Jimmy Norman (Galway Bay FM)
Jimmy Norman (born 1969 or 1970) is a radio presenter on Galway Bay FM in Galway, Ireland.
Early life and education[edit]
Norman grew up in Galway. He worked at pirate radio stations while still in school, and after finishing his Leaving Certificate in the late 1980s, at Zhivago Music store.[1]
He graduated from Galway Business School in 2012 with a First Class Honours degree in Business Management,[2] and later earned a master's degree in Strategic Management and Innovation.[3]
Career[edit]
In 1990 he started work at Radio West, a precursor to Galway Bay FM, where he almost immediately became presenter of the breakfast show;[2] at 20, he was then the youngest full-time radio presenter in Ireland.[1] He continued working at the station primarily as presenter of the breakfast show until February 2012, when he requested a move to afternoon radio.[1] He returned to the Breakfast Show in April 2013.
In 2006 he was the first face on City Channel Galway, where he produced and presented a current affairs programme called Galway in Focus. The programme continued until City Channel closed its Galway operation in 2009.[citation needed]
In the 1990s, with his then partner, Catherine Tiernan, Norman started Eire Communications, a telecommunications company which was sold in 2002.[1][2][4] He and his wife have subsequently run Norman Media,[1] and together hosted Galway County Matters for Irish TV from February 2015.[3] In the 2010s he also worked as a voice-over artist and DJ.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Norman is married to Sinéad Ní Neachtain[3] and has four children.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Ronan Maher, "Jimmy Norman, Radio DJ", Galway Independent, 22 February 2012, archived from the original on 8 May 2012.
- ^ a b c Ni Fhlatharta, Bernie (10 January 2014). "High-flying Jimmy ready to embrace academic career". Connacht Tribune. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Meet our Galway County Matters team". Irish TV. 5 February 2015. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021.
- ^ Evelyn Ring, "Entrepreneur glad she took time out after son born before tragedy occurred", Irish Examiner, 7 August 2002, retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Personal website, archived from the original on 23 December 2012.