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New board members at RadioCentre
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 18 March 2010
Commercial radio trade body RadioCentre yesterday announced two new radio industry execs had been appointed to their board, both coming from smaller radio firms. Steve Fountain heads up radio for the Kent Messenger Group, who own seven KMFM stations in the South East, and Malcolm Bluemel runs Planet Rock, the digital rock station once owned by Global Radio but now an independent concern.
The two new board appointments maybe designed to alleviate concerns that Global, the biggest UK radio conglom, has too much dominance over the trade body. Middle-sized radio firms UTV and UKRD both implied Global’s excessive influence over RadioCentre policy was behind their decision to quit the trade body.
Confirming the appointments, RadioCentre top dog Andrew Harrison said these words: “I’m delighted to welcome both Malcolm and Steve to the Board – I’ve no doubt they will offer valuable input on behalf of digital stations and smaller station members respectively to ensure that the voice of all our members is heard at the highest level. The fact that they were nominated by their peers also provides them with a mandate to speak on behalf of these small but vitally important parts of our industry”.
Bluemel added: “As we move towards a digital future for radio, it is crucial that digital only stations have a voice – equally, there is a lot of valuable input that we, as digital services can share with the rest of the industry and I’m looking forward to working with the board on all these issues”.
