# Austen Kark

> Austen Steven Kark CBE was a managing director of the BBC World Service. He was one of three former holders of that post, along with Gerard Mansell and John Tusa, to oppose the plans of John Birt to merge the service into the BBC. After Birt became director general of the BBC in 1992, he had planned to end the service's independent status at Bush House in central London, and absorb it within the rest of the corporation.

*British broadcaster (1926-2002)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1926-10-20
- **Died:** 2002-05-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Austen Steven Kark CBE was a managing director of the BBC World Service. He was one of three former holders of that post, along with Gerard Mansell and John Tusa, to oppose the plans of John Birt to merge the service into the BBC. After Birt became director general of the BBC in 1992, he had planned to end the service's independent status at Bush House in central London, and absorb it within the rest of the corporation.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 9.2 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 3.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 51.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 53.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Austen Kark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austen_Kark)
- [Austen Kark](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austen_Kark)
- [اوستين كارك](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q780737)

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