. There are tonnes of examples of that. You actually should have heard them abroad yourself. That's what makes this a bit more interesting.

inspector frost · 19-08-2018 6:37pm

Howard Hughes of BBC radio Berkshire and The Unexplained podcast fame. He had a show on Radio Nova back in the late 80s.

Fuzzy Clam · 19-08-2018 6:49pm

inspector frost wrote: »

Howard Hughes of BBC radio Berkshire and The Unexplained podcast fame. He had a show on Radio Nova back in the late 80s.

Did he? Nova closed in 1986. I'll have to trawl to friends recordings but I don't recall anyone of that name on Nova.

MikeyTaylor · 19-08-2018 7:50pm

Eoghan McDermott on XFM, 2011-2012.

I had first heard him on SPIN 1038 around 2008.

ford fiesta · 19-08-2018 9:31pm

does ronan keating on magic fm count ?:rolleyes:

Declan A Walsh · 19-08-2018 11:33pm

Just to reiterate, this is not just about listing anyone that you know of that has been on Irish radio and has turned up on stations outside Ireland. There any number of examples of those. This is about people that you had heard on Irish radio and, subsequently, you yourself actually heard on non-Irish stations. See the example I gave for myself.

razorblunt · 20-08-2018 1:18pm

Louise Malony, with a hugely afflicted D4 accent, I think she's on Smooth or Magic in the UK.
Decent presenter once you get past the accent.

ford fiesta · 20-08-2018 5:38pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Just to reiterate, this is not just about listing anyone that you know of that has been on Irish radio and has turned up on stations outside Ireland. There any number of examples of those. This is about people that you had heard on Irish radio and, subsequently, you yourself actually heard on non-Irish stations. See the example I gave for myself.

so you have be "in" the UK listening to the station with the Irish voice?

cml387 · 20-08-2018 5:48pm

Fr Brian D'Arcy does a regularGod slot on Chris Evans show on BBC R2

Declan A Walsh · 20-08-2018 9:43pm

ford fiesta wrote: »

so you have be "in" the UK listening to the station with the Irish voice?

Okay, with internet etc. etc., you don't have to be in the other country. I admit I made a mistake myself in my explanations and got myself tied up in a foreign knot! I just want people to give examples of those they actually heard on non-Irish stations first hand, by whatever means. I suspect that a lot of the examples given on this thread so far are not first-hand hearings at all.

ford fiesta · 20-08-2018 10:14pm

What about adding another twist - Irish presenters who were never on Irish radio, but are/were on a non-Irish station.. such as Angela Scanlon currently on BBC Radio 2

Declan A Walsh · 20-08-2018 10:16pm

ford fiesta wrote: »

What about adding another twist - Irish presenters who were never on Irish radio, but are/were on a non-Irish station.. such as Angela Scanlon currently on BBC Radio 2

That's an idea for another thread....

MikeyTaylor · 20-08-2018 11:25pm

ford fiesta wrote: »

What about adding another twist - Irish presenters who were never on Irish radio, but are/were on a non-Irish station.. such as Angela Scanlon currently on BBC Radio 2

But she has been on Irish television.

ford fiesta · 20-08-2018 11:28pm

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

But she has been on Irish television.

not relevant for this thread

cml387 · 22-08-2018 5:20pm

I definitely heard Brian D'Arcy on BBC Radio Two on a few occasions. Although maybe he doesn't count cos he's a priest. Or something.

Declan A Walsh · 22-08-2018 9:31pm

cml387 wrote: »

I definitely heard Brian D'Arcy on BBC Radio Two on a few occasions. Although maybe he doesn't count cos he's a priest. Or something.

Of course he counts if you heard him on Irish radio as well, which I'm sure you did!

AwaitYourReply · 25-08-2018 4:07pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Of course he counts if you heard him on Irish radio as well, which I'm sure you did!

I recall hearing Fr. Brian D'Arcy doing a "Thought For The Day" or "Reflection" regular slot way back as part of "The Ronan Collins Breakfast Show" from 06:30-09:00am Mon-Fri on RTÉ Radio 2. I reckon it was around 1980/81 period. Ronan Collins Breakfast Show used be followed by Paul Clarke from 09:00-11:30am and Clarke is now the face of UTV Live. I understand that he also did a similar slot as part of the late Terry Wogan's radio show.

ford fiesta · 25-08-2018 8:40pm

Brian D'Arcy also used to do a Country and Irish news update slot on Alan Corcoran's weekend Country and Irish music show in the early 90s, on 2FM.

This show on 2FM ran as recently until 1999 which is hard to believe!!

AwaitYourReply · 28-08-2018 3:58pm

ford fiesta wrote: »

Brian D'Arcy also used to do a Country and Irish news update slot on Alan Corcoran's weekend Country and Irish music show in the early 90s, on 2FM.

This show on 2FM ran as recently until 1999 which is hard to believe!!

I recall the slogan/jingle "Up ya Boya Alan Corcoran!" all those years ago. Alan Corcoran used do a show Sat+Sun early evenings on 2FM if I recall. Some years before you would have had Paschal Mooney with his show "Keep it Country" which was on the original RTÉ Radio 2 and I would be surprised if Brian D'Arcy had not contributed in some way to that show too in it's day. Keep it Country may have migrated to RTÉ Radio 1 in subsequent years although; I think Paschal Mooney went into local politics.

When 2FM initially devoted less time to Country Western music it used get quite a lot of stick from various artists as I think they felt that RTÉ was not devoting enough airtime to support Irish artists particularly in this music genre which would have been more popular in rural Ireland. They relied on the likes of Larry Gogan and Ronan Collins to give them a plug especially if they had a new release or upcoming gig to promote. Sandy Harsch at weekends on RTÉ Radio 1 probably fills that void but I gather they would always welcome more airtime on weekdays too. I'm sure Sandy Harsch was on independent commercial radio here in Ireland doing a similar type of show prior to her working on RTÉ Radio 1. Just can't recall if Sandy was on Century Radio or maybe Radio Ireland? Other voices that came to RTÉ Radio from commercial independent sector would include Philip Cawley (Today FM) and Philip Boucher-Hayes.

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