1. Tom Dunne left Today FM to join Newstalk in August 2008.
15 Facts About Tom Dunne
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Tom Dunne graduated from University College, Dublin, with a degree in engineering, before becoming lead singer and songwriter for the band Something Happens from the 1980s until the mid-1990s.
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Tom Dunne became involved in radio, initially presenting a nighttime contemporary Irish music show called Totally Irish on 98FM, taking over from Jim O'Neill.
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Tom Dunne moved to early evenings on 98FM before moving to the new national radio station, Today FM in 1999, where he presented his show, Pet Sounds from 7.00pm to 10.00pm every Monday to Thursday, with assistance from Ann Gleeson.
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Tom Dunne filled in on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show and The Ray D'Arcy Show, whenever Ian Dempsey and Ray D'Arcy were on holidays.
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Two years later, during August 2008, it was announced that Tom Dunne was leaving Today FM to join stablemate station, Newstalk, which saw Tom Dunne's "Pet Sounds" radio show come to an end as well after nine years of being on the air.
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Newstalk and Today FM are part of the Communicorp Group, owned by Denis O'Brien and at first, presented his show titled "The Tom Dunne Show" on weekday mornings from 10am to midday before being moved to the nighttime slot due to Pat Kenny's arrival.
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Tom Dunne has appeared on various talk-based shows on Newstalk as an expert contributor for music-based discussions including, for example, following the death of a notable musician.
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Newstalk was obliged to issue an on-air apology to Mary Harney after Nell McCafferty's comments on The Tom Dunne Show in 2010.
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Tom Dunne later took over the reins of Planet Rock Profiles from Dave Fanning, a programme that has aired on RTE, ITV, VH1, and many other TV stations around the world.
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Tom Dunne presented RTE's coverage of the Electric Picnic music festival in 2006.
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Tom Dunne occasionally contributes the voice of Bill Cullen to Today FM's Gift Grub.
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Tom Dunne writes a weekly column in the HQ Magazine City Entertainment supplement of the Evening Herald.
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Tom Dunne has published three collections of his favourite songs by Irish artists, or artists associated with Ireland, known as the Tom Dunne Collections.
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In 2002, Tom Dunne scooped the double of the Best DJ title at the Meteor Music Awards and the same prize from Hot Press magazine.