Dunne defects to Newstalk

A FRESH battle of the airwaves is set to break out in Irish radio as Today FM broadcaster Tom Dunne is to move to rival station Newstalk to present a new morning show.

Competition among rival radio stations will intensify as Dunne will host a “magazine-style talk show” to go head to head with his former colleague, Ray D’Arcy.

Dunne, who has regularly acted as a stand-in presenter for D’Arcy’s show while the presenter is on holiday, will now compete for audiences with the Kildare man when he hosts a new three-hour weekday programme starting at 9am from September 1.