Newstalk's editor-in-chief has resigned to 'pursue other interests'
Garrett Harte has been with the station since its launch 15 years ago.
NEWSTALK’S EDITOR-IN-chief Garrett Harte has resigned from the radio station, where he has worked since it first went live.
The station announced Harte’s resignation this morning, saying that he had left the station to “pursue other interests”.
Harte joined the broadcaster 15 years ago, when it launched in 2001. He will remain at the station until the beginning of next year.
Communicorp chair Lucy Gaffney thanked Harte for his work at the broadcaster and wished him well in the future.
“I would like to thank Garrett for his immense contribution to the station for the last 15 years,” she said.
“He has been a phenomenal editor for our station and was instrumental in building the station from a start-up radio station to the success that it is today.
“On a personal level I would like to thank Garrett and wish him all the best in his future career.”
Garrett Harte
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Harte said he was proud of the work he had done in the station over the years and was leaving to “concentrate on other media projects”.
“I have worked with some of the most passionate and ambitious people at Newstalk and I would like to wish them, Tim Collins and the station every success for the future.”
He first took up the newly created role in May last year, taking over responsibility for developing the Newstalk ‘brand and content’ across all platforms. Harte was previously editor at the station.
The station has gradually increased its market share over the years, although it still trails well behind leader RTÉ Radio 1, as well as Today FM.
According to JNLR results from July, the station had 6.3% of the national market with 380,000 daily listeners – although that figure has dipped since breaking through the 400,000 barrier for the first time last year.
Chief executive Tim Collins said a process has begun to identify a replacement for Harte.
Reporting by Cormac Fitzgerald and Peter Bodkin.
