Cornwall's 105 to 107 Itchy FM - Ofcom Licensing
Cornwall's 105 to 107 Itchy FM - Ofcom Licensing
Cornwall's 105 to 107 Itchy FM - Ofcom Licensing
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Martin Dallaghan<br />
Current direc<strong>to</strong>rships<br />
IMD Radio Cornwall Ltd<br />
Interactive Media Developments Ltd<br />
IMD Radio Ltd<br />
<strong>Itchy</strong> Media Ltd<br />
TrustTheDJ.com Ltd<br />
Amberland Ltd t/a University Media<br />
The Student Planner UK Ltd<br />
Martin has worked at board level across the media industry in radio, publishing & new media. Martin’s<br />
unique combination of experience and entrepreneurialism has been instrumental in the development of<br />
the IMD Group, specifically its marketing led approach <strong>to</strong> multi-channel youth communications.<br />
Martin’s longstanding interest in youth culture (trend spotting and market perception), formed the basis<br />
of his career in media management, and have been of huge importance in the development of IMD’s<br />
portfolio of media.<br />
In 1994 Martin founded an Event Promotions company in Oxford and ran a number of successful music<br />
events in the Midlands in partnership with local venues and promoters. He launched a local listings<br />
magazine for Oxford – “First Word”, which targeted students, <strong>to</strong>urists and the local community and<br />
balanced the different interests of these groups whilst retaining a cultural and commercial edge. “First<br />
Word” was notably the first publication <strong>to</strong> pick up on and promote the (now) internationally famous local<br />
band Supergrass and a host of other local bands from the mid-Nineties’ Oxford music scene including<br />
Radiohead.<br />
In 1996 while studying at University in Leeds, Martin noticed an opportunity <strong>to</strong> develop a successful<br />
commercialised Leeds Student Radio - “LSR <strong>FM</strong>”. In doing so he created a successful commercial<br />
model for the development of commercially viable Student Radio stations, through exploiting<br />
Sponsorship and Promotions and on-campus activity. Using this unique approach, Martin was able <strong>to</strong><br />
create full time employment for station staff and oversaw the station winning an unprecedented three<br />
BBC Radio One: National Student Radio Awards.<br />
Martin was subsequently elected National Chair of the Student Radio Association and as a member of<br />
the Radio Academy Council worked with the Academy <strong>to</strong> introduce the Development Officers position<br />
and solidify student radio as a talent recruitment pool for the radio industry. Martin worked on a number<br />
training initiatives with the large PLC radio groups as well as advising countless student / youth and ILR<br />
trial RSL’s on programming, operations and commercial development.<br />
Upon leaving university Martin launched “RED10”, a red-brick university student radio sales and<br />
promotions business, working with corporate clients such as Visa International <strong>to</strong> target the student<br />
market. In 2000 RED10 and Ian Merricks’ radio consultancy came <strong>to</strong>gether, from the realisation of their<br />
shared objectives.<br />
Martin has undertaken a variety of external media development consultancies during his period<br />
developing IMD, most notably with Fast Web Media, owners of Barclaycard’s official website for the<br />
Football Premiership and Tiscali / United Media’s Line One Internet (ISP/Portal), typically charged with<br />
securing new sustainable revenue streams.<br />
Within IMD, Martin has led all group operations including many areas relevant <strong>to</strong> the establishment of<br />
<strong>Itchy</strong> <strong>FM</strong> such as market assessment for regional media sales, staff recruitment and management, plus<br />
operational turnaround of both the Student Planner and <strong>Itchy</strong> businesses.<br />
Martin will use his cross media business experience <strong>to</strong> help launch a new and exciting brand of youth<br />
radio in Cornwall.<br />
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