Matthew Bannister

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Person.png Matthew Bannister  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(radio host, media executive)
Matthew Bannister.jpg
Born16 March 1957
NationalityUK
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
Member ofWEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1999
WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1999, at the time when he was responsible for all non-news programme-making on English television, radio and online, and in the running for new BBC Director General.

Employment.png Manager

In office
1983 - 1993
EmployerBBC

Employment.png Radio Host

In office
1983 - Present
EmployerBBC
Selected a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 1999

Richard Matthew Bannister is a British media executive and broadcaster at the BBC.

He was selected a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 1999, at the time when he was responsible for all non-news programme-making on English television, radio and online, and in the running for new BBC Director General.

Early career

After attending King Edward VII School, Sheffield, he graduated in law at the University of Nottingham in 1978,[1] and joined BBC Radio Nottingham as a trainee reporter and subsequently the presenter of its speech-based breakfast show, Morning Report. It was here that he first met Trevor Dann, whom he subsequently worked with at BBC Radio 1.

He first worked for Radio 1 as a presenter of its news programme Newsbeat between 1983 and 1985.[1] He worked for Capital Radio as a journalist in the early 1980s, before returning as Head of News and Talks, after leaving Radio 1.[1] He was also co-presenter with Sarah Ward of Capital Radio's The Way It Is.

Managerial career

Bannister first established himself as a name in the radio industry in the late 1980s and early 1990s as Managing Editor of GLR (Greater London Radio), the BBC's local radio station for London.

After working for two years in the BBC corporate centre on projects related to the renewal of the BBC's Royal Charter, in 1993 Bannister was chosen as the new controller for BBC Radio 1, replacing Johnny Beerling who had worked at the station since its inception in 1967. [1]

In the autumn of 1996 Bannister was appointed Director of Radio, a post which gave him responsibility for all the national BBC radio networks other than Five Live. He remained controller of Radio 1 alongside this until March 1998, when he was succeeded by Andy Parfitt.[2]

In 1999, Bannister was appointed Chief Executive of BBC Production, responsible for all non-news programme-making on English television, radio and online. He oversaw production centres in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol. When John Birt announced he was stepping down as BBC Director General, Bannister lost out to Greg Dyke. After a short stint in 2000 as director of marketing and communications,[1] he subsequently returned to radio presenting on BBC 5 Live, Radio 4 and the World Service.

Return to broadcasting

In October 2000 Matthew Bannister returned to broadcasting.[3] From 2003 to 2005 he had his own late night talk show on BBC Radio 5 Live.[3]. Between 2008 and 2018 also hosted Outlook on the BBC World Service.[4] He has also sat in for Jeremy Vine on his lunchtime Radio 2 show.[4]


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References

  1. a b c d e https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/21/matthew-bannister-radio-1
  2. Bannister's time as controller of Radio 1 is documented in Garfield, Simon (July 1999). The Nation's Favourite: The True Adventures of Radio 1.
  3. a b https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/oct/13/marketingandpr.bbc
  4. a b https://archive.today/20141030153316/http://www.classiquepromotions.co.uk/0/3074/Matthew+Bannister


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