My first show is this Thursday night at 10pm: You can tune in on regular airwaves 105.2FM, via the TXFM.ie site, the TXFM app in the iTunes Store or on your TV if you’re on UPC.
I’m delighted to share the news that Nialler9 will be joining TXFM, a new alternative radio station launching on Monday morning at 8AM at 105.2FM.
I’ll be presenting a Nialler9 show every Thursday night at 10pm for two hours so expect the best of new and future music, regardless of genre, just like this site right here.
The rest of the schedule includes daytime weekday presenters Cathal Funge (breakfast 7am) Claire Beck (11am), Joe Donnelly (3pm) and Kelly-Anne Byrne (7pm) while weeknight slots include Brian Keaveney (soul,funk and reggae), Gavin Glass (Americana, alt-country, folk), Cathal Funge (Irish), me (all sorts) and Derek Byrne (electronic, hip-hop and more)
The weekend includes an arts and culture show from Totally Dublin, an interview show with Nadine O’Regan, a Bodytonic/Pogo show on Saturday night, Irish language show with Orlagh Donnelly on Saturday morning, Sunday morning with Dee Reddy, a sports show with Paul and Johnny, a remasters and reissues show with John Caddell and The Set List featuring live sessions from around the world. Full Schedule below.
You can find follow TXFM on Twitter. The website, Facebook, app etc are launching in the next few days.
The TXFM statement sent out today says it will have “a strong commitment to contemporary Irish music across the schedule”.
More info from the press release:
TXFM is being powered by the team behind Today FM, with resources in management, marketing and music programming. The station launch is being supported by an outdoor, print and online campaign.
Commenting on the launch, Peter McPartlin, Today FM CEO said: “TXFM will be a station that champions authentic new music and classic alternative genres. We’ve spent the past couple of weeks really honing the schedule, the on-air team and our unique approach to music, which we believe will really give us a point of difference within the Dublin music market. The reaction from the music community, including record companies, artist management and also advertisers, has been very encouraging.”
The shareholders of TXFM are Evergreen Ventures, Gaiety Investments and Communicorp Group.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
Congrats Niall on the show! Great to see Cathal Funge still on the air too!
as a cynical bastard, i’m impressed with that line up, just hope they don’t go overly heavy on the playlisting. best of luck.Great to see Cathal still in the mix too
No Richie and Richie? Congrats on the show!
The 105.2 filler for the past couple of weeks has been quite good. A few playlisters on a loop but not a huge amount. There’s a big appetite for a broad range of good music so hopefully there’ll be more of a variety than the Phantom day time shows.
I’d really love to have seen R’n’R back….personally, I’ll be avoiding the weekday 3pm show.
I don’t get the Joe hate myself but there ya go.
Really? It could be that he’s rubbish and tries too hard not to be rubbish. His voice is incompatible with a Dublin station and his humour is “dad humour” at best. Honestly, I’m sure he’s a lovely guy, but he has no place on an indie station. Maybe he’d work on a station like Nova or Q102…
He just doesn’t seem suited to indie/alternative radio. He never has much insight into the music and his dry’wit’and jokes are painful. RnR was a hit because the two lads know their shit. Music is the reason people tune into indie radio, not strawberry alarm clockesque crap. I look forward to hearing your show, best of luck!
You spelt John Caddell wrong and now it looks like the rebranding was mainly to get rid of RnR. Which is shit. Big shoes to fill – best of luck with that. You’ll need it
Delighted to see John Caddell and Derek Byrne will be back. Getting rid of the Richies was a huge mistake, IMO. Not sure I’ll be as avid a listener as I had been for the last four years. Might have to become a cafeteria listener. RIP, Phantom.
The rebranding was necessary because the station had €4 million in losses and couldn’t continue. I don’t know why R&R aren’t back myself. I liked the show a lot but this is a new station so it can’t just take everyone who was involved before on board.
Congratulations, alas weekday mornings will never be the same since Michelle’s northern warble got the blood circulating to the extremities and Pearl’s dulcet tones on a Sunday helped ease the post Saturday night fever. Good luck!
I’m very excite! Yeshamish! I never knew who you were until nearly every track I searched for on soundcloud is up there through you. Then I was intrigued. Now as I say, I’m excite. I can just listen you Nialler instead of using all my data. Niiice. Congrats!
The last dregs of Rock and Roll drained from Phantom! Inevitable I suppose. Anyway, hope the new station works out.
Big big shoes to fill. In all honesty though, Phantom died when Simon Maher got the boot and Communicorp came in. It stopped being about the music then. TXFM has a chance to right some wrongs here, and I will give them a chance but jesus if it goes down the Nova route and starts playing the same songs over and over and constantly giving away stuff between every song I’ll quickly lose interest. I wait with baited breath! I am looking forward to your show though Nialler9!
I hope Cathal Funge’s Wednesday night show is a pre-record. Pretty sure it’d be an EU labour laws violation of some sort to work until midnight and then starting again at 7am!
Will miss the Richies, big mistake dropping them and John Caddell only once a week is also too little for my taste. 11am – 7pm slots won’t get the masses listening but I hope it all works and this is a success, Dublin needs a alt-music station.
Great news. Looking forward to your show Nialler