Ronan Collins Show

Louise Duffy did a fantastic job* when she stood in for Ronan recently, it most certainly wasn't anything resembling a tired playlist. I'd love to see her get this role.

The show works for so many,* the requests, the roundy birthdays etc...might seem a bit dated, but its easy going, somehow-caters-for-all programme, does what it needs to do.*

(A mon avis!*)

Hospital radio.

He should have retired 10 years ago, except his self-invested pension had an 80% haircut.

Agreed. I liked Shay and Louise too but some of the music was more contemporary and good but you’d hear much of that elsewhere but I liked some of the older stuff you don’t ystakjy hear. I can think of at least a dozen songs I’ll probably but gear on radio again now.

Ronan too was one if tge last play what you like DJs. I miss the kind of radio where you’d go between genres easily. I know there are other shows still doing the unpkaykidted genre hopping stuff but they’re catering for music heads (which I’d count myself as) but are more serious listening. Ronan managed it in a light way during the afternoon.

yeah I can see why some disliked the show. I’d venture if you’re under 40 it’s not your thing. For me it sounded like those radio I grew up with and loved in the 80s where playlists weren’t such a big thing and you’d hear Leonard Cohen followed by Rick Astley in the early afternoon.

Christ I hope not. That’s me done with Radio 1 fir the afternoons then. Doubt they’d move tge news at 1. Plus if D’Arcy is on 500k it’s a waste just giving him 45 minutes work for that, though they don’t mind Duffy doing a similar amount for similar money.

Ah look he seems to hate pig in a lot of prep and the show was kind of a solo effort by the sounds of it. He was always well prepared so was obviously ding his mine work behind tge scenes.

unlike some of his Co workers he cage in slick and prepared, didn’t ram his views down the listeners neck and was capable of using the studio equipment without screwup.

Picked up on a few songs and artists I would never have listened to only for this DJ

thank you Ronan

Louise Duffy has been formally announced as his replacement.

bad choice by RTE, thought they'd give the slot to a proper DJ who doesn't rely on the internet or spotify for music info.

Lots of the established artists, especially the Irish artists of the 60s, 70s and 80s Ronan plays will never be heard on Radio 1 again.

Hopefully she'll get moved on after a year.

listener figures will decrease rapidly. not good for the News at One.

I hope Louise plays some tracks by artists who are actually still alive. And drop the anniversaries of the deaths of singers dictating what gets played. Goodbye Ronan but I won't miss you.

Going by her interview, doesn't sound like the new presenter is going to shake up anything. Hope she has a bit of character and persona and makes it her own but doubt it very much.

With Ronan leaving the lunchtime slot, is Fiachna Ó Braonáin waiting for John Creedon to have an, ahem, ‘accident’?

”But John, the brakes in your car were working fine the other day.”

Nadine O'Regan is a journalist, but also a reasonably experienced broadcaster, having cut her teeth with Phantom/TXFM and then being moved to Today FM with her last programme on TXFM.

Definitely Oh Holy Night.

He always gave Dan Fogelberg an airing with Same Old Lang Syne this time of year.

Dan was a legend, died 15 years ago today.

What a loss DF was.

A great talent.

I sure Ronan will effect his exit with aplomb.

Linda Ronstadt does Gilbert and Sullivan. Good man Ronan 😂😂

I bet a million Euro that Ronan’s final song will be ‘Adios’ by Linda Ronstadt.