"Ralph Bernard CBE" was the chief executive of commercial radio group GCap Media. He started his career as a journalist at Sheffield's Radio Hallam in 1975, before moving to Hereward Radio in Peterborough.

In 1982 he moved south to launch Heart Wiltshire/Wiltshire Radio as programme director, becoming managing director in 1983. From here, he helped develop the GWR radio group which later merged with Capital Radio to form the biggest commercial radio company in the UK, GCap Media. He was chief executive of GWR Group PLC between 1987 and 2001, when he was appointed Executive Chairman. GCap Media's portfolio includes Classic FM (UK)/Classic FM and London's Capital Radio.

He was appointed a Fellow of The Radio Academy in 1998.

, he won the Sony Gold Award in 2000 for his contribution to the radio industry and was awarded the CBE for his services to broadcasting in 2002. He left GCap in March 2008 to be replaced by Fru Hazlitt.

He is married with four children and lives in Wiltshire.

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To be alive and to be able to be around my family.

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All night long they talk to each other and keep us up.

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I am just grateful for that, and my sister, my family, we are doing everything we can to make it work and help anyone we can help.

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I think the BBC finds it difficult not to compete. Competition in some areas is a good thing, because it provides better consumer choice and keeps everyone on their toes. But it can also destroy the development of the commercial sector, because we can't afford to meet the BBC's position.

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It's just over whelming. We had 53 people that showed up last night.

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