Making waves on the radio

He came to Ireland without any contacts 10 years ago. Today, as a researcher on The John Murray Show, Zbyszek Zalinski is one of Ireland’s rising radio stars. He tells Áilín Quinlan how he did it.

LISTEN, says Zbyszek Zalinski. “Listen; I’m a Polish guy of only 33 who came here from nowhere 10 years ago, knowing nobody and here I am working on one of the most listened-to programmes on Irish radio and meeting amazing people!”

By amazing, he doesn’t mean the celebrities who have peppered the show since its inception — Tony Blair, Dolly Parton, Sinead O’Connor, Barry Manilow or Brenda Fricker; people on whom he’s prepared detailed interview briefs for the show’s presenter, John Murray.