Appointment of Greg Dyke as chairman of GMTV
- Title
- Appointment of Greg Dyke as chairman of GMTV
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
- TX Date
- 19 Feb 1993
- Year of production
- 1993
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- Duration
- 00:01:44
- Description
- Nicky Broyd reporting for IRN Billboard on the appointment of 45 year-old Greg Dyke as the new chairman of commercial breakfast television station GMTV, which has faced unexpected competition during its first few months. Includes Dyke confirming he is not ruling out bringing back Roland Rat, whom he introduced to revive the fortunes of TV-am 10 years ago. Also arguing the problems at GMTV are not on the same scale, and on his plans to introduce more popular journalism.
- Contributors
- Greg Dyke; Nicky Broyd
- Keywords
- Commercial television; Greg Dyke; Television stations; GMTV; Managers; TV-am; Roland Rat (fictional character)
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