Fm104

radiotrickster

I can’t remember seeing a thread for this before and know any chat about 104 Drive went in the Spin thread so I thought this might be warranted.

Ben Murray is leaving Fm104 after over 12 years to join Bauer Media as a Planning Producer

https://radiotoday.ie/2022/10/ben-murray-leaves-fm104-for-new-position-at-bauer-media-audio-ireland/

Another person leaving Fm104 for Bauer. It’s becoming a case of swapsies at this point really

chilloutrelax

he Was moved to the 10 to 3 show a few weeks ago and is now leaving.

wonder who will replace him? Another Bauer swap?

radiotrickster

I would guess Tara Murray will take 10-3pm and someone who does cover (maybe Mikey O’Reilly from Sundays) will take 7-9pm.

Muller1991

Is Ben Murray still on air with FM104 ?

chilloutrelax

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119759246#Comment_119759246

He was yesterday

radiotrickster

I heard Crossy covering Tara Murray recently but it was obviously recorded because at the same time he was posting about having an evening out on Instagram so I would guess they’re low on cover staff and can’t take him off air.

They just launched their new weekday schedule too so they probably don’t want to move people from their shows to do other cover too much

chilloutrelax

Ben left last week.

Who will take over the 10-3 show? Tara Murray is covering but it doesn't seem to be permanent...

its_steve116

They don't seem to have a permanent host at 1pm on Saturdays either.

chilloutrelax

Same with Sunday

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119990740#Comment_119990740

Muller1991

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119990771#Comment_119990771

Seems to be a bit of a shortage of presenters around

radiotrickster

I often hear Ciaran Halpin in that free Saturday show. I wonder what their reasoning is for not giving him the slot permanently

seanx55

Who is in charge of fm104 these days?

It’s a far cry from how it was a few years ago. Everything is stale, content isn’t worthwhile and the audio jingles are horrific.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120402700#Comment_120402700

Phil Manzor

radiotrickster

It’s less than three years since he was promoted to the head of TodayFM

https://bauermedia.ie/2020/05/today-fm-appoints-new-content-programming-director/

saciha2240l

Rumor has it breakfast and drive are swapping

Muller1991

So Crossy and Zeinab are the new Co-hosts of the Strawberry Alarm clock and they also have a new studio.

Sheep Shagger

Yeah Crossy has posted on his Instagram. How does FM104 rate these days as a matter of interest?

end of the road

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121361593#Comment_121361593

apparently it's back at number 1 again after being beaten by spin for a bit.

Declan A Walsh

Off the top of my head, here are some people who have passed through FM104 and are now with other Irish stations. This does not include the station's previous incarnations as Capital Radio and Rock104.

RTE Gold: Rick O'Shea

Newstalk: Adrian Kennedy

Q102 (it is effectively a sister station as it under the same ownership): Scott Williams (CEO), Liam Coburn, Andy Preston and Johnny Bowe

Radio Nova: Kevin Brannigan (CEO), Jim McCabe, Marty Miller, Dee Woods, Greg Gaughren and Mark Noble

Classic Hits: Colm Hayes, Damien Farrelly, Niall Boylan and Enda Murphy

Sunshine 106.8: Enda Murphy

98FM: Suzanne Kane

Tipp FM: Stephen Keogh

East Coast FM: Declan Meehan, Ryan O'Neill and Adrian Kennedy

iRadio: Steven Cooper and Ryan O'Neill

In addition: Ben Murray is a media and entertainment planning producer for Bauer Media with particular emphasis on the Spin network and 98FM; Dave Kelly (who was behind the scenes on FM104) is a programming consultant for Radio Nova and Classic Hits.

Plenty more I am sure, but that's a good cross selection there.