Colm Hayes for brand-new radio show

Colm Hayes for brand-new radio show

23/06/15: RT 2fm today announced presenter Colm Hayes is to move to weekends and present a weekend breakfast programme.

Weekend Breakfast with Colm Hayes will air from 7am -10am and will bring listeners the latest news from the worlds of comedy, showbiz, entertainment, music and sport, with the best weekend tunes all the way.

Colm Hayes started out in pirate radio, and went on to present a weekend show on 2fm. He presented the lunchtime show after Gerry Ryan's slot, and created a number of characters for Gerry's show. Later, Colm headed into the world of commercial radio and worked on Capital 104.4FM, Rock104 and then FM104. In the summer of 1995, Colm became programme director of FM104 and creator and presenter on the successful The Strawberry Alarm Clock. When the phone call came late in 2006 from 2fm Colm returned to RT . The Colm and Jim Jim Breakfast Show began on 5 March 2006 and it opened a new chapter for one of Ireland's most successful broadcasters. Colm has presented The Colm Hayes Show on 2fm since 2010. He lives in Dublin, is married to Anne, and has two children.

Commenting on his new role, Colm Hayes said: Now is the time for me to pursue other areas of my career and develop my media company, Colm Hayes Media', while also being able to fulfil my love of radio. The last 18 months on RT 2fm's DriveBy have been amazing. Radio always throws up new and exciting challenges and I'm about to take the next challenge. Moving to weekend breakfast sort of feels like moving home having done Breakfast for nearly 20 years. It also gives me a great opportunity to pursue other projects with my media company in conjunction with RT .

Head of 2fm, Dan Healy said: Colm Hayes is one of Ireland's most experienced radio presenters and he's been at the forefront of developing so many innovative radio sounds, from a new way to approach breakfast radio to the now familiar dynamic of co-presenters. I look forward to Colm getting stuck into weekends on 2fm I think we can look forward to a very different weekend wake-up. I look forward to continuing working closely with Colm and his team.

LINK:	http://www.rte.ie/about/en/press-office/press-releases/2015/0624/71028...
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