Presented by Gerry Ryan until hours before his sudden death, it was launched in March 1988[5] and ran from nine until midday on weekday mornings.

Following the news update at 10:00, he introduced that morning's Nob Nation, a satirical slot which featured impersonations of politicians and RTÉ media personnel comparable to rival station Today FM's Gift Grub.

Stand-in presenters included Gareth O'Callaghan,[citation needed] Rick O'Shea, Jenny Huston, Avril Hoare[14] and even axed breakfast host, Marty Whelan.

[15] There were also contributions from Evelyn O'Rourke, Brenda Donohue, Valerie Sweeney,[16] Fiona Looney (weekly) and Jenny Huston.

In 1997, Ryan's wife Morah, from whom he later separated,[20][21] phoned her husband's show and, under the name Norah, told half a million listeners that her husband dumps his underpants on the floor before hopping into bed every night, doesn't put his clothes on hangers, had not cleaned the dog's mess from the back yard for weeks and never puts the rubbish out for the dustbin men.

Associates of the Taoiseach were said to be "fuming" over the affair, saying "you can't just ask for an interview with the most powerful man in the country and then ditch him as if he was some stand-in celebrity.

[27] On 12 September 2008, Ryan invited listeners to text in their reasons for loving Ireland in an attempt to dispel all the bad-weathered, financially troubling and futuristically worrying news that was dominating the headlines at the time.

.the nation seemed to go into collective shock when the biggest snow fall in 40 years hit this country", read Ryan from a report of the chaos caused.

Gale force easterly winds caused electricity to be knocked out in many areas and businesses and schools closed all across the country.

[34] Ryan was reported to be upset in March 2010 when his long-serving producer Siobhan Hough was moved to The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show.

[43] This led to Siobhan O'Connell, writing in The Irish Times's financial section, to call any new show in that slot "the biggest prize right now in radio".

[45] In 2010, Ryan launched Undercurrents, a Friday slot airing unsigned unplaylisted Irish acts who then had their details published on his website.

[47] A spin-off show of the demoed songs premiered on RTÉ 2XM on 5 March 2010, presented by GRS researcher John Bela Reilly.

[48] Following Ryan's untimely death on 30 April 2010, Meagher hoped Undercurrents would be continued by his replacement as "it was a most worthwhile initiative to help young bands garner significant airplay".