Ray D'Arcy
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Ray D'Arcy (September 1, 1964) is an Irish television and radio presenter.
He started his career at Raidió na Gaeltachta and in 1988 moved to RTÉ, with a now infamous broadcast for Jo Maxi from a skatepark, in which he made a desperate attempt to fit in, by using the terms rad and cool repeatedly. He was, however, retained as a presenter, and later replaced Ian Dempsey as the presenter of The Den, RTÉ's flagship children's television series. He also presented the secondary school quiz show Blackboard Jungle at the time, and later moved onto presenting 2Phat, a yoof music quiz. In addition, he presented the UTV and RTÉ collaborative travel show, Bon Voyage!, for one season.
In the late 1990s, when Ireland's economy strengthened and the media marketplace expanded, he moved to Today FM, where he now presents the mid-morning show, from 9 AM to 12 PM. This show commands among the highest advertising spot rates on the channel. This may be due to its cult status, and its popular Friday morning segment, called "Fix-It Friday", where he and his assistant Jenny Kelly try to find out the answer to any question the listenership throw at them. In 2005 and 2006, he won, by public vote, the Best Irish Radio DJ award at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards. D'Arcy always maintains that this should be seen as a group award, and that credit should be shared with Jenny Kelly, Mairéad Farrell and producer Will Hanafin, who also contribute to presenting the show.
He continues to work for RTÉ television, he hosted the 2005 Rose of Tralee festival and until 2005 presented You're A Star, the talent contest to find Ireland's entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest.
For a time he was engaged to Geri Maye, the presenter of the morning show on The Den. He is currently going out with Jenny Kelly.
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