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Colm O'Rourke
@colmincambs.bsky.social
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He/Him 🏳️‍🌈

Forty-something Norn Iron bloke in England

Radio presenter and producer, also sometime-journalist

Profile header image courtesy of Louise Toal
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colmincambs.bsky.social
And @wcba.bsky.social did me proud this week.

Repeat broadcast tomorrow at 1100 and Mixcloud afterwards, and I return to the Brand New Beat next Tuesday on @noiseboxradio.com

#BrandNewBeats
#NoiseboxRadio
wcba.bsky.social Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 9h
I’m sitting in for @colmincambs.bsky.social tonight on BRAND NEW BEATS, 8pm on NOISEBOX RADIO! An hour of new music (but a different hour to the hour of new music I played on my show on Sunday), carefully selected for discerning ears!

noiseboxradio.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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wcba.bsky.social
I’m sitting in for @colmincambs.bsky.social tonight on BRAND NEW BEATS, 8pm on NOISEBOX RADIO! An hour of new music (but a different hour to the hour of new music I played on my show on Sunday), carefully selected for discerning ears!

noiseboxradio.com
Noisebox Radio
Making a noise about great music
noiseboxradio.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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lookoutwales2.bsky.social
@colmincambs.bsky.social @rollvt.bsky.social @marksimpson.bsky.social @paulbuckle.bsky.social @thetvroom.com

Think this is Johanne Woods reading UTV's News at Bedtime? (from this day in 1982)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aji1...
10 02 1982 Ulster Rinsan Findus News at Bedtime
YouTube video by Kaleidoscope's Presentation Vault
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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stevebinnie.me.uk
How annoying, Noisebox Radio is now so successful that we've had to do a charity record to raise money to pay all the PRS that we now need to pay for all our new listeners. 🙄 Luckily it's fantastic. houseofsplain.bandcamp.com/album/noiseb...
February 9, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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wcba.bsky.social
Enjoy ANYTHING I do? Then why not help yourself and help the radio station what I do stuff with by buying this. It's actually good!

houseofsplain.bandcamp.com/track/noiseb...
(Noisebox Is) Good For You, by House of Splain ft Ricardo Autobahn and The Ben Baker Sound
from the album (Noisebox Is) Good For You
houseofsplain.bandcamp.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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ricardoautobahn.co.uk
Ben and I got drunk and made a record to fund @noiseboxradio.com, which has become so popular the PRS fees have skyrocketed. So go and buy it, it's a Eurodance version of the theme from Minder like I might have done with Daz twenty years ago.
benbaker.bsky.social Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 1d
Myself and @ricardoautobahn.co.uk have made a pop single to raise awareness and hopefully a few quid for @noiseboxradio.com - its a familiar sort of tune but with all new lyrics. There nay even be - gulp - rapping.

houseofsplain.bandcamp.com/album/noiseb...
(Noisebox Is) Good For You, by House of Splain
3 track album
houseofsplain.bandcamp.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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benbaker.bsky.social
Myself and @ricardoautobahn.co.uk have made a pop single to raise awareness and hopefully a few quid for @noiseboxradio.com - its a familiar sort of tune but with all new lyrics. There nay even be - gulp - rapping.

houseofsplain.bandcamp.com/album/noiseb...
(Noisebox Is) Good For You, by House of Splain
3 track album
houseofsplain.bandcamp.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
colmincambs.bsky.social
This. For an amazing cause. Get it.

houseofsplain.bandcamp.com/track/noiseb...
(Noisebox Is) Good For You, by House of Splain ft Ricardo Autobahn and The Ben Baker Sound
from the album (Noisebox Is) Good For You
houseofsplain.bandcamp.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
colmincambs.bsky.social
Proof that I'm in Yorkshire.
A snapshot of the ITV Yorkshire weather forecast, presented by Kerrie Gosney
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
colmincambs.bsky.social
Coming into Doncaster and the sun is shining.

#Donneh
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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ajred.bsky.social
Gene Pitney and Marc Almond, there. #TOTP
February 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM
colmincambs.bsky.social
LIL' SHEENA OUTTA BEL-AIR at Number 15 #totp
February 6, 2026 at 8:52 PM
colmincambs.bsky.social
Ah, the version of 'Love Changes Everything' that wasn't on Now 14... #totp
February 6, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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simonproctor.bsky.social
So true. He is brilliant live, gets it, great fun. Delighted for him
February 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
colmincambs.bsky.social
This #totp is very Now 14 leaning, and all the better that it is.
February 6, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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dftpnk02.bsky.social
Here’s Rick Astley & Morrissey backstage from that week’s edition. #TOTP
February 6, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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floweroflondon.bsky.social
Who could've guessed that Rick would turn out to be the best lead singer of the Smiths? No one, that's who. #totp
February 6, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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whenisbirths.bsky.social
Rick Astley is literally 60 today. #totp
February 6, 2026 at 8:34 PM
colmincambs.bsky.social
Honestly, who'd have thought in 1989 that Rick Astley would become such a true national treasure?

Shout-out for Les Nemes too, who's still making excellent stuff with the revitalised Haircut 100. #totp
February 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
colmincambs.bsky.social
Days before Sam worked with Fleetwood... #totp
February 6, 2026 at 8:32 PM
colmincambs.bsky.social
Stunning Quantel work on those end credits #totp
February 6, 2026 at 8:29 PM
colmincambs.bsky.social
See, Steps, this is how to co-ordinate your outfits #totp
February 6, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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chrisgdwyer.bsky.social
Only 9 years…. They seem like a lifetime….
February 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM
colmincambs.bsky.social
Can we fast-forward nine years to Neil and Chris working their magic with dear Dusty? #totp
February 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
colmincambs.bsky.social
Stealth Fox klaxon #totp
February 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM