Background
He was born in Dudley, England in 1961.
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John Barnes
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He began his career as a freelance broadcaster at BRMB in Birmingham and then moved to the highly regarded experimental British Broadcasting Corporation service WM Heartlands in East Birmingham between 1989 and 1991. He was involved in the campaign for community radio and was News Editor of the United Kingdom"s first community radio station, Wear FM in Sunderland. He later broadcast with the Chiltern Radio Network at Northamptonshire 96, Chiltern FM and Severn Sound.
He was the launch manager of Welsh commercial station Radio Maldwyn and News Editor of 97.4 Rock FM and Red Rose 999 in Preston, Lancashire.
While at Rock FM, he co-ordinated the award winning EMAP Radio response to the Ireland Republican Army bombing of Manchester. The bomb had taken Manchester"s Key 103 and Piccadilly Magic 1152 off air.
He arranged an emergency news service for the Manchester stations and a replacement radio service from a studio in Preston
His more recent career has been at the British Broadcasting Corporation where he has broadcast at British Broadcasting Corporation Hereford and Worcester, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Berkshire and was the presenter of the Late Show on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Lancashire, which was simulcast to British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Manchester up to the end of March 2013. He is now the British Broadcasting Corporation reporter for Lancaster and Morecambe Bay.
John is a Lieutenant Commander in the Maritime Volunteer Service and the National Communications Manager of the organisation.
He can be seen playing a chef in the video for the single "Bye Bye Baby" by the electronic London band Temposhark which was released in November 2009. John has lived in North Lancashire for the last 20 years.
