It was sometime in the mid-1980s and the car park outside Superquinn in Walkinstown was packed, with more people than usual milling around.
"Even as a child he was a radio addict, listening to stations like Radio Luxembourg and dreaming of the airwaves." His father owned a shop in Fairview in Dublin, but even as a child he was a radio addict, listening to stations like Radio Luxembourg and dreaming of the airwaves. One of the shop's customers, Maura Fox worked in advertising and gave the young Larry an audition to record sponsored programmes. Soon Raidió Éireann came calling and the dream became a reality.
His interest in and support for Irish music was to last a lifetime and when he left 2FM in January 2019 many of the musicians he supported thanked him including Bob Geldof and Larry Mullen of U2, in fact Larry Gogan was one of the few people to whom Larry Mullen would give an in-depth interview.
SineadCrowley What a great DJ I used always love hear Larry s voice and just a min quiz , may he rest in peace
deeforbes_dee SineadCrowley RTE going through a bad time really with all these deaths.
SineadCrowley He will be severely missed on the radio. RIP Larry.