- Roger Mosey
Roger Mosey (born 1958) is a British broadcasting executive who has served as Head of
BBC Television News and BBC's Director of Sport. He took up the role in August 2005.His previous jobs include being Editor of Today on
BBC Radio 4 ; Controller ofBBC Radio Five Live ; and, most recently, Head of BBC Television News.Career
He was born in
Bradford in 1958 and educated atBradford Grammar School , followed byWadham College, Oxford , where he received a degree in Modern History and Modern Languages. He appeared on 'University Challenge' in 1978, representing Wadham College, Oxford. After university he joined Pennine Radio, Bradford, as a Community Affairs Producer; and his BBC career began in 1980 when he joinedBBC Radio Lincolnshire as a reporter. His first job in network radio was on The Week In Westminster, and he then moved toToday Programme as a producer and to the BBC's New York bureau before becoming editor of PM in 1987. He was editor of Radio 4'sToday Programme from March 1993 until his appointment as Controller ofBBC Radio Five Live at the beginning of 1997. Under his editorship,Today Programme won Sony Gold Awards in 1994 and 1995, a British Environment & Media Award and was named Radio Programme of the Year by the Broadcasting Press Guild in 1995.BBC Radio Five Live was named the Sony National Radio Station of the Year 1998; and BBC Television News won a number ofRoyal Television Society awards for journalism - including Programme of the Year forNewsnight (2002) and theTen O'Clock News (2004). The Ten O'Clock News also receivedBAFTA awards in both 2004 and 2005.He recruited
James Naughtie to join the Today presenting team and introducedNicky Campbell ,Victoria Derbyshire andRichard Littlejohn to Five Live.He brought
Dermot Murnaghan andNatasha Kaplinsky to the BBC to present Breakfast.As Head of Sport he axed Grandstand after 48 years on screen and is overseeing the move to Manchester in 2010
His interests include football - he is a Bradford City fan - movies, and reading thrillers and political biographies.
External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/sport/rogermosey.shtml BBC Press Office biography]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport BBC Sport website]
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