# Breakfast with Hector > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Breakfast_with_Hector > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Breakfast_with_Hector.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_with_Hector > Source revision: 1314224602 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Radio show Breakfast with Hector Genre Comedy, talk Running time 120 minutes (7:00-9:00 am) Country of origin Ireland Languages English, Irish Home station RTÉ 2fm Hosted by Hector Ó hEochagáin Produced by Alan Swan Recording studio Studio 1, RTÉ Galway, Hynes Building, Galway Original release 4 October 2010 – 20 December 2013 Audio format FM and Digital radio Podcast Breakfast with Hector ***Breakfast with Hector*** was a breakfast radio programme on [RTÉ 2fm](/source/RT%C3%89_2fm) in [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland), presented by [Hector Ó hEochagáin](/source/Hector_%C3%93_hEochag%C3%A1in) from 4 October 2010. It was broadcast at 7:00–9:00 am each weekday from [Galway](/source/Galway). It was confirmed on 18 December 2013 that Ó hEochagáin would be leaving the show and returning to TV work.[1] The last show was broadcast on Friday, 20 December 2013. The last show ended with *[I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For](/source/I_Still_Haven't_Found_What_I'm_Looking_For)* by [U2](/source/U2). ## Show format The show was two hours long, with news and sport reports read half-hourly between 7:00 and 9:00. A typical half-hour segment contained fifteen to twenty minutes of chat, discussing Ó hEochagáin's life, music, popular culture, or listeners' issues. There were regular celebrity guest interviews, with occasional live music performances. The show relied on a number of on-air contributions from background staff, with members of the production team, news and sports readers, and studio guests contributing throughout the show. Whereas most 2FM breakfast shows have been broadcast from [Dublin](/source/Dublin), Breakfast with Hector was based in [Galway](/source/Galway).[2] A special *Breakfast With Hector* night was held at [Dublin](/source/Dublin)'s [Olympia Theatre](/source/Olympia_Theatre_(Dublin)) on 9 March 2012,[3] dubbed an "Elvis Extravaganza" by RTÉ.[4] ## Team members **[Hector Ó hEochagáin](/source/Hector_%C3%93_hEochag%C3%A1in)** - Host of the show. **Emma Counihan** - Regular [newsreader](/source/News_presenter). **Louise Herity** - Regular sports newsreader, now a regular presenter on 98fm. **Aoife Carragher** - [AA](/source/The_Automobile_Association_(Ireland)) Roadwatch team leader. **Dan "the Gun" O'Neill** - AA Roadwatch announcer. **Alan "Feathers" Swan** - The show's producer who frequently interrupts Ó hEochagáin from the background. Alan now produces the Nicky Byrne Show on 2fm. **Ronan Casey** - Presenter of the weekly segment, "Medium Sized Town, Fairly Big Story". A book of the same name by Ronan was published in October 2014 by Gill & Macmillan. Ronan is currently part of the Ireland AM team. ## Features **How's the Country this Morning?** - Listeners ring or text the programme with their stories or problems. Ó hEochagáin accepts telephone calls on air to discuss quirky or off-beat topics such as weird tattoos, how [shillelaghs](/source/Shillelagh_(club)) are made and driving incidents. **Medium Sized Town, Fairly Big Story** - A weekly segment in which Ronan Casey reports some of the more unusual or funny stories from local newspapers in Ireland. **Evelyn's Word of the Day** - A daily segment, usually airing after the 8:30 news headlines, in which newsreader Evelyn McClafferty introduces her word of the day. On Wednesday's **Focal na Seachtaine** offers listeners a word in the Irish language. **The Birth Notices** - A weekly segment, usually airing on Thursdays, where Ó hEochagáin reads out good wishes to new-born babies and their parents. **Class Act** - A daily quiz in which two contestants answer general knowledge questions. Winners return each day until they are eliminated. **Where am I?** - An occasional quiz in which Ó hEochagáin tries to discover the Irish provenance of callers by asking them a maximum of ten questions. **Everything you wanted to know about the weekend, but didn't really delve into...** - A weekly segment in which Bernard O'Shea (now the host of the 2FM breakfast show himself) reports on some of the bigger news stories from the weekend. **My [Automobile Association](/source/The_Automobile_Association_(Ireland))** - Listeners rang and texted the programme with their road traffic tips. **What Class of Vehicle is She?** - A phone-in quiz in which Ó hEochagáin played a short audio clip of a car or tractor starting up. Listeners tried to guess what the vehicle was. **What Class of a Dog is She?** - A variation on the "What Class of a Vehicle is She?" segment. A phone-in quiz in which Ó hEochagáin played a short audio clip of a dog barking. Listeners tried to guess the dog's breed. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["'The journey has come to an end and that's all it is' Hector tells listeners on 2FM show"](http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/the-journey-has-come-to-an-end-and-thats-all-it-is-hector-tells-listeners-on-2fm-show-29847527.html). *Irish Independent*. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["'The journey has come to an end and that's all it is' Hector tells listeners on 2FM show"](http://independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/the-journey-has-come-to-an-end-and-thats-all-it-is-hector-tells-listeners-on-2fm-show-29847527.html). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Breakfast with Hector - at Night!"](https://www.rte.ie/ten/2012/0216/hector.html). *RTÉ Ten*. RTÉ. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Hector's 2fm Elvis Olympia Extravaganza - RTÉ Ten"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150709123523/http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2012/0217/435584-hector/). *[RTÉ.ie](/source/RT%C3%89.ie)*. Archived from [the original](https://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2012/0217/435584-hector/) on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-08. Hector's 2fm Elvis Olympia Extravaganza (17 February 2012) ## External links - [*Facebook page*](https://www.facebook.com/hectorirl) on [Facebook](/source/Facebook_(identifier)) - [*Hector Ó hEochagáin on Twitter*](https://x.com/hectorirl) on [X](/source/X_(social_network)) Preceded by The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show RTÉ 2fm's breakfast show 2010 – 2013 Succeeded by Breakfast Republic v t e RTÉ 2fm Presenters Weekday Marie Crowe Beta Da Silva Doireann Garrihy Jenny Greene Dan Hegarty Carl Mullan Ruby Walsh Weekend Cormac Battle Conor Behan Dave Clarke Aindriú de Paor Laura Fox Mo K Aifric O'Connell Emma Power Roz Purcell Dave Tracey Bláthnaid Treacy DJ Wax Former Jay Ahern Bazil Ashmawy Johnny B Nicky Byrne Stephen Byrne Mark Cagney Michael Cahill Tracy Clifford Ronan Collins Ian Dempsey Leo J. Enright BP Fallon Dave Fanning Tony Fenton Larry Gogan Emilia Golightly Jimmy Greeley Chris Greene Vincent Hanley Colm Hayes Nikki Hayes Avril Hoare Jenny Huston Lucy Kennedy Pat Kenny Ciara King Denzil Lacey Will Leahy Aidan Leonard Michael Lyster Maxi Mark McCabe Damien McCaul Eoghan McDermott Paddy McKenna Alan McQuillan Louise McSharry Declan Meehan Mike Moloney Caroline Morahan Arthur Murphy Jim-Jim Nugent Donncha O'Callaghan Gareth O'Callaghan Hector Ó hEochagáin Jim O'Neill Bernard O'Shea Rick O'Shea Dave Redmond Gerry Ryan Ruth Scott Johnny Smacks Gerry Stevens Tommy Tiernan Ryan Tubridy Keith Walsh Marty Whelan Simon Young Jennifer Zamparelli Shows Current 2FM Breakfast 2FM Mornings 2FM Request Show The Alternative The Electric Disco Game On The Greene Room The National Chart Show The Spring Session White Noise Former The Beatbox Black Echoes Breakfast Republic Breakfast with Hector Chris and Ciara The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show The Colm and Lucy Show The Dave Fanning Show Drive By Drive It with The 2 Johnnies Europe's Biggest Dance Show The Full Irish The Gerry Ryan Show Larry Gogan's Golden Hour Mailbag Marty in the Morning The Rick & Ruth Breakfast Show Tubridy Announcers and newsreaders Kate Carolan Rachael English Jacqui Hurley Barry O'Neill Other contributors Philip Boucher-Hayes Des Cahill Oliver Callan Brenda Donohue Eamon Horan Jenny Kelly Darren Kennedy Lucy Kennedy Fiona Looney Conor McNamara Evelyn O'Rourke Lottie Ryan Laura Woods Heads John Clarke John McMahon Dan Healy Related 2fm 2moro 2our Death of Gerry Ryan "Maniac 2000" Nob Nation Operation Transformation Podcasts 2FM Song Contest RTÉ 2XM Other RTÉ radio stations: RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta RTÉ lyric fm --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Breakfast with Hector](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_with_Hector) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_with_Hector?action=history)). 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