Trustees
Nick Pitts
Nick has been part of the radio and audio landscape for over 30 years, ranging from BBC National to launching small scale and DAB, via award winning big London breakfast shows and national commercial radio, in producing, creating imaging and leading for some of the UKs largest groups of the day.
Today, he is an innovative and creative leader in the specialist music radio world where for Bauer Media Audio UK he is currently Content Director of Jazz FM and Magic Classical. He has been part of the furniture of Jazz FM since it’s digital relaunch in 2008, with a journey from producer to board member when the brand was an independent media owner, to where he was part of the sale process and oversaw the integration into Bauer Media in 2018. He has responsibility for leading the globally respected Jazz FM Awards, and created and led its 30th Anniversary “Established 1990” initiative. He added Magic Classical (formerly Scala Radio) to his portfolio in late 2022. Nick strives to find creative opportunities in everything - on air, off air and commercially.
For the Radio Academy, Nick has been Creative Director for the Radio Academy Festival in 2018 and 2019, plus the ARIAS 2020, and the Chair of the virtual Radio Festival for 2020. He became Chair in January 2026 after 4 years as Deputy Chair alongside Chair Helen Thomas and was instrumental in the rebrand from Radio Academy to Audio Academy.
He was made a Fellow of the Audio Academy in 2025.