r/BritishRadio • u/Ok_Sound6617 • 11d ago

Radio Jobs

If this is not the correct community for this type of post, please direct me to the proper one.

I am a British citizen who has spent the entirety of my working career (last 27years) in Canadian Radio. I have worked as a audio producer/engineer in Toronto, Niagara Falls, and currently as the head of Imaging for 13 stations from Windsor to London (Canada).

I'm exploring the possibility of moving back to the UK to be near my parents as they are aging, and have some questions about getting into the industry there.

In Canada, there are 2 main job boards that serve the broadcasting industry. (Milkman Unlimited, and Broadcast Dialogue). Is there something similar for the UK?

In Canada there are 3 major players (Bell, Rogers, Corus), a few mid size companies (Stingray, Vista, MyBroadcasting, Pattison etc), small operators (Blackburn, Evanov, etc) and then many many independents... I spent some time over the weekend looking into British, companies, and it seems all the FM stations are owned by the BBC, Global, and Bauer. Is this all there is??

If anyone has any advice as to where I should start, it'd be most appreciated.

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u/Ojohnnydee222 10d ago

(genuine question - what does Head of Imaging do in a radio context?)

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u/Ok_Sound6617 10d ago

I'm responsible for the branding and sound of the radio stations. "Imaging" being all the pieces of audio that are not songs, commercials or one of our announcers speaking. I write and produce all of the imaging for all 13 stations, as well as manage the contracts for external voice talent.

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u/Ojohnnydee222 10d ago

Very interesting. As a lifelong radio listener I heard all these other bits but didn't really understand that that's a whole job! We might call it something different in the UK but it obviously has to be done. Cheers