Michael Reade - RIP

Red Fred

Sad news that Michael Reade of LMFM has passed away at the age of 58. RIP

https://www.lmfm.ie/news/lmfm-news/lmfm-presenter-michael-reade-has-died-aged-58/

Declan A Walsh

Sad news indeed. I did hear him occasionally on his mid-morning current affairs programme on LMFM which he did a great job of. However, my main memories of him were when he was presenting on Dublin pirate Capitol Radio as Mike Reade during the second half of the 1980s. I first heard him presenting on Sunday afternoons and later, in 1988, presenting a long weekday breakfast show from 8am to 12pm. This was the alternative inclined station, particularly with its alter ego nightime service Nitesky Radio. Michael Reade was very much on the Capitol Radio side, playing a mixture of album tracks, AOR and classic rock. He could well have fitted in with Radio Nova had he stuck with music programmes. Like almost everyone at that station, Michael was passionate about his music. Incidentally, at least one paper described Michael as a Louth man. He was actually from Dublin, but he had been living in Drogheda for some time, so that is understandable.

I understand that he was with Radio City and Radio Annabel before he joined Capitol Radio, and that he presented on Midlands 103 before LMFM.

I am sorry to hear of Michael's passing at such a young age and also as someone whose music shows I got a lot of enjoyment from.

Declan A Walsh

Michael's last day on Capitol Radio - 31st December 1988.

https://pirate.ie/archive/death-of-michael-reade/

Declan A Walsh

I should have mentioned in my first post that Michael did indeed play some alternative/indie music on Capitol as well, including Irish bands. His last show was particularly slanted in that direction because he, like the rest of the staff, had taken his own music collection out of the station before it's closedown. There was numerous mentions of his death and tributes to him across media. An article by Radio Today mentioned the other licensed stations that Michael went through before LMFM. As well as Midlands 103, he was with Wicklow's East Coast Radio, Tipperary's Tipp FM and Copenhagen's XFM.

TheBMG

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058377074/michael-reade-rip

His posthumous interview is up now. Very sad. He sounds like quite a character and I’d liked to have heard even more of his stories. Fair play to his interviewer; can’t have been easy. RIP Michael

Ger Roe

I worked with Mike on Radio Annabel in the mid 80's and he once persuaded me to fill in for him on his late night heavy metal show. Heavy metal wasn't a strong interest for me, but he left a pile of records in studio and said that the regular listeners would suggest tracks for me to play. Some very strange stuff went out on air that night and Mike thought it was hilarious when they reported back to him the following week that they had pushed me to the limit, and beyond, with some of the tracks requested.

He eventually made LMFM his home and he was a well respected daytime presenter for the station over twenty one years. I pass my condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.

We have lost too many long standing radio people recently ...... RIP