Eamonn Andrews Studios
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Eamonn Andrews Studios was founded by broadcaster Eamonn Andrews
, famous for being the presenter with the big red book of This Is Your Life
, a British television programme. In the 1960s, the launch of television in Ireland
led him to become the Chairman of the RTÉ Authority
. He set up a media
production company in Ireland
, the Eamonn Andrews Studios, which ran a dance hall
called The Television Club in Harcourt Street in Dublin and took on the lease of the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. There was also a recording studio where many pieces for sponsored radio shows where recorded during the 1960s and 1970s. Several Irish bands recorded demo tapes there including a very young U2.
Eamonn Andrews
Eamonn Andrews, CBE , was an Irish television presenter based in the United Kingdom.-Life and career:...
, famous for being the presenter with the big red book of This Is Your Life
This Is Your Life
This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience including friends and family.Edwards...
, a British television programme. In the 1960s, the launch of television in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
led him to become the Chairman of the RTÉ Authority
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...
. He set up a media
Mass media
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production company in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, the Eamonn Andrews Studios, which ran a dance hall
Dance hall
Dance hall in its general meaning is a hall for dancing. From the earliest years of the twentieth century until the early 1960s, the dance hall was the popular forerunner of the discothèque or nightclub...
called The Television Club in Harcourt Street in Dublin and took on the lease of the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. There was also a recording studio where many pieces for sponsored radio shows where recorded during the 1960s and 1970s. Several Irish bands recorded demo tapes there including a very young U2.