It originally aired as the title of RTÉ 2fm's breakfast show, presented also by Whelan from 26 September 2005 until it was axed[1] when Colm & Jim-Jim joined from FM104.
[2] The duo held the 2fm breakfast slot with The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show until the death of Gerry Ryan prompted a further change in the schedules in 2010.
Marty in the Morning was an attempt by 2fm to find a successor to Ryan Tubridy, who had left The Full Irish and defected to RTÉ Radio 1 in 2005.
[3] Before this, Whelan's predecessors as breakfast presenters were Rick O'Shea and Ruth Scott, Tubridy's replacement The Rick & Ruth Breakfast Show was axed after it emerged the flagship The Gerry Ryan Show was losing 40,000 listeners to Today FM's The Ray D'Arcy Show.
[4] O'Shea and Scott were blamed for this and quickly disappeared off the morning airwaves.