Ric Blaxill is Head of Programmes at the BBC 6 Music radio station since 2004. BBC 6 Music is one of the BBCs newest radio stations, launched on March 11, 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It is only available via digital media - DAB radio, the Internet and the various forms of digital television. ...

From 1988 to 1994, he was Producer/Senior Producer at BBC Radio 1, and 1994 to 1997, he was a Producer and Executive Producer, BBC 1's Top of the Pops, and later A&R Director for Independiente Records. BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station, specialising in popular music aimed at the 16-24 age bracket. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ... Top of the Pops was a long-running British music chart television programme shown each week on BBC and now licensed for national versions around the world. ... Artist and repertoire (A&R for short) is a music industry term that refers to the division of a record label that is responsible for scouting and developing talent. ...

From 1998 to 2000, he was Development and Series Producer for SMTV Live and CDUK and Development and Series Producer for Friday Night's All Wright with Ian Wright, then from 2000 until 2001, he was Creative Director, Stormlive Digital and internet Radio. For the host of Globe Trekker (Pilot Guides), see Ian Wright (traveller). ...

He became Series Producer for The Pop Years for LWT/Sky, a music documentary series looking at the years 1980 to 1999. He was Group Creative Director at Capital Radio before going to BBC 6 Music in 2004. The Capital Radio building in Leicester Square, London. ...

Ric has been a judge at the Sony Radio Academy Awards. [1], as well as having been nominated for The Station Programmer of the Year in 2005.[2] The Sony Radio Academy Awards (the Sonys), started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. ...

External links

• BBC Press Office announcement of Ric Blaxill's appointment in 2004 to BBC 6 Music
• Ric Blaxill at the Internet Movie Database
• Photograph of Ric Blaxill with a listener/intern at BBC 6 Music in 2005