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New Editor announced for BBC Essex
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BBC Essex will welcome a new Editor to the radio station in the early Spring -
Gerald Main has been appointed to take over from Margaret Hyde who is retiring.
Gerald has an impressive range of management and presenting experience.
As
Editor of BBC Radio Suffolk for four years from August 2002, he led the
station to its most successful levels of listeners and saw it win the coveted Station of the Year award at the national Sony radio awards.
Prior to this
Gerald worked at BBC local radio stations in Cambridge, Luton, Northampton and
Lancashire, gaining valuable on-air experience presenting shows from breakfast
through to sport.
Currently Gerald is working on a BBC project to find and nurture a new
generation of presenters for BBC Local Radio .
He will take up his new role at
BBC Essex in March.
Gerald says: "My time in Suffolk has been the happiest and most successful of
my professional career.
"The station has won a series of industry awards
including the Sony Radio Academy Station of the Year Award in 2004.
"In
addition, the station's audience figures over the last three years have been at an
all-time high.
"I am really looking forward to joining the team at BBC Essex. To be working
for the BBC in Chelmsford, the birthplace of radio, is a real privilege.
"It's
a huge patch in a competitive area and I am very fortunate to be teaming up
with a very talented group of presenters, journalists and support staff.
"I am
looking forward to hearing from Essex listeners about their likes and dislikes
and what they want from their station in the future."
Tim Bishop, BBC Head of Region, adds: "BBC Essex is one of the most successful
local stations around London, celebrating a county with a distinctive local
identity in a way no-one else does.
"Gerald's programming experience, presenter
savvy, and creative drive are right to continue to develop a strong
presentation line-up, alongside the fast moving news operation, well-developed
social action team, and increasingly video and audio-led online output."
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