Phil Cawley took a job as a van driver delivering prescription drugs to Irish prisons to make ends meet Phil has two radio gigs today and also drives buses in Co Wicklow Phil with the late Tony Fenton and Ian Dempsey Former Today FM DJ Phil Cawley has revealed how he took a job as a van driver delivering prescription drugs to Irish prisons to make ends meet after losing his show on the top station. In an exclusive interview, the popular broadcaster says that in the latter stages his salary at Today FM dropped from €80,000 to €10,000 after he was cut back to one weekend show. Phil, who left the station in late 2021, also tells how he felt “bullied” by people who no longer work at Today FM and says his final year at the station was “a miserable one.
” As he gets set to host a new online dating show, Phil, who now also works with both South East Radio and Ireland’s Classic Hits station, tells the Sunday World: “I had a terrific career in Today FM, but towards the end of my 23 years things changed. "I was at the receiving end of phone rants and horrible emails, getting blamed for stuff on the show that had nothing to do with me. “Radio is ruthless and there comes a time when you don’t fit the demographic, and when you’re on a contract you know what that means.
I’d be the first man to say that in broadcasting and entertainment when your time comes your time comes. “It’s like the clown in the circus — if they don’t think the clown is funny anymore the.