Ever been on the TV? Radio? In the newspaper?

Dave! · 13-09-2006 07:51PM #1

Hey folks,

Just wondering if any of ye have ever been on any of these things, and what was it about?

Were ya interviewed by RTE News? Did ya phone up the Adrian Kennedy Phone Show (shame on you)? Were you pictured coming out of court?

I got a phone-call a few days after the O'Connell Street riots in February, from a researcher on the Orla Barry morning show on Newstalk 106. I had emailed them my own account of what I saw, and they obviously linked it with some texts I've sent in to various shows in Newstalk.
They were tryin to get me onto the show to talk to Orla and tell her what I saw -- but I wussed out!

I started this thread cos I'm after getting a message sent to my YouTube account from somebody supposedly linked with the Irish Star, cos they are interested in having an article of some sort in this weekend's paper, and my video somehow links in there. I emailed the person, so hopefully tomorrow I'll find out what the deal is

So what's ye'r stories?

ps., no smart-ass answers about being "on the TV"!

Nightwish · 13-09-2006 07:55PM

Got an article in the paper before. My sister has been more fortunate, having been on the front of 3 national papers in one day, pictured coming out of a high profile funeral.

Caco · 13-09-2006 07:56PM

Never on TV, been in the local paper though!
I sang on the local radio once too when the station were transmitting from our school, it was awful though cos I was hoarse but the producer made me do it!!

Raphael · 13-09-2006 07:59PM

Been in the local papers a good few times, and had my name mentioned in theatre reviews in the munster express. Nothing important though.

projectmayhem · 13-09-2006 08:01PM

been on american radio on the phone slagging americans a few times. been told since i hit puberty i've a voice (and yes, face) for radio too

btw the first person to say they were on adrian kennedy gets lynched

Dooom · 13-09-2006 08:03PM

My brother was on TV. He was on that Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year award thing. Dylan Collins...I know him...
/pimpage.

Bob the Builder · 13-09-2006 08:04PM

TV, it was a documentary where rthey were filming on the reek and me in my Order of Mlata uniform collecting money. It was showed about three times on RTÉ1

RADIO, twice or three times, but my absoloute favourite is when we rang Santa Claus who had come into Mid West Radio for the day, and me waited in line to get through to him, and when I did...(On Live Radio), got sacrcastic with him, and started swearing at him...he didn't know where I lived at that time though

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Newspaper, Many times. On Nation al papers, once. On Local/Regional newpapers, rarely. My Primary school, when i was in sixth class, asked that i become a technical assistant for them...I did many things for them, and was pictured(me, my laptop), for creating a slide show...One achievment I'm proud of.

Leaflets. In the Edmund Rice International monthly newslatter, i was shown with my Students Council. It was a fairly big picture that took up about 40% of the A3 size sheet, and i was sitting there looking like a 14 year old politician(which i am

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youcancallmeal · 13-09-2006 08:04PM

Caco wrote:

Never on TV, been in the local paper though!
I sang on the local radio once too when the station were transmitting from our school, it was awful though cos I was hoarse but the producer made me do it!!

You sir are a legend!

markk06 · 13-09-2006 08:05PM

Nightwish wrote:

My sister has been more fortunate pictured coming out of a high profile funeral

fortunate at a funeral...

Nightwish · 13-09-2006 08:06PM

Sarcasm

Ruu_Old · 13-09-2006 08:06PM

Never on television, was asked to be on radio but too much of wuss to do it.

I have been in a local papers a few times alright, like the Court* sections.:p

*not really but just after reading the local paper online and the number of people arrested from my old hometime is unreal, wouldn't happen if I was around to put them straight!:)

Andrew 83 · 13-09-2006 08:18PM

Was in most of the national papers for winning a student media award.

Ruu_Old · 13-09-2006 08:26PM

Caco wrote:

Never on TV, been in the local paper though!
I sang on the local radio once too when the station were transmitting from our school, it was awful though cos I was hoarse but the producer made me do it!!

Sound file link please!

13-09-2006 08:36PM

Andrew 83 wrote:

Was in most of the national papers for winning a student media award.

And since you edited a local paper, you were mentioned from time to time in that

Mossy Monk · 13-09-2006 08:44PM

featured on the front of the Munster Express for a court case i was in

asked to appear on WLR FM but declined

oh the dizzy heights of stardom

herobear · 13-09-2006 08:44PM

i was in a music video for a band called revelino when i was 12, that aired on rte's music programming slots

Caco · 13-09-2006 08:47PM

Ruu wrote:

Sound file link please!

HA! Even if I had one I wouldn't post it up! It was an embarrassing song anyway!

Terry · 13-09-2006 08:59PM

nevf wrote:

RADIO, twice or three times, but my absoloute favourite is when we rang Santa Claus who had come into Mid West Radio for the day, and me waited in line to get through to him, and when I did...(On Live Radio), got sacrcastic with him, and started swearing at him...he didn't know where I lived at that time though ...

dude, you do know that... never mind.

been on the radio loads.
used to ring ray d'arcy all the time when i was working around the country.
those long drives could get boring, so me and my friends would ring up and make up completely ridiculous stories to keep ourselves amused between picking up hitchhikers.

LegacyUser · 13-09-2006 09:01PM

Was in the evening herald....got picked up by a bogey Taxi driver who proceded to kick my head in....fought back, fake taxi driver ran off I stayed with his car till gaurds arrived. Guy was caught brought to court and my story appeared in the herald that night.

was on Chris barry phone show.....acting the maggot though! Pretended I was earning a fortune and didnt give my mam a penny in rent....they loved it so much they gave me two tickets to see brendan O Carroll,hence the reason I never belive those wafflers on that show...they are all messers like I was.:D

Vorsprung · 13-09-2006 09:02PM

My name was in the old Sunday Press for winning the Children's Crossword! That takes me back!!!

Setun · 13-09-2006 09:06PM

Local newspaper when our house burnt down 10 years ago, in the Irish Times for winning a design competition, and lived on the set for Glenroe <while it was running> so probs on that somewhere

Flukey · 13-09-2006 09:11PM

I was on the Just a Minute Quiz with Larry Gogan years ago. I got the joint highest score and won a plaque and a cassette of the 3 Tenors concert at the World Cup in 1990. I've had e-mails and texts read out on radio, and had letters and photos I've taken published in a magazine. I've been on TV too, but not primetime viewing. Lots of little bits of fame.

Idgeitman · 13-09-2006 09:14PM

I got a bunch of my letters printed over the years, some a paragraph, others whole pages and I've been on the radio before having a chat about the century's greatest inventions.

Setun · 13-09-2006 09:20PM

Won star letter once in a magazine aswell, but the bast@rds never sent me out my goody bag. :mad:

bean · 13-09-2006 09:31PM

when i was desperately unemployed i called up Larry Gogans Justa a Minute Quiz. I got 12 right and cause i won for the day i got a prize......
Damn Nivea skin pack and Best Hen Night Album ever

Mossy Monk · 13-09-2006 10:20PM

how could i forget

i came 2nd in the local papers colouring competition when i was 7 or 8. happy times

angelbaby · 13-09-2006 10:48PM

Been in the local newspaper a few times and was on the local radio once years ago. Was on tv once a few months ago as well but it was by accident. Me and my friends got lost and were walkin around tryin to figure out where we where on this big map. We ended up walking past a tv camera but we didnt actually realise we had until we seen ourselves on the news that night!:o

Chinafoot · 13-09-2006 11:06PM

Local newspaper with another classmate for organising a student strike that got almost the entire school outside.

Been on the radio before, think I won a CD.

deisedolly · 13-09-2006 11:23PM

I was on The Big Bus Quiz when I was 10! Got to talk to Dustin and Socky and everything

tj-music.com · 13-09-2006 11:37PM

Been on TV just once back in 1999 on German Television where I sang one of my songs and was interviewed - total length of me on TV: 12 minutes (nearly 15 minutes of fame).

Been on radio a lot over the years. Biggest thrill for me was to be featured on a radioshow in Japan last year.

pclancy · 13-09-2006 11:46PM

I was in RTEs you're a star for about 2 seconds i think...snippet of one of the hundreds of bands that werent liked

Ever been on the TV? Radio? In the newspaper?

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