{"id":325573,"date":"2025-12-20T00:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/325573\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T00:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:15:09","slug":"ryan-tubridy-ends-virgin-radio-show-moves-to-times-and-talksport-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/325573\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Tubridy ends Virgin Radio show \u2013 moves to Times and TalkSPORT \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"ahszp-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/aiirjune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ahszp-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RTUKPackageDeal2.webp.webp\" alt=\"Aiir June 1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Tubridy is stepping away from weekday Virgin Radio show to focus on new speech-led projects for Times Radio, TalkSPORT and YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>After two years hosting weekday mid-mornings on Virgin Radio UK and Dublin\u2019s Q102, Ryan will return to his speech radio roots with a slate of roles across News Broadcasting.<\/p>\n<p>The first project to launch is The Late Show with Ryan Tubridy, a dedicated YouTube channel exploring the lives of major figures from film, music, sport and television. The series will feature conversations with journalists, authors and experts who knew or studied the stars being discussed, drawing on News UK\u2019s archive.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Brown, Director of Digital for News Broadcasting, said the project fills a gap online for long-form storytelling about well-known figures, adding that Ryan is \u201cthe perfect host to present the lives of those people in an in-depth and complete way\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>To broaden its reach, The Late Show with Ryan Tubridy will also air on Times Radio, where Ryan will make further contributions in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside this, Ryan is developing a new programme for talkSPORT as the network continues to expand its presence across radio, apps, connected TV and social platforms, with this year expected to be a busy one around major sporting events.<\/p>\n<p>In Ireland, Ryan will continue his relationship with the Onic network, hosting a refreshed weekend show across Dublin\u2019s Q102, Cork\u2019s 96FM, Limerick\u2019s Live 95 and LMFM. The programme will combine speech-led content with music on Sunday mornings.<\/p>\n<p>Onic Managing Director Sean Barry said the new show would \u201clean into Ryan\u2019s strengths with a speech-led offering, complemented with a perfect Sunday morning music accompaniment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan said he was \u201cextremely excited\u201d to return to speech radio and digital platforms, adding: \u201cIt is with great gratitude that I finish my two years at Virgin Radio UK\u2026 but I can\u2019t wait to get started on these shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ryan\u2019s final show on Virgin Radio UK and Dublin\u2019s Q102 was today. New schedules will be announced in early this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Tubridy is stepping away from weekday Virgin Radio show to focus on new speech-led projects for Times&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-325573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}