RTÉ Archiv | Gay Byrne

Contents:

• THE LATE LATE SHOW - RTE - GAY BYRNE ERA - THEME SONG
• GAY BYRNE
• GAY BYRNE RAD SHOW - THEME TUNE
• HOLD THE MIC: HOW GAY BYRNE LED THE RAD WAV
• GAY BYRNE RAD SHOW - THEME TUNE
• GAY BYRNE'S FT MOMENTS ON THE LATE LATE SHOW
• LATE LATE SHOW - IRELAND - GAY BYRNE - THEME SONG
• TOUCHG TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT GAY BYRNE
• GAY BYRNE’S TOP 10 TV MOMENTS

THE LATE LATE SHOW - RTE - GAY BYRNE ERA - THEME SONG

The theme tune of the ‘Gay Byrne Show’ followed by a good morng om Gay. The ‘Gay Byrne Show’ opened every morng wh an extract om ‘Ti’s Tune’, rerd by Geoff Love unr the name of Manuel and the Mic of the Mountas. Here is, followed by a good morng om Gay and a look at the day’s papers, which clu a report on the trmatic effects of divorce on the fay dog.

Gay Byrne Show Theme Tune. Gay Byrne Show.

The 'Gay Byrne Show' began on rad as the ‘Gay Byrne Hour' on 2 Febary 1973. In 1979 the programme was given extend air time and changed name to bee the 'Gay Byrne Show'.

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Broadstg for two hours a day om Monday to Friday, the 'Gay Byrne Show' stayed on air until Byrne's retirement 1998. The acpanyg image shows Gay Byrne a publicy shot for the 'Gay Byrne Hour' 1973. Gay Byrne, Broadstg, RTÉ, Gay Byrne Show, Theme tune, Ti's Tune, Geoff Love, Manuel and the Mic of the Mountas.

Gay Byrne (Prenter).

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GAY BYRNE RAD SHOW - THEME TUNE

The old Gay Byrne Late Late theme tune was unrstated but stantly regnisable. The openg to Gay Byrne’s rad show popped up on Moone Boy for a very good reason – ’s inic. Gay Byrne (1934-2019) a rad and televisn broadster was born Dubl and he joed Rad Éireann 1958.

From 1973 to 1998, he prented 'The Gay Byrne Hour' on Rad 1. Lt there be any doubt jt how eply woven to Irish life Gay Byrne's persona was, jt listen to Ti's Tune by Manuel and the Mic of the Mountas. )This jnty slice of 1960s' easy listeng remas so stantly faiar as the theme tune to Byrne's RTÉ rad programme that hearg even the brieft clip evok not jt memori of the prenter, but also a near-Pavlovian expectatn for him to start talkg as the mic Byrne's strength as host of The Late Late Show was his willgns to talk about ntroversial subjects, his greatns on rad was down to his abily to listenGay Byrne, then 43, pere of The Late Late show sce 1962, photographed 1979 at RTÉ.

It uld also be hugely entertag and enjoyable, which only cemented Byrne’s dience to his televisn work, he was already a natnal figure when the Gay Byrne Hour first aired on RTÉ Rad 1973. Of urse, soundg so easy on air took a lot of work: was a hallmark of Byrne’s profsnalism that whenever he read his scripts, they sound he won the loyalty of his dience wh his “Uncle Gaybo” persona, he was layg the groundwork for the semal rad work that was to the 1970s drew to a close, two velopments helped change the tenor of Byrne's reer. First, the programme's nng time was extend to two hours and renamed the Gay Byrne Show.

HOLD THE MIC: HOW GAY BYRNE LED THE RAD WAV

Whether talkg to Ann, a young mother wh Aids, or terviewg John, a gay man who was married wh two children, he brought such matters to light a manner that married empathy wh a patriarchal never pletely hid his salty opns, particularly when me to voicg hostily towards republin vlence or scepticism about policiansHis directns uld be jarrg but also yield remarkable rults. It was a fe da to a magnificent reer, unrlg Gaybo’s unparalleled mastery of the microphone. Download The Late Late Show - RTE - Gay Byrne Era.

GAY BYRNE RAD SHOW - THEME TUNE

At midday on Friday 8th November 2019, jt as the funeral ceremony was about to start, rad statns across Ireland played a movg tribute to the legendary Gay Byrne who mand the airwav sce the 1960s. Of his many great talents and passns, Gay Byrne loved to play the piano. As so as the fallboard opens up at the start of the tribute and we hear the melancholic terpretatn of the Late Late Show theme, ’s possible to image the great Gay stg down at the piano to play the tune himself.

GAY BYRNE'S FT MOMENTS ON THE LATE LATE SHOW

‘Goodnight and God bls Gay – and thank you, om Ireland’s pennt rad statns. If you are the mood of gog down memory lane, Playback on RTE Rad 1 have put together a great mix of happier memori om the Gay Byrne Show.

LATE LATE SHOW - IRELAND - GAY BYRNE - THEME SONG

Followg the tragic news that broadstg legend Gay Byrne has passed away aged 85, we’re takg a look back at his top 10 tv moments. Gay nsol a petn wner followg ath of her dghter (1997). One of Gay’s shg moments on the Late Late Show me 1997 when he rang Ra Hanley, to ngratulate her on wng a new r.

TOUCHG TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT GAY BYRNE

However, viewers were shocked when Ra rmed Gay that her dghter Lda, who had entered the petn on her mother’s behalf, died a fatal r accint the prev night. Rather than shg to take the ll off-air, Gay offered his ndolenc to Ra and offered the support and prayers of the dience to the grievg mother.

In 2016, acclaimed TV prenter Graham Norton told Amerin podster Ru Pl that Gay’s handlg of the suatn had a huge impact on his reer as a broadster. Gay quizz Boyzone their first live TV appearance (1993). In their first ever TV appearance, the lads were grilled by Gay, who opened the segment sayg, ”I was told you don’t play any stments at all, none of you.

Surround by the group, Gaybo nclud the terview, tellg them, ”We look forward to hearg om you when you’re famo. Gay is terviewed on his own show (1989). The tabl were turned on Gaybo when he beme a gut on the Late Late this special 1989 episo.

GAY BYRNE’S TOP 10 TV MOMENTS

Gay was reluctant to participate the special, havg to be jokgly dragged onstage by the show’s producers before beg potedly asked how much he earned per year for his TV gig. Gay terviews Annie Murphy (1993). In 1993 Gay grilled Amerin divorcee Annie Murphy about her secret relatnship wh the Bishop of Galway, Eamonn Casey.

In a statement that led to some cricism, Gaybo told Annie “If your son is half as good a man as his father, he won’t be dog too badly. Gay monstrat how to e a ndom on live televisn (1987). This ntroversial episo saw a darg Gaybo monstrate how to e a ndom, a move that shocked Irish viewers.

One dience member beme so enraged wh the discsn, statg he “felt like walkg out”, but hated dog so bee he didn’t want to embarrass Gay. “If I n embarrass you, you n embarrass me, ” Gay untered, makg his opn on the issue clear.