New
editor for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Leeds
 The
new Managing Editor of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Leeds has been appointed.
John
Ryan, previously responsible for marketing the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ's regional
TV, local radio and Where I Live website services, will be taking
over the position from Monday 19 January.
Mr
Ryan said: "I am delighted to be returning to Yorkshire where
I began my career with the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ. I am looking forward to working
with a fantastic team of broadcasters and making some great programmes
for the future."
Born
in Surrey, he began his career with the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ in 1987 as a programme
assistant at Radio York and quickly became presenter of Drivetime.
A year
later, he left to head further north to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Newcastle and
spent three years hosting the Breakfast programme before joining
the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ's Radio Training Unit as an instructor.
He
spent a further five years with Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Lancashire and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Southern
Counties Radio before leaving to launch Canterbury's new commercial
radio station, 106 CTFM.
He
re-joined the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ in 1999 when he became Editor of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Northampton.
Colin
Philpott, head of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, said: "John
has extensive experience in radio, including the commercial sector.
That, together with his work in marketing, makes him ideally suited
to running a big city station like Radio Leeds."
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