Victor Barry

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Victor Barry is the host of Cork Talks Back on Red FM in Ireland He started out his radio career back in early 1998 in Cork Campus Radio. Vic presented a computer show with off the wall interviews with some 'web-heads' as well as reviewing all the latest games. As well as "Byte Me" he also presented "Wrestlemaniacs" which was the first Irish radio show based on Wrestling. With 'call-ins' and all the latest RAW results a week ahead of their TV screenings, Vic was on the road.

He arrived in Red FM a few months after they launched and teamed up with Charlie Wolf on Cork Talks Back, again doing a wrestling segment for an hour with Mr.Wolf. Granted it was never wrestling, just some comical banter with Charlie and the callers. Vic was asked about a year on to cover Charlie Wolf on a day off, then cover some holidays and then one sunny April in 2003 he took over the show full time.

Cork Talks Back is a nightly talk show covering all bases. From local topics such as Vandalism, Underage Drinking, Sex and everything else in between. Cork people get a chance to sound off in a non-pompous environment. People contact the show via Phone, Text and Email. Notable callers include a trucker who gives Vic regular sighting reports about a local prostitute who seems to be all over the country, to most recently a man that announced that he was openly having affairs.

Vic keeps the interviews and callers entertained in his unique style, where almost anything can be asked and his quirky, off the wall sense of humour keeps people laughing. The Late 'N Live Top 5 is one of the many nightly features on the show where Vic comes up with an original Top 5 list each and every night. Past Top 5 Lists have included Top 5 calls to the Smoking Ban hotline, Top 5 things you'd hear on Patrick Street on a Saturday night. On occasion Vic will also pick up the phone and harass some Americans, one memorable call was to an American guy about Rattlesnake riding. But in particular when it comes to Cork sport he seems to ring the opposing teams county, be it a pub or hotel and manage to get the caller to say how much their team will LOSE by. Crazy Classifieds is another feature, where Vic goes through some of the weirder classified adverts from the papers. Comedy sketches also appear on the show. Recently secret audio from the Kerry team bus was played out on the show. An obvious sketch, but extremely funny.

Celebrity guests also drop by on occasion with the likes of Peter Andre, Ricky Tomlinson, Mario Andretti, David Ellery, Nancy Sinatra, Ralphie May, Paddy Casey, Mundy, Louis Walsh, Bryan McFadden, Karl Spain, Des Bishop, Anthony Warrel Thompson and hundreds more. Again Vic seems to have a great handle on these people, with very light and fun interviews. Also of note is his Cork Talks Star Wars special, which had some of the actors on from Episode III, namely Anthony Daniels (C3PO) and Kenny Baker (R2D2) as well as one the special effects people from Industrial Light and Magic, Willie Gieger and the producer Rick McCallum.