Ray Foley
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Ray Foley (born September 21, 1980) is an Irish DJ from Ballina in Mayo. He first came into the radio scene when he was 16 after winning a competition run at the time by another Today FM presenter, Tony Fenton. Ray left his home for Dublin in 1998, to do a journalism course in DIT. It was in DIT that he met his new best friend JP who would later join forces with Ray when he obtained his own radio show "The Blast" on his return to the radio station that had given him his big break.
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[edit] Early career
After several years reading radio news in 98FM and Lite FM, and presenting for such stations as 98FM and SPIN 1038 Ray started working on Today FM in 2004, at the age of 23. Until recently Ray presented his show "The Blast" alongside his best friend JP on Today FM[1]. The show was broadcast from Sunday to Thursday and began at 10pm, lasting until midnight. The show gained cult staus among its listeners and led Ray towards mainstream popularity. He would regularly fill in in the absence of the afternoon DJs and gained a steady listenership from this. Ray left "The Blast" on Thursday 9 November 2006, after two and a half years as its faithful host.
[edit] The Future
Ray was offered a position as presenter of the weekday afternoon show on Today FM which begins at midday and ends at 2:30p.m. His new show will ironically replace Tony Fenton's, the DJ who was responsible for his rise to fame. He took up his new role on November 20 2006. JP also features on the show. According to Ray, they have not thought very much about what else is to feature in the new show. In the meantime he his spending time with his fiancee Kate, who he recently proposed to, as well as concocting new schemes to further progress his career.
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