The Late Late Show (season 51) The Late Late Show (season 51) The 51st season of The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show, began on 7 September 2012 and concluded on 31 May 2013. Ryan Tubridy's fourth season as host, it aired on RTÉ One each Friday evening from 21:30. However, he did not complete the entire season, and former host Pat Kenny made an unexpected return as presenter on 1 February 2013, announced RTÉ on 30 January 2013. In September 2012, Tubridy announced his intention to quit after three more seasons as host, and accepted a reduction in his pay to €373,000. U.S.
The Ray D'Arcy Show award at the PPI Irish Radio Awards. The Ray D'Arcy Show The Ray D'Arcy Show is Ray D'Arcy's weekday afternoon radio show on Irish radio channel RTÉ Radio 1. Originally a weekday mid-morning show broadcast from 09:00–12:00 midday on Today FM until 2014, it competed with RTÉ 2fm's Gerry Ryan (and his successor Ryan Tubridy), RTÉ Radio 1's Pat Kenny (and his successor Sean O'Rourke) and Newstalk's Tom Dunne (and his successor Pat Kenny). During the 2000s, D'Arcy won three consecutive "Best National DJ" Meteor Awards while presenting the morning show. The production team of Jenny Kelly, Will Hanafin and