Longtime Buffalo Bills radio announcer John Murphy will step away from play-by-play duties ahead of the 2024-25 season, the team announced Thursday.

He is leaving the door open to be involved in the game day broadcast in a different capacity, however. 

In an interview with WBEN radio, Murphy shared that he's ready to move on to a new chapter of his life. 

Murphy has been recovering from a stroke that caused him to miss the end of the 2022 season and all of the 2023 season. Chris Brown has been on play-by-play duties since then.

Murphy spent the last 35 years on the radio broadcast for the Bills, including 16 years as a color analyst (1984-1989, 1994-2003) and the last 19 years as the play-by-play announcer (2004-2022).