2009-present
In January 2009, he was asked by the Labour Government to undertake a review of commercial radio in the UK, which was published in April 2009. In order to stop a high percentage of commercial radio stations losing money, Myers recommended that regulators could remove the imperative for local radio to be produced from within a geographic boundary; tailored news feeds alluding to a geographic area could be produced from one big building. A number of his recommendations were taken up within the Digital Britain report and the Digital Economy Act. The changes lead to Smooth Radio merging its five England stations into one quasi-national station, with local news feeds produced from GMG Radio's headquarters in Salford Quays, and Global Radio halving the number of its Heart stations through co-local content.
Myers was appointed chairman of Radio Tyneside, a hospital radio station serving patients in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, in July 2010.
In November 2010, he was asked by the BBC to review efficiency at Radio 1, 1Xtra, 6 Music and Radio 2; this project is expected to conclude in March 2011. The Telegraph reported that the BBC needed to hire someone with expertise in commercial radio, but was not a "BBC hater". In late 2011, the BBC commissioned Myers to produce a report on how the corporation's local radio stations can best adapt to the Delivering Quality First (DQF) budget cuts. BBC English Regions said that Myers was to "advise us on how we can maximise productivity and deliver efficiency savings across local radio."
He assumed his role as chief executive of the Radio Academy in April 2011, and left the role in June 2012. Through his company Myers Media he occasionally returns to the airwaves under his radio name of John Morgan. He joined Spectrum FM, a radio station in Spain as a consultant and presenter of a weekly Sunday morning show.
In 2012, be became a visiting professor at the University of Cumbria; the institution also awarded him an honorary fellowship.
His autobiography, TEAM – It’s only radio, was published in October 2012.
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