East London based Club Asia radio is losing one of its founding directors – John Ogden – for a senior post at another London station. He will take up the post of station manager at Spectrum Radio, which broadcasts in several languages for a multicultural audience.

Mr Ogden’s loss will come as a serious blow to the station because he has been widely credited within the industry to ensuring Club Asia remained a tightly run ship. He had been with the station’s founders – sisters Humerah Khan and Sumerah Ahmad – from the start. He previously worked under Mohammed Al Fayed running London’s Liberty Radio and has held senior positions in the BBC and commercial radio.
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Saqi and Arts Council England (ACE) are hosting a celebration of the their Positive Action Trainee (PAT) scheme at the London Book Fair this year. Speaking at the event will be Simon Juden from the Publishers Association.
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The Production Trainee Scheme is an 18-month scheme to develop the programme makers and commissioners of the future. It will give 19 exceptional people the opportunity to be trained ‘on the job’ at the BBC – those with real talent and creativity.

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