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• Competition - win a snazzy Roberts digital radio/iPod docking gizmo!

  December 1, 2008 @ 2:30 pm | by Jim Carroll

  It’s December 1 which means the Christmas has begun. Yes, yes, we know there’s a recession on and it’s bleak and people have a right pain in the hoop about stuff so On The Record has decided to treat you all to some of the happy-happy-joy-joy Kool-Aid.

  With that in mind, we have rounded up the BEST competition ever here. Oh yes. Thanks to our pals at RTÉ Digital, we have a totally swell Roberts MP43 Micro System to give away. Here’s a picture for you to drool over (we’re not giving you the iPod, though).

  

  This bad boy will do everything you could possibly need to do except make the tea or write a blog post. Digital radio? Check. iPod dock? Check. Remote-control? Check. Station pre-sets? Check. Clock? Check. Six position equaliser and seperate bass and treble? Er, check. You get the idea. You want this.

  The plug: we’ve got this prize to give away because RTÉ Digital have just gone live with their new-ish stations - RTÉ Choice, RTÉ Junior, RTÉ Gold, RTÉ 2XM, RTÉ Pulse and RTÉ Chill - and they want On The Record readers to feel the love. You can listen to these stations on a digital radio (if you have one and live in the Greater Dublin, Cork and Limerick areas) or online here. As we type, Stricken City’s smashing “Lost Art” is playing on the indie-alterntive 2XM station. Cool.

  The competition: simply tell us in the comments field below who is your favourite RTE radio presenter and why. As simple as that. It’s like On The Record - the radio focus group. Entry is open to everyone (well, except directors of Fas) and the competition closes at 9.09am on Thursday. Judge’s decision is final - that’s me and not the dog from Wanderley Wagon, by the way. May the best lad/lass win.
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1.
December 1, 2008
3:02 pm
Has to be Joe Duffy…
Brightening up the afternoon by hosting one of the most biting satrical comedy shows ever,the ensemble cast playing the callers are peerless as they make up a collection of professional whingers,crooks,criminals and just plain crazies..
I though Brass Eye was cutting edge when it came out but The Joe Duffy show is so consistantly on target that you would swear it was real at times..
Lets hope it runs and runs… Well worth the License fee alone…
Comment by Fill3rup
2.
December 1, 2008
3:19 pm
Snoop reading the Farming News. Such drama , such pathos …
Comment by Cacamilis
3.
December 1, 2008
3:21 pm
After seeing The Panel last week, I wish Charlie Bird had a radio programme!
Comment by Finian
4.
December 1, 2008
3:22 pm
Cacamilis - RTE employees also on the no-go list
Comment by Jim Carroll
5.
December 1, 2008
3:33 pm
Pat Kenny. Any time I’m constipated I listen to his show and I’m cured.
Comment by Q
6.
December 1, 2008
3:35 pm
Has to be motor mouth the more he gets excited the faster he speaks dave fanning just for years and years of wonderful music in a time when most of the stuff would not have got played elsewhere.
Comment by petee
7.
December 1, 2008
3:37 pm
John Creedon - after seeing him almost master the flute in a year on Faoi Lán Cheoil, much respect to my fellow Corkonian.
Comment by Donal
8.
December 1, 2008
3:47 pm
Perhaps a bit obvious, and horrifically uncool to say so, but I still have much love for Dave Fanning.
He’s brought his cantstoptotakeabreathbecausetheseguysaresogood enthusiasm for music and has transferred it very well to his Radio 1 show. Whether he’s talking about the decadence of Led Zeppelin or the practicalities of recording audio for a wildlife documentary, Fanning brings a genuine warmth and fervour to every topic his show discusses and if he does, like many of his counterparts, phone in any segments of his show, it is never obvious to me. I also really enjoy his segment where he invites guests to discuss their favourite album. Yes it’s been done on Desert Island Discs but it has often led me to either discover or reevaluate albums I would often ignore and for that alone he is my favourite RTE radio presenter.
Comment by Joe
9.
December 1, 2008
3:55 pm
Regardless of the fabulous prize on offer, I would like to second the nomination for Dave Fanning. Listening to his weekdays 8-10pm slot when I was a kid introduced me to many of the bands & artists I’ve grown to love. He’s also a great interviewer, he always seems to get more from the people he interviews …even though his questions are so long-winded that he usually ends up answering them himself!
Comment by Conor Furlong
10.
December 1, 2008
4:01 pm
John Kelly. The JK Ensemble is the highlight of my working day - Tom Waits on day time afternoon radio, followed by Sigur Ros followed by obscure french jazz, magic
Comment by Sean D
11.
December 1, 2008
4:09 pm
Larry Gogan. The man just loves music - no snobbery, just sincere fandom - and you can hear it in his voice. (A great voice too.) There’s never any wittering or blather or trying to be funny. Also, along with Dave Fanning and Ian Wilson, he’s done loads to help Irish acts and it hasn’t been recognised enough.
And he also did one of my favourite ever radio interview moments: late ’80s with a non-Wilson Beach Boy, Bruce Johnston I think, when they were still considered naff and before the modern-day Brian-worshipping. Context: the Troubles in Northern Ireland, post-Enniskillen. It goes something like:
Non-Wilson BB: “We’re really looking forward to visiting Ireland, especially the part of Ireland that isn’t in Ireland but should be in Ireland…”
Larry (lightning quick): “Ho ho, ah sure we won’t go into that now. Tell us about your new record…”
Genius. Larry rocks. Larry POPS!
Comment by aidan
12.
December 1, 2008
4:22 pm
i second joe duffy, because he plugged the glasvegas album in that great bastion of middle england, the irish mail on sunday
Comment by OC
13.
December 1, 2008
4:38 pm
It has to be Michael O’Muircheartaigh, the most unique radio presenter anywhere and has been the voice of the GAA for years. Where else would you get insightful commentry like this ….”Fox has it on his hurl and is motoring well now … but here comes Joe Rabbitte hot on his tail …… I’ve seen it all now, a Rabbitte chasing a Fox around Croke Park!” He continues to brighten up sundays and will (hopefully) sound even better on my new digital radio!!
Comment by peter the great
14.
December 1, 2008
4:54 pm
Marian Finucane would get my vote. She has a really good way with people. She also has a really good voice which always helps!
Comment by robbie
15.
December 1, 2008
5:16 pm
It has to be Rick O’Shea for me. The daily features of head space, the internet links, embracing the world of youtube, the text a problem makes for the most enjoyable afternoon radio.
Comment by Peter
16.
December 1, 2008
5:26 pm
who is my favourite RTE presenter? well the best is John Bowman, but my favourite is Sharon Ni Bheoláin…need i say more.
Comment by bollob
17.
December 1, 2008
5:39 pm
It’s got to be John Kelly, hands down.
Reason 1) He knows his music from the 1920s delta blues to naughties belter tunes and most of the good bits in between
Reason 2) He isnt afraid of some brave programming, witness his JK Ensemble sessions live thing.
Reason 3) He champions the lesser known lights of the up and coming Irish music world - see 2 above
Reason 4) He possesses a rich deep voice which doesnt really fit with his body - but makes you trust his judgement nonetheless
Comment by dedalus
18.
December 1, 2008
6:02 pm
Growing up in the Golden Vale, we were reared on certain eternal verities: green grass, creamy milk, and the game of hurling.
When we first tasted homogenised milk, we wondered what in the name of Nicky English “homogenised” meant, and, more importantly, where had the taste gone…
When told that Pasteur was now “passed it”, and that forever more the cream was to be mixed equally through the milk, our worldview was warped irreparably.
Luckily, we still had Michael Ó Muircheartaigh to show that radio cream still rose to the top. It is the beauty of the man - who in terms of mere years spent on this sweet earth, properly belongs to an analog age - that he will continue to soundtrack the summers of our digital future.
Close your eyes to think how he pronounces certain names - Ke-ith Barrr, Aidan Rrryan. Picture in your mind’s eye his announcement about a donkey grazing in the distance as he sits high above Tom Semple’s field. Marvel in the memory of the mellifluous flow of Gaelainn interspersed through his commentary.
Radio can have no greater exemplar: He is the crackle of your old 45s, the warm milk on your granny’s parlour table, the bookmarks of your childhoods past. On the homogenised frequencies of today, he remains the creme de la creme.
Comment by Hud
19.
December 1, 2008
6:10 pm
Phillip King - A world of music from the edge of Europe.
Comment by Dermot Kavanagh
20.
December 1, 2008
6:12 pm
Aine Lawlor - Tough on politicians, tough on the causes of politicians.
Comment by Deirdre Steele
21.
December 1, 2008
7:19 pm
ronan collins
a) great first name
b) Zag beat him in a game of golf to win Dustin The Turkey
c) “what’s better than one Beatles song?. Two Beatles Songs”
d) he still plays drums at weddings and functions
e) he hasn’t mentioned the recession once on his show yet
f) he also never mentioned the celtic tiger, his radio show is kinda oblivious to current affairs (ie he doesn’t use his show to audition for the Late Late show like a certain Ray D’arcy)
g) today he played golden horde and then played a ringo starr song and asked the listeners if they sounded the same. No cynicism just the enthusiasm of a music fan
h) if you send a letter he’ll eventually read it out
h.1) he still seems to think that 4 or 5 year olds will register requests played for them. Or else his listeners think they will, or else everyone knows they won’t register but all do it anyway to celebrate thier birthdays
i) he takes a break in his show for an nuacht
j) he has to put up with Joe Duffy interupting his show everyday with a round up of what’s coming in the joe duffy show later. which is pathetic on Joe Duffy’s side, but Ronan Collins puts up with it anyway (without resorting to snideness)
h) he still occasionally plays vinyl
i) when there’s a big horse race he occasionally has to cut to the live commentary and when it’s over he hammers a reference between the winning horse and the next song
j) his uncle was shot dead in beal na mblath, but he doesn’t go on about it
k) he does the lotto, he is personally responsible for causing more millionaires than crooked politician or tax loophole
l) his show has been shunted from timeslot to timeslot but it’s alway the same and good. he’s like a likeable Obi Mikel (which is very unlike the real Obi Mikel)
Comment by ronan corksongs
22.
December 1, 2008
7:41 pm
the dunph - never boring, even when he’s talkin guff.
Comment by Owen
23.
December 1, 2008
8:41 pm
I’m not sure I can put it as eloquently as Hud did but the great Míchéal Ó Muircheartaigh will always be my favourite broadcaster.
With the exception of Michael O’Hehir who was before my time but endeared himself to my gaelic football loving West Limerick grandfather, and Jimmy Magee in his heyday, no sports broadcaster in any medium has come close to the detailed execution of Míchéal -everyone has their favourite quotes and moments from the man, and I’ll never forget just how precise he is - e.g. “Charlie Redmond takes seven steps back, three steps to the right, approximately forty three yards out”
With the growth of my love for hurling over the years, I will always retain a fondness for the West Kerry man. Whether it be commentary from O’Moore Park on an innocuous league game or at Croker on the first Sunday of September, the master of his craft describes it in such incalcuable detail that you easily feel that you are sitting alongside the 65 yard line in the best seat in the stadium.
Whether driving from Cork and listening in the car, listening online to Tipp’s somewhat disasterous campaign from my apartment in Montréal to tuning in with my father (a picture of my parents with Míchéal at some hurling selection function my old lad won is framed and takes pride of place in our house), I have such glorious memories of this man.
A national treasure. I really doubt anybody will ever have that much impact on me again as a broadcaster
Comment by Ciarán
24.
December 1, 2008
9:56 pm
Maxi for me. She sounds so chirpy, has a voice that would melt butter and has a great laugh. When the alarm goes off in the morning and I hear that sparkling voice, it makes getting out of bed on these cold, dark winter mornings so much easier. God bless her cotton socks.
Comment by le craic
25.
December 1, 2008
10:59 pm
Not wanting to widdle on anyone’s parade, but you may as well throw your DAB Radio in the bin as of today. All you can get now is 5 RTE stations as the “trial” is over for all the other DAB broadcasters, including Newstalk, Mocha etc.
Took me much googling this morning to try and understand why I’ve lost all my channels - turns out that RTE’s DAB launch coincides with every other station going off the digital air. Absolute crap from Comreg. I thought they were meant to promote competition?
Bah, I’m really cheesed off after spending money on a DAB radio, just to be restricted to 5 RTE channels. 5 channels? 5 channels all from the same broadcaster? I mean, cmon now.
It’s radio Jim, but not as I know it. Comreg killed the digital radio star.
Comment by Kidney Bongos
26.
December 1, 2008
11:16 pm
Joe Duffy!
’cause you can’t say his name without saying Joooooooooooeeeee Duffffffyyy!!!
Comment by Anna
27.
December 2, 2008
8:38 am
Philip Boucher-Hayes - never has a man chasing after a farmer’s jeep shouting “where’s the water?!” sounded so good.
Comment by Eric
28.
December 2, 2008
9:55 am
Bernard Clarke
On lyric sunday evenings.
Where else can you hear contemporary music?
@25 that’s awful yet unsurprising news. I hoped with the increased capacity of digital, radio could finally be deregulated and opened up to the pirates. It’s a truly wasted medium.
Comment by Void
29.
December 2, 2008
11:11 am
regards 25
Dusty Rhodes group seem pretty optimistic about been back on
http://www.digitalradioltd.com/2008/11/27/the-end-is-neigh/
Comment by shane
30.
December 2, 2008
11:16 am
Marian Finucane.
She’s the only RTE Presenter who seems to continually improve her game over the years. She’s full of charisma, from her raspish dulcet flirty tones to her dirty little minx laugh. She is pretty much the only person on RTE radio who knows how to conduct an interview that delves into the person as well as the detail. Her interview with Nuala O’Faolain demonstrated just how powerful radio can be, I’m not sure if such an interview would have the same impact on TV. Sure Kenny, Kelly, Fanning etc are great on the details but when has anyone opened to any of them?
Comment by nerraw
31.
December 2, 2008
11:22 am
John Creedon for me.
I may be going out on a limb here but I see him as Ireland’s answer to Garrison Keillor.
His patter is just the right side of whimsical and he pulls off the difficult trick of appealing to a wide range of musical tastes without resorting to the middle of the road.
Comment by David
32.
December 2, 2008
11:24 am
Void: Ditto for Bernard, alovely fella and an amazing taste in music..
From the tower days,the man introduced me to The Kronos Quartet..
Comment by Fill3rup
33.
December 2, 2008
11:59 am
John Kelly.
He reminds me of that flying dog from the Neverending Story, if that dog had also been a musical encyclopedia and had stashed away in its sky-kennel an incredibly dodgy, shiny black puffa jacket to wear when presenting Other Voices on the gogglebox.
I love you JK.
Comment by adam
34.
December 2, 2008
12:02 pm
Some fantastic entries so far, people. Obviously the thought of a snazzy iPod/radio yoke rather than two tickets for a show upstairs in Whelan’s has got the creative juices flowing. Only question now is how the hell do I top this prize?
Comment by Jim Carroll
35.
December 2, 2008
12:05 pm
It just has to be Michail O’ Muireachartaigh!!!! Listening to games in the car on the way back to Dublin on a Sunday during the summer, wishing I was wherever he was. Magic!!! I’d throw on a bit of Jesus and Mary Chain afterwards just to bring me back down!
Comment by Nailer69
36.
December 2, 2008
12:43 pm
ronan collins.
consumate pro and a sept 05′ scheduling mix[afternoon slot] which[coz i stopped car and wrote it down]of Dickie Rock Miles Davis,Dylan’s”simple twist of fate”Eileen Reid and the Cadets and the Aphex twin’s”goon gumpos” the last was requested by an andy in cork[probably yer man earlier in comments]understated,funny,[smart alec ry? free zone]warm and a fantastically knowledgeable dj.o n no other daytime mainstream station would you get it.
Comment by nero
37.
December 2, 2008
1:42 pm
I’m going to go a bit left-field and vote for Zbyszek Zalinski, who presents Spectrum on Radio 1 on Saturdays.
Normally Spectrum would be one of those programmes which my brain tells me I should want to listen to, but which one ends up tuning out of when the worthiness starts to flow.
But I always end up actually listening to the whole programme every time I catch it, thanks to that presenter’s rather unusual but oddly compelling sound and style (as well as the items on the programme).
Comment by John H
38.
December 2, 2008
3:11 pm
It’s a throw-up between a few i suppose -
Creedon for his ovaltine & werthers-infused soul/pop/showband jamboree, (I texted him last week on his show and he agreed he must find out more about “dem fleet foxes fellas”, bless him !!)
JK for his total ease with the whole spectrum of music, as he says himself, from Bach to Zappa, or some such auld guff while still seeming just the right side of cool (leaving the chin-stroking ethos of the View aside)
or the sensational Trish Taylor on the “Lyric Breakfast” in the mornings (never has a middle-aged woman made classical music so sensual AND soothing so early in the morning!)
So much choice, what to do?
In spite of the wealth of radio talent we have in this country (between “the national broadcaster” stations), I suppose the one who most does it for me is Gerry Godley of Reels to Ragas fame(?!) on Lyric. For me, it’s the excitement and enthusiasm to exudes in the presentation of his show and the artists hat he plays that you will probably never hear outside his show, bar from internet radio.
I also love the enthusiasm he has for the many weird and wonderful instruments that he comes across around the world and the joy he takes in describing them intricately.
I’m also highlighting Gerry’s show because he has been inexplicably cut from two shows a week to one show which is disappointing.
I did hear him doing musically-based documentaries on radio 1 a while ago though, so that might be the reason.
anyway, my vote is for Gerry Godley to host the Late late Show!!
Comment by garethh
39.
December 2, 2008
5:05 pm
Jenny Heuston. She manages to combine a child-like enthusiasm for new bands (as if she was trapped in a cellar for years and is only discovering music for the first time) with the encyclopaedic knowledge of a true anorak. I’ve bought more albums based on her recommendations or tracks she’s played than any other source. Admittedly, they haven’t all been brilliant so winning the radio might make up for some wasted expenditure.
Comment by fionaoc
40.
December 2, 2008
6:06 pm
Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh
Because he makes you feel like you’re there.
Comment by statto
41.
December 2, 2008
6:47 pm
Pat Kenny.
In the absence of new Alan Partridge material, Pat kenny’s show will do.
Comment by Frank P
42.
December 3, 2008
12:16 am
Joe at Comment 8 apparently feels ashamed to pick Dave Fanning thinking it ‘horrifically uncool’ to do so. Dave Fanning is ‘uncool’? Since when? Dave is my favourite RTE presenter also. He truly is a legend of the airwaves and has such a frighteningly comprehensive and encyclopedic knowledge of music he puts every hipster and ‘I -heard -of -Animal -Collective -first’ indie - snob to shame. He’s an Irish version of John Peel, only more genial and less willfully obscure. He is and always has been a tireless supporter of up-and-coming Irish bands and he’s also the best interviewer out there, asking probing and original questions that results in his interviewee taking a little longer than usual to come up with an answer, an answer that has to be as interesting as the question they have just been asked. The first time I heard Nirvana, Pixies, Dinosaur Jr, Teenage Fanclub, Jane’s Addiction, Sugar, Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine, even older bands like Floyd, Led Zep and the Pistols (the list is endless) was on his radio show. This was in the early nineties, before the internet, a golden age for music and Fanning played them all. All these bands, all this incredible music I was hearing on his evening radio show, when I should have been doing my homework, would change my life as a teenager, so Fanning , by extension, changed my life also. A DJ saved my life? Possibly.
Comment by Quint
43.
December 3, 2008
9:46 am
No shame on my part in picking Dave Fanning, Quint, but amongst certain circles - certainly the “hipster and ‘I -heard -of -Animal -Collective -first’ indie - snob” brigades Fanning evokes an Arcade Bible post-Funeral type response from the cooler-than-thou.
Comment by Joe
44.
December 3, 2008
10:27 am
Ronan Collins
Giving us a eclectic hour of lunchtime music 5 days a week
Comment by Martan
45.
December 3, 2008
11:21 am
john kelly.
definitely.
Comment by Ally
46.
December 3, 2008
11:26 am
There are only 2 RTE Radio presenters that I have “appointments” to listen to; Rick O’Shea of 2FM, “The Hour of Deadly” and pop culture blogging and John Murray of “The Business” on Radio One. Oddly enough they both look at the facets of Irish life (and Irish Life in the case of John Murray) and treat the incredulity of what they find with an addictive wonderment. And that reaction gets listeners to send in more details of the oddities they uncover.
Both have turned their listeners in to undercover investigative reporters sending in tit-bits of news.
Both keep an eye on trends which will have an effect on the Irish radio industry (and Irish industry at large), and embrace them.
Both sound like they have a lot of fun playing with the odd things they find.
If I have to pick one, I’d go with John. Rick takes the entertaining and tweaks it to a higher level, but John takes the dry and the boring and makes it entertaining. He does the harder job.
Having said that, I’d love to see what would happen if they co-hosted each others shows. Rick and John on the music industry and musicians use of the internet to by-pass the labels. How social media is effecting Irish business and Irish radio in general.
If I don’t win, can I have that overlapping show?
Comment by Will Knott
47.
December 3, 2008
11:32 am
Larry Gogan by a country mile. He plays a record he thinks is a good one and then says “That’s A Good One!”, the love of music pours out of him, whether it’s Guns N’ Roses, and Larry always makes sure to pronounce the N, or Westlife. The 60 Second quiz- someone who’s apparently been locked in the attic for twenty years and can’t manage to get their name right comes on but Larry just explains how “they didn’t suit you”, resisting the temptation to laugh at them, unlike the majority of his colleagues. Who does Larry Mullen call every time there’s a new U2 record? It’s not Gerry bloody Ryan.
On top of all this, you can see Larry in non-descript shopping centres the length and breath of the country in his trusty roadcaster, laughing away with people, playing the music he loves. Added to this he was recently nice enough to give a smile and a wave to my young daughter. A gentleman in every sense.
Comment by Pat Carty
48.
December 3, 2008
11:34 am
Actually.
Ronan Collins too.
John Kelly and Ronan Collins. They mix it up yet bring it all back together. Open minds.
Comment by Ally
49.
December 3, 2008
12:01 pm
Actually, Ronan Collins comes a distant fourth after John Kelly, Luke Clancy and that guy on RnaG… Does anyone have his name again?
Sorry for repeating posts…
Comment by Ally
50.
December 3, 2008
12:29 pm
To go to the opposite end of the spectrum, or wavelength, Paddy O’Gorman is the biggest cunt I ever had the misfortune to listen to on the radio.
Sunday morning listening, interviewing ‘characters’ outside Dole Offices and A&E Depts.
Comment by Mully
51.
December 3, 2008
12:56 pm
I would have said Jenny Houston until they moved her to that useless slot. I’m never listening to the radio when she’s on. Midnight suited me much better
Now I’ll say John Creedon. He’s a gent and a scholar. The way he speaks about his song choices and the songs he choices is amazing. Plus the music he plays is a million miles from what I’d normally listen to, so its interesting from that prospective too.
Comment by Daniel
52.
December 3, 2008
2:22 pm
animal collective stayed on my floor once years ago when they came over for a gig at a friends birthday party.
they should be call “eat all the feckin sausages and offer nary a one to their host, or more importantly, to the hosts wife-collective”
all mention of them have since been banned chez moi, did they ever release anything after “Danse Manatee”?
Comment by clom
53.
December 3, 2008
3:13 pm
Fanning’s alright, Peel comparisons are a bit of a stretch though.
Can’t stand Fanning’s interviews though. He’ll ask a simple question then continue to rattle on for what feels like an age, answering the question himself before passing it on. He has a comprehensive and enclyopedic knowledge and he sure as hell showcases it with every question. Leave some answers for interviewee please Dave. Many others are guilty of it too, I see younger people do it all the time, but he’s one of the worst.
I always find it funny that people believe others are ever “willfully obscure”. Maybe, just maybe, people enjoy listening to the wierd and wonderful? If people failing to justify your own tastes is going to upset you then you probably wont ever be truly “cool”.
Comment by Void
54.
December 3, 2008
4:15 pm
Larry Gogan by a country mile. He plays a record he thinks is a good one and then says “That’s A Good One!”, the love of music pours out of him, whether it’s Guns N’ Roses, and Larry always makes sure to pronounce the N, or Westlife. The 60 Second quiz- someone who’s apparently been locked in the attic for twenty years and can’t manage to get their name right comes on but Larry just explains how “they didn’t suit you”, resisting the temptation to laugh at them, unlike the majority of his colleagues. Who does Larry Mullen call every time there’s a new U2 record? It’s not Gerry bloody Ryan.
On top of all this, you can see Larry in non-descript shopping centres up and down the country in his trusty roadcaster, laughing away with people, playing the music he loves. Added to this he was recently nice enough to give a smile and a wave to my young daughter. A gentleman in every sense.
Comment by Pat Carty
55.
December 3, 2008
5:14 pm
@Quint - that brought back memories, I think DF is partly responsible for my poor leaving results, how could I study and operate the record/pause button on my Amstrad double tapedeck at the same time?
Comment by Speewah
56.
December 3, 2008
5:45 pm
My favourite RTE radio presenter is Mary Wilson. Her sometimes school mistressy clipped tones, combined with an off-kilter matrony sexiness, produce a devastating ear dripping cocktail of dangerously illicit listening…
Comment by barryb
57.
December 3, 2008
7:54 pm
If Dave Fanning was Irelands John Peel, then John Kelly was my Dave Fanning.
Mystery Train was an education I’m still relishing to this day.
Comment by Peter81
58.
December 3, 2008
8:07 pm
I agree with the Larry Gogan nomination. Great voice with a great passion. In 1977 he had a weekly 1 or 2 hour pop slot on RTE1, which at the time was the only RTE station. One night he played ‘Great Expectations” the b side of the Radiators from Space 7″ ” TV Screen”, The next day I formed Dundalk’s first punk band NRG.
Comment by Doug
59.
December 3, 2008
11:43 pm
That Shirley Temple Bar one is hot.
*tapped on shoulder, whisper in ear*.
Ah balls.
Comment by NaRocRoc
60.
December 4, 2008
9:11 am
And that is that
Competition is now closed - huge thanks to everyone for entering. Winner will be announced here later today.
Comment by Jim Carroll
61.
December 4, 2008
2:04 pm
And we have a winner - and this despite the fact that no-one mentioned Sean O’Rourke (the only RTE news and current affairs dude, as far as I can work out, to feature in a poem - check out Paul Durcan’s description of him)
Anyway, big shout to everyone for entering. Great to see such love for such quality RTE presenters as Larry Gogan, John Kelly, Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh etc.
There was a couple of people who went for Ronan Collins and all those entries were really eloquent so I stuck the names in a hat and the winner is…..
Ronan Corksongs (number 21)
Congrats dude, email on the way to you
Big shout out to Sarah @ RTE Digital and the people at Roberts for the prize.
And, seeing as it is the Christmas, we have another awesome competition kicking off next Monday.
Comment by Jim Carroll

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