Owen Bentley

Ever polite, ever the gentleman, Tim was a force in the radio world for more than 50 years. My memories of him go back to Bush House where we were both studio managers but I really got to know him well in the early years of the Radio Academy and the Radio Festival. His contacts in the commercial radio, in the nascent force of the independents and in the BBC were second to none and all three benefited from his absolute commitment to the medium. What set Tim apart from the run of radio executives was that he was a programme maker at heart with a fabulous record in speech and music radio. He burned bright for so long that it is hard to know that his flame has now been extinguished. RIP Tim