Alison Curtis previously presented The Last Splash on Sunday nights and The Alison Curtis Show.
14 Facts About Alison Curtis
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The Last Splash and, later, The Alison Curtis Show, earned Curtis her three Best DJ Meteor nominations, though she narrowly lost out on the first two occasions to her Today FM colleague Ray D'Arcy and lost again in 2009, this time to her Today FM colleague Ray Foley.
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Alison Curtis is married to Anton Hegarty, the former bassist for Future Kings of Spain with whom she has a daughter.
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Alison Curtis graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours BA in Anthropology.
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Alison Curtis was signed up and presented a drivetime show on the station.
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Alison Curtis spent 3 years presenting and producing her own drive time radio show on Phantom 105.2, a show that regularly featured live sessions from Irish and international artists as well as presenting The Last Splash on Sunday nights, she presents an alternative music show from Monday to Thursday at 22:00.
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Alison Curtis was on the panel of judges which helped decide the Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year 2006.
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Alison Curtis presented and produced The Last Splash on Sunday nights, which initially had 7,000 listeners; this increased over time to 40,000.
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Alison Curtis resigned from her post as producer of The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show on the Friday before her new show began to air.
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The Alison Curtis Show staged its inaugural live Christmas special at Whelan's on 17 December 2008.
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Alison Curtis has one sibling, her twin sister Karen, a social worker in Canada.
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Alison Curtis met her long-term boyfriend, Anton Hegarty, bass guitarist in Future Kings of Spain, at a show in Whelan's.
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Alison Curtis was nominated in the Best National DJ category again in 2009.
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Alison Curtis lost to another Today FM colleague, Ray Foley, on this occasion.