John "Sean" Coyle (born 1946) is a Northern Irish radio broadcaster from Derry, Northern Ireland who, until 2019, worked for BBC Northern Ireland on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle, hosting The Sean Coyle Show from 10:30am - Noon, Monday to Friday from the Foyle Studios on the Northland Road, Coyle grew up in Derry and had a variety of jobs before he fell into broadcasting.
One story Coyle himself regularly told is that he owned a shop in Waterford, but while listening to Gerry Anderson on the radio he fell in love with what he was doing and sent Anderson a tape of his impressions.
Sean had correctly observed that Barry always sounds like he is talking to you from a great distance away.
[1] They were a recognised and formidable double team who often took the programme outside the studio and occasionally outside Ireland, most notably in 1991 on a tour of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas.
His new afternoon show started on BBC Radio Foyle on Monday 7 October 2019.