Richard Park (broadcaster)
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| Born | 10 March 1948 (age 76) Global (2007–present) |
Richard Park (born 10 March 1948), is Senior Programming Advisor at
Professional career
Voted most influential person in the music industry by Record and Radio Industry Executives in 2001, Park began his career as a Pirate DJ on offshore station Radio Scotland in 1966. Later he joined the fledgling BBC Radio 1 network presenting such programmes as The Radio 1 Club and Round Table show.
In the mid-1970s, he joined
Park moved to London in 1987, to become Programme Controller at
In 1996, he formed
In 2001, after 14 years with Capital, he left to set up his own consultancy company, Park Management. Two years later, he set up Park Records, a joint venture with
In 2007, after joining Global Radio, he controversially removed the entertainment programming from LBC 97.3 to turn it into a topical talk station. He built up a management and broadcast team for all Global radio brands which now attracts over 25 million listeners a week.
He is a Fellow of The Radio Academy.[5]
Fame Academy
Park appeared in both series of
The BBC eventually received 450 viewer complaints after Park made an offensive hand gesture to host Patrick Kielty on live television during the Saturday evening charity programme. The incident, broadcast well before the watershed at 7pm, came after Park criticised Kielty for "sycophantically stroking" the egos of the contestants. As the camera cut to co-host Cat Deeley, Park was pictured in the background mouthing the word "wanker" before making the accompanying gesture. The BBC issued an apology, and said he had not realised he was on camera at the time.[6] He made a cameo appearance in The Catherine Tate Show judging Lauren Cooper and her friends
References
- ^ "Richard Park takes back control of Capital". 25 April 2017.
- ^ Editor, Damian Reece, City (3 July 2007). "Richard Park to join Global Radio". The Daily Telegraph.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Shepherd2009-05-14T17:24:00, Robert. "Richard Park, Global Radio". Broadcast.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Richard Park honoured at Sony Radio Academy Awards with Gold Award - allmediascotland…media jobs, media release service and media resources for all". allmediascotland.com.
- ^ The Radio Academy "Fellows" Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ News, Manchester Evening (16 February 2007). "Parks in hand gesture controversy". men.
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Personal
Married to Anna a successful High Street and Online retailer. They have two children Jonathan and Jack. He also has a son, Paul, and a daughter, Jennifer, from a previous marriage, both of whom enjoy successful careers in media.