Second Captains
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| Industry | Media |
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| Founded | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Dublin, Ireland |
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Key people
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Eoin McDevitt, Mark Horgan, Ken Early, Ciarán Murphy, Simon Hick. |
| Products | Television, Online, Radio |
| Website | www.secondcaptains.com [1] |
Second Captains is an Irish media company set up in March 2013 by Eoin McDevitt, Ken Early, Mark Horgan, Ciarán Murphy and Simon Hick. The company specialises in television, radio and online production and currently broadcast four online radio shows a week as Second Captains @ The Irish Times - the first major radio programme to move from traditional to online radio in Ireland. In September 2013 they created, produced and presented their first television series, Second Captains Live, for Irish national broadcaster RTÉ 2. Second Captains Live series 2 began in March 2014, series 3 in October 2014 and series 4 began on 25 March 2015. Series 5 commenced in September 2015. They also broadcast on RTÉ Radio One. The Second Captains World Service was launched as a subscription service in February 2017. This move meant a reduction in "free" content, although the amount of weekly content for those willing to join the "World Service" was increased.
The 5-man team had previously produced and presented the "Off The Ball" show on Newstalk national radio station for 9 years, garnering numerous PPI radio awards. They left their jobs in Newstalk in early March 2013. Their departure caused major ripples in the Irish media industry and they had to see out a period of gardening leave, during which there was great speculation about what their next move would be.
The Irish Times Second Captains Podcast began on 14 May 2013. There are 4 shows released every week, 2 on Mondays and 2 on Thursdays. The first show on each day, Second Captains, focuses on all sports, the later show is Second Captains Football. It is currently iTunes podcast of the year for 2014 and, after only two years in existence, was picked as one of iTunes top ten podcasts of all-time for their 2015 #10YearsOfPodcasts celebrations. It is Ireland's most listened to podcast of any category and is currently sponsored by Rabo Direct.
Each edition is hosted by main anchor McDevitt, with Early and Murphy. Regular guests include Shane Horgan, Richie Sadlier, Oisin McConville and Brian Murphy from San Francisco's KNBR radio station, who speaks weekly on US sports. Other guests in the show's first few months included Irish football captain Robbie Keane, celebrated Irish rugby player Brian O'Driscoll, and respected authors Donald McRae, Jeremy Schaap and Paul Kimmage.
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