He is regularly dispatched to important musical events such as the Eurosonic Festival in The Netherlands, Electric Picnic[1] and Oxegen[2] for live broadcasting purposes, as well as being sent around the country to present the 2fm 2moro 2our.
Hegarty was one of a number of RTÉ 2fm's newer recruits who were seized from Phantom FM in 2003 - also snatched were Cormac Battle and Jenny Huston.
Over the years, Dan championed acts such as Buck 65, Super Delta Three aka Ziggi Baker, God Is An Astronaut, And So I Watch You From Afar, and countless others.
In addition to this the show broadcasts weekly live music from acts like The Prodigy, Gogol Bordello, Muse, and Santigold.
Another aspect of the show is the 2FM Sessions, which have since their inception featured everyone from U2 to Scary Eire, and Power Of Dreams - it gave The Thrills their first radio coverage.