The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show
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| Genre | Chat / music |
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| Running time | 06:00 – 09:00 |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | Today FM |
| Recording studio | Marconi House, Digges Lane, Dublin 2 |
| Original release | September 1998 – present |
| Audio format | FM and Digital radio |
| Website | TodayFM.com page |
| Podcast | TodayFM.com podcast |
The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show is an Irish breakfast radio show broadcast on weekday mornings from 06:00 – 09:00 on Today FM.[1] Presented by Ian Dempsey, it is noted for its Gift Grub feature, performed by Mario Rosenstock.[2] It is the tenth most popular radio programme in Ireland and was named best breakfast programme at the 2007 PPI Radio Awards.[3]
Dempsey won a Meteor Award for Best Radio DJ at the 2003 Meteor Awards and has been nominated on a regular basis ever since, most recently in 2008.[4] The show has also had a number of renowned producers including Adelle McDonnell[5] and Alison Curtis,[6] who resigned from the post after being given her own weekday radio show on the station in 2008.[7]
Another notable former producer of the show is Paul McLoone, a fellow Today FM radio presenter and current frontman of the Northern Irish pop-punk band, The Undertones and who also helped co-create the highly popular and successful comedy series, Gift Grub alongside Rosenstock.
In 2008, The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show's listenership figures were reduced by 4,000 to 234,000.[8]
History
The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show has been on air since September 1998 and originally broadcast until 10:00 but an extra hour was given to The Ray D'Arcy Show in 2004 to allow direct competition with RTÉ 2fm rival Gerry Ryan.[9] Each year for that time period, i.e. ten years, Dempsey and the breakfast crew have gone skiing. In 2007, the show replaced Eamon Dunphy's RTÉ Radio 1 Sunday morning programme as the 10th most listened to programme in Ireland.[10] Lucy Kennedy presented the show when Dempsey was absent on 18 July 2008.[11]
In 2011, Sinéad O'Connor announced her fourth marriage live on the show.[12]
Features
"Talking Heads" features a number of voices played in quick sequence. Listeners are allowed to guess the voices to win a cash prize.[13] "Free For All Friday" occurs each Friday when the listeners may request which songs are played on the show.[14]
References
- ^ "PAPER PROPHET Ian Dempsey". Sunday Independent. 22 January 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
- ^ "TDFM028 GIFT GRUB – THE G FACTOR Archived 20 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine". Today FM. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
- ^ "PPI Radio Award winners announced". Hot Press. 22 October 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "National DJ nominations". Retrieved 24 October 2008.
- ^ "Who's who and what they do" Archived 5 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine – An Adelle McDonnell profile. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
- ^ "Meet the producers". The Irish Times. 4 March 2006. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
- ^ "Show time". The Irish Times. 12 July 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
- ^ Bray, Allison (14 November 2008). "Tubridy rides crest of airwaves". Irish Independent. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
- ^ "RTE and Today FM suffer as regionals thrive". The Sunday Business Post. 22 August 2008. Archived from the original on 16 July 2005. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
- ^ "RTÉ's grip on top 10 loosens as second Today FM show makes list". The Irish Times. 16 November 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
- ^ "On the show archive" Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Today FM. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
- ^ "O'Connor announces she is to marry". RTÉ Ten. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
- ^ "talking heads[permanent dead link]". Today FM. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
- ^ "free for all friday Archived 11 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine". Today FM. Retrieved 24 October 2008.