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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 2023, The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show's listenership figures were 225,000, making it the station's 2nd biggest show after Dermot and Dave, and the 13th most listened to show in the country.[8]
- ^ "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.
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- ^ "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.
- ^ Ryan, Órla (9 November 2023). "Jump in listeners for Ryan Tubridy's old radio slot, latest JNLR figures show". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 26 November 2023.