98FM Weekday Breakfast Hosts

Declan A Walsh

Dublin's 98FM has been around since November 1989. Over the years, it has had many different combinations of weekday breakfast show hosts. Here are some of them that either I was aware of, or found on the internet. Note: I haven't listened to its breakfast show in years!

The first was Pat Courtenay and Elaine Geraghty- Pat and Elaine.

They were succeeded by "The Dawn Patrol", i.e. Mark Byrne, Debbie Allen and Morgan Jones.

Others: Nails Mahoney, aka Brian McColl, Kara Hanahoe and Aidan Cooney (Kara and Cooney), Ruth Scott and Dermot Whelan (Ruth and Dermot), Claire Solan and Aidan Power, Ray Foley. Steven Cooper and Luke O'Faolain (Cooper and Luke), Jim McCabe and of course the current presenters - Rebecca (Shekleton) and Brendan (O'Loughlin).

There has to have been more.

Muller1991

Dermot Dave and Siobhan Held the slot for a few years if memory serves me roughly 2006-2010 ?

Declan A Walsh

Muller1991 wrote: »

Dermot Dave and Siobhan Held the slot for a few years if memory serves me roughly 2006-2010 ?

Just checked her name. Siobhan O'Connor, along with Dermot Whelan and Dave Harrington.

Red Fred

Debbie Allen co-hosted with Jim McCabe and I have a vague recollection that the late Dermot Morgan hosted it, I think as a guest host, for a week or so.

smallfridge

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Just checked her name. Siobhan O'Connor, along with Dermot Whelan and Dave Harrington.

That should be Dave Moore.

Declan A Walsh

smallfridge wrote: »

That should be Dave Moore.

Whoops!

TheBMG

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Dublin's 98FM has been around since November 1989. Over the years, it has had many different combinations of weekday breakfast show hosts. Here are some of them that either I was aware of, or found on the internet. Note: I haven't listened to its breakfast show in years!

The first was Pat Courtenay and Elaine Geraghty- Pat and Elaine.

They were succeeded by "The Dawn Patrol", i.e. Mark Byrne, Debbie Allen and Morgan Jones.

Others: Nails Mahoney, aka Brian McColl, Kara Hanahoe and Aidan Cooney (Kara and Cooney), Ruth Scott and Dermot Whelan (Ruth and Dermot), Claire Solan and Aidan Power, Ray Foley. Steven Cooper and Luke O'Faolain (Cooper and Luke), Jim McCabe and of course the current presenters - Rebecca (Shekleton) and Brendan (O'Loughlin).

There has to have been more.

Don’t ask for precise dates .. but .. here we go ..


Morning Crew with Pat and Elaine

Dawn Patrol with Mark Byrne, Debbie Allen and Morgan Jones

Dawn Patrol with Nails Mahoney, Debbie Allen and Morgan Jones

Kara and Cooney (Kara Hanahoe and Aidan Cooney)

Morning Crew with Aidan and Debbie (Allen)

Morning Crew with Jim (McCabe) and Debbie

Morning Crew with Dermot (Whelan) and Dave (Moore)

Morning Crew with Dermot and Ruth (Scott)

Morning Crew with Dermot, Dave and Siobhan (O’Connor)

Morning Crew with Dermot and Dave

Morning Crew with Aidan (Power) and Claire (Solan)

The Ray Foley Show

98 Big Breakfast with Cooper (Stephen) and Luke (O’Faoilain)

98 Big Breakfast with Rebecca (Shekelton) and Brendan (O’Loughlin)

TheBMG

Red Fred wrote: »

Debbie Allen co-hosted with Jim McCabe and I have a vague recollection that the late Dermot Morgan hosted it, I think as a guest host, for a week or so.

Dermot Morgan did comedy inserts with Pat and Elaine for a short spell after Scrap Saturday wrapped up on RTE Radio 1

Declan A Walsh

Interesting to see where some of them are now

TheBMG wrote: »

Don’t ask for precise dates .. but .. here we go ..


Morning Crew with Pat (Courtenay) - Radio Nova and Elaine (Geraghty) - CEO of Ardmore Studios and Troy Studios

Dawn Patrol with Mark Byrne - works for airline , Debbie Allen - Q102 and Morgan Jones

Dawn Patrol with Nails Mahoney - CEO of Onaircoach, Debbie Allen and Morgan Jones

Kara and Cooney (Kara Hanahoe and Aidan Cooney - Q102)

Morning Crew with Aidan and Debbie (Allen)

Morning Crew with Jim (McCabe) - Radio Nova and Debbie

Morning Crew with Dermot (Whelan) and Dave (Moore) - Today FM)

Morning Crew with Dermot and Ruth (Scott) - Radio Nova

Morning Crew with Dermot, Dave and Siobhan (O’Connor)

Morning Crew with Dermot and Dave

Morning Crew with Aidan (Power) - TV Presenter and Claire (Solan) - Podcasts, voiceover artiste

The Ray Foley Show

98 Big Breakfast with Cooper (Stephen) - Co-founder of The World Media Lab and Luke (O’Faoilain) - Radio Nova

98 Big Breakfast with Rebecca (Shekelton) and Brendan (O’Loughlin)

KildareP

Aidan Power is also one half of iRadio breakfast

Declan A Walsh

I forgot to mention that Ray Foley is now a TV presenter on Virgin Media.