2FM's 40th Birthday 31 May 2019

ford fiesta wrote: »

anyone know if there's anything else planned?

hopefully a plug been pulled

Wonder will Dave Fanning have anything about the 40th birthday that weekend as he is the only DJ still there since the birth

But I might listen into 2FM on a weekday (I don't usually listen until Saturday & Sunday mornings) - next Friday to see what they have in store for the top secret show at 9am!

Anyone have access to the article that was in the Indo yesterday about the 40ty Birthday? I’m living abroad and can’t access it

2fm turns 40: What’s next for RTɒs youth radio brand?
It had its heyday in the era of the late Gerry Ryan but as it turns 40, 2fm is chasing a less testosterone-filled schedule. John Meagher asks what's next for the national broadcaster's youth radio brand

It was one of those advertising campaigns that succeeded in being both enormously annoying and hugely successful. It was 1979 and for what felt like the whole of May, the catchphrase 'Radio 2 Comin'atcha!' was inescapable. RTÉ had finally bowed to pressure and was launching a youth-oriented station.
For the entire 1960s and virtually all of the 1970s, pop lovers were ill-served by the country's national broadcaster. The deeply conservative Radio 1 held little appeal and, instead, they were tuning into Radio Luxembourg and the glut of local illegal 'pirate' stations that had sprung up to meet the demand.

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Is MacSharry leaving? Tara Stewart has tweeted she's taking over her slot.

Itssoeasy wrote: »

So I’ve only seen a clip of them doing something with Gerry Ryan at 9am tomorrow for the 40th anniversary. Is it just Gerry Ryan or will they be mentioning ANY other former radio 2/2fm DJ at all during the day ?

And there's a lot of them out there! Here are some examples:

Radio One: Ronan Collins and Ryan Tubridy

Lyric FM: Marty Whelan and Lorcan Murray

Today FM: Ian Dempsey and Phil Cawley

4FM: Damien Farrelly and Nikki Hayes

Radio Nova: Colm Hayes, Ruth Scott, John Clarke and Liam Quigley

Q102: Scott Williams

FM104: Jim-Jim Nugent

East Coast FM: Declan Meehan and Jim O'Neill

South East Radio - Dave Redmond and Alan Corcoran

WLR - Geoff Harris

Clare FM - Mickey Mac (Michael McNamara)

RTE Gold: Michael McNamara, Will Leahy, Rick O'Shea and Mike Maloney

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

And there's a lot of them out there! Here are some examples:

Radio One: Ronan Collins and Ryan Tubridy

Lyric FM: Marty Whelan and Lorcan Murray

Today FM: Ian Dempsey and Phil Cawley

4FM: Damien Farrelly and Nikki Hayes

Radio Nova: Colm Hayes, Ruth Scott, John Clarke and Liam Quigley

Q102: Scott Williams

FM104: Jim-Jim Nugent

East Coast FM: Declan Meehan and Jim O'Neill

South East Radio - Dave Redmond and Alan Corcoran

WLR - Geoff Harris

Clare FM - Mickey Mac (Michael McNamara)

RTE Gold: Michael McNamara, Will Leahy, Rick O'Shea and Mike Maloney

I think Ray D'Arcy was briefly on 2FM but never got a permanent show.

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I asked during the on air schedule tomorrow on 2fm besides the Gerry Ryan thing they seem to be doing and promoting(which is fair enough as Gerry Ryan was a huge part of 2fm) but he wasn't the only thing on 2fm for the last forty years. I'm not saying get ex DJs who no longer work in RTÉ back on air but I don't know I was expecting something even slightly similar to what BBC radio 1 did during their big anniversary. I mean it's 40 years on air. Did they even acknowledge the 30th anniversary ?

For their 15th birthday in 1994, some former 2FM deejays attended a birthday bash and were interviewed on air.

Here are a couple of more former 2FM presenters:

Enda Murphy -Sunshine 106.8 and 4FM

Pat Kenny - Newstalk. Although he was associated on radio with Radio One, he did present an albums show called The Inside Track on Saturday evenings on what was then called Radio 2.

G Ryan is back this morning.

Some clever editing going on. How have they managed to get him to say “40 years ago today....”

Hes a breath of fresh air compared to the drivel that's on today.

Really eerie. I used to love him giving advice for my JC and LC! Ah you would really miss Gerry Ryan.

Was it a heart attack he had? I remember the day that Ian dempsey had to cover cos he was running late. I had a bad feeling that morning.

PrairieDawn wrote: »

Really eerie. I used to love him giving advice for my JC and LC! Ah you would really miss Gerry Ryan.

Was it a heart attack he had? I remember the day that Ian dempsey had to cover cos he was running late. I had a bad feeling that morning.

Wasn't it Colm Hayes that covered for him the morning he died?

It was one of his female side kicks that filled in if I recall. Brenda Donohue or one of the other regulars (can’t remember name(s))