Sports Stadium

Sports Stadium
Genre Sport
Presented by Brendan O'Reilly
Liam Nolan
Fred Cogley
Michael Lyster
Tracy Piggott
Peter Collins
Opening theme The Final Countdown
Composer(s) Europe
Country of origin Ireland
Language(s) English
Production
Editor(s) Stephen Alkin
Location(s) RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time Various
Production company(s) Raidió Teilefís Éireann
Broadcast
Original channel RTÉ, RTÉ 1
Original run 22 September 1973 (1973-09-22) – 20 December 1997 (1997-12-20)

Sports Stadium was an Irish television sport programme on Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). Broadcast between 1973 and 1997, it was RTÉ's flagship sports programme and one of its longest-running shows.

Its first presenter was Brendan O'Reilly who lasted for fourteen years. Other presenters during the show's run included Liam Nolan, Fred Cogley, Michael Lyster, Peter Collins ad finally Tracy Piggott.

The last edition of Sports Stadium was broadcast on 20 December 1997.[1]

References

  1. ^ "End of an era for TV sport", The Irish Times, 22 December 1997