Gerry Glennon

Few within Midwest Radio have clocked up as many miles or indeed hours as Gerry has. He has worked in news, current affairs, light entertainment, religion, farming drama, youth programming and outside broadcasts for starters. He has anchored election counts, guided listeners through landslides, hurricanes and power outages and commentated on some of the most historic moments in the west of Ireland history over the past 25 years. His assured and personable broadcast skills have painted the picture with words with the same magic as an artist strokes a brush on canvass and his calmness and reassurance in moments of emergency and crisis has derailed potential panic.

Apart from his 'on air' exploits he has unearthed some of the west of Ireland's best loved radio characters, put together numerous 'Night with the Stars' concerts, manned the busy Midwest switchboard, navigated technical staff up ladders and masts and even guided a donkey with a radio transmitter on its back up Croagh Patrick. In more recent years he's taken to the camera on Ireland West Music TV and his acting exploits in the highly acclaimed play 'It's The Real McCoy' clearly illustrates that this man's talents are expansive.

These days he continues to produce the Paul Claffey show, is part of the programming management team, researches the twice-weekly Ireland West Music TV programmes and is first in line for any other programmes or events that need attending to.