Ed Smith announces departure from Today FM after 25 years

Culture
30 Oct 24

Ed Smith in 2020, as part of the Hot Press 'Broadcasting From Home' special

"You were a gas and glorious crew and thank you again for letting me into your ears over all the years," the presenter wrote in his statement, shared today. "I loved every mad and magnificent minute of it..."

Today FM's popular 'rock and roll guru', Ed Smith, has taken to social media to announce that his time with the station – which he first joined in 1999 – "is coming to an end".

"After 25 life changing, craic having, friend finding and above all, radio making years, my time with Today FM is coming to an end," the presenter's online statement reads. "Shout out to the countless colleagues that endured and inspired me. They were, are and will forever be the heart and soul of it all.

"Most of all I want to thank the listeners," he continues. "Playing great people great songs is the greatest job in the world and to have had that luck and honour is a joy that will fill my heart forever. You were a gas and glorious crew and thank you again for letting me into your ears over all the years. I loved every mad and magnificent minute of it..."

Kingfishr are among those who have responded to the news online:

"You have been instrumental for us man," the Limerick-based band wrote. "Sad to see this chapter end but on and up sir."

Other Irish artists, including Local Boy, Tadhg Williams, Eve Belle, Kobina and HamsandwicH – and fellow broadcasters like Tom Dunne, Kelly-Anne Byrne, Kate Brennan Harding – have also wished Ed well on social media.