{"id":5386,"date":"2023-11-16T09:52:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T09:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/?p=5386"},"modified":"2023-11-16T09:53:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T09:53:17","slug":"ryan-tubridy-back-on-the-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/ryan-tubridy-back-on-the-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Tubridy \u2013 Back on the Radio!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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London, 16 November, 2023:<\/strong> Virgin Radio UK today announces that star presenter Ryan Tubridy will be joining the weekday lineup on the station in the new year, broadcasting from the London studios of News UK. The star will follow The Chris Evans Breakfast Show<\/strong> on Virgin Radio UK, and broadcast from 10am to 1pm, Monday to Friday. Ryan joins Chris Evans<\/strong> and Graham Norton<\/strong> on the most exciting radio station currently broadcasting in the UK. Ryan will also be broadcasting live from London simultaneously on Dublin\u2019s Q102.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ryan, who most recently hosted the hugely popular Late Late Show on RT\u00c9 1 and The Ryan Tubridy Show on RT\u00c9 Radio One will be the new voice of mid-mornings on Virgin Radio UK and Dublin\u2019s Q102 every weekday from 10am to 1pm.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ryan will also host a dedicated Irish weekend show which will mean that the much-loved presenter will be available to Irish audiences six days a week.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ryan<\/strong> said: \u201cI couldn\u2019t be more excited to start this new chapter. New city, new stations, new beginnings. I love radio and what a joy to be back. It\u2019s been a pleasure getting to know my new friends at Virgin Radio, all of whom have been warm, engaging and very entertaining. It will be great to be back on the radio in the UK and across Ireland.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAnd big thanks to the London Irish who have made me feel so welcome in recent weeks. On a personal note, this is a big day for my wonderful family who I hope to make proud, and also the people who advised me so well recently and got me to this moment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cTo the listeners, wherever they may be, I urge you to join us on this adventure every weekday morning – and across Ireland at the weekend. There is much fun to be had!\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wireless Ireland MD Sean Barry<\/strong>, comments: \u201cRyan is the biggest broadcaster in Ireland, a peerless professional and much-loved by his legion of Irish fans. He will be the perfect mid-morning companion on Q102. And his exciting new weekend show will be broadcast exclusively on Q102, Cork\u2019s 96FM, Limerick\u2019s Live 95 and LMFM. He will be an enormous hit with Wireless Ireland\u2019s audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n EVP, President of News Broadcasting, Scott Taunton<\/strong>, said: \u201cRyan is a star in Ireland and I\u2019m delighted we are able to create a destination for those loyal fans, as well as a UK-wide platform across Virgin Radio UK. Ryan joins a stellar line up at Virgin Radio, as we continue to invest in the very best talent across News Broadcasting.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ryan Tubridy is a renowned broadcaster and best-selling author from Dublin. His stellar broadcasting career includes 14 years at the helm of the iconic Late Late Show, where he interviewed guests such as U2, Sinead O\u2019Connor, Tony Blair, Russell Crowe, Hillary Clinton and Ed Sheeran, and helped raise more than \u20ac20 million for charity. His successful radio career has spanned more than 20 years to date, where each morning listeners tuned into his eponymous The Ryan Tubridy Show.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ryan is also a best-selling author, having written four books to date. His first book, JFK in Ireland, a profile of US President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 visit to Ireland, was a number one bestseller and sold more than 100,000 copies.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wireless Ireland<\/strong> assets in Ireland include Dublin\u2019s FM104<\/strong> and Q102,<\/strong> Cork\u2019s 96fm<\/strong> and C103, Live 95 in Limerick,<\/strong> LMFM<\/strong> and U105<\/strong> in Belfast. Its sales house is Urban Media.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ryan will make his debut on Virgin Radio UK and Q102 in early January.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Star will helm weekday mid-mornings on Virgin Radio UK from The News Building in London New show launching early January 2024 Ryan will be broadcasting live from London simultaneously on Dublin\u2019s Q102 Ryan will also present a dedicated Irish weekend show across Wireless Ireland stations on Dublin\u2019s Q102, Cork\u2019s 96FM, Live 95 in Limerick and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5386"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5389,"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5386\/revisions\/5389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}