Nick Pitts

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Nick Pitts

Nick has been part of the radio and audio landscape for 30 years, ranging from BBC National to launching small scale and DAB, via award winning big London breakfast shows and national commercial radio, in producing, creating imaging and leading for some of the UKs largest groups of the day.

Today, he is an innovative and creative leader in the specialist music radio world where he for Bauer Audio UK he is currently Content Director of Jazz FM and Scala Radio.  He has been part of the furniture of Jazz FM since it’s digital relaunch in 2008, with a journey from producer to board member when the brand was sold to Bauer Media, where he was part of the sale process and oversaw the integration in to the new owner.  He also has responsibility for leading the globally respected Jazz FM Awards and created and led its 30th Anniversary “Established 1990” initiative.  He added the Scala Radio to his portfolio in late 2022.

Nick strives to find creative opportunities in everything - on air, off air and in sales.  For the Radio Academy, Nick has been Creative Director for the Radio Festival in 2018 and 2019, plus the ARIAS 2020, and the Chair of the virtual Radio Festival for 2020.