looks like its the end of the road for these insufferable arseholes (their radio show anyway.)
from independent.ie[b]
Jim Jim denies rift with former breakfast show partner Colm[/b]
THE 2fm Breakfast Show presenter Jim Jim Nugent has denied any rift with long-time co-presenter Colm Hayes after it emerged the two would no longer host a programme together.
Next Wednesday, RTE will announce their new radio schedule but sources say the timetable will see the break-up of the Strawberry Alarm Clock team.
Poached from Dublin station FM104 in a wave of publicity in January 2007, in recent times their 2fm Breakfast Show has suffered a 16pc year-on-year decline in JNLR figures.
Now it appears the duo are to split, but RTE confirmed last night that both would remain on 2fm.
âThey will both be staying with the station. We wonât be saying anything else until the launch next week,â said a station spokesman.
However, Jim Jim has denied reports of a rift with Hayes, who has been presenting with Lucy Kennedy in the old Gerry Ryan slot in recent months.
Asked if he was still friends with Colm, Jim Jim laughed and said: âYes, but I am not going to comment any further than that.â
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The 35-year-old broadcaster went on to deny rumours he had stormed out of RTE last week after a row with management over his new, yet-to-be announced, slot with 2fm.
âIâve heard this too but itâs not true. That didnât happen and I was holidays last week,â Jim Jim said.
One radio insider claimed the undoing of the once inseparable radio team had been RTEâs decision to team Colm Hayes up with presenter Lucy Kennedy to temporarily fill Gerry Ryanâs former mid-morning radio slot.
âColm seems to have found another Jim Jim in Lucy Kennedy but Jim Jim hasnât found another Colm yet,â said the RTE insider.
Colm was on leave yesterday and unavailable for comment, but a station source said his new slot on 2fm would not be with Lucy Kennedy.