Oliver Callan to take over Ryan Tubridy’s former RTÉ radio slot
By Gráinne Ní Aodha, PA
Oliver Callan has been named as the replacement for Ryan Tubridy’s 9am weekday slot on RTÉ Radio.
The satirist, 43, has been among the presenters who stood in for Tubridy on the slot since the broadcaster was engulfed in controversy last summer.
He plans to continue with his weekly comedy programme Callan’s Kicks.
Describing himself as a “radio anorak”, he said he begins his first programme on Monday, January 29th.
“I’m not going to be completely shocking the audience that’s there,” he told Brendan O’Connor on RTÉ Radio.
He said he was in touch with Tubridy at the time of the RTÉ controversy, where he “commiserated with him” as he said he believed he had experienced “the biggest pile-on”.
