Gareth O’Callaghan

magicray · 31-08-2018 06:01PM

Kevwoody wrote: »

Just heard a promo for Love Songs with Owen Larkin, Sundays from 8am.
I wonder will he get Gareth's weekday slot?
Genuinely don't know if I'll be able to tune in later knowing it's his final show. Wouldn't be an emotional person but literally grew up listening to the man, and have 4fm on nearly every day.

I am sure I heard somewhere that Damien Farrelly is taking over the afternoon slot from Monday

PauloMN · 31-08-2018 06:02PM

Listened to the whole show today, very emotional to be honest. My own father passed away 10 years ago this year due to the same illness Gareth has, and today brought back the memories of being at his retirement do - he was already walking with a frame at that stage.

Gareth is absolutely making the right decision to bow out now and enjoy the rest of his life with his family, I wish my Dad had been able to (maybe he would have had he known what was ahead). I truly wish him all the best and hope he can enjoy the time he has left.

A true radio legend, a voice we grew up with.

Kevwoody · 31-08-2018 06:26PM

magicray wrote:

I am sure I heard somewhere that Damien Farrelly is taking over the afternoon slot from Monday

No offence to Farrelly but theres no way he can fill a 5 hour slot, he never has anything interesting to say. His show actually sounds pre recorded at times.

I actually missed the last 10 minutes of Gareth's show, I was listening online and lost coverage. Is there anywhere I can listen back?

Heckler · 31-08-2018 06:42PM

Back in the day he used to "sing" (la la la la) along to his shows theme tune and it drove me bat****. Then I read years later about his battle with depression and how that was a thing he did to feel better and I felt bad.

Has a great radio voice and seems like a really nice guy. Wishing him all the best.

JoeA3 · 31-08-2018 07:07PM

Kevwoody wrote: »

No offence to Farrelly but theres no way he can fill a 5 hour slot, he never has anything interesting to say. His show actually sounds pre recorded at times.

I actually missed the last 10 minutes of Gareth's show, I was listening online and lost coverage. Is there anywhere I can listen back?

Agreed. Damien seems a very nice chap but there isn’t a lot there with him beyond “that was song X, up next we have song Y”.

I’d have thought Enda Murphy was getting the gig as he always seems to be first choice fill in guy and actually sounds a lot like Gareth.

Kevwoody · 31-08-2018 07:14PM

JoeA3 wrote:

Iâ€™d have thought Enda Murphy was getting the gig as he always seems to be first choice fill in guy and actually sounds a lot like Gareth.

Enda 'the year that was, but what was the year' Murphy!
Yea I actually like him too, he would be a fitting replacement.

JoeA3 · 31-08-2018 07:18PM

Kevwoody wrote: »

Enda 'the year that was, but what was the year' Murphy!
Yea I actually like him too, he would be a fitting replacement.

Haha!

Actually get the impression Enda has other things going on, hence why he’s usually a fill in rather than a regular. A google tells me he’s got (or had?) a daily show on Sunshine radio in Dublin.

As an aside, they could do with dropping that CSI slot. It’s overdone to death now.

ford fiesta · 01-09-2018 02:18AM

Good luck to Gareth, he sounded great today..

Just thinking when listening to he and Ryan Tubridy, both of them have filled in on BBC Radio 2

01-09-2018 09:23AM

I missed the last hour of his show yesterday - I had to leave the house about 5o'c and I couldn't get it on the car radio. Any chance it might be repeated at a later time??

(The website banner is the no-repeats station ....)

Einstein A. Gogo · 01-09-2018 04:19PM

Does anyone actually listen to 4fm anymore? What's their jnlrs like?

magicray · 01-09-2018 07:43PM

Einstein A. Gogo wrote: »

Does anyone actually listen to 4fm anymore? What's their jnlrs like?

I listen to PJ and Jim every morning in the car on the way to work

Losty Dublin · 02-09-2018 01:25AM

Einstein A. Gogo wrote: »

Does anyone actually listen to 4fm anymore? What's their jnlrs like?

Trailing the market big time in Dublin and faring poorly elsewhere bar Cork, where they fare a lot better albeit in a less competitive market than the capital.

http://www.bai.ie/en/latest-jnlr-figures-released-9/

ford fiesta · 18-09-2018 11:29PM

Benefit gigs have been organised for Gareth:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/fundraising-concerts-to-be-held-for-gareth-ocallaghan-in-cork-and-dublin-869234.html

Einstein A. Gogo · 20-09-2018 12:14PM

Won't he be obliged to give the money to Revenue?

lilywhitearmy · 27-09-2018 03:00PM

I don't like to say it but Damien Farrelly is such a poor replacement. Everything is unnaturally nice and lovely! Is this a permanent arrangement?

JoeA3 · 27-09-2018 03:12PM

lilywhitearmy wrote: »

I don't like to say it but Damien Farrelly is such a poor replacement. Everything is unnaturally nice and lovely! Is this a permanent arrangement?

Yeah he's really bland and just has nothing interesting to say. It's 5 hours a day of nothing-ness.

Surely that schedule could do with another show in the afternoon, to break up that 5 hours into 2 separate shows?

lilywhitearmy · 27-09-2018 03:18PM

I would agree with that. Especially as his playlist seems rather samey too. Splitting it to two shows from 2-5 and 5-7 would be a much better idea

JoeA3 · 27-09-2018 03:38PM

I would say it comes down to cost. As far as I know the station isn't exactly flush with cash. Why have 2 presenters when one guy is prepared to do the whole lot...

Besides, even if they did split it into two shows, there wouldn't be very much to distinguish them. Their whole playlist across the day is small and very samey.

ford fiesta · 12-11-2018 09:13PM

Gareth is due to be on Christmas FM this year:

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/1112/1010396-gareth-ocallaghan-back-on-the-air-for-christmas/

ford fiesta · 27-11-2018 03:32AM

The ad for 'Gig for Gareth' sounds just like Gareth is voicing it...but it's not him.

The promoters could have arranged a totally different voice!!

Antenna · 01-04-2021 11:20AM

Gareth O'Callaghan, who has published a new book, was interviewed towards the end of the Opinion Line with PJ Coogan yesterday (Wed 31th March) on Cork 96FM:
https://play.acast.com/s/corks-96-fm-opinion-line/2021-03-31ruleschangeonrestrictions-vaccinations..theworkofslieile..garethocallaghanonhisnewbook-more?seek=6780

Also appeared the previous day (30th) on RedFM with Neil Prendeville : https://www.redfm.ie/on-air/podcasts/neil-prendeville-on-redfm/episode/30th-march-20212/ (towards end of show)

Cole · 01-04-2021 12:01PM

He was on with Brendan O'Connor last Sunday too. I was never a fan of his broadcasting to put it mildly, but he seems like a decent fella and I enjoyed the interview...not an easy time for him or his family.

Ger Roe · 01-04-2021 02:44PM

I found this clip on YouTube recently....

From August 1983, it is an interview with some of the Radio Caroline DJ's on deck of the new ship, Ross Revenge, as it prepared to commence broadcasting. Apart from some of the DJ's from Caroline's Mi Amigo days, one of the new voices getting ready to broadcast from the high seas, was a young Tony Garreth .......(also the first voice that you hear on the test announcement).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjwZNjBuPQI

I remember the first day well, TV and radio news outlets were announcing the return of Caroline, but we had to wait until darkness fell in Dublin to hear it for ourselves. As night approached, the signal slowly rolled in on 963Khz - Tony Gareth happened to be doing the early evening shift and was the first voice heard.

Infoanon · 01-04-2021 02:52PM

Thanks for posting that Ger,I remember a fee years later a new voice appearing on Energy 103 calling himself Gareth - very professional and left a few thinking to themselves 'I have heard that voice before ', after a few days Gareth announced on air that 'some may remember me as Tony Garretts' .

963 Caroline overdrive memories coming back now !

Pelvis Parsley · 01-04-2021 03:24PM

Thankfully he's taken the foot off, on social media. He really wasn't doing himself any favours.

California Dreamer · 02-04-2021 07:39AM

Pelvis Parsley wrote: »

Thankfully he's taken the foot off, on social media. He really wasn't doing himself any favours.

He had a book to promote!!!

Pelvis Parsley · 02-04-2021 07:43AM

California Dreamer wrote: »

He had a book to promote!!!

I'm afraid you're missing the inference-he lapsed into full on conspiracy mode a while back and made a right arse of himself over an extended period with half truths, mistruths and god knows what else-mostly over the Philip Cairns case.

I'll leave that there, but it wasn't a first for him either.

Promoting his latest tome is a different matter entirely, and I don't think anyone begrudges him trying to make a living when he can't do the one thing he has always done, any more.

California Dreamer · 02-04-2021 07:49AM

Pelvis Parsley wrote: »

I'm afraid you're missing the inference-he lapsed into full on conspiracy mode a while back and made a right arse of himself over an extended period with half truths, mistruths and god knows what else-mostly over the Philip Cairns case.

I'll leave that there, but it wasn't a first for him either.

Promoting his latest tome is a different matter entirely, and I don't think anyone begrudges him trying to make a living when he can't do the one thing he has always done, any more.

Oh no, I got the conspiracy stuff he was peddling online and he certainly did not make himself look good in the process. But my point is when you have a book to promote and make some money you tend to put the crazy away. No doubt we will see a return to it in time.

Pelvis Parsley · 02-04-2021 08:05AM

California Dreamer wrote: »

Oh no, I got the conspiracy stuff he was peddling online and he certainly did not make himself look good in the process. But my point is when you have a book to promote and make some money you tend to put the crazy away. No doubt we will see a return to it in time.

Ah, I'm sorry, I totally misunderstood.

Yes, I fully agree!

02-04-2021 08:45AM

California Dreamer wrote: »

Oh no, I got the conspiracy stuff he was peddling online and he certainly did not make himself look good in the process. But my point is when you have a book to promote and make some money you tend to put the crazy away. No doubt we will see a return to it in time.

Nobody makes money from books in an Irish market, do they?

Like 100 sales could make you a bestseller here, and that might net you a couple of hundred euro.

Gareth O’Callaghan

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