Fans of iconic Cork radio show 'upset' as new Ryan Tubridy show takes half its airtime

Derry O'Callaghan's Oldies and Irish radio show has been broadcasting for 30 years and had more than 60,000 listeners in the most recent JNLR figures

Derry O'Callaghan and Ryan Tubridy. Pictures: 96FM/Gareth Chaney Collins

One of Cork’s most-loved radio shows has been slashed in half to make way for Ryan Tubridy’s new weekend show.

From this Sunday, the Oldies and Irish programme on Cork’s 96FM — which had an audience reach of 60,000 people on Sundays in the most recent JNLR figures, making it one of Cork's most popular shows — will be broadcast for two hours only, instead of four as has been the case for over three decades.