Miriam Meets...

Miriam Meets...

Genre	Talk
Running time	50 minutes
Country	Ireland
Languages	English
Home station	RTÉ Radio 1
Hosts	Miriam O'Callaghan
Producers	Yetti Redmond Liz Sweeney Claire Prior[1] Seamus Hosey[1]
Recording studio	Donnybrook, Dublin
Air dates	since July 11, 2009
Website	www.rte.ie/radio1/miriammeets/
Podcast	Podcast

Miriam Meets... is an Irish radio talk show. The programme began initially in July 2009, as a summer filler, presented by Prime Time and Saturday Night with Miriam presenter Miriam O'Callaghan. The show is broadcast on a Saturday morning.

In August 2009, it was announced the programme will have a permanent slot on a Sunday morning, just before The Marian Finucane Show.^[2][3] The programme is sponsored by Airtricity.^[4]

Miriam Meets...

History

Miriam Meets.. originally began eight week run, to fill in for Eamon Dunphy's Conversations with Eamon Dunphy, while he had summer holidays.^[5] Dunphy later announced he would cease presenting the programme.^[6] RTÉ confirmed in August 2009, that the programme would move to a permanent home on Sunday's at 10.00.^[2]

Format

The programme has similarities to Dunphy's programme, but features two guests compared to one.^[4] The two guests are connected through "love, life or family ties". Like Conversations with Eamon Dunphy, the guests are asked to request three pieces of music.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Miriam Meets...". RTÉ. http://www.rte.ie/radio1/miriammeets/. Retrieved 2009-08-17. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "RTÉ Radio new season 2009". RTÉ Radio. http://www.rte.ie/radio/newseason/rte_radio_new_season2009.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-17. 
3. ^ "O'Callaghan back on Sunday morning". The Irish Times. August 17, 2009. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0817/breaking61.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-17. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Airtricity To Sponsor Miriam Meets... On RTÉ Radio 1 ". Airtricity. http://www.airtricity.com/ireland/media_center/press_releases/list_all/Airtricity%20to%20sponsor%20Miriam%20Meets.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-17. 
5. ^ "No babies or pressure to look good makes radio right for Miriam". The Irish Times. June 10, 2009. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0610/1224248537713.html. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
6. ^ "Dunphy wraps up 'Conversations' to focus on football". The Irish Independent. July 7, 2009. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/dunphy-wraps-up-conversations-to-focus-on-football-1808988.html. Retrieved 2009-07-07. 

External links

• Official website