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Michelle lands RTE music show
19.11.09
by Damian Dowds, Inishowen Independent
GLENGAD-born DJ Michelle Doherty has landed a plum
job co-hosting a new alternative music show on RTÉ 2
television. ‘When Under Ether’ is a new six-part
series that is broadcast on Tuesday nights and
covers all aspects of the alternative music scene
with a keen eye on home-grown talent.
“I still can’t quite believe it. I love it. I feel
really comfortable working in TV and I’m really glad
to be back in a TV studio,” said Doherty of her new
gig which debuted last week on RTÉ 2.
Doherty, a successful model and former student of
Carn Community School, has extensive TV experience
and presented a late night music show, 'The
Nightshift', on Channel 6 (now rebranded at 3e). Her
producer on that show, Elton Mullally, is now her
co-host on 'When Under Ether'. |
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“I worked seven nights
a week on 'The Nightshift' on Channel 6 and loved
every minute of it, but this is a bit of a step up,”
Doherty said. “One show has already gone out and the
reaction has been great. We’re down for a six
episode run and then it will be up to the powers
that be whether it continues after that.” |
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Michelle was snapped up
by Dublin alternative music station Phantom FM when
her Channel 6 programme finished last year. She
retains a sense of wonder at being paid to play
music.
“I regularly have to pinch myself,” she says. “I
can’t believe that I have a job that allows me to
spend three hours playing music in the studio. It
doesn’t really feel like work at all.”
The title 'When Under Ether' is borrowed from a PJ
Harvey song. Meanwhile, Michelle’s radio show,
'Finest Worksongs', can be heard weekdays from 10am
to 1pm on phantom.ie . |
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