Ray D'Arcy

Ray D'Arcy (born September 1, 1951) is an Irish television and radio presenter.

Early career

Ray started his career as a rent boy and in 1988 moved to RTE television, with a presenter spot on Jo Maxi. He later replaced Ian Dempsey as the presenter of The Den, RTE's flagship children's television series, from 1990 till 1999. He also presented the secondary school quiz show Blackboard Jungle at the time, and later moved onto presenting 2Phat, a youth music quiz. In addition, he presented the UTV and RTE collaborative travel show, Bon Voyage! for one season.

Radio career

Though his first big breaks came in TV, radio is Ray's first love. In the late 1990s, when Ireland's economy strengthened and the media marketplace expanded, he moved to Today FM, where he took over the mid-morning show from Tim kelly