Pat Kenny has revealed his future plans with Newstalk for 2026.
Describing it as a “little bit of news” he wanted to share with listeners, Pat said The Pat Kenny Show would continue unchanged into the New Year.
“But in the spring of next year, I’m moving The Pat Kenny Show to the weekends, where I hope to make a big impact,” he said.
“The reason for saying this is I just want to thank all of you for helping to make this show the biggest show on commercial radio.
“But for now, the show goes on.”
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The Pat Kenny Show currently has an audience of 216,000 listeners and is a firm favourite with Newstalk listeners.
Pat joined the station in 2013 and has covered issues as varied as Traveller suicide, the reality of life in Ireland’s prisons and the plight of Irish women who travelled abroad for abortions.
He has also interviewed a host of world famous names, such as Bill Clinton, Christine Lagarde, Bob Geldof and various Taoisigh.
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In 2018, Pat was inducted into the IMRO Hall of Fame, having won Gold for IMRO Current Affairs programme of the year three times.
Station Managing Editor Eric Moylan described him as “instrumental in the development and growth of Newstalk” over the past 12 years.
“We are really looking forward to continuing to deliver amazing radio with Pat that audiences love and tune in to in record numbers,” he said.
Newstalk’s new weekend schedule will be announced in due course.
Main image: Pat Kenny. Picture by: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland
