''Small Hours'' was the late night

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hosted by

Donal Dineen Donal Dineen (born 5 May 1969) is an Irish radio presenter, photographer, film maker and former television presenter from County Kerry. Until recently he presented an assortment of loud ' noise/ electronica and world music on his '' Small Hours ...

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. It commenced broadcasting in 2004, following the seven-year tenure of ''

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''. It is Dineen's second radio show on Today FM, airing Monday – Thursday, 00:00 – 02:00. On 30 December 2007, ''The Small Hours'' had a two-hour radio special broadcast from the living room of David Gray's London home, where Gray and

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traded songs and stories on the piano and acoustic guitar, "intermittently picking their

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discs for Dineen to spin". Dineen is largely credited with breaking Gray in Ireland. In recent years, the Small Hours has ended and been replaced by the Midnight Chill, an hour devoted to playing a mixture of chill-out songs that have been released in recent years.

References

External links

Official site
{{Today FM Irish late night radio shows Today FM programmes 2000s in Irish music