Ric Blaxill
Richard Eric Blaxill (born 19 July 1962)[1] is a British radio and TV music producer and music programming director.
Early life
Blaxill was born into a family of travelling fairground people. His father Joby Blaxill was the owner.
Career
Radio 1
From 1988 to 1994, he was producer/senior producer at BBC Radio 1.
Top of the Pops
From 1994 to 1997, he was producer and executive producer for
ITV
From 1998 to 2000, he was the development and series producer for SMTV Live and CD:UK and development and series producer for Friday Night's All Wright with Ian Wright, then from 2000 until 2001, he was creative director on Stormlive Digital and Internet Radio.
He became series producer for LWT/Sky's
6 Music
Blaxill was the Head of Programmes at the
Radio
In 2007, Blaxill joined Bauer Media as Music and Content Director for its radio division.[4]
He also contributes to the BBC 'Sound Of' poll and sits as a judge at the Sony Radio Academy Awards and the Ivor Novello songwriting awards.
Honours
Blaxill was a judge at the Sony Radio Academy Awards,[5] and was nominated for Station Programmer of the Year in 2005 and 2007.[6] He was awarded a 'Fellowship of the Radio Academy' in 2014.[7]
References
- ^ Companies House
- ^ "BBC Radio 6 chief quits over new breaches".
- ^ BT Digital Music Awards Archived 4 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Plunkett, John, "Blaxill joins Bauer Radio", The Guardian (UK), Monday, 11 February 2008
- ^ Ric Blaxill judge entry – Sony Radio Awards
- ^ 2005 Sony Music Awards winners – Station Programmer of the Year
- ^ "Fellows". Radio Academy. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
Further reading
- "Ric Blaxill: My Life In Media", The Independent, Monday, 10 October 2005