Jocks who sounded fresh the first time you heard them

[North West Listener]

Has any jock really struck you, the very first time you heard them on the radio, as sounding very fresh, and vibrant? They just have that special on-air presence? Here are a few that I thought were, the first time I heard them:

Chris Evans (on BBC R1 Breakfast Show – Even though I had already seen him on TV, I just couldn’t believe how fast he spoke on the radio!)

Tim Kelly (Today FM)

Colm Hayes (when I first heard him on 2FM, late 1980’s)

Maurice Taggart (Q102, then moved to Q97.2 where he does the Saturday night party show)

John McLaughlin (on Radio Nova (Donegal) – has been on many other stations since)

Roy Hall (Q101) – I had heard his voice on voice-overs on Q, but heard him presenting one evening and thought he sounded very fresh.

Mark Byrne – (On Atlantic 252, also FM104 around 1995, and later on Today FM’s breakfast show)

Peter Collins (on 2FM)

Bob Conway (on 2FM)

Dusty Rhodes (on Atlantic 252)

[ex-pirate]

Being from the north west, the ones I think were tight, had a laugh and were genuine, (ie. not putting on a false image meaning it's radio, not a disco.
Jerry Lang (Downtown)
Joanne Salvage (q)
Jerry D (q)
Paul Burbank
Only a few....
There's more, but with the older I get, and warming to more talk based radio.

[Euan Roberts]

Anoraks,

I guess Jason Maine when i always listened to him on Radio Nova Between 7pm - 12 midnight. And i gotta say, listening to him on 104 for his "Nitecap" program, you'd think occasionally, gee, it's like listening to him only yesterday on Radio NOVA. Let's be honest yesterday was a mere 17, 18 years. A true professional in the business. I guess he had and still has a real smooth sexy kind of voice particularly for the female population.

Just on the subject of Radio Nova, a station like that with its excellent jingles, slick voiceover's and radio personalities makes today's sound pretty amaturish. Jason Maine still sounds fresh, but i gotta say, there is a missin link and that is those wonderful Jason Maine ID's and sugary american jam jingles that one misses everynight. However, jason, your still a hard act to follow.

A few more jocks still sound as fresh as ever:

Gerry Stevens,( 98 now
Hugh OBrien ( Dublins' Country 106)
Colm Hayes FM104 of course)
Scott Williams ( MD and Presenter of Dublin Today Lite FM)

Euan

[jjbean]

Nails Mahoney (Brian mc Coll) great jock.

[North West Listener]

Another such presenter, female this time, was Pamela Wilson, when I heard her on the overnight programme on satellite from Limerick 95 back in the mid 90's.

[Dogger]

Tracey Lee on (I think) Sunset (or Mix 106) back in the mid-nineties... totally unlike the "big shout" jocks crowding the airwaves, nice, measured, tight links, no bullsh1t. Breath of fresh air. Fair play to her for making a career for herself.

[South Derry Guy]

I would have to say the Main Djs that stand/stood out sounded fresh on radio in The N,W where Delbert Jackson 106fm, Nikki D 106fm,Greg parke q102, Jason mc gibney q102, big nick q102 and Ali D 106Fm all sounded Great on air..

[Anorak]

The whole Nova and Energy 103 team!

Special mentions must go to Chris, when he was on and Tony Allan of course.
Jason Maine
John O'Hara
John Clarke
Tony Gareth (Gareth O'Callaghan)

I could go on and on...

[ali mine]

Sorry "member from the NW"

Delbert sounded false
Jason ( I'm told ) was cheeeeese.If you like that! Scanty sandwich eh? lol.
Same for B-oredom B-ig Nick.... Crap.
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Mine is:

The wolf on red
Yes north west listener, Mark byrne.
Yes jjbean, Brian mc coll ( great ).
Tracey lee was good when I last heard her.Is still down in the S.West?
Rick on 252 but seems to have toned it down a little lately.
Robin banks on 252 was great.
Joe king on 252, now at cool fm in Belfast.
Hollywood on 252 and now in Cork.
Yes north west listener, Evans now set to come back.I liked the T.V. show about him the other night.I can't wait to see how he will.
Darragh o' dea X-Q101 breakfast now at cool fm sounding great.
Barry Dunne doing the biz at 98.
Enda caldwell who was also the first jock to work on two national stations at the same time.This week at cool fm from 10am - 1pm.
Yes "member from NW" Greg parke X-252 but sounding hot on Q102 in Derry.I heard he is interested in T.V. work.
Ollie brady on CKR is hot right now.
Paul kennedy at cool.
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But who will we be talking about in ten years time in the same way as the old boys?
Who will out-shine todays others? Have I forgotten anybody?

[Dogger]

Tracey's on South East in Wexford, 3-5pm

[Billy Dane]

Gerry Ryan. He doesn't so fresh these days tho!

Frank Kennedy, but I was feeling very unwell that day.

Pat Courtney. Always!

[The Mighty 890]

1. Vincent Hanley, 1st jock to really get the national music radio thing and what a great manner with people. Ian Dempsey is his natural successor.

2. Jonnie Walker, Mr. Smooth, the DJ's DJ (not unlike John Clarke used to be)

3. Chris Evans, fantastic, wish he was still at Virgin. Chris Moyles obviously listened to him a lot.

4. Mark Byrne, Mr. Slick Link, sadly missed to my mind.

5. Greg Gaughran, without getting into any of the other stuff, quite simply one of the greatest jocks this country has ever produced.

6. Dave Fanning, like him or hate him, revolutionised music in this country.

I see Euan mentions ole "rockin' the bay" earlier in this thread. He was a real favourite of mine back in the Herbert Street days. What time is he on 106.8? Bloody hate country music but would like to catch up with him!!! Another favourite and surely someone who Hughie must have heard is Shotgun Tom Kelly on K-Earth 101 Los Angeles. Great station!!! :D

[stayin alive]

how anybody can compare john clarke to jonnie walker without it being an insult to mr walker is takin the p**s
as regard to THE voices of radio , evans was excellent , all the nova crew were the dogs bo****ks, fanning is an intelligent broadcaster who sounds like he's always enjoying what he does , simon mayo , wogan {he is mr radio } scott williams {great voice } frank kennedy {only jokin guys } jason maine , and of course not forgetting the great Kenny Everett ...theres more but i just cant think right now cause im still struggling with the john clarke bit ....see ya ...

[Fmfreddie]

Has anybody mentioned Steve Wright yet?

awwwwww.......Wrighty has to be the best afternoon jock around with his top class BBC radio2 afternoon show.

[stayin alive]

woooooopps , how could i forget steve wright ???? a class act ,anyway ,thanks for jogging my memory freddy ...

bye ....