Francis Currie

Francis Currie is an international radio consultant with over 25 years of Programming experience.

He specialising in providing programming, research, marketing and online support to radio stations in competitive markets in the UK and around the world.

Currie is an expert in turning around under-performing stations and in building strong brands.

With an NLP background he is also an established coach and trainer who helps Programmes teams develop their own skills and insights.

Prior to becoming a consultant he was a successful senior radio executive. Currie masterminded the success of the Heart Radio Brand in the UK as Programme Director of Heart in London and Group Programme Director of the Heart Network.

As PD of Heart London he led the radio station to beat the legendary Capital Radio for the first time in its 30+ year history. They were beaten in all three key measures; cume, total hours and share.  Crucially, the Heart Morning Show beat the Capital’s within two years of launching.

Other career highlights include:

• Launch Programme Director of Magic 105.4 in London
• Joint Managing Director & Programme Director of EMAP TV
• Programme Director of The Box Music TV in the UK, beating MTV & VH-1
• Music Director for EMAP across all UK tv, radio, magazines, web sites, compilation albums & concerts
• Creator of the world’s first mobile interactive tv channel for British Telecom

Over the years his programming work has been recognised with market-leading & record-breaking ratings, and a number of awards including Sony Gold Award for Programmer of the Year in 2007.