Jimmy Greeley

{{short description|Irish radio voiceover (born 1945)}}

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|employer = 4fm
City Channel

|occupation = TV presenter, Radio presenter, newsreader

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James Greeley (born 12 September 1945) is an Irish radio voiceover. He worked for 4fm until early 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.4fm.ie/showprofile.aspx?id=3 |title=Classic Hits – 4FM |publisher=4fm |access-date=17 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308061227/http://www.4fm.ie/showprofile.aspx?id=3 |archive-date= 8 March 2011 }}

Greeley is a veteran of Irish radio having worked for many stations such as Millennium 88FM, RTÉ 2fm{{Cite web|url=https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/result.html?_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXACTION_=query&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXSR_=3D7UYxGXyj6&_IXSS_=_IXMAXHITS_%3d10%26_IXFPFX_%3dtemplates%252ft%26_IXFIRST_%3d1%26%252asform%3d%252fweb%252fsearch_forms%252fadvanced%26%2524%253dsi%3dtext%26_IXACTION_%3dquery%26_IXSESSION_%3dLK5mrpblV_L%26_IXINITSR_%3dy%26%2524%253dsort%3dsort%2bdescending%2bsortexpr%2bimage_sort%26search%3dsearch%26%252aiexe%2bSECURITY_filter%3d%252e%26%2524%253ds%3djimmy%2bgreeley%26text_search_context%3djimmy%2bgreeley%26%253cphoto_taken_date_earliest%3d&_IXSPFX_=templates%2ft&_IXFPFX_=templates%2ft|title=Jimmy Greeley|publisher=RTÉ Libraries and Archives|access-date=17 July 2011}}{{Cite web|url=http://2fm.rte.ie/pages/about2fm |title=RTÉ 2fm |publisher=RTÉ |access-date=17 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007062217/http://2fm.rte.ie/pages/about2fm |archive-date= 7 October 2011 }} RTÉ News and RTÉ Radio 1. In May 1994 he joined Dublin's local station 98FM, presenting the weekday Morning News, alongside the Head Teena Gates. Greeley spent 14 years in that post. In 2006 he began a new show on the City Channel called On The Menu programme.{{Cite web|last=Oram |first=Hugh |url=http://www.marketing.ie/index.jsp?p=322&n=329&a=304 |title=Making capital locally |publisher=marketing.ie Ireland's Marketing & Media Monthly Magazine |access-date=17 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125508/http://www.marketing.ie/index.jsp?p=322&n=329&a=304 |archive-date=21 July 2011 }} In February 2009, after spending 14 years as a newsreader, Greeley left 98FM to join Ireland's new station 4fm, where he started off working Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., then moved to the 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. time slot.[https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/veterans-back-on-the-airwaves-as-4fm-launches-85562.html Veterans back on the airwaves as 4FM launches] Irish Examiner, 28 February 2009.

In May 2011, following the schedule changes, he returned to presenting Morning News and Sport

In January 2012, Greeley confirmed his decision to retire from radio broadcasting to concentrate more on voice imaging.