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SHORT HISTORY OF ON THE VERGE (oTv) RADIO ==================================================The show goes out live every Thursday at 8 pm for an hour.(D.S.F.M. 93.9FM) which can be heard within a radius of five miles from Rathfarnham, Dublin. ================================================== Brendan Hickey went to Pearse College in Crumlin, South Dublin, as a mature student in media production and soon found that radio had become his favourite medium.One of his early projects had been a documentary on Dave Murphy's "Singer / Songwriter Night" which took place, every Tuesday night, in Wicklow Street's International Bar. He encouraged Brendan to start giving performances of his poetry and honoured him with "resident poet" status. Brendan found these talented young musicians to be inspirational and formed a production team with the intention of recording as many of these aspiring musicians as possible."On the Verge" was first broadcast as part of the schedule put together by media students at Pearse College during February 1996. Among those who ended up getting their songs on air for the first time were Paddy Casey, Damien Dempsey, Nina Hynes and Mundy. ================================================== Brendan joined Dublin South Community Radio (Now D.S.F.M.) in 1996 and convinced the station to find a slot for "On the Verge", a programme, which concentrates on unearthing local talent and helping them up those first few steps in the business. The show is now celebrating ten years on air.Since 1996 Brendan has acted as Journalist, Head of News, Programme Controller and Station Manager at DSFM. He has also acted as campaign co-ordinator, and has been responsible for "Millenium Award" Programmes, The Euro Changeover Campaign, the Anti-Racism Awareness Campaigns and various fund raising events. ================================================== Over the years, the On The Verge team has also been responsible for staging regular music nights to showcase rising artists. ================================================== From August '04 - September '07 oTv staged FREE gigs in SIN Ã‰ on Ormond Quay, Dublin City Centre every Wednesday. ================================================== From October 4th '07 oTv has staged FREE gigs in Thomas Reads, Dame St, Dublin City Centre every Wednesday.

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Member Since: 5/21/2006
Band Website: ontheverge.ie
Type of Label: None

My Blog

oTv Newsletter 17th June

1. Nine New mp3s 2. Upcoming oTv Events ************************************************************ ***** 1. Nine New mp3s Amongst the nine new mp3s on www.ontheverge.ie this week are from last Th...
Posted by oTv on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:03:00 PST

News 10th June '07

1. Nine new mp3s 2. Success @ Seasons 3. On The Verge Next Week ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1. Nine new mp3s Amongst the new downloadable mp3s this week are full in...
Posted by oTv on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:19:00 PST

Next week On The Verge

a) Nine New Mp3s b) Upcoming oTv events Nine New Mp3s Uploaded to www.ontheverge.ie this week are the full interviews and sample live songs from last Thursday's radio show. ...
Posted by oTv on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:41:00 PST

oTv Newsletter 21/4

a) Ten New mp3s b) Next Wednesday @ SIN É c) Next Thursday on the radio. ************************************************************ ********************** a) Ten New mp3s (@ http://www.ontheverge.i...
Posted by oTv on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 02:02:00 PST

a dozen new mp3s

12 new mp3s. Next Wednesday @ SIN É Next Thursday @ DSFM ####################################################### 1. 12 new mp3s There's a dozen new mp3s to listen to @ www.ontheverge.ie this week. F...
Posted by oTv on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:56:00 PST

Wednesday @ SIN É

10 new mp3s Next Wednesday @ SIN É Next Thursday Live @ DSFM +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1. 10 new mp3s There are ten new mp3s to listen to @ www.ontheverge.ie this we...
Posted by oTv on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:06:00 PST

oTv Newsletter 1st April (No Fooling)

Eight new mp3s Upcoming oTv events March Stats Eight new mp3s There are 8 new mp3s to listen to this week @ www.ontheverge.ie. They include full interviews, from last Thursday's radio show,...
Posted by oTv on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:59:00 PST

13 NEW mp3s

13 NEW mp3s. Upcoming oTv events Other Events February Stats ============================================================ ===== 13 NEW mp3s (19 songs) There are 19 new songs to listen to @ www.on...
Posted by oTv on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:40:00 PST

oTv News 25th Feb

A few things to tell you about..: 1) 12 new mp3s 2) Upcoming oTv events 3) Last Chance 1) 12 new mp3s...
Posted by oTv on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:19:00 PST

Larest oTv News 30th Jan

There are 10 new mp3s to listen to since the last newsletter They were recorded on the last two radio shows and include the full interviews and 10 live songs Here's the full show contents 25/1/07 8 ...
Posted by oTv on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:01:00 PST