The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show is an Irish

Republic of Ireland

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 radio show broadcast on weekday mornings from 07:00 - 09:00 on Today FM

Today FM

Radio Ireland Ltd, trading as 100-102 Today FM is an Irish commercial FM radio station which is available nationally. The station, which commenced broadcasting on Saint Patrick's Day in 1997, can be received nationally and carries a mix of music and talk...

. Presented by Ian Dempsey

Ian Dempsey

Ian Michael Dempsey is an Irish presenter of television and breakfast radio. He is the long-running presenter of the breakfast show on Today FM, self-titled The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show, which runs from 07:00 - 09:00 each weekday morning...

, it is noted for its Gift Grub

Gift Grub

Gift Grub is a series of short comic pieces broadcast on weekdays on the breakfast show of Irish commercial radio station Today FM since 8 May 1999...

 feature, performed by Mario Rosenstock

Mario Rosenstock

Mario Rosenstock born 31 August 1971, is an Irish actor, comedian, impressionist and musician who is best known for his parody music singles and his role in the Gift Grub comedy series on Irish radio station Today FM....

. It is the tenth most popular radio programme in Ireland and was named best breakfast programme at the 2007 PPI Radio Awards.

Dempsey won a Meteor Award

Meteor Music Awards

The Meteor Ireland Music Awards are a group of music awards in Ireland...

 for Best Radio DJ at the 2003 Meteor Awards

2003 Meteor Awards

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 and has been nominated on a regular basis ever since, most recently in 2008. The show has also had a number of renowned producers including Adelle McDonnell

Adelle McDonnell

Adelle McDonnell is an Irish radio producer, presenter and television columnist. She is the producer and a co-presenter on the Meteor Award-winning The Ray Foley Show, in the weekday lunchtime slot on Today FM...

 and Alison Curtis

Alison Curtis

Alison "Ally" Curtis is a presenter of radio on Irish national radio station Today FM and a respected figure on the Irish music scene...

, who resigned from the post after being given her own weekday radio show on the station in 2008.

In 2008, The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Shows listenership figures were reduced by 4,000 to 234,000.

History

The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show has been on air since September 1998 and originally broadcast until 10:00 but an extra hour was given to The Ray D'Arcy Show

The Ray D'Arcy Show

The Ray D'Arcy Show is Today FM's weekday mid-morning radio show presented by Ray D'Arcy. It is on air from 09:00–12:00 midday, competing with RTÉ 2fm's Ryan Tubridy, RTÉ Radio 1's Pat Kenny and Newstalk's Tom Dunne .The production team of Jenny Kelly, Will Hanafin and Mairead Farrell and...

 in 2004 to allow direct competition with RTÉ 2fm

RTÉ 2fm

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 rival Gerry Ryan

Gerry Ryan

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. Each year for that time period, i.e. ten years, Dempsey and the breakfast crew have gone skiing. In 2007, the show replaced Eamon Dunphy

Eamon Dunphy

Eamon Martin Dunphy is an Irish media personality, radio and television presenter, author, sports pundit, as well as a former professional football player. He is best known as a soccer analyst on Raidió Teilifís Éireann 's coverage of the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League. He was paid...

's RTÉ Radio 1

RTÉ Radio 1

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 Sunday morning programme as the 10th most listened to programme in Ireland. Lucy Kennedy

Lucy Kennedy

Lucy Kennedy is an award-winning Irish presenter of radio and television. Along with Bazil Ashmawy she currently co-presents the radio show Weekend Breakfast with Baz & Lucy on RTÉ 2fm. She has been described as "one of Ireland's most familiar faces"....

presented the show when Dempsey was absent on 18 July 2008.

Features

"Talking Heads" features a number of voices played in quick sequence. Listeners are allowed to guess the voices to win a cash prize. "Free For All Friday" occurs each Friday when the listeners may request which songs are played on the show.

External links

• Official website of The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show
• 2009 ski trip of The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show
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