Ian Dempsey Biography
Ian Dempsey is an Irish television and radio personality. He is the long-running host of Today FM’s breakfast show, The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show, which airs from 6 to 9 a.m. every weekday.
How old is Ian Dempsey? – Age
He is 62 years old as of 16 January 2023. He was born in 1961 in Dublin, Ireland.
Ian Dempsey Family
He is the son of Fran Dempsey (well known on children’s television as Forty Coats).
Ian Dempsey Wife
He has three children and is married to Ger. Evan is a member of the band The Kapitals, who have twice performed at the Oxegen Festival, and Shane is an engineer for Today FM.
Ian Dempsey Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Ian Dempsey Today FM
Dempsey stunned the Irish radio world in 1998 by declaring a transition to the recently relaunched Today FM. He had been enticed by a sizable compensation bundle to join the station that a year ahead of time had grieved with an insignificant JNLR result. He left RTÉ for Now FM in July 1998 and since 21 September 1998 (when his morning meal show was sent off) he has worked at the station with his Gift Grub group giving comedic esteem. 2fm have battled to find a reasonable substitution from that point onward.
Endeavors have included Hector Ó hEochagáin, Ryan Tubridy, Colm Hayes and Marty Whelan as of late. At the point when the move was declared he was rejected section to the Montrose grounds and openly griped that north of 20,000 collections of his were not gotten back to him by RTÉ. Lately it has been generally detailed that 2fm have attempted to entice him back. In 2007 Dempsey began introducing a web-based public broadcast for Irish individuals abroad called The Craic.
Dempsey showed up on The Eatery where he tricked the pundits with his Smaller than normal Cocktail Burgers, JFK’s Lidded Lobster Soup, Swedish Meatballs, Tagliatelle with Softly Curried Prawns, Profoundly Harsh Chocolate Mousse and a dish he called “The Bomb”. In late August 2015, Dempsey and Today FM partner Louise Duffy introduced The Seven O’Clock Show on TV3 filling in for common hosts Martin Lord and Lucy Kennedy.
Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show
On February 29, 1980, he joined Raidió Teilifs Éireann (RTÉ) to present The Weekend Breakfast Show on RTÉ 2fm, as well as later series such as Poparama, The Hotline, Night Train, and The Great Giveaway Show. Later, Dempsey hosted the noon show until transitioning to the breakfast slot in the mid-1980s. He picked up where Marty Whelan left off, engaging the crowd with his natural personality, a far cry from the ‘jocks’ that frequented the Montrose Radio Centre at the time.
He has been on early mornings since 1989, with the exception of a brief gap following the launching of 2fm in 1989. Maxi was assigned to the breakfast show at the time, but after a few weeks, it became clear that her manner was unsuitable for the format, and Dempsey was swiftly restored.
Ian Dempsey Career
Dempsey’s first significant television exposure came in 1986, with the children’s show Dempsey’s Den, which also gave alien twin puppets Zig and Zag their first break on the small screen. Dempsey, known for his vividly colored jumpers, hosted The Den until the summer of 1990 and later reminisced on his tenure in a 2008 RTÉ documentary.
He also worked on the pop music quiz program Number 1 and three seasons of The Beatbox, a two-hour music video show that aired on Network 2 and RTÉ 2fm. He was also the inaugural host of Talkabout in Ireland.
On RTÉ 2fm breakfast, Dempsey survived the storm of independent radio in Ireland.His demeanor was casual and comfortable. His friendship with Des Cahill was especially deep. The show was produced and occasionally deputized by John Clarke, later the head of RTÉ 2fm.
At the 2010 Meteor Awards, Dempsey was nominated for Best Radio DJ – National. Dempsey was inducted into the PPI Radio Awards Hall of Fame on September 16, 2016, alongside RTE 2FM DJ Dave Fanning, South East Radio’s Eamonn Buttle, and Downtown Radio’s Trevor Campbell.