Alan Protheroe

Alan Protheroe CBE (10 January 1934 – 6 April 2013) was a BBC executive who served as assistant Director-General in the 1980s.[1] In 1987, he went on to run the Services Sound and Vision Corporation, now BFBS, providing radio and television services to the British Armed Forces.[2]

During his tenure overseeing BBC News, Protheroe is credited with fighting for "old-fashioned hard news values",[3] including promoting well respected journalists (such as John Humphries) into newsreader positions for the first time at the BBC.[4] Protheroe continued to serve in the Territorial Army throughout his time at the BBC and was promoted to full colonel in 1984. In 1980 he was awarded a military MBE and appointed CBE (military) in 1991.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Alan Protheroe - Obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  2. ^ Ex-BBC assistant director general Alan Protheroe dies, BBC News, 8 April 2013
  3. ^ Leapman, Michael (12 June 1986). Last Days of the Beeb. HarperCollins. ISBN 0047910437.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  4. ^ Humphrys, John (3 October 2019). A Day Like Today. William Collins. ISBN 978-0007415588.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  5. ^ "Alan Protheroe". The Telegraph. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2024.


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