He started his career as a journalist at Sheffield's Radio Hallam in 1975,[2] before moving to Hereward Radio in Peterborough.
In 1982 he moved south to launch Wiltshire Radio as programme director, becoming managing director in 1983.[2] From here, he helped develop the GWR radio group which later merged with Capital Radio to form the biggest commercial radio company in the UK, GCap Media. He was chief executive of GWR Group PLC between 1987 and 2001, when he was appointed Executive Chairman.[2] GCap Media's portfolio includes Classic FM and London's Capital Radio.
He was appointed a Fellow of The Radio Academy in 1998.[3] , he won the Sony Gold Award in 2000 for his contribution to the radio industry[4] and was appointed a CBE for his services to broadcasting in 2002.[2] He left GCap in March 2008 to be replaced by Fru Hazlitt.
He is chair of the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC), a partnership between the major broadcasters, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and academics who teach broadcast and multimedia journalism.[5]
Personal life
He is married with four children and lives in Wiltshire.[4] He was awarded the CBE in the 2002 Birthday Honours.
ralph, bernard, ralph, mitchell, bernard, born, february, 1953, british, journalist, former, chief, executive, commercial, radio, group, gcap, media, contents, early, life, career, personal, life, referencesearly, life, edithe, attended, caterham, high, school. Ralph Mitchell Bernard CBE born 11 February 1953 1 is a British journalist and a former chief executive of commercial radio group GCap Media Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 ReferencesEarly life EditHe attended Caterham High School in north east London Career EditHe started his career as a journalist at Sheffield s Radio Hallam in 1975 2 before moving to Hereward Radio in Peterborough In 1982 he moved south to launch Wiltshire Radio as programme director becoming managing director in 1983 2 From here he helped develop the GWR radio group which later merged with Capital Radio to form the biggest commercial radio company in the UK GCap Media He was chief executive of GWR Group PLC between 1987 and 2001 when he was appointed Executive Chairman 2 GCap Media s portfolio includes Classic FM and London s Capital Radio He was appointed a Fellow of The Radio Academy in 1998 3 he won the Sony Gold Award in 2000 for his contribution to the radio industry 4 and was appointed a CBE for his services to broadcasting in 2002 2 He left GCap in March 2008 to be replaced by Fru Hazlitt He is chair of the Broadcast Journalism Training Council BJTC a partnership between the major broadcasters the National Union of Journalists NUJ and academics who teach broadcast and multimedia journalism 5 Personal life EditHe is married with four children and lives in Wiltshire 4 He was awarded the CBE in the 2002 Birthday Honours References Edit Companies House a b c d http www mediacsrforum org media documents gcap media AR 07 pdf bare URL PDF The Radio Academy Fellows Archived 2014 10 24 at the Wayback Machine a b http www bbccharterreview org uk seminars bios pdf bare URL PDF BJTC Broadcast Journalism Training Council Archived from the original on 2016 11 22 Retrieved 2016 11 22 Business positionsPreceded by Chairman of Classic FM2007 2012 Succeeded byPreceded by Chief Executive of GCap Media2005 2007 Succeeded byPreceded by Chief Executive of Classic FM1997 2005 Succeeded byPreceded by Executive Chairman of GWR Group2001 2005 Succeeded byPreceded by Chief Executive of GWR Group1985 2001 Succeeded by Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ralph Bernard amp oldid 1105632397, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
