Charles McLelland

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Charles McLelland (19 November 1930 – 2 December 2004)^[1] was the controller of BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2 from 1976 to 1978, and the controller solely of BBC Radio 2 from 1978 to 1980, when the two stations' management teams were separated.

McLelland served in the

in 1954 working as a sub-editor and leader writer.

McLelland was the head of the

.

While McLelland was the controller of Radio 2, the station started broadcasting 24 hours a day. He also played a pivotal role in radio planning as chairman of the European Broadcasting Union radio programme committee.

He left the BBC in 1986 to become director-general of the

in 1987.

Personal life

McLelland married his wife Phillipa (nee Murphy), and they had three daughters and a son. McLelland lived in his later years in the village of Tisbury, Wiltshire. He died on December 2, 2004, aged 74.

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