Sunday, January 2, 2022

Paucity

A seriously poor haul in the New Year's Honours list for the BBC; and some of those in the media who were honoured in this list already had one gong to their name. 

The two-timers included Moira Stuart, Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis and David Nicholson, chair of Radio Tyneside.  

Newcomers were Kate Garraway, GMB and Smooth Radio; Margherita Taylor, Classic FM and occasional Countryfile presenter; Siobhan Kenny, recently-departed CEO of commercial radio lobby group Radiocentre; Sally Debonnaire, about to step down as Director of Production, ITV; Dave Sharp, running community radio station Academy FM in Folkestone for ten years; and Mark Murphy, breakfast presenter at Radio Suffolk, where he's worked for more than 30 years.  

Perhaps it's time to remind ourselves of the Government's Committee looking at Arts & Media honours: 

Rupert Gavin – Chair, Historic Royal Palaces (Independent Chair)
Independent members:
Sir Peter Bazalgette - Chair, ITV
Sir Nicholas Kenyon CBE - Managing Director, Barbican Centre
Kanya King CBE - CEO, MOBO Organisation Ltd
Caroline Michel - Chair, Hay Literary Festival
Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE - Freelance Arts Professional
Alice Rawsthorn OBE - Design critic and author.
Official members:
Sarah Healey CB - Permanent Secretary, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Leslie Evans - Permanent Secretary, Scottish Government

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