‘FM104 is like my third child’

Margaret Nelson, chief executive of FM104 and Q102, has entered the radio Hall of Fame after 30 years in the industry

Margaret Nelson: ‘We don’t run a bank. We can’t have a quiet little office and then expect the presenters to be entertaining and funny’ Picture: Fergal Phillips

‘I can’t believe you’re even considering me for the Hall of Fame given the fact that I’m only 32.” That was Margaret Nelson’s tongue-in-cheek reaction to being appointed to the IMRO Radio Awards Hall of Fame: a classic response from the larger than life chief executive of FM104 and Q102.

Speaking seriously about the accolade, Nelson said being acknowledged by her peers was important to her. “My peers believe that I have made ...