John Myers (radio Executive)

John Myers (radio Executive)

John Myers is a British radio executive, consultant and presenter. He is currently the Chief Executive of The Radio Academy, Chairman of the prestigious Sony Radio Academy Awards, Chairman of the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards and Executive Chairman of Myers Media. John developed the Century Radio brand for Border Radio Holdings in the early 1990s, launching two more stations later in the decade. He presented programmes under the pseudonym 'John Morgan'. He then became Chief Executive of GMG Radio, developing the Real Radio, Smooth Radio and Rock Radio brands and overseeing GMG Radio's acquisition of the Century network from GCap Media. He assumed his role as Chief Executive Officer of the Radio Academy in April 2011.

In 2009, he was asked by the Labour Government to produce a report on the future of local radio in the UK ("The Myers Report") which was published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in April 2009. A number of his recommendations were taken up by the Digital Economy Act 2010, leading to, amongst others, mergers within the Heart and Smooth Radio networks. Myers reviewed efficiencies at four BBC radio stations during the first quarter of 2011 and, in late-2011, began reviewing BBC Local Radio stations in response to the Delivering Quality First cuts.