Whether he's acknowledged as the infamous headmaster of BBC's prime time show 'Fame Academy', controlling radio stations nationwide or being the influence behind a spectacular array of musical artists, there is no denying that Richard Park has the Midas touch in the world of music and media.

Currently Richard can be seen as a regular panel guest on Channel Five's "The Wright Stuff" and can be heard as a guest on Five Live's lively debate show 'Fighting Talk'. On the business side of things Richard Park has recently been nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award in the category of Station Programmer of the Year.

Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife in Scotland Richard's love of music led to his dream of having his first show in 1966 on pirate station Radio Scotland. It was here that he broke records for the likes of Small Faces, Desmond Decker, The Four Tops and Tom Jones and even persuaded the late Mark Bolan to play in his basketball team!

It didn't take long till Richards ear for ground breaking musicianship and his individual broadcasting style was noticed by the BBC where he became the host of The Radio 1 Club across the UK and also reviewed the new releases on the legendary Round Table show. He hosted shows of which artists of the calibre of David Bowie and Michael Jackson were amongst his guests.

Richard returned to his native Scotland in the mid seventies to not only continue his reputation as an unstoppable music broadcaster, but also spreading his wings into sport at Radio Clyde. From the start Richard programmed the stations playlist which then led to his position of Head of Entertainment and Sport at Clyde. Throughout his 12 years at the station, in front and behind the scenes of broadcasting, not only did Richard bring the likes of everyone from Karen Carpenter to Hot Chocolate to Radio Clyde but commentated for no less than 10 Scottish Cup Finals, as well as reporting from all the worlds greatest stadiums for matches such as the World Cup in Mexico in 1986.

It was during his time at Clyde that Richard began amassing a shelf full of accolades, winning the very first Oscar of the radio world becoming Sony Broadcaster of the Year as well as adding Best Sports Presenter (worldwide) at the New York Radio Festival and Scottish Radio & TV Programme of the Year all in the mid eighties.

With his drive to create great radio sounds Richard moved to London in 1987 to become Programme Controller of Capital Radio and innovated hiring broadcasters such as Chris Tarrant, Neil Fox, Pete Tong and Tim Westwood. Richard was the one responsible for turning the stations output into Capital FM and Capital Gold and propelling its listenership to 44% of Londoners (the highest the station has ever had) as well as obtaining the highest city audience in the world. Amongst his many achievements in the 14 years at Capital, Richard was responsible for launching Help a London Child lunch (in the presence of Diana, Princess of Wales), creating one of the greatest pop events ever, Party in the Park in Hyde Park, and brokering the deal with Pepsi to create Britain's biggest Chart Show. From persuading artists such as Phil Collins and Annie Lennox to perform live at these events to making Capital the first commercial station to recognise the rise of dance and rap, Richard Park has always had his finger on the pulse of what is required in the world of music. Expanding to the role of Group Programme Director of Capital PLC in the early nineties it's no wonder Richard was made a Fellow of the Radio Academy and awarded the IMF British Music Roll of Honour to recognise an outstanding contribution to British Music.

As if this wasn't enough other projects were calling for Richards experience and knowledge. He became a Director of Unique Broadcasting and even in the mid nineties predicted the slow development of digital radio, as pointed out in a Times Media Lecture.

In 1996 Richard had the idea to form Wildstar Records, uniting Capital and Telstar Records, which as Director made him responsible for signing Craig David amongst others. It's no wonder that Mr Park deserved the title of Most Influential Person in the Music Industry by Record and Radio Executives.

To the current day Richard Park's musical taste still remains broad - from the Darkness to Kylie, Norah Jones to Luther Vandross. Giving many bands their first breaks - Wet, Wet, Wet..Hue & Cry...AC/DC...even Lionel Ritchie had his first UK interview with Richard when he was just a drummer in the Commodores and to this day they still have a great relationship. In fact, Richard claims that Lionel and George Michael are the most talented musical artists that he has ever come across, having met George in Glasgow and even now being one of the first to be invited to pass comment on his new material.

For somebody that has been there and bought the whole stock of t-shirts in the music and media industry its no wonder with his knowledge and expertise he is still respected for his judgement and opinions. Not only does this justify his role of headmaster for choosing tomorrows talent on BBC's Fame Academy but he is also consultant to EMAP radio, advising on the output of stations such as Magic 105.4 alongside Key 103 in Manchester. To add to this he also has his own record label, Park Records, a joint venture with Universal Music, alongside Park Publishing. Richard is also a member of the Brits Committee, planning Britain's biggest music awards ceremony.

He has also stepped back into his radio broadcasting shoes, presenting LBC 97.3FM's breakfast and drivetime shows, being responsible for breaking quite a few tabloid worthy stories! (The truth about Posh and Becks springs to mind!) He has even returned to sports commentating for Radio Clyde with games such as the Celtic v Bayern Munich football match. With all of this rounded experience it was only natural that Richard should make use of his little black book of celebrities and have his own frequent series on Magic 105.4FM, Richard Park Presents..., bringing exclusive, hour long, one on one interviews with artists such as George Michael, Phil Collins and Lionel Ritchie to name but a few.

With this wealth of knowledge and experience in the music and media world it's no wonder he is constantly called upon to participate in a wide variety of TV & radio shows, award ceremonies, charity events, conferences and seminars. He was a member of the Media Guardian's 2004 Top 100 panel, presented a widely publicised Breakfast Fame Academy at the Radio Festival, hosted an Audience with Alistair Campbell and is in constant demand for his opinions on TV & radio across the networks from BBC to Sky

You would think that there would be hardly any time to sleep for Richard Park but rest assured he is a devout family man, married to fashion retailer Anna Park with two lovely sons who make sure he still has the energy to take part in his favourite sports of football, cricket, rugby, golf and tennis (in that order!). However, it does not stop there so please contact us to find out what the new chapter in the Richard Park journey will be....