What is John Myers (radio executive)?
[[File:John Myers - radio executive (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Myers in 2008]] '''John Myers''' (April 1959 – 1 June 2019) was a [[British people|British]] radio executive, consultant and presenter. He was born in [[Carlisle]], [[Cumbria]]. He was chairman of the UK Radio Academy Awards and the Commercial Radio Awards, as well as the owner of Myers Media. He was the chief executive of [[GMG Radio]] during the 2000s, and developed the Real Radio, Smooth Radio and Rock Radio brands. He served as chief executive of the [[Radio Academy]] from April 2011 until June 2012. He was also the founding chairman of TeamRock. He retired in May 2016. Myers was a cancer survivor. He died suddenly on 1 June 2019, at the age of 60.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2019/06/radio-executive-john-myers-has-died-aged-60/|title=Radio executive John Myers has died aged 60|author=Martin, Roy|date=2 June 2019|access-date=2 June 2019|website=Radio Today}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Myers, John}} [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:British radio personalities]] [[Category:People from Cumbria]] {{Bio-stub}}