Ric Blaxill was the Head of Programmes at the BBC 6 Music radio station from 2004 to 2007.
From 1988 to 1994, he was Producer/Senior Producer at BBC Radio 1, and 1994 to 1997, he was a Producer and Executive Producer, BBC 1's Top of the Pops, and later A&R Director for Independiente Records.
From 1998 to 2000, he was Development and Series Producer for SMTV Live and CDUK and Development and Series Producer for Friday Night's All Wright with Ian Wright, then from 2000 until 2001, he was Creative Director, Stormlive Digital and internet Radio.
He became Series Producer for The Pop Years for LWT/Sky, a music documentary series looking at the years 1980 to 1999. He was Group Creative Director at Capital Radio before going to BBC 6 Music in 2004.
Ric has been a judge at the Sony Radio Academy Awards[1], as well as having been nominated for The Station Programmer of the Year in 2005 & 2007.[2]
He left BBC 6 Music in September 2007.[3] During his tenure at BBC 6 Music, the station achieved record listening figures and won Best Radio Station twice (2005 and 2007) at the BT Digital Music Awards.[4]
In 2008, he joined Bauer Radio as a launch consultant expanding its digital radio, and overseeing the relaunch of its digital music station, Q.[5] In 2009, he was appointed head of music at Big City Network.[6]
Ric Blaxill has two children and lives with his family in Hertfordshire.
References
- ^ Ric Blaxill judge entry - Sony Radio Awards
- ^ 2005 Sony Music Awards winners - Station Programmer of the Year
- ^ "BBC 6 Music head resigns following 'serious' editorial breaches". Daily Mail, 20 September 2007
- ^ BT Digital Music Awards
- ^ Plunkett, John, "Blaxill joins Bauer Radio", The Guardian (UK), Monday, 11 February 2008
- ^ Sweney, Mark (26 October 2009). "Ric Blaxill appointed head of music at Big City Network". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/26/ric-blaxill-big-city-network. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
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