Pirate radio, sports broadcasting and managing musicians

 

In this interview I caught up with radio broadcasting royalty, Richard Park.

Richard started his career on a ship off the coast of West Scotland broadcasting on pirate radio. From there he would become one of the biggest names in the world of radio broadcasting. His career in broadcasting is quite incredible; pirate radio, BBC Radio 1, he helped set up and became Head of Music and Entertainment at Radio Clyde which was the 3rd commercial radio station in the UK at the time, programme director of Capital Radio and Magic Radio and then Global Radio.

As well as broadcasting, Richard also signed Craig David under his record label and was also well known for his appearances on the popular BBC tv show Fame Academy.

It was incredible to be able to discuss his career and also gain some extremely valuable insights in broadcasting, managing and communication. In all honesty, there was just too much to cram into such a short period of time. I’m hoping that we will be able to catch up for a second interview to hear a few more incredible stories and insights.