Radio 1 is having a bit of a restructure, though this is about senior management not the on air talent. The station's boss Andy Parfitt has been given the grand new title of Teen Tsar (well, that's what people are calling it, I suspect it's not the official title) which will see him dedicating some time to looking at youth programming across the Corporation. As a result two new jobs will be created which will take on some of Parfitt's programming responsibilities - one for Radio 1 and one for 1Xtra. Another new post to oversee 'editorial standards' on Radio 1 and 1Xtra will also be formed. The new posts will replace the current roles of Head Of Mainstream and Head of Specialist, Speech and 1Xtra - though it hasn't been confirmed whether the people doing those jobs, Ben Cooper and Ian Parkinson respectively, will be appointed into the new senior posts.
Sep 12, 2006
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Radio 1 restructure creates new posts as Andy Parfitt takes on youth programming
Radio 1 boss Andy Parfitt is taking a wider role looking at youth programming across the BBC, with new posts created to take over parts of his programming responsibilities.