Alison Comyn has revealed her broadcasting beginnings were in hardcore rock and roll.
The UTV Ireland presenter started her career as a heavy metal DJ on a local radio station whilst in college.
“It was a start off for me in broadcasting, I was studying broadcast journalism in Ballyfermot College of Further Education,” she said.
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“I was in LMFM and I used to do the ads for them and that became a gig on Saturday nights.
“It had been the romantic slot but it was 1992 and I was into grunge so I turned it into pure metal,” she added.
Speaking on the Anton Savage Show on Today FM, Alison revealed she got hands on when she attended the Ploughing Championships and sheared her first sheep.
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“I went around the Ploughing Championships and I thought we can do lots of straight interviews with politicians, because they’re all lining up because it’s before elections,” she admitted.
“So I was walking around I thought I could wither milk a cow – which I have done before and wasn’t very pleasant – or I can shear a sheep, so I did it.”
Although the 46-year-old would love to go back to radio, she admitted she doesn’t have time while she anchors UTV Ireland’s news.
“I might accept [another job offer] if it meant I didn’t have to spend half the day in the hairdressers and get make-up,” she joked.
