Contributors who vanished from Radio

Longback

I heard BP Fallon one time a few years ago while he was presenting a show on RTÉ refer to a “Gee hair” as a unit of measurement to describe how narrow something was. Often wondered if that was the reason I never again heard him on RTÉ …

Xander10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118051735#Comment_118051735

Always find him a one trick pony.

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118065779#Comment_118065779

Molloy was a great “contributor” but his own show could be a tough listen at times. He’d read from his notes and it would sound quite wooden.

Anyway, it looks like John Fardy muscled him out of his show. Not sure it’s much of an improvement, felt Molloy was more of a film “anorak” so you got more from his input.

Walking_Wolf

Louise Kings. She was a psychic who used to appear on Adrian Kennedy's show on FM104 quite regularly, back in the day.

El Tarangu

A presenter rather than a contributor, but John Murray had a fall from grace after the Mickey Harte controversy - I'm not sure if he has any presenting job now.

MrMusician18

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118096532#Comment_118096532

Doesn't he do Saturday Sport?

Strumms

Jason Maine... anybody know his whereabouts ?

also Greg Gaughran

Hangdogroad

Charlie Wolf. UK based right wing Yank who for a while hosted a morning show on Corks Red FM.

Ger Roe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118097054#Comment_118097054

Sorry to hear that about Charlie. For someone who brought exceptional energy to his radio programming, particularly on Laser 558, Parkinsons is very cruel blow. I wish him well.

El Tarangu

Sam Smyth used to have a lawyer on from New York every week, normally shooting the breeze about nothing in particular.

I always assumed that he was, at best, just a lawyer well-known in New York legal circles (appearing every week at on an Irish radio show at what must have been an ungodly hour on the east coast seemed a strange gig for a big-time celebrity lawyer), but years after the show was axed, I learned that that he was the basis for the Tommy Killian character in 'Bonfire of the Vanities',which I thought was fairly impressive.

El Tarangu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118096542#Comment_118096542

You are right it seems; I turn off the radio when the sport comes on.

Declan A Walsh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118096543#Comment_118096543

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118097046#Comment_118097046

None of those were contributors. They were presenters. Jason Maine retired. Greg Gaughren has been presenter with Dublin and commuter belt classic rock station Radio Nova and is still there. He also has some position like Head of Music. As I said, none of them were contributors.

mistersifter

Is Philip Molloy still on radio? Used to love listening to his film segment on the George Hook show a few years back. Not sure if he has his own slot now or if that's finished too? He was very knowledgeable and a great critic without being snobbish about film.

hawley

The Gabby Cabby. Used to do my head in. Used to be on Pat Kenny's show, other Irish programmes too.

Walter Sobchak III

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118097399#Comment_118097399

Ed Hayes was that guy's name.

Tork

Matt Cooper occasionally had him on The Last Word after that. Sometimes in the US slot instead of Cal or Marion I think. I haven't listened to TLW much in ages so I don't know if he has been back.

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118097753#Comment_118097753

I was going to mention that muppet but couldn't remember his name. New York taxi driver, a right pr!ck by all accounts. Neil Prendiville used to have him on a lot on Corks 96 FM as well.

whisky_galore

Terence the Cork hairdresser.

Dr Bill Cullen. The ah jaysus be the hokey cokey one.

JoeA3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118100932#Comment_118100932

Terence is still on the radio every day afaik. AKA John Creedon.

Declan A Walsh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118100932#Comment_118100932

Dr. Bill Cullen was done by Tom Dunne when he was with Today FM.

Mad_maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118097467#Comment_118097467

He was OK when on with Hook but awful as a presenter by himself on the movie show, dreadfully slow and morose

FGR

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118055485#Comment_118055485

I felt the same. Newstalk back then was a much better listen.

George Hook made the evening commute far more tolerable; Michael Graham's contribution would always give that 'other' viewpoint you'd rarely hear on radio. Add to that the lunchtime news show which was actually a lunchtime news show (was it Damien Kiberd?). I also enjoyed the night time shows with Declan Carty and later Marc Coleman. Although over the top I wish NT would bring back the night time chat shows - Tom Dunne should really be back on Today FM with his music show.

Almost forgot to mention the outrageous hilarity that was the 'Your Call' show with Brenda Power in the mornings. I wasn't a regular listener - but I remember having a rough day at work and boy did her visit to the Dept of Health demanding to see Mary Harney cheer me up no end.

whisky_galore

Ha, Michael Graham. Trump Lite.

Alternately loving us and insulting us calling Eurowienies.

Hangdogroad

John O Donovan, serial radio phone in-er and anti everything "campaigner".

mistersifter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118102671#Comment_118102671

I never heard Molloy's Saturday show but I know what you mean. Hook prob balanced things out by being his usual motormouth self, and Molloy was well able to call him out on his shíte talk. They bounced off each other well.

Molloy was also a breath of fresh air compared to the other critic who'd occasionally be on the show - a younger academic type who was too highfalutin to appreciate mainstream films.

The good thing about Hook being gone is not having to listen to Dave McIntyre on it. An absolute pain in the gonads on that show, he was.

RIP Simon Young

Zeek12

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118102671#Comment_118102671

100% agree. The saturday evening movie show was like a graveyard when Molloy presented. The banter with George mid-week was really the only entertaining thing about him on NT.

John Fardy does a much better job now on the weekend movie show imo. Very entertaining, lively, good interviews, an encyclopedic knowledge of film and Tv. And interesting guests.

robo

Emilia Golightly -who?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilia_Golightly

I used to love listening to her 3 minute slot just before I fell asleep in the 90's, and I always wondered who did her voice, Fiona Looney! I never knew that until today.

Fiona Looney - another contributor that was a staple with Gerry Ryan and some other RTE shows, you don't hear her as much these days. I remember she used to spend summer holidays with the kids, camping in France. And loved the Irish football team.

Hangdogroad

Karen Fricker, an American who used to do movie, theatre reviews etc on Radio 1 circa late 90s, early 00s. Believe she's back in the States. (Edit: she's in Canada these days)

Radio5

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118105763#Comment_118105763

I think Fiona Looney was on 2FM -or whatever it was called then- on Saturday afternoons for a while around 2010/11. She still writes for the Mail.

pjordan

Tim Lehane used to a great quirky show on RTE back in the 90's called Monday 702.

No more than George Hook (actually probably even more than George) Kevin Myers got right royally shafted and "cancelled" by his media colleagues in Ireland, none of whom seemed want to have anything to do with him because of a foolish editorial mistake blown out of proportion. The only show I heard on him since his fall was I think Ivan Yates.

patspost

Years ago Pat Kenny on RTÉ radio 1 used to have Paul Duncan the Poet on occasionally. He was always worth a listen.

Karlin Lillington? used to be on a Casio Nally discussing personal finance.

patspost

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118138356#Comment_118138356

Edit, Paul Duncan is the Poet

L1011

Karlin Lillington was and is a tech correspondent and is on a fair bit on various stations; she may have done finance stuff too.

touts

Bibi Baskin appeared back on the airwaves regularly a couple of years ago and seems to have disappeared again. I presume someone from HR came down to the producers morning meeting with her file.

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118138416#Comment_118138416

Bibi retired in May.

She came back on 96fm, she had worked for RTE before she left to become a hotelier so absolutely no corporate connection.

Ballycommon Mast

The Gardener - Dermot O'Neill

Furze99

Whenever hot topics arise, you get some expert on the air, seemingly every other day. Then when the news cycle moves on, they simply vanish. Case in point was the so called Childrens Referendum and there was some lad from Waterford IT who seemed to be in every week for the Finucane show. Mind you a good few regulars on that show were delisted when O'Connor took over. He has his own set of pals.

For Forks Sake

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118066185#Comment_118066185

BP pops up on Dunphys podcast from time to time (he was on recently discussing the new Beatles doc), he's impossible to get rid of, if there was a nuclear war he'd survive and be found boring the head off cockroaches with his tales of how he met someone famous back in 1968

padd b1975

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118365031#Comment_118365031

He was very ill a few years back I think.

whisky_galore

Barry Kenny was showing up with such regularity along with his regular Hooky love-in at one point you'd wonder was he doing any work for Irish Rail at all. Only shows up now very occasionally for mild chastisement when trains are late.

Hesh's Umpire

I don't listen to RTE Radio 1 as much as I used to but there used to be a Polish guy Zbyszek Zalinski on a lot a few years ago who I don't hear as much of.

dxhound2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118404240#Comment_118404240

That is his job.

Barry Kenny, Corporate Communications Manager

Barry joined Iarnród Éireann in 1994 and has spent his career with the company in the communications area.

Best known for representing the company in the broadcast and print media, Barry is also responsible for a number of areas including social media policy and development; and liaison with public representatives, as well as media relations.

Barry enjoys travelling the world and has a keen interest in sport and current affairs.

leath_dub

Constantin Gurdgiev - he used to be everywhere a while back. The most pro-capitalist Russian on the airwaves

chicorytip

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118052024#Comment_118052024

Is that Eanna Ni Lamhna you are referring to?

Faugheen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118405037#Comment_118405037

Eanna Ni Lamhna is great craic. She could be talking about the grass growing and she'd be able to throw in a sex analogy in there somewhere.

I've heard her a couple of times recently.

Mad_maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118365433#Comment_118365433

"Bless his heart "

Mad_maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118404906#Comment_118404906

He predicted that Ireland would end up worse than Greece around circa 2010.

Not much room for permabears once an economy bounces back, turned out he hadn't much of a clue but his exotic accent left him in demand when doom and gloom was everywhere

Declan A Walsh

Éanna Ní Lamhna is from Co. Louth and Brenda O'Donoghue is from Co.Kildare. There seems to be some confusion in some of the previous posts about contributors to Derek Mooney's show!

El Tarangu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118412892#Comment_118412892

It's 100% Brenda O'Donoghue I was thinking of - I'm sure she is a nice person, but my toes curl whenever I heard her on the radio.