David McCall (businessman)
David Slesser McCall (born 3 December 1934)[1] is a Scottish businessman and former broadcasting executive. He was Chief Executive of Anglia Television in Norwich throughout the 1980s and most of the 1990s.
Career
From 1959-61 he did his National Service.
Anglia Television
He joined Anglia Television Limited in Norwich in 1968, becoming Chief Executive in 1976. From 1986-94 he was also Chief Executive of Anglia Television Group, and Chairman from 1994-98. He retired as Chairman of Anglia Television in May 2001.[2]
He became a Fellow of the Royal Television Society in 1988. He is a former President of the (CTBF).
Channel 4
In the early 1980s he helped to establish Channel 4.
Personal life
In the 1988 New Year Honours, he was awarded the CBE. He married Lois Elder in 1968. He lives in Redenhall in South Norfolk, on the Suffolk boundary (River Waveney), off the A143.
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President of the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund 1998 - 2001 |
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Chairman of Anglia Television Ltd 1994 - May 2001 |
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Chief Executive of Anglia Television Ltd 1976 - 1994 |
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Chairman of Oxford Scientific Films 1982 - 1989 |
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