Culture That Made Me: Anton Savage of Newstalk selects his touchstones

The popular broadcaster includes Hothouse Flowers, Niall Tóibín, and John Steinbeck among his selections 

Anton Savage presents a daily show on Newstalk and is also a Children’s Health Foundation Route 66 ambassador. 

Anton Savage, 48, grew up on Dublin’s northside. Early in his radio career, he presented programmes on RTÉ and Today FM. He has hosted TV shows on Ireland AM and TV3, including The Apprentice: You’re Fired. 

In 2021, he joined Newstalk. Earlier this year, he stepped aside from his directorship role at the Communications Clinic — co-founded by his mother Terry Prone, and late father Tom Savage — to focus on presenting Newstalk’s breakfast show, weekdays 7am to 9am.