''The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show'' is an Irish

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show broadcast on weekday mornings from 06:00 – 09:00 on

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. Presented by

Ian Dempsey Ian Dempsey (born 16 January 1961) is an Irish presenter of television and breakfast radio. He is the long-running presenter of the breakfast show on Today FM, self-titled '' The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show'', which runs from 6-9 am each weekday ...

, it is noted for its ''

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'' feature, performed by

Mario Rosenstock Mario Rosenstock (born 31 August 1970) is an Irish actor, comedian, impressionist and musician. Career Rosenstock first came to the attention of the Irish public playing the role of Dr. David Hanlon in the soap ''Glenroe'' in the 1990s.

. It is the tenth most popular radio programme in Ireland and was named best breakfast programme at the 2007 PPI Radio Awards. Dempsey won a

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for Best Radio DJ at the

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and has been nominated on a regular basis ever since, most recently in 2008. The show has also had a number of renowned producers including Adelle McDonnell and

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, who resigned from the post after being given her own weekday radio show on the station in 2008. Another notable former producer of the show is

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, a fellow Today FM radio presenter and current frontman of the Northern Irish pop-punk band,

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and who also helped co-create the highly popular and successful comedy series,

alongside Rosenstock. In 2008, ''The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Shows listenership figures were reduced by 4,000 to 234,000.

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 ''

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'' in 2004 to allow direct competition with

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rival

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. Each year for that time period, i.e. ten years, Dempsey and the breakfast crew have gone skiing. In 2007, the show replaced

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Sunday morning programme as the 10th most listened to programme in Ireland.

Lucy Kennedy Lucy Kennedy ( ga, Lusaí Ní Chinnéide; born 21 April 1976) is an Irish television and radio presenter. Kennedy first came to public attention from co-hosting ''The Podge and Rodge Show'' on RTÉ Two. She has also presented dating show ''The ...

presented the show when Dempsey was absent on 18 July 2008. In 2011,

Sinéad O'Connor Shuhada Sadaqat (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor on 8 December 1966; ) is an Irish singer-songwriter. Her debut album, '' The Lion and the Cobra'', was released in 1987 and charted internationally. Her second album, ''I Do Not Want Wha ...

announced her fourth marriage live on the show.

Features

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". Today FM. Retrieved 24 October 2008.

References

External links

Webpage of ''The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show'' on TodayFM.com
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