{{Short description|Irish music programme}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2024}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} '''''The Beatbox''''' was an Irish music programme, broadcast as a [[simulcast]] across both television ([[RTÉ Two]]) and radio ([[RTÉ 2fm]]) between the hours of 11.30 and 1.30 on Sunday mornings / afternoons. It ran from the late 1980s until 1995, and had a number of different presenters through the years, including [[Barry Lang]], [[Simon Young (presenter)|Simon Young]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Mourners bid farewell to 'gentle giant' Simon Young |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/mourners-bid-farewell-to-gentle-giant-simon-young-1.4721751 |access-date=29 November 2024 |publisher=The Irish Times |date=6 November 2021}}</ref> [[Peter Collins (broadcaster)|Peter Collins]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Woods |first1=Orlagh |title=RTE star Peter Collins' 34-year career and family life with wife Leonie |url=https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/celebs/rte-star-peter-collins-34-33032951 |access-date=29 November 2024 |publisher=RSVP Live |date=15 June 2024}}</ref> and [[Ian Dempsey]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barry |first1=Aoife |title=Ian Dempsey on 25 years at TodayFM: 'If there's a bit of positivity - that's my calling card' |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-41290609.html |access-date=1 December 2024 |publisher=Irish Examiner |date=16 December 2023}}</ref> It was a forerunner of the similar ''[[2TV (TV programme)|2TV]]'', hosted by [[Dave Fanning]].
== References == {{Reflist}} {{2fm}}
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