RT 2FM Announces New Weekend Line-Up

Brand-new schedule launches today, Friday 24th February

Featuring a host of new and emerging talent including

Roz Purcell, Emma Power, Laura Fox, Beta Da Silva, and Aifric O'Connell

RT 2FM has today announced its new weekend schedule, with a whole host of new faces, bringing a fresh feel to the weekends beginning this evening (Friday 24 February).

Following Game On, and The National Chart Show with Bl thnaid Treacy (7pm-9pm), Friday night's at 2FM are rap and hip-hop nights, with DJ Mo-K (9pm-11pm), and DJ Wax (11pm - 1am).

Kicking off the mornings on Saturdays and Sundays will be 2FM Breakfast with Bl thnaid Treacy (7am -9am) where Bl thnaid will serve up a breakfast bowl full of energy, superb listener prizes, and great tunes.

Whether it's an up and at'em day or a day of rest, listeners will have Laura Fox on their side on Saturdays and Sundays from 9am to midday with three hours of great music, fun chat, and celebrity interviews.

Roz and Emma on 2FM is where you need to be at weekends! From 12-3pm, Roz Purcell and Emma Power will keep listeners entertained with tunes, chat and giveaways. Listeners can win a brunch for four people, but you have to be a pure chancer to do it! Listeners can guess if their celebrity guest is spoofing or telling the truth, and get a warm hug when Roz and Emma tell you what stories gave them all the feels that week.

Presenter Aifric O'Connell will take the helm from 3pm - 6pm on both Saturdays and Sundays, with 3 hours of throwbacks, archive and craic.

Saturday night is Dance Night on 2FM and Jenny Greene takes to the decks on The Electric Disco at the earlier time of 6pm until 8, belting out tracks to get listeners ready for heading out on the town, or a lively night at home.

There's a brand-new dance music show with Dave Treacy, delivering a mix of the best in new commercial and club dance music, chats with the biggest DJs & producers from all parts of the world, and The Club Culture Guest Mix (8-10pm). Dave Treacy will be followed by The Spring Sessions from 10pm through to Midnight, going into Late Night Sessions from 1am.

On Sundays at 6pm, The Request Show with Conor Behan promises to let listeners take charge, handing the playlist over to those tuning in to get in touch and request their favourites.

Beta Da Silva takes over from 8-10pm, Sunday through to Thursday, with The New Music Show, inviting listeners to lock in, chill, and discover all the latest in the music world, with new tunes, new projects, gig news, album breakdowns, and a selection of music across all genres.

Beta will be followed by chilled sessions with The Greene Room (10pm - 12) with Jenny Greene. Right after Jenny at midnight, Cormac Battle a friendly voice on the daily Jennifer Zamparelli show rounds the weekend off with a blistering shot of Rock, Indie and Dance.

Dan Healy Head of RT Digital Audio and RT 2FM said: The weekend schedule is a blend of emerging and new voices to Irish Radio.The exciting thing about our emerging voices is that they are home grown. Laura Fox, Emma Power and Aifric O Connell have been on 2FM for the last number of years, and also broadcast for RT Pulse and RT 2XM. We are thrilled that Roz Purcell is joining the weekend team , broadcasting with Emma Power. 2FM will also have an exciting night-time schedule which is also being revamped with Jenny Greene, Dave Treacy, Conor Behan, Mo K , DJ Wax and Beta Da Silva. Now that we have bedded in our weekday schedule ,which would appear from the most recent listenership results to be going well, we are focusing on weekends.

Image credit: Marc O'Sullivan

About the Line-up

Bl thnaid Treacy

Bl thnaid Treacy has been working across RT Television and radio for the last decade, hosting the annual RT Choice Music Prize highlights show in Vicar Street for RT 2 television. Bl thnaid is known for entertaining and insightful conversations with celebrity subjects ranging from rock royalty to Hollywood stars. She is a regular on our screens, reporting on fashion and entertainment on the Today Show on RTE 1 and frequently steps in for hosting duties alongside Daith S . Bl thnaid is also the host of the National Lottery.

Laura Fox

Laura Fox began her radio career in Galway at Galway Bay Fm, starting with a bang, covering The Breakfast Show, something she says was a baptism of fire ! After co-hosting there, Laura started presenting late-night slots at the station, before making a move to Dublin and landing a lunchtime show on RT 's digital broadcaster, Pulse. Laura then worked across 2FM on entertainment news, to covering shows until landing on weekend Breakfast at the station, a slot she is now thrilled is extending to 12pm.

Emma Power

Emma Power is a radio & television presenter, podcast host, DJ and MC. With a passion for music, Emma has hosted RT 2FM's weekly Request Show on Sunday evenings since 2017 and has carried that passion over to DJing at events and festivals. Emma is also a familiar voice on Drive it With The 2 Johnnies, where she contributes to the show two days a week and has been a regular stand-in presenter across 2FM's daytime and weekend schedule since joining 2FM in 2014. Starting her radio career with East Coast FM when she was 19, Emma presented on East Coast FM, Dublin City FM, RT Junior Radio, and RT Pulse before joining 2FM. As well as working in radio, Emma is a news panellist on The Today Show on RTE 1 and has hosted numerous TV shows including the Junk Koture Grand Final in 2020 & 2021, the R s na mBan Highlights Show in 2019 for the RT Player, TG4, and Eurosport, and she recently appeared on the hit travel Show High Road Low Road on RT 1.

Roz Purcell is a broadcaster, outdoors enthusiast and food creator. She is one of Ireland's most influential online personalities, as well as the author of three books. Roz gre

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