Broadcaster has thought outside the envelope before and it hasn’t turned out badly
Dubliner Nuala McGovern presents ‘Woman’s Hour’ on BBC Radio 4. Photo: Steve Bright
Like Clockwork by The Boomtown Rats was the first song ever played on 2FM, then Radio 2, way back in 1979.
How things have changed since then. The legendary figure who introduced the song, the peerless Larry Gogan, has gone to his well-earned rest in that great DJ booth in the sky. The Boomtown Rats lead singer has transformed from punk provocateur Bob ‘The Gob’ Geldof to a potential presidential candidate.