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Jenny Greene starts new show tonight on RTÉ 2FM
The Greene Room will begin tonight with Jenny Greene and will broadcast each Sunday to Thursday on RTÉ 2FM. Monday to Thursday will start at 9pm whilst Sunday’s show will start an hour later at 10pm. Jenny has been moved from Drive to make way for The 2 Johnnies. The new show, the stations says, will see Jenny curate a selection of the finest Indie & Electronic, including live chats with people from the world of music, film and entertainment...Publication date: 21.02.2022
New colourful look and new station sound for iRadio
There’s a new look and a new sound at iRadio for 2022 with its station-wide rebrand. You’ll now see hues of teal blue, pink and purple added to iRadio’s stronger yellow and orange colours, to complete the new iRadio brand. The focal point of this rebrand is a new TV advert, built around the concept of “My World, My Station, My Music.” It puts the listener centre stage and introduces us to ‘Senan’ the Snail...Publication date: 17.02.2022
Rob Heffernan joins the breakfast team at Cork’s RedFM
World Champion racewalker and Olympic Bronze Medallist Rob Heffernan is joining Cork’s RedFM for breakfast. The station says Rob will be on-air with breakfast show hosts Laura O’Mahony and Ciara Revins with the usual hit music and big prizes. Speaking on the announcement, Rob said: “I’m delighted to join the team at Cork’s RedFM. This is a whole new challenge for me but...Publication date: 16.02.2022
Singer and songwriter Stephanie Rainey joins Cork’s RedFM
Cork singer, songwriter Stephanie Rainey has joined Cork’s RedFM to host a new Sunday show. “Sunday Brunch with Stephanie Rainey” started over the weekend and can be heard every Sunday from 10am till 2pm. Stephanie is known for her ballad Please Don’t Go became an overnight viral hit in 2015. Speaking about her new Sunday morning show Stephanie said:...Publication date: 06.02.2022
The two Johnnies bag national drivetime radio show on RTÉ 2FM
RTÉ 2FM’s new afternoon drivetime show will be hosted by comedy duo Johnny Smacks and Johnny B every weekday from 3pm till 6pm. Known as Drive it with The 2 Johnnies, the station says the show will serve up banging tunes, good craic and great new segments to keep listeners entertained weekdays...Publication date: 03.02.2022
Listener wins €3,000 in Beat’s 3 Grand Trio competition
A listener from Wexford has won €3,000 prize money on Beat following a two week high profile promotion. Carolyn O’Donoghue from New Ross, County Wexford has bagged the cash after winning Beat’s 3 Grand Trio competition live on Beat Drive with Darren Rice. The promotion, in partnership with Wexford and Enniscorthy Credit Unions, saw tens of thousands of Beat followers enter over the last two weeks...Publication date: 01.02.2022
RTÉ to celebrate 100 years of Ulysses on Radio 1 and lyric fm
RTÉ is planning on marking 100 years since the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses next month. There will be special prgrammes on Radio 1 and lyric fm, and across television and online. One hundred years ago, on February 2nd, 1922, James Joyce’s Ulysses was published by Sylvia Beach in a small bookshop in Paris. The book, which consumed 7 years of Joyce’s life, would transform our culture and literary world...Publication date: 30.01.2022
Jenny Greene moves from Drive Time to late nights at RTÉ 2FM
Jenny Greene is moving from Drive Time to take over the Sunday to Thursday 10pm slot on 2FM with a new show called The Greene Room whilst Laura Fox will take on weekend mornings from 9. The Green Room sees Sunday’s episode being a chill-out show, while Monday to Thursday will feature a mix of new Irish music, including indie and alternative, plus exclusive interviews...Publication date: 30.01.2022
Gareth O’Callaghan is back with Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio
Former 2FM and 4FM presenter Gareth O’Callaghan is back with a weekend show on Classic Hits Radio. Gareth O’Callaghan At The Weekend will air Saturday mornings 10am to 2pm. Gareth retired from radio in 2018 after a long and popular career on radio in Ireland and the UK...Publication date: 29.01.2022
Radio Kerry gives away €12,600 Radio Bingo jackpot
One listener has won a €12,600 jackpot in the Radio Kerry Radio Bingo game. Caroline O Halloran from Tralee won the cash which has been rolling over weekly since July 2021. It is the second Jackpot win since Radio Kerry introduced the new Radio Bingo game in May 2021. Speaking about her win Caroline, from Monavalley, said she has been playing the new Radio Kerry Radio Bingo game since...Publication date: 27.01.2022