2fm - New schedule coming

good to see Backhurst sticking to his word re. Kelly and how well the €700+ million is being used. 🙄🙄🙄

I’d actually like to read that full article but behind a paywall and I am not paying for the indo. Can anyone give a synopsis - esp. re the NKM elements?

be unheard of really, maybe on her last day but they usually keep quiet in the hope of coming back one day (or they are contractually bound to not say anything). Its been a usual occurrence the past few years for presenters on 2FM to vanish overnight, the first anyone knowing is when their names are taken off the schedule and replaced with a generic "weekend on 2fm" type thing.

So they’ve Aisling Bonner on their books now. Amazing how nk still have both feet in the door

mario has been on the late late show countless times - that doesn't mean he directly is promoting today fm !! he usually does some impressions and mentions his tour.

kathryn thomas is on too - perhaps her Q102 show will come up in conversation ?? or maybe it won't.

cant wait for her loudy screeching and claiming its an influencer only a d4 hunzo would get

This is very true, but you are also allowed to have an opinion.

What’s the point I having the show getting called with a single presenters name when they’ve a couple of staffers in with them the whole time. Is it just because they’re in the seat with the buttons

No but at the same time it reads as a defense to her return

restoring some celeb lustre to a line-up that has looked threadbare since she left last May alongside her Dancing with the Stars cohost

Why does any station need "star" power? Surely a good presenter is what you are looking for

While Garrihy is a seasoned radio performer, however, with five years’ experience on the 2FM breakfast slot, this is her first stint as a solo presenter.

Seasoned is the word, she should be able to start off well without the need a critic to say "maybe she will settle into the role", also she had a few months on her own on the breakfast show.

the first programme goes off as well as can be expected.

So it was perfect from a seasoned presenter.

obviously too early to gauge how Garrihy’s second tenure at 2FM will turn out

Is it, it's only been a few months since she left.

She’s only a presenter, not a miracle worker.

But that's why she's on the big bucks and is being brought back.

@squonk

Marty Whelan took years to get back after leaving for century.

I agree with all you say but for this.

Marty moved to Century it closed in Nov 1991, by the following year he was presenting "Go For It" a BBC NI/RTÉ co-pro, by 1993 he was presenting his own prime time chat show "Off the Record", by 1994 he was presenting that along with 12.2.1

I am sure his Daz ads were between 1991 and 1992.

Before he joined Century he had been presenting where in the world, as soon as he left he was no longer on TV in RTÉ and was replaced by Threase Lowe.

Prior to him presenting winning streak he'd presented Open House a replacement for PM LIVE (which he also co-hosted), which was itself a replacement for Live @ 3 and 12 to 1.

I think he moved to winning streak after Open House ended but there might have been a few years in the early 2000s but that was long after century.

And yes I know far too much about this shite

Fully agree.

I questioned if DG was strong enough on her own but it appears she isn’t. Who are the other two?

On a side note, and without wishing to derail the thread, I was in a location which had Today FM on and Ray Foley was on. I’ve always been a big fan of Foley, but it occurred to me that he also had co-hosts with him and as far as I can remember, he always has, even way back in Spin.

If you need a few people in the studio with you to create a good show, are you that going of a host? Or am I being harsh?

Where Zig and Zag on the Breakfast so that much to be considered co-hosts?