- Ric Blaxill
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 'sTop of the Pops , and laterA&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 . [http://www.radioawards.org/judges/r.blaxill.htm] , as well as having been nominated for The Station Programmer of the Year in 2005 & 2007. [http://www.radioawards.org/winners05/win05_d4.htm]He left BBC 6 Music in September 2007. 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. [ [http://www.btdma.com/ BT Digital Music Awards] ]
Ric Blaxill has two children and lives with his family in
Hertfordshire .References
External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/03_march/08/ric_blaxill.shtml BBC Press Office announcement of Ric Blaxill's appointment in 2004 to BBC 6 Music]
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/lustforlife/gallery.shtml Photograph of Ric Blaxill with a listener/intern at BBC 6 Music in 2005]
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