English Wordplay ~ Listen and Enjoy
Bob Pierson
Education
- Canford School, Bournemouth.
- 1960 - Sorbonne, Paris, Certificat de Langue Française, Degré Supérieur
- Spoken Languages - French, German and English
Career
1959 to 1969
- Silhouette Group - Trainee to Sales Director
- Part - time TV presenter: BBC TV Wales and News Presenter: H.T.V. Cardiff
1969 to 1980
- British Forces Broadcasting Service: Presenter to Senior Programme Director.
- Posts in Cologne, Berlin, Singapore, Malta and Gibraltar.
- Presenter of Family Favourites.
1980 to 1985
- Beacon Radio Wolverhampton. Programme Director.
- Winner, 1983 Rediffusion Award: "Most Original" radio program for his production "Role Play".
1985 to 1987 Beacon Radio, Wolverhampton. Managing Director
1987 to 2007 Independent Consultant in Radio
- Established/re-licensed 20 commercial radio stations, by competitive tender, with clients, usually in partnership with Paragon Media Strategies of Denver, Colorado, USA.
- Created new program format for BBC Radio South and West.
- Music research consultant to Classic FM ahead of station launch.
- Co-produced, with Shaun Macloughlin, four Oscar Wilde plays for Penguin Audio, starring Sir Derek Jacobi, Jane Lapotaire, Stephanie Beecham, Miriam Margolyes, Greg Wise, Anna Massey, Ronald Pickup and others.
- Managed purchase and subsequent takeover of Liberty Radio, London, from Mr M. Al Fayed.
1999 - 2005 Star FM Bristol, Chairman and founding director, retired 2006.
Hobbies: skiing and sailing.