John Simons
John Simons | |
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Born | Evenwood, County Durham,[1] England | 4 March 1956
Occupation | Radio executive |
Employer | John Simons Consulting |
John Simons (John Potts) is a British radio executive, former group programming director for GMG Radio now working as an International Radio Consultant, mainly in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.[2]
Biography
Simons began his career in 1979,
In 1994 he was invited to be part of the team who launched
The Century brand with a high speech content ratio became successful, with other stations subsequently launched inIn 1997 he became programme director of national speech station
In 2000 he was then invited to become the group programme director for GMG Radio, by the then chief executive, his former Century boss and colleague from Radio Tees days John Myers.[5]
GMG first launched,
In May 2004 Simons was awarded the
On 25 June 2012 it was announced
John left Real and Smooth Radio at the end of 2013 having left the stations on record Rajar results and re-entered the world of consultancy.
References
- ^ "RockTalkFM: An Application for the FM Independent Local Radio License for North East England" (PDF). GMG Radio. 8 December 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2007.
- ^ a b c "Fellowship for John Simons". Radio Today. 18 December 2006. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2007.
- ^ "Presenters". Radio Tees. Retrieved 5 January 2007.
- ^ "Variety FM: An Application for the FM Independent Local Radio License for South Rales" (PDF). GMG Radio. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sony Programmer of the Year award for GMG Radio". Radio Today. 13 May 2004. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2007.
- ^ "TalkSPORT". Media UK. Archived from the original on 10 November 2006. Retrieved 6 January 2007.
- ^ The Radio Academy "Fellows" Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ GMG Radio sold to Global for £50m Mark Sweeney, The Guardian, 25 June 2012
- ^ Global Radio seals £50m purchase of GMG Radio Maisie McCabe, Media Week, 25 June 2012