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Austen Kark

British broadcaster (1926-2002) · United Kingdom · Journalists · Died at 75

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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.

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Awards

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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Spouse: Nina Bawden

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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.

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2002 · aged 75

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