The Gerry Ryan Show
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| Genre | Chat / music |
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| Running time | 09:00 - midday |
| Country of origin |
 Ireland
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| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | RTÉ 2fm |
| Produced by | Siobhan Hough |
| Recording studio | Donnybrook, Dublin 4 |
| Original release | March 1988 – 30 April 2010 |
| Audio format | FM and Digital radio |
| Opening theme | 2fm signature tune |
| Website | Official site |
| Podcast | The Weekly Ryan |
The Gerry Ryan Show (often referred to as The Ryan Show, The G. Ryan Show or GRS) was RTÉ 2fm's mid-morning radio show. Presented by Gerry Ryan until hours before his sudden death, it was launched in March 1988 and ran from nine until midday on weekday mornings.
Described by the BBC as "a de facto forum for the nation, the radio equivalent of The Late Late Show on RTÉ television", the show, in its later years, popularised the satire of Nob Nation, spawned the cross-media event Operation Transformation and provided a launchpad for the career of Ryan Tubridy. Siobhan Hough was resident producer of the show.
At the time of his death Ryan had the largest audience on RTÉ 2fm. He presented the station's only show which was regularly among the top twenty Irish radio shows in Ireland, a show which commanded around €4-5 million for RTÉ per annum, mainly through advertising (one thirty-second advertisement during the show cost €900). This meant RTÉ would have earned €27,000 through advertising per day.
In March 2008 RTÉ's difficulties in securing a sponsor for a number of their radio shows was placed under the spotlight. The Gerry Ryan Show was one of the shows given away for cheaper than the normal rates.
The show consisted of topical interviews and phone-ins via the "Ryan Line". Ryan began by discussing the headlines of that morning's newspapers. Following the news update at 10:00, he introduced that morning's Nob Nation, a satirical slot which featured impersonations of politicians and RTÉ media personnel comparable to rival station Today FM's Gift Grub. GRS was preceded by the ever-changing breakfast slot, currently occupied by The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show. Stand-in presenters included Gareth O'Callaghan,Rick O'Shea, Jenny Huston, Avril Hoare and even axed breakfast host, Marty Whelan. There were also contributions from Evelyn O'Rourke, Brenda Donohue, Fiona Looney (weekly) and Jenny Huston. Looney and Ryan's fondness for one another led to Looney being dubbed Ryan's "on-air wife".
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